We Would Like to Introduce “The Baby Way”!

What better way to show cardinal movement, rotation of a baby through the pelvis, than by demonstrating  with The Baby Way, manufactured by BirthWorks International.  This is an “Ah Ha” moment for any pregnant woman, helping her to understand the importance of movement in labor. A must have tool for any Childbirth Educator, Doula, or …

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Birth Doula Workshop Testimonials

I was really drawn to the birth is ancient, and the “something we are born to do” philosophy. NZ The workshop was much more than I expected.  I feel as though I have gained so much knowledge in just a few days. The role plays really helped me to see what it would be like …

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BirthWorks ACED Program Testimonials

The ACED Workshop met all my needs and even those I didn’t know I had! The pace of the workshop was very good – not too fast or slow. It was very comprehensive in all ways: modelling class activities, returning to philosophy, using energy, techniques and human values, and more.  Thank you so much. This …

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Choosing a Childbirth Education Program

Choosing a childbirth education program has been a struggle for me, until I found BirthWorks International. Some programs place a heavy value on one “method” over another. Some will provide tools parents need to cope with a birth at a home or at a hospital but rarely will help women develop a universal “know-how” and help …

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Becoming Home: A Memoir of Birth in Bali

by Melinda Chickering When I tell friends from the USA, my home country, how we chose to give birth, they always say, “You’re so brave!” What would possess an educated, middle-class, thirty-something American woman to choose to give birth in a bathtub in Bali, rather than ensuring that she had the most advanced medical care …

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Become A Childbirth Educator Trainer Online | BirthWorks International

My First BirthWorks Practicum Childbirth Class

You’ve read the books.  You’ve conducted your hospital surveys.  You’ve written your topic papers and completed your medical study critiques along with other requirements. You’ve attended a BirthWorks Childbirth Education Workshop.  You’ve read the BirthWorks 500+ page comprehensive Educator Manual and completed your Comprehensive Essay Exam.  You’ve advertised for your first practicum class and there …

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Meet Our Experts

BirthWorks International is pleased to welcome a diverse group of birthing professionals to answer your questions about birth, health, pregnancy and nutrition! With years of experience working with pregnant women and their needs, we’re confident that our panelists have just the expertise that you’ll be looking for. As our Celebrating Birth 2014: Ask the Experts event …

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Birth: The Mystery

A physician who specializes in infertility problems told his colleague the following: “One day I was peering through a microscope at a fertilized ovum, and I realized that all that this cell will have is carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and a few trace metals; and from this single cell will develop a whole human being, …

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Book Review: The Essential Homebirth Guide

The Essential Homebirth Guide is my new favorite book. It is wondrous, wise, and woman-centered. It is really the only book like it on the market for families planning or considering birthing at home. It’s also a great resource for homebirth midwives and childbirth educators looking to provide a valuable educational resource to expectant parents. …

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Semetics of Birth

Language has incredible potential to build community, strengthen concepts and definitions, and create empowerment. With these great strengths comes the conflicting  potential to to segregate, disempower, and induce fear. Just recently in a class I facilitated, an expectant dad brought up the hypocrisy of the term “natural birth.” As a class, we chuckled and briefly …

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Have a Question? Let’s Chat.

Please don’t hesitate to reach us, happy to be in touch.

Cristin Tighe
Executive Director & International Coordinator
info@birthworks.org
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