Childbirth Classes

From Lamaze to hypnobirthing, we have a class for you!

FSA/HSA – Insurance Reimbursement Eligible

Your Plan

Hospital – Homebirth – Unmedicated –
Epidural – Induction –
VBAC – C-Section

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Your Options

Virtual
In-person
Private
Group
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GROUP CLASSES

⇒ In-person group classes at The Womb Room, Baltimore
⇒ Easy access and free parking
⇒ FSA/HSA and insurance reimbursement eligible

• Holistic Childbirth Series: 2.5 hours sessions for six weeks.
• Holistic Essentials: one-day class: 7 hours
• Zenful Birth™: Mindfulness for childbirth: 2 hours
• Postpartum and Baby Basics: 2.5 hours

Certified childbirth educators: Lamaze, Spinning Babies, hypnobirthing, etc

Cost, dates,and registration: Contact me!

PRIVATE COMPREHENSIVE CLASS

⇒ Virtual:
3 sessions (3 hours each) virtual sessions: $395/couple
⇒ In-person:
2 sessions (3 hours each) virtual sessions AND one in-person session (3 hours at your home): $445/couple
⇒Textbook included
⇒ FSA/HSA and insurance reimbursement eligible

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

• Session #1: Zoom 3 hours: Prepare for birth; stages of labor; medical interventions and communication with your team.

• Session #2: Zoom or in-person 3 hours: Comfort measures, partner preparation and birth planning

• Session #3: Zoom 2 hours: Postpartum recovery and baby basics

Certified and trained childbirth educator: Lamaze, Spinning Babies, hypnobirthing, etc.

PRIVATE MINI-CLASS

⇒ Virtual private class: $235/couple
⇒ In-person private class (your place): $310/couple
⇒Textbook included
⇒ FSA/HSA and insurance reimbursement eligible

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

One session:
•Childbirth overview
•Medical interventions
• How to support a laboring person
• Create a 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 FOR CHILDBIRTH

⇒ One virtual session (60-90 mins) materials included. $125/pregnant person only.
⇒ FSA/HSA and insurance reimbursement eligible

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

One session:
• Understand mindfulness
• Visualisations
• Breath-work
• Guided meditation
• Affirmations
• Hypnobirth

• 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

PRIVATE HYPNOBIRTH COURSE

⇒ 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

⇒ FSA/HSA and insurance reimbursement eligible

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

CHILDBIRTH CLASS FOR HOMEBIRTH

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

Textbook included

⇒ FSA/HSA and insurance reimbursement eligible

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

Childbirth Classes