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Why Choose Our Nashville Childbirth Classes?
Our Nashville childbirth classes are based on the Lamaze Six Healthy Birth Practices. You will learn what to expect in labor, evidence-based practices, how to advocate for yourself, comfort measures, basic Spinning Babies techniques, labor simulation, and more. Each week, you will gain confidence and feel more empowered about your upcoming labor, birth, and postpartum season.
Benefits of Taking Childbirth Classes in Nashville
Research shows that taking childbirth classes facilitates:
- Increased communication about overall health decisions
- Better communication with your partner
- Better relaxation and stress management skills
- Healthier lifestyle choices
- Increased birth satisfaction, even when the birth didn’t go as hoped
- Feeling more prepared for a second or subsequent delivery when the previous birth was upsetting
“I truly cannot say enough good things about Marcie and Precious Arrows Birthing. Thanks to the lessons and support Marcie provided me, I was knowledgeable, confident, and comfortable going into labor and was able to have the completely unmedicated birth of a 9lb 4oz baby boy that I wanted.” — Lindsey
What You’ll Learn in Our Nashville Childbirth Classes
Class 1: Introduction to Childbirth
You will learn about the history of childbirth and how it has changed, and about exercise and nutrition for an optimal pregnancy.
Class 2: Rights of Childbearing Women
As an expectant mother, you have rights and choices. In class, you will learn about evidence-based practices and what informed consent means. Role-playing reinforces what you are learning. You will also develop a birth plan using your new knowledge and learn the benefits of labor support.
You will learn how to evaluate common labor interventions using the BRAIN method:
- Benefits
- Risks
- Alternatives
- Instincts
- Nothing (wait and see)
Class 3: The Labor Process
Labor doesn’t usually follow a textbook, but it does follow a progression. You will learn about the stages and phases of labor and what each might look like, comfort measures for each stage and phase, positions, the benefit of movement, variations of normal, and challenges.
Class 4: Postpartum and Newborn Care
The last class introduces you to postpartum life, newborn and mother care, beginning breastfeeding/feeding, and how to make the most of all the newborn snuggles.
Nashville Childbirth Classes: Flexible Options
Classes are offered live through Zoom in two formats:
- Group classes: $200 (limited to 8 couples)
- Private classes: $600
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