Doula Service and Childbirth Classes
Labor Doula and Childbirth Educator Training
Labor Doula and Childbirth Educator Training
and ...Serving Houston, Texas area families since 1999
... fun, interactive classes designed to thoroughly prepare you for your birth in a hospital, at home or in a birth center!
... over 400 births
... 33 local hospitals
... most local birth centers
... many, many homebirths
... Rebozo certified
... Spinning Babies trained
... acupressure trained
... trained in pregnancy loss
... Certified Childbirth Educator (Birth Works and CAPPA)
... Certified Labor Doula (CAPPA)
... CAPPA Certified Childbirth Educator
... CAPPA Faculty Labor Doula Trainer
... CAPPA Faculty Childbirth Educator Trainer
...guest host Whole Mother - KPFT radio
(Visit the Lagniappe tab on this site and wholemothershow.com to hear shows)
Put my expertise to work for you. Let's plan the birth of your dreams!
... fun, interactive classes designed to thoroughly prepare you for your birth in a hospital, at home or in a birth center!
... over 400 births
... 33 local hospitals
... most local birth centers
... many, many homebirths
... Rebozo certified
... Spinning Babies trained
... acupressure trained
... trained in pregnancy loss
... Certified Childbirth Educator (Birth Works and CAPPA)
... Certified Labor Doula (CAPPA)
... CAPPA Certified Childbirth Educator
... CAPPA Faculty Labor Doula Trainer
... CAPPA Faculty Childbirth Educator Trainer
...guest host Whole Mother - KPFT radio
(Visit the Lagniappe tab on this site and wholemothershow.com to hear shows)
Put my expertise to work for you. Let's plan the birth of your dreams!
"Birth is not only about making babies.
Birth is about making mothers -
strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their strength."
Barbara Katz Rothman
Pregnancy and birth are a time of tremendous change, of transformation, of redefining ourselves and our relationships. We are changed by the coming of our children, in ways we cannot begin to anticipate. It is my heart's desire to help you navigate the changes that are happening to you and to help you make the transition into motherhood or mother-again-hood.
Our first consultation is always free. I would be delighted to speak with you about your plans!
You'll find here on the site reading recommendations, resources for your preparations, and sources for support for your specific situation. There are birth stories to be enjoyed and baby pictures to make you swoon. And in the Lagniappe tab, lovely birth stories and more with my guests on our local radio show,
Whole Mother.
Welcome! I am glad you are here!
Birth is about making mothers -
strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their strength."
Barbara Katz Rothman
Pregnancy and birth are a time of tremendous change, of transformation, of redefining ourselves and our relationships. We are changed by the coming of our children, in ways we cannot begin to anticipate. It is my heart's desire to help you navigate the changes that are happening to you and to help you make the transition into motherhood or mother-again-hood.
Our first consultation is always free. I would be delighted to speak with you about your plans!
You'll find here on the site reading recommendations, resources for your preparations, and sources for support for your specific situation. There are birth stories to be enjoyed and baby pictures to make you swoon. And in the Lagniappe tab, lovely birth stories and more with my guests on our local radio show,
Whole Mother.
Welcome! I am glad you are here!
Group Childbirth Classes:
August 10 & 17, 2019
(This series will meet for 2 consecutive Saturdays)
Next 5 week series begins
October 15, 2019
August 10 & 17, 2019
(This series will meet for 2 consecutive Saturdays)
Next 5 week series begins
October 15, 2019
Next Labor Doula Training:
October 19-20, 2019 (Houston)
Next Childbirth Educator Training:
November 16-17, 2019 (Houston)
October 19-20, 2019 (Houston)
Next Childbirth Educator Training:
November 16-17, 2019 (Houston)
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In these Birth Works Childbirth Classes,
Couples will:
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Relax and enjoy your pregnancy and labor, knowing that with your doula you:
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Welcome, Babies!
(All babies welcomed only with their parents' permission)
Josephine Yan
January 5, 2019
8 pounds, 2 ounces; 20"
Such a lovely, painless, lightening-fast birth for a powerful mom!
Congratulations, Janet and Josh!
2018 PRACTICE STATS
It was a terrific year! It is an honor to be invited to attend a birth and I am grateful to each family who invited me into their lives at such a precious time. My births this year began with the waterbirth of a baby born into his mother's hands. My last birth of the year welcomed another sweet boy, born after a very short labor, a labor so quick both Dad and the doctor almost missed it!
Total number of babies: 25
11 boys - 14 girls
4 Homebirths
4 Birth Center births in 2 birth centers
17 Hospital birth in 10 hospitals
3 Waterbirths
(including the baby who was born before anyone but her family arrived)
Highlights:
The birth where I arrived after the baby, before the placenta
Smallest baby: 5 pounds, 7 ounces
Largest baby: 10 pounds
4 VBACs, including a 2VBAC
Total number of couples taught childbirth classes: 34
5 Group Class Series: 23 couples
Private classes: 11 couples
I also had the incredible privilege of training 28 women to be EXCELLENT labor doulas!
Thank you, ladies!
I attended my very first CAPPA Conference, made connections,
learned tons and became a better educator, doula and trainer.
Happy new year, everyone!