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Birthing From Within

Experiencing Childbirth in Your Own Way

By Shel Franco

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The Classes
Teresa Howard, a doula and childbirth educator in Atlanta, Ga., says that Birthing From Within classes are like nothing she has ever seen. "It is a time of laughter and tears, self-exploration and creative self-expression," she says. "The pain-coping techniques are wonderful. The examination of fears to prepare for your birthplace is phenomenal! It is great to see secrets unlocked and assumptions dismissed and exploration to take place."

mom-to-be Birthing From Within classes utilize many unique strategies to help women give birth using their own emotional, spiritual and physical power. One of the most notable strategies is the construction and interpretation of birth art.

Birth art can be in the form paintings, sculptures, drawings and writings. It serves as an exploration of the woman's inner thoughts, worries and dreams. "The birth art is part of it, but there is so much more," Howard says. She tells her students that Birthing From Within classes are about birthing in awareness, making conscious decisions, challenging your assumptions, allowing yourself to use your imagination in considering a range of possibilities about your labor and birth, envisioning giving birth in many ways and places, being present and strong in birth, exploring what is necessary to participate fully in your birth, preparing your birthplace, welcoming your baby and bonding as a family.

The Positives
Heather Baeck, a certified childbirth educator in Passaic, N.J., turned to the Birthing From Within method to supplement her current class instruction. Her reason is one of the most often cited positives of Birthing From Within: "[There is a] thorough grounding in the spiritual and emotional aspects of pregnancy and labor. I have never seen these areas covered as clearly and as well as in Birthing From Within. It gives me the exercises to help my clients discover their own power."


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