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Birthing Essentials- Build a strong foundation
These classes support birthing in any setting: at the hospital, home, or birthing center. We will explore birth and parenting through evidence-based information, dynamic dialogue, and unique hands-on processes.  To enhance a comfortable learning environment and allow individual attention, space is limited to 8 birthing people and their primary support person/people.  ​

$250 investment, two-day weekend class OR 4 session evening series.  ​

Birthing From Within Mini Sessions- Bite Sized Classes for deeper preparation
Take 1 or as many as you like!  Add any four mini-sessions to a Birthing Essentials class for comprehensive preparation.

 We offer a variety of birthing classes to meet your needs, budget, and schedule with multiple locations in Durham and Chapel Hill! 

Two styles are available:
 
Weekend Prepared Childbirth Classes

(2 days // Saturday morning + Sunday afternoon) 

​AND

Holistic Birthing Preparation

Held over a
Four Class Weekday Series

(4 consecutive Monday evenings)

​and

Coming in March 2019...

Weekend Mini-Retreats! 
​
(Thursday or Friday evening + Saturday morning + Sunday afternoon)
 
All classes are facilitated by Andrea Denali, our resident childbirth educator, birth and postpartum doula, and lactation counselor.  She has an engaging teaching style, calming presence, and over 15 years has assisted many hundreds of families in this amazing time of preparing, birthing, infant feeding, and parenting.  She has also given birth to two babies herself.  Her depth and breadth of experiences and training make her classes dynamic, practical, and fun. 


We hope you will join us!  
Andrea Denali (formerly McKinley), Birthing From Within Mentor + Doula


​For more information contact:
andrea@restoring-balance.com

or call 919-370-1940

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One-Day Childbirth Education Classes (December 8 and 9, 2018 only):

​​BIRTH ESSENTIALS CLASS
​​Saturday, December 8 in Durham (FULL)
OR
Sunday, December 9 in Chapel Hill (LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE)
9:30am-2:30pm

​An Introduction to Birthing With Confidence:
We will explore Birth in our culture, joys and concerns, natural coping skills, pharmacologic options for managing the sensations of birthing, partner preparation, birth plan development, labor stages, vaginal and cesarean birth, baby procedures and practices, bonding, feeding, and recovery after birth.

$125 per family (register below)
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COMFORT MEASURES
Saturday, December 8 in Durham  (LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE)
​OR
Sunday, December 9 in Chapel Hill (SPOTS AVAILABLE)
3pm-5:30pm
(right after the Birth Essentials Class)


Building Confidence through active practice and breathwork:

Real tools for your toolbox!  No matter what your plan is for birthing, it is a very physical and emotional event that demands stamina and support.  The more you practice birthing skills, the more tools you have ready for anything that comes your way in birth and parenting. Learn and practice a variety of positions, hands-on comfort measures, and breathing practices.

$50 per family (register below)
($40 for Essentials participants- register below and select BUNDLE option)


All Families Welcome!  
All classes are open to the public regardless of your provider

​LOCATIONS, DATES, and TIMES:

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​Durham Women's Clinic
209 East Carver Street
​Durham, NC 27704
​
www.durhamwomensclinic.com
Last Saturday-only Class for 2018!​
December 8:
Birthing Essentials Class + Bundle Option are FULL
Limited spaces available for Comfort Measures Class
​
2019 Two-Day Classes Dates and Times:
at Durham Women's Clinic
​Saturday 9am-2:30pm
AND
​Sunday 1pm-5:30pm

​January 19 + 20
March  16 + 17
May 18 + 19
August 10 + 11
October 12 + 13
December 7 + 8
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Chapel Hill Obstetrics and Gynecology 
120 Conner Drive, Suite 101
​Chapel Hill, NC 27514
www.chapelhillobgyn.com
Last Sunday-only Class for 2018!
​December 9:
​Spaces Still Available for ALL classes


​
2019 Two-Day Classes Dates and Times:
at Chapel Hill OBGYN
​Saturday 9am-2:30pm
AND
​Sunday 1pm-5:30pm

​February 16 + 17
April 13 + 14
June 8 + 9
September 14 + 15
November 9 + 10



Register here
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​Four Week Small Group Series:
​

​Birthing From Within® is a holistic class series for expectant parents
hungry for nourishing and practical birthing preparation.

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​Birthing From Within classes support mothers and families birthing in any setting: at the hospital, home, or birthing center. Each series deeply explores birth and parenting through dynamic dialogue and unique hands-on processes. Special bonus sessions are included just for partners, as well as breastfeeding and early postpartum. Space is limited to 6 couples to enhance a comfortable learning environment and allow individual attention.


​Class Highlights


• Gain a practical, holistic understanding of what to expect in birthing, postpartum healing, and early breastfeeding
• Connect with your baby, birth partner, and other expectant families
• Learn proven breathing and strengthening practices for birthing and beyond
• Explore your beliefs about birth & how these can affect your actual experience
• Create a nurturing birth environment anywhere & find the best support
• Share your hopes and concerns, and have fun!
• Discover deeper aspects of birth not usually talked about
• Practice self-care and hands-on comfort measures with your partner
• Learn what to do in unexpected or unwanted circumstances in birth
• Build confidence in yourself, your partner, and birth team
• Fully support yourself in your active preparation AND your birth
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Each Small Group Series Includes: 
​Four, 2.5 Hour Classes
All supplies and handouts
 
Light Refreshments

 Reunion Gathering
​
register here



ALL 2018 BIRTHING FROM WITHIN CLASSES ARE COMPLETED
2019 BIRTHING FROM WITHIN CLASS DATES and LOCATIONS (coming soon!):

​General Information:
Monday evenings 6:30pm-9pm 
**Location** Women's Birth and Wellness Center
930 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill  27514

$250 per family (register below)
Early Birds!  Save $50 when you register by the date listed 
​
Please do not allow lack of funds prevent you from joining us-
Scholarships available and alternative payment plans considered (call Andrea directly 919.370.1940)


register here

​Classes can fill fast.
Give yourself and your family a unique, lasting gift and register today.


Andrea Denali (formerly McKinley), Birthing From Within Mentor + Doula


​For more information contact:
andrea@restoring-balance.com

or call 919-370-1940

Restoring Balance ​

930 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
​
Chapel Hill, NC 27514     Suite  300


         info@restoring-balance.com



  • Home
  • Massage & Bodywork
  • Acupuncture
  • Placenta Encapsulation
  • Mother & Baby Services
    • Fertility Massage / Maya Abdominal Therapy ®
    • Infant Massage
    • Childbirth Classes
    • Belly Binding
    • Lymphatic Breast Massage
    • Herbal V Steams
  • Gift Certificates
  • Schedule Now
  • About Us
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    • COVID 19
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