by Bethany Hays MD, FACOG, Honorary CBD(BWI) It’s not easy to let go of everything you know and learn to be something very different. My transformation from Perinatologist to Doula didn’t happen overnight. Let me go back and tell you about my journey. I decided to become a perinatologist because I wanted to be the …
by Erika Sanchez Written January 4, 2019 My husband and I attended the Birth Works (birthing class) at Beach Cities this past October. It was taught by Janell Bartzatt. This was our 3rd baby. The first two were healthy, hospital births. We had taken a birthing class at the hospital 7 years ago with our first …
Taking care of one baby is a lot of work. New moms often say they were busy all day but don’t exactly remember what they did! Just imagine taking care of newborn twins or triplets! I am a BirthWorks Mentor and one of my students, Sienna Morrow, who is in the BirthWorks Postpartum Doula Program …
Ina May Gaskin, Midwife I think the BWI Conference was really special this year. I found it very encouraging, educational and inspiring, so what more could you ask for than that? I’ll be happy to come back again. Being a presenter this year was easy, relaxed, with a congenial environment, and I met some good …
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 …
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 …
By Shandus Parish I attended the BirthWorks Childbirth Educator workshop on February 1-3, 2013, in Huntsville, AL, with facilitator Sally Healey. Although the weekend was packed with challenging exercises and conversation, I had a wonderful experience engaging in self-reflection, learning a great deal about myself, and forging deeper relationships with a group of women …
The is a lovely review, written by Laura Farnsworth, of our 2006 North Carolina Childbirth Educator workshop. The BirthWorks weekend retreat was nothing like I had experienced before. Through guided exercises, we explored feelings and philosophies about birth, discussed our relationships with our mothers, identified feelings of blame and guilt and released grief over past …
by Brittany Sharpe McCollum One woman’s first hand account of her beautiful experience attending a Childbirth Educator Workshop held in Cherry Hill, NJ My South Philly backyard has become Monterrosso and this cheap glass of Chianti is now straight from the hills of Tuscany. It’s amazing what three days of love can do. I have …
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