Lamaze International can put you in touch with an approved provider near you or help
you find a Lamaze - focused childbirth education class.
Learn about the Lamaze method of giving birth and whether it might be right for you, and how to
find a Lamaze childbirth class...
She finds Lamaze classes silly and degrading.
Not exact matches
The Official
Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth with Confidence can be
found here.
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find personal stories and advice all about
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She also serves on the
Lamaze International Board of Directors, and is a
founding member and past president of Birth Care Network's board of directors, which
Lamaze International honored with the Normal Birth Advocate Award.
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You can also
find independent childbirth educators who offer early pregnancy classes, like a
Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator or an ICEA Certified Childbirth Educator.
When I went to the
Lamaze instructor program the presenter I
found most offensive was a nursing instructor.
In
Lamaze class I learned things that you wouldn't
find in an ordinary pregnancy book, such as pain relief isn't a guarantee and it's normal to puff up like a blowfish due to IV fluids administered during labor.
As a result of these and other
findings,
Lamaze International updated our six evidence - based key practice papers in Fall 2009 to ensure women realize that these practices simplify the birth process with a natural approach that helps alleviate fears and manage pain, with the ultimate goal of keeping labor and birth as safe and healthy as possible for each individual woman...
You can
find a full directory of qualified
Lamaze trainers on the official website of
Lamaze International.
The
Lamaze technique puts particular emphasis on natural childbirth, but does not in any way judge women who opt for medical intervention and / or pain relief (if you want a prenatal class which specifically promotes birth without medication of any kind, try a class taught according to the Bradley Method - you'll
find details online).
You'll
find tons of
Lamaze videos for free online (the site of
Lamaze International is one source) which you can watch straight from your browser.
There is no medical evidence as such that
Lamaze techniques work, but many women all over the world have
found them incredibly helpful.
Ultimately, the goal of
Lamaze classes is to provide the best chance for a woman to give birth confidently, to
find comfort in a wide variety of ways, and to be supported by family and health care professionals who trust that she has the ability to give birth.
She is leaving one special interest group (
Lamaze International) to work for a natural childbirth lobbying group (The Childbirth Connection), and I
find it fitting that she uses her departure to firmly situate natural childbirth as quackery.
Find out more about what the
lamaze method is and if you think it can help you through your labor and birthing experience.
Whether you've decided to learn a particular technique, such as
Lamaze, Bradley, or HypnoBirthing, or just want a class that will give you an overview of what to expect, use these questions to
find the childbirth educator who's right for you.
It's easy to take a class or watch a
Lamaze video or
Lamaze DVD to
find out the basics of this natural birthing technique.
Together they
founded what is now
Lamaze International.
Some wonderful options are hypnobirthing (an unfortunate name for an excellent course; instructors who are also lactation consultants
find that the women who take their birth course are not the women who need to come to them for breastfeeding help later on),
Lamaze International (which has undergone a marvelous evolution in the past generation), and the Bradley Method.
The nitty gritty details can be
found on
Lamaze's website.
More details about the student membership offer can be
found at Join
Lamaze.
Find an educator in your area to take
Lamaze childbirth education classes to help you prepare for a safe and healthy birth.
As soon as a mother
finds out she's expecting, she immediately starts making plans and mental lists for everything from
Lamaze classes to preschools.
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