Pregnant! Now What? Navigating Pregnancy + Birth: In Person

• CLASS DESCRIPTION
• DETAILS
• FACILITATOR(S)

This workshop is also held virtually! Check out virtual dates HERE. The non-member rate for this workshop is $30 and the member rate is $20. Click here to purchase your membership today.

• Class Description

  Whether you are a first time parent, new to the Bay Area, or maybe it has been a few years since you’ve welcomed a baby into your family this workshop was designed for you.

  We recommend that you attend this workshop in your first trimester or early second trimester as you are beginning to explore and make decisions regarding your birth including where you will birth your baby, how you are going to birth your baby, and which resources you want to access as you prepare for birth. Not only will you leave this workshop with confidence making birth time decisions, but also with new connections to other parents following your same gestational timeline.

  Please Note:

  -Content covered in these sessions is included in the Details section below.
  -Registration does not include a support person; however, you are welcome to register them separately.

• Details

  Topics covered throughout the workshop:
  -Birthing locations and birth time decision making
  -Creating your birth team (Midwife, Doula, OB, Family/Friends)
  -Nutrition and Active Living during pregnancy
  -Personalized timeline for pregnancy and postpartum
  -Preparing for postpartum

• Facilitator(s)

  Lauren Miller Brown is a San Francisco Bay Area native who specializes in providing nurturing, connective, therapeutic massage, doula services and childbirth education classes. She has been a birth doula for since 2007 and feel very fortunate that she is so passionate about her work and that she found it at such a young age. Her work continues to inspire her to this day and she can’t imagine doing anything else.

  Lauren’s road to birth work began after taking a Doulas of North America training in 2007. After completing her Doula certification she enrolled in Alive and Well! The Institute of Conscious Bodywork in Marin County. Lauren completed her massage training in 2008 and has been working as a bodyworker ever since. After massage school, Lauren worked as a massage therapist at The Mindful Body in San Francisco from 2009-2015, focusing on prenatal massage in particular, as well as with a wide variety of clients, including athletes, yogis, and San Francisco’s tech community.