"There is no place for ideology in birthing. Each birth has its own story and we must respond to what the baby tells us."
- Gail Tully of Spinning Babies
Eugene Childbirth Classes that equip you for a better birth.
Birth Informed Childbirth Class taught by Tiffany Grantom provides a comprehensive, engaging, evidence-based preparation for labor, birth, and early parenting. Using a wide variety of teaching methods and activities, the aim is to help you and your partner identify your needs and desires and empower you to make informed decisions. While many of the mothers who choose to take this class are preparing for an unmedicated birth, this is not a “natural childbirth class”. This is a class that helps you understand the process of labor and helps you develop skills and understanding to work through the process.
These skills include labor coping skills, as well as decision-making tools, mental frameworks, and personal reflection on your own best ways of coping and communicating. We address all birthing environments (home, hospital, or birth center), and typical practices of care providers (nurses, midwives, or doctors) according to the birthing locations of the couples in the class.
Wherever you may be giving birth, and whatever choices you may make in that process.
Empowered with knowledge, communication tools, and coping skills, you will walk away with the confidence that you are equipped for your birth. Join us in person or via Zoom, and prepare to Birth Informed!
INVESTMENT: $195 for either series (discount if bundled with Spinning Babies®, $270).
Monday Evenings, 6:30-9 pm: August 26-October 7, November 4-December 16, 2024
January 6-February17, March 3-April 7, April 28-June 9, August 4- September 15, Oct 20-November 24, 2025
FORMAT: Six-week series taught for all birth environments, available in-person, via Zoom, or a combination of both.
Tuesday Evenings, 6:30-9 pm: September 3-24, October 1-22, November 5-26, 2024.
January 7-28, February 4-25, March 4-25, April 8-29, May 6-27, June 3-24, August 5-26, September 9-30, October 7-28, November 4-25
FORMAT: four-week series birth center focused (in-person only)
Discover Spinning Babies®
The Spinning Babies® Parent Class approaches birth from the unique paradigm of baby’s journey through soft tissue and the bony pelvis. Baby has their own job in the process of birth - to descend and rotate through the pelvis, Spinning Babies® Parent Class helps you to facilitate balance, movement, and gravity within your body to make room for your baby.
This one-time, 3-hour class is in addition to standard childbirth education and can help you to find comfort and ease in pregnancy and birth.
FORMAT: One-time, 3-hour class.
INVESTMENT: $100 (or $250 if bundled with Birth Informed)
DATES: Saturday 9-12pm September 7, October 5, & 6:30-9:30pm December 2, 2024. February 24, April 1,September 22, & December 2 2025
Add Placenta Encapsulation to your birth care plan!
Your placenta is in good hands when you book services with Laura at Eugene Placenta.
Extreme care is taken from pickup through processing to provide you with properly stored, handled, and processed placenta. All equipment is one-time use or sanitized using medical-grade cleaners or bleach. Blood Borne Pathogens for Placenta Encapsulation trained. Placentas are stored in a dedicated fridge and only one placenta is processed at a time.
INVESTMENT: Starts at $250
Add Bengkung Belly Binding to your postpartum care plan!
In many cultures the postpartum is a time to be cared for and nurtured by family as you heal and rest. Belly binding with Laura is an excellent way to slow down and be more deliberate in your recovery.
HOW DOES BINDING HELP?
The binding helps your body return to its pre-pregnancy shape. It can also help with posture by helping prevent breastfeeding/pumping slouching. When the empty womb is bound it offers a feeling of comfort, stability, and emotional benefits.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Binding starts at your pubic bone and is wrapped tightly around your hips all the way up your stomach to your sternum. Bengkung Belly Binding offers complete and continuous support is often lacking in most commercial postpartum binders.
INVESTMENT: $175