1st class to start my 'Birth Professional Training' was Childbirth Educator Training - to become a childbirth educator. So when expecting couples take childbirth classes, I could be they're teacher!
Class was very interesting, learned lots of info! My classmates and me are a talkative, opinionated, and lively bunch - which makes class fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I am looking forward to going back for the last 3 days on October 15th. Bryce actually knows one of the ladies in my class! They were friends from when they both lived in Eugene. Small world!
One highlight was the Ice exercise. You may remember it from your own Childbirth Education classes. Well basically you hold a bag of ice for 1-2 min (length of a contraction) and try different pain coping techniques such as walking, focused breathing, humming, reading, etc. What worked best for me was reading. If I had something to read, I could hold the ice forever. All the other pain coping methods were just obnoxious. The basic premise is that you deal with pain in the same way you learn. I'm a visual learner. Some people are auditory (humming, singing) or kinetic (walking). Really cool idea and it worked!
I highly recommend the Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn book to expecting parents. Accurate and accessible information.
The class was Friday-Sunday 9/17-19, and Friday-Sunday 10/15-17
