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The International Birth and Wellness Project (IBWP) certifies childbirth educators, and trains them using the materials developed by its former incarnation ALACE (the Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators.) ALACE-trained educators provide a comprehensive consumer-based class that will enable women and their partners to prepare for a positive, safe and joyful birth experience. The program was developed by midwives and is recognized for its holistic, women-centered approach. The classes provide evidence based information about the birth process and provide the tools to empower women and their partners to make informed choices throughout pregnancy and birth. Classes are usually held separately from hospitals, in order to focus solely on the needs of the expectant family. Your instructor is Diana McCleery, an IBWP-certified Childbirth Educator.We'll discuss a wide range of topics in our classes. IBWP childbirth educators respect birth as a woman-centered and woman-directed passage. Our goal is to help women reclaim trust in their ability to safely and dependably give birth. Our programs have been developed and guided principally by women -- women who are midwives, childbirth educators, mothers, and natural birth advocates. Woman-centered childbirth recognizes the primary role of the mother, and allows labor to progress according to the mother's natural rhythms. Appleseeds Childbirth Education stresses the importance of respecting the mother's lifestyle, as well as instincts and choices about how to give birth, including positions for labor and birth, use of pain relief, comfort measures, and choice of caregivers and support. Classes will respect the partner's role in pregnancy and birth, and acknowledge that the partner's or father's experience of preganancy and birth is important and life-changing in its own right.
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Appleseeds Childbirth Education diana@appleseeds-cbe.com This webpage is © 2010, Diana McCleery, CBE Most recently updated April 2010 c.e., using HTML-Kit This page can be found at http://www.appleseeds-cbe.com/index.htm This site's main page can be found at | |