Childbirth Classes Baltimore, MD

Childbirth Classes

From Lamaze to hypnobirthing
Evidence-Based – Personalized – “Out of the box”

FSA/HSA eligible
Reimbursement possible from insurance companies

YOUR VISION

Hospital – Homebirth – Unmedicated –
Epidural – Induction –
VBAC – Cesarean

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MY CLASSES

Virtual
In-person
Private
Group

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GROUP Childbirth Classes

⇒ Contact me for fees, schedule, and registration
⇒ In-person
⇒ Virtual

• Comprehensive: Six-week series
• Essentials: One-day class
• VBAC Essentials: One-day class
• Zenful Birth: Prepare your mind (2 hours)
• Postpartum and Newborn Care (3 hours)
• Comfort Measures (3 hours)

PRIVATE Comprehensive Lamaze Class (8-9 Hours)

⇒ Three Zoom private sessions $395/couple
OR
⇒ Two Zoom sessions AND one in-person private session (your home): $445/couple

Workbook included

Childbirth class designed for first-time parents and vbac families. Topics include:

• Prepare for birth
• Stages of labor
• How to advocate for yourself
• Avoid unnecessary medical interventions
• Epidural or natural birth
• Demystify and understand childbirth pain
• Create a favorable and positive environment
• Breathing and relaxation techniques
• Partner/support person preparation
• Affirmations for labor
• Positioning and movement
• How to use a birthing ball
• Massages and touch
• How to write a birth “plan”
• Postpartum/ First weeks with baby

PRIVATE Crash-Class - Lamaze (3-4 Hours)

⇒ Virtual private class: $235/couple
OR
⇒ In-person private class (at your place): $310/couple

Workbook included

A hands-on workshop that will educate and prepare you to cope during childbirth. Customized to your birth location and visions. Topics include:

•Childbirth overview
• Demystify and understand childbirth pain
• How to support a laboring person
• Create a favorable and positive environment
• Breathing and relaxation techniques
• Partner support
• Affirmations for labor
• Positioning and movement
• How to use a birthing ball
• Massages and touch
• Doula’s tricks!

ZENFUL BIRTH ™ Mindfulness Course
90 mins Session

⇒ Visualisations, breathwork, guided meditations, affirmations, and basic hypnosis.
⇒ One virtual session (60-90 mins) materials included. $125/pregnant person only

Materials included

Prepare your mind for an empowering birth and build mental confidence!

• Learn easy mindfulness tools.
• The instructor is a certified sophrologist (number #1 childbirth preparation method in France).
• The instructor is not a hypnotherapist but she is certified with Mind+Body Birth.
• This series is designed for the pregnant person only.

• Doula’s tricks

PRIVATE Hypnobirth Course
Four Sessions

⇒ Hypnosis is science-based and it works in childbirth! No previous experience needed
⇒ Four virtual sessions (60 mins) materials included. $295/pregnant person only

Materials included

A series designed to learn self-hypnosis tools to tap into the cellular wisdom of your body, relax profoundly, release pain, and feel confident for your baby’s birth:

• Easier than the Mongan method and Hypnobabies
• Identify your safe place, comfort color, positive affirmation, remove negativity, progressive relaxation, etc
• Learn out to numb the pain through directed anesthesia and other techniques
• Guided imagery for the most empowering birth possible
• The instructor is not a hypnotherapist but she is certified with Mind+Body Birth.
• This series is designed for the pregnant person only (partner is encouraged to join the last session).
• Doula’s tricks

PRIVATE Homebirth Prep. (8 Hours)

⇒ Three Zoom private sessions $395/couple
OR
⇒ Two Zoom sessions AND one in-person private session (your home): $445/couple

Workbook included

Ideal for homebirth and birth center families!

• Prepare for a physiological birth
• Learn about Spinning Babies and the Miles Circuit
• Identify your (and your family) unique needs and preferences
• Demystify and understand childbirth pain
• Create a favorable and positive environment
• Breathing and relaxation techniques
• Partner support
• Affirmations for labor
• Positioning and movements
• How to use a birthing ball and a peanut ball
• Massages and touch
• What if you had to transfer
• Doula’s tricks!

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ON DEMAND LAMAZE CLASSES

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MEET ODILE, YOUR CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR

Odile Penet CD(DONA), LCCE

Certified Lamaze Educator
Certified Mind+Body Birth (hypnosis method)
Certified Sophrologist (well-being program)
Certified Newborn Care Specialist
Founder of My Birth Companion, LLC and Zenful Birth™

I highly recommend taking her childbirth and self-hypnosis classes. These classes gave me the tools I needed to persevere throughout a long and challenging natural childbirth. I really felt prepared.

I took Basics Birth Class with Odile and I highly recommend it! She is knowledgable about the topic and teaches it with ease. ... I was looking for a class that focused on mindful birthing and promoted natural birth, this class did just that. I learned some helpful tips that I used during labor and birth, and left with a solid understanding of what to expect.

I loved preparing for childbirth with Odile! I would definitely recommend her classes. I did self-hypnosis for childbirth classes with Odile, and she helped me to feel calm and confident in preparation for welcoming my baby into the world. My husband and I also recommend her comfort measures in labor class, and he now feels much more confident to support me throughout pregnancy and labor! Thank you, Odile!

My husband and I attended Odile's Childbirth class and really found it informative and helpful as we prepare for our first labor and delivery experience. She offered many resources to us and made a space that we found welcoming and warm to share and ask questions. We found her materials so helpful to review after the class. I would highly recommend attending.

We chose Odile to be our doula, and when our birth classes at the hospital were suddenly cancelled (thanks to the coronavirus outbreak), Odile was kind enough to offer to conduct virtual classes targeted to our needs. She covered childbirth, postpartum, baby care, and breastfeeding. The classes were very informative, very organized and easy to follow. It’s transparent from the classes how much knowledge and experience

“Families will have increased confidence in their ability to give birth and be able to make
confident and informed decisions throughout pregnancy and early parenting.”
Lamaze International

Baltimore , MD – Greater Baltimore and Nationwide

My Birth Companion