Tag: prenatal

To the newly expecting parent (congrats!) the plethora of online articles, blogs, Q & A’s and parenting forums can be slightly intimidating and like, whoa, overwhelming.  A simple online search about “strollers” can leave you confused for weeks… no, wait, make that months!

FACT:  it took my husband and I five months to decide on our stroller.  It took us three days to buy our first home!

Finding a clear, non-confuted explanation about what you could expect in your upcoming labour experience (and the multiple years of parenting!) can be, excuse my parlez français, fucking impossible.

So here are 3 damn good reasons to take a prenatal course in your community:

Reason #1: Down to the Nitty-Gritty

At the end of the day there are two things most expecting women want answered:

(A)  How will I know when I’m in labour?

AND

(B) How the hell am I going to get through it?

Prenatal instructors answer this.  Easily.  Without agenda or obtusity.

Imagine a prenatal world where you get an answer like this:  “Here is a cervix.  This is how it works.  This is what you and your baby need to get this shit done.  Congratulations and best wishes!”

Prenatal courses and strong instructors cut through the crap and give you facts.  Evidence.  Amazing!

Reason #2:  The Good Stuff
People who teach private prenatal courses tend to attack their profession with an amorous rage!   We are birth junkies.  Labour geeks.  And as a result, research addicts.

When we teach a course to the newly expecting we want to make sure that our programs are solid and that our students are…. oh man…imagine this… HAPPY!

By researching and sharing THE BEST information available, online and otherwise, your prenatal instructor hopes that the small time they have spent with you has a positive affect on your labour and parenting experience.  Say what?!

Of course there are no guarantees, but our intentions are altruistic.  Pinky swear!

Reason #3:  Wait for it…. You’re not the Only One
Expecting a baby can feel isolating.  Online resources write of the amazing journey and beauty one should feel towards growing a baby.  Um, duh.

Yet the simultaneous images of something the size of an avocado (wait for the pumpkin!) growing inside of you can sometimes be enough to open the Hoover Dam of hormonal tears.  “It has to come out somehow!”  Pass the Kleenex.  And damn you sappy Canadian Tire commercials!

Attending a prenatal class and sitting with others who are also feeling the highs and lows of becoming parents can be incredibly therapeutic and wonderfully relieving.

If you want to do yourself a HUGE favour for your upcoming labour and parenting experience then research prenatal course options available in your community.  Find one that fits your schedule, birth philosophy, and personality.  Then SIGN UP!

Let the birth junkies remove information overload and create colloquial clarity for your experiences ahead!

For more information about becoming a Labour Doula or Childbirth Education… click HERE.

About the author:  
Shaunacy is a full-time Labour Doula in the Peterborough, ON, Canada.   
She strongly feels that through evidenced based approaches to learning all families can benefit from prenatal education courses – and have fun doing it too!  
Now as an instructor for Doula Training Canada she travels across Canada teaching others to become Labour Doulas and Childbirth Educators.  
Are you ready to Doula and CBE Canada?  Join her!

Copyrigtht – Shaunacy King (Glow Maternity), 2016.  Please do not print or copy without permission from author.  

With a background in academia, Shaunacy is driven by an evidence based approach to educating and assisting expectant and new parents.  “My background in social research naturally drives me towards approaching birth and parenting from a perspective of advocacy.  Meaning, I strongly feel that each family should receive all of the facts that will lead to their best birth and birthing ‘their own way’.”  And this philosophy is what makes her such a great inspiration to our CBE students.  She wants each of YOUR families to be empowered too!

But is it worth it for you to become a Childbirth Educator?  Have a look below at this great visual display of the benefits of receiving certification, especially if you are already a birth or postpartum doula.  As a Childbirth Educator you are in a great position to gain clients after they have already made a personal connection with you during their CBE class.  If you are not looking to be a Birth or Postpartum Doula, you could set your business up to work closely with those professionals in your community and network together to help increase each others businesses.
Yes, our Childbirth Educator training is intense.  But that is what makes it well worth it in the end for you to be the BEST business professional you can be 🙂

Why would someone choose to become a Childbirth Educator?  Some of the reasons are:

* they have a passion for birth, parenting, helping, empowering or all of these!
* their family life would benefit from the fixed schedule a Childbirth Educator over the variable schedule of a birth doula
* they want to offer a diverse perspective on birth in their community

In class trainings are being offered throughout Ontario in 2015 and will extend to other provinces in Canada in 2016.  Use the link below to register for one of these sessions and start your certification journey as a Childbirth Educator today!

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