Birth Education Center Blog
Childbirth Education Helps You to Have an Empowered Birth
In this one-year anniversary episode, Ashley and I go back to the essential role of childbirth education in reducing fear and improving birth experiences for both parents and babies. Pretty much every episode this year has come back to education, education, education! If you haven’t…
There’s More To Birth Education Than Science and Anatomy
In our second show featuring childbirth educators, we welcome Haize Hawke. Haize is a Mother, Doula, Student Midwife, Meditation Teacher, Healer, a Life Coach and Spiritual Counselor and I am blessed to call her my soul family. This conversation is much more than regular birth…
From Fear to Confidence: Overcoming Anxieties in Pregnancy and Childbirth
This podcast episode kicks off our series called Tips from a Birth Educator. I met our guest Latoya Murray Johnson, founder of The Birth Impact, online a few years ago and she is one of my favorite people! I hope you stay around until…
The Science Behind a Positive Birth: Understanding the Five Elements
Today Ashley and I discuss the five universal elements of birth. After watching these tools work so well for our Hypnobirthing students and doula clients – we need to talk about it! The use of setting yourself with these 5 things will create an optimal…
Navigating Pregnancy and Birth: The Power of Informed Consent and Autonomy, Pt 2/3
Today’s show is part two of our early education series and Ashley and I dive into the crucial topics of informed consent and autonomy during pregnancy and birth. And honestly, they extend through postpartum. Drawing from our own experiences and perspectives, we want you to…
Choice, Consent & Connection: The Trilogy of Empowered Birth, Pt 1/3
This is the first show of our 3 part series on the Three C’s we cover in Hypnobirthing classes – Choice, Consent & Connection. This is the episode to share with anyone who is thinking of becoming pregnant or who is newly pregnant so they…
What is Induction Season?
During this podcast episode, Ashley and I discuss the topic of induction. This show is meant to get you thinking about what you know about the reality of having an induction. We have an Induction 101 course that we include with our Hypnobirthing classes so…
Doula Education Series – Doula 105
Doula Education Series – Part 5/5 Doula 105 – Postpartum Postpartum is the ball that gets dropped in the cycle of conception, pregnancy, labor and birth. It is the longest part of the cycle yet it is neglected the most and needs the most preparation…
Doula Education Series – Doula 104
Doula Education Series – Part 4/5 Doula 104 – Comfort Measures & Self Care Your first doula training should have taught you the physical skills to be a doula to be able offer physical comfort measures. Of course, you will learn and gather more tools…
Doula Education Series – Doula 103
Doula Education Series – Part 3/5 Doula 103 – Prenatals As we start to attend prenatal meetings, we need to be well versed on our past triggers, traumas and the triumphs in life. As we walk alongside these new families, the parts of us that…