My Birth Companion

 

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Childbirth Classes

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From Lamaze to hypnobirthing
More Than One Thousand Families Served!

YOUR VISION

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

childbirth class

MY CLASSES

Virtual 
In-person
Private
Group


FSA/HSA eligible
Reimbursement possible from insurance companies

GROUP Childbirth Classes

About Odile

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

Options at The Womb Room

 

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

PRIVATE Comprehensive Lamaze Class (8-9 Hours)

Childbirth Classes Your birth essiantals

⇒ 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 Essentials Lamaze Class (3-4 Hours)

Comfort measures for labor

⇒ 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! 

PRIVATE Hypnobirthing (4 Personalized Sessions)

hypnobirth

⇒ 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! 

MEET ODILE, YOUR CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR

About Odile My Birth Companion

  Odile Penet  CD(DONA), LCCE

  • Certified Lamaze Educator
  • Certified Mind+Body Birth (hypnosis method)
  • Certified Sophrologist (well-being program)
  • Certified Newborn Care Specialist

“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

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