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Class #5 Coping Strategies for Labor

  • East Coast Midwifery 406 East Ocean Avenue Boynton Beach, FL, 33435 United States (map)

▽ Coping Strategies for Labor

This two hour hands-on class will you teach you about the various comfort measures available to you during birth. We encourage you to bring your support person to this class as this training is as much for them as it is for you, the birthing person.

Coping Strategies:

  • what techniques work best during each stage of labor

  • things to do and not to do in early labor

  • breathing techniques

  • use of massagers and comfort touch

  • standing, leaning, sitting, kneeling and squatting positions

  • usefulness of labor tools such as the squat bar and birthing/peanut ball

  • Rebozo techniques

  • relaxation and tension release methods

  • benefits of aromatherapy (essentials oils) for labor and delivery

  • acupressure points

  • advantages of hydrotherapy


Join us for a six week  birth education series!

Classes included are:

  • Pregnancy Care & Nutrition

  • Labor 101

  • Newborn Care

  • Daddy Bootcamp

  • Coping Strategies for Labor

  • Postpartum Mama Care

Classes are held on Thursdays 6-7:30pm
February 18th-March 25th.

Classes are offered live (class size is limited). Investment: $50/class or $225/all ($75 savings!)


Earlier Event: March 11
Class #4 Daddy Bootcamp
Later Event: March 25
Class #6 Postpartum Mama