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:
Birthing Essentials
Two-Day Prepared Childbirth Classes
(aka GET READY!)
Saturday morning + Sunday afternoon
AND
Birthing From Within®
Enhanced, Experiential Birthing Preparation
(aka GET REALLY READY!)
on
Monday Evenings
(4 consecutive Monday evenings)
OR a Weekend Immersion
(Saturday + Sunday)
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 14 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.
Two styles are available:
Birthing Essentials
Two-Day Prepared Childbirth Classes
(aka GET READY!)
Saturday morning + Sunday afternoon
AND
Birthing From Within®
Enhanced, Experiential Birthing Preparation
(aka GET REALLY READY!)
on
Monday Evenings
(4 consecutive Monday evenings)
OR a Weekend Immersion
(Saturday + Sunday)
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 14 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.
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BIRTHING ESSENTIALS
TWO-DAY PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
BOTH SATURDAY 9am-3pm AND SUNDAY 1pm-5:30pm
Come build your knowledge, confidence, practical birthing skills, and strengthen your partnership.
$200 per family
(Do not allow lack of funds to keep you from attending!
If you are motivated for robust, practical, independent birthing preparation,
but may not be able to afford it,
limited scholarships and alternate payment arrangements are available.
Inquire here: andrea@restoring-balance.com)
TOPICS COVERED:
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All Families Welcome!
All classes are open to the public regardless of your provider
LOCATIONS, DATES, and TIMES:
All classes are open to the public regardless of your provider
LOCATIONS, DATES, and TIMES:
Durham Women's Clinic
209 East Carver Street Durham, NC 27704 www.durhamwomensclinic.com 2019 Two-Day Classes Dates and Times: at Durham Women's Clinic Saturday 9am-3pm AND Sunday 1pm-5:30pm December 7 + 8 (FULL) Want to be added to our waitlist? email andrea@restoring-balance.com (there is also a Birthing From Within weekend class on Nov. 2&3 See Below for details) |
Chapel Hill Obstetrics and Gynecology
110 Conner Drive, Suite 4 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 www.chapelhillobgyn.com 2019 Two-Day Classes Dates and Times: at Chapel Hill OBGYN Saturday 9am-3pm AND Sunday 1pm-5:30pm November 9 + 10 (FULL) Want to be added to our waitlist? email andrea@restoring-balance.com (there is also a Birthing From Within weekend class on Nov. 2&3 See Below for details) |
2020 Two-Day Classes Dates and Times:
To Be Announced!
Contact andrea@restoring-balance.com to be notified of updates
Birthing From Within®
Small Group Classes
Monday Evening Series
and Weekend Immersions
Birthing From Within® is an experiential class for expectant parents
hungry for nourishing and practical birthing preparation. Classes are enhanced with specific breathing practices and creative activities that bridge the brain and body, going beyond what is offered in traditional and other specialty classes.
Together, we build a resourceful + resilient mindset, hone useful skills + tools, and practice in class. Preparing for the actual terrain and unknowns of birthing a baby in your body.
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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 infant feeding
• 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
• 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
$250 per family (register below)
All Families Welcome!
All classes are open to the public regardless of your provider
BIRTHING FROM WITHIN
LOCATIONS, DATES, and TIMES:
All classes are open to the public regardless of your provider
BIRTHING FROM WITHIN
LOCATIONS, DATES, and TIMES:
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Monday Evening Series:
Four, 2.5 hour classes, 6:30-9pm 2019 Dates: October 7, 14, 21, 28 (In session!) *Location* Women's Birth and Wellness Center 930 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill 27514 Register Below |
Weekend Immersion:
Saturday 9am-4pm AND Sunday 1pm-6pm 2019 Dates: November 2 & 3 (2 spots left) *Location* Chapel Hill OBGYN 110 Conner Dr., Suite 4, Chapel Hill 27514 Register Below |
Classes can fill fast.
Give yourself and your family a unique, lasting gift and register today.
2020 Birthing From Within Dates and Times:
To Be Announced!
Contact andrea@restoring-balance.com to be notified of updates
Do not allow lack of funds to keep you from attending!
If you are motivated for robust, practical, independent birthing preparation,
but may not be able to afford it,
limited scholarships and alternate payment arrangements are available.
If you are motivated for robust, practical, independent birthing preparation,
but may not be able to afford it,
limited scholarships and alternate payment arrangements are available.