Date: Saturdays, by appointment – please contact me to arrange
Time:9am-1pm Place: My Redwood City home Fee: $300 (see Discounts below), Please pre-register
'Birthing From Within,' comprised of three weekly sessions, is a unique approach to labor, birth and parenting preparation based on the book of the same name by Pam England, CNM.
Instead of focusing on patterned breathing and labor and birth facts, these sessions strive to build an instinctive coping mind set through group discussion, birth art, labor coping techniques and the father/partner's role.
Discounts:
1. Early bird: If your completed registration form and full payment is received by the following dates, the discounted fees are:
Two months prior ($30 off): $270
One month prior ($15 off): $285
2. Join with another couple: There is a discount for each couple who registers with another couple. Simply send in your registration forms and payments together and you'll receive a discount of:
$15/each for two couples $25/each for three couples $35/each for four couples $45/each for five couples
Note: These discounts MAY be combined.
Three couple minimum mentoring session size; ten couple maximum mentoring session size.
Mentor: Sandy Caldwell, CD(DONA) is the mother of three grown daughters, is a certified birth doula and a postpartum doula who is a nurturing and experienced companion to expectant and new parents throughpregnancy, labor, birth and the 'in arms' period following birth.
As a Birthing from Within mentor-candidate, Sandy befriends, guides, and prepares a beginner for her/his Parenting Journey and Initiation by cultivating self-esteem and the capacity to embrace the unknown. This approach prepares the new mother and father/partner to find their unique ways through the unknown that lies ahead.
* NOTE: If mentor needs to attend a birth, make up classes will be *TBA*
Monthly
Meet the Doulas
Join us to learn about the doula's role and services during birth and early postpartum. Meet with several doulas in brief interviews. This is a time-effective way to find your perfect support person!
4th Friday of each month - 7:30-9:30 pm. $15 donation
Please RSVPone week prior to the event to 650.340.9642
Past Events
Sept. 27, 2008
Meet BABI Peninsula 2008
11am-4pm – Open House Redwood City Library 1044 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City
Please join BABI Peninsula for an open house event connecting expectant and new parents with evidence-based birth and parenting professionals, services, information, and resources from pre-conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and early parenting.
Learn more about birth education, breastfeeding, doulas, holistic wellness care, infant care, midwives, natural childbirth, prenatal and postpartum yoga, postpartum support, pregnancy, nutrition, parenting products, and maternity and birth photography.
Bring the whole family and join us for door prizes, personal consultations, kids’ activities, refreshments, demonstrations and more.
"If you don't know your options, you don't have any." - Korte and Scaer
Sept. 15, 2008
The Difficult and Delightful Behavior of Toddlers
6:30-8:30pm Redwood City Library 1044 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City
Join us to explore the origin of typical toddler behaviors and ways to respond. "Why is she the world's sweetest child one minute and a terror the next?" "What is my toddler trying to tell me when he yells, "NO!" all the time?" "What are tantrums about and how can I handle them?"
We will also look at the particular challenges for parents: taking care of ourselves while also taking care of our toddlers?
Janis Keyser is co-author of, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be. She is also teacher, parent educator, program director and speaker who specializes in Early Childhood Development. She lives in Santa Cruz, and is a mother, stepmother, grandmother, and the great-grandmother.
