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PRENATAL
CLASSES
Heart and Hands
Perinatal Services offers prenatal classes from the Lamaze perspective.
Anne and Nicole
are both LCCE's (Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators) having received
their certification through Lamaze International (www.lamaze.org) ,
a globally recognized organization advocating for and offering prenatal
education of the highest standard.
At Heart and Hands
we have adopted Lamaze International's Philosophy of Birth and mission
as our own.
The
Philosophy of Birth:
- birth is normal,
natural, and healthy
- the experience
of birth profoundly affects women and their families
- women's inner
wisdom guides them through birth
- women's confidence
and ability to give birth is either enhanced or diminished by the
care provider and place of birth
- women have a
right to give birth free from routine intervention
- birth can safely
take place in birth centers and at home
- childbirth education
empowers women to make informed choices in health care, to assume
responsibility for their health, and to trust their inner wisdom.
 Lamaze
International believes that the safety of birth is enhanced by respecting
and facilitating the normal, natural physiologic process of birth.
Therefore, the
mission of Lamaze International, and now also Heart and Hands mission
is to:
Promote, support
and protect normal birth through education and advocacy. The following
evidence based practices, adapted from the World Health Organization
(WHO) promote normal birth:
- labour begins
on its own
- freedom of movement
throughout labour
- continuous labour
support
- no routine interventions
- non-supine (eg
upright or side-lying) positions for birth
- no separation
of mother and baby after birth
We provide group
and private prenatal classes as well as prenatal classes in a weekend
format.
Weekly
Series
- 6 classes plus 1 reunion class
----$180.00
Private
Prenatal
- Four 2 hour sessions or two 4 hour sessions
---- $200.00
Refresher
Classes
Private or Group classes
---- $45.00 each class
Proposed dates
for weekly series*:
October 8 - Nov
12, 2008 - CLASS FULL
January
7 - February 11, 2009
February
25 - April 1, 2009
April 15 - May
20, 2009
WEEKEND Prenatal
Classes
Two consecutive
Saturdays
September 6 and 13, 2008 from 9:30 - 4:30
Friday evening/Saturday
all day - CLASS FULL
Friday November 14, 2008 from 7-9 pm
Saturday November 15, 2009 from 9 am - 4 pm
Friday evening/Saturday
all day - CLASS FULL
Friday January 16, 2009 from 7-9 pm
Saturday January 17, 2009 from 9 am - 4 pm
Friday evening/Saturday
all day
Friday February 27 (7-9 pm)
Saturday Feb 28 (9 am- 4 pm)
Friday evening/Saturday
all day
Friday April 17 (7-9 pm)
Saturday April 18 (9 am - 4 pm)
To register, please
complete the form on our contact page or
call 604-607-1183
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Classes subject to change. Please contact us to verify dates
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