Birth Plan Workshop and Birth Movement Workshop: March

Birth Plan Workshop


Taught by Jun-Nicole Matsushita of Bamboo Birth Services, Certified Birth Doula

March 5, 2011, 11-1 PM

Location: Heartland Yoga, 221 E. College St, 1st Level; Iowa City



Attendees of the Birth Plan Workshop will learn about:

The structure of a birth plan

How to write an efficient and effective document

How to use the birth plan as a communication tool:

a) Writing the document

b) With your care provider

c) With your hospital birth team

An overview of hospital birth interventions, procedures and options



At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to submit their birth plan drafts for review.



The workshop is intended to complement and not replace comprehensive childbirth education courses.

$50 fee per couple

Discount for students of Iowa City Doulas childbirth educators: Mindful Birthing and Bradley Childbirth with Kara and Marcus Seaton, and clients of Iowa City Doulas

To register please contact: junnicole88@gmail.com or call 319 430 6736



Birth Movement Workshop

Taught by author and certified birth doula, Jun-Nicole Matsushita of Bamboo Birth Services

March 12, 2011, 11-1 PM

Location: Heartland Yoga, 221 E. College St, 1st Level; Iowa City



Attendees of the Birth Movement Workshop will:

Receive the Ebook of the 2011 instructional book, Birth Movement: How to use the birth sling, squat bar, birth ball and positions for your no-to-low intervention hospital birth

Learn about the benefits of movement and mobility during birth

How to use movement, the birth sling, squat bar and birth ball

How to adjust positions through the stages of labor

Accommodations and appropriate positions for both unmedicated and medicated birth (epidural and narcotics)



The Birth Movement workshop is intended as a preparation for pregnant women and their birth partners, for doulas, nurses, midwives, obstetricians and others who are interested in learning how to use movement and low-tech methods to promote and support no-to-low intervention hospital births.



The workshop is intended to complement and not replace comprehensive childbirth education courses.

$50 fee per couple

Discount for students of Iowa City Doulas childbirth educators: Mindful Birthing and Bradley Childbirth with Kara and Marcus Seaton, and clients of Iowa City Doulas

To register please contact: junnicole88@gmail.com or call 319 430 6736
 
 
Bamboo Birth Services
http://www.bamboobirth.com/
"empowering no-to-low intervention hospital births"