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Giving the gift of education, empowerment, and usable tools for birth and postpartum is a thoughtful and wise way to support a growing family or support a birth professional in their work.
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Giving the gift of education, empowerment, and usable tools for birth and postpartum is a thoughtful and wise way to support a growing family or support a birth professional in their work. See full details for redeeming gift certificates at https://www.blossomingbelliesbirth.com/gift-certificates.html.
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$200 Gift Certificate
Giving the gift of education, empowerment, and usable tools for birth and postpartum is a thoughtful and wise way to support a growing family or support a birth professional in their work. See full details for redeeming gift certificates at https://www.blossomingbelliesbirth.com/gift-certificates.html.
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$50 Gift Certificate
Giving the gift of education, empowerment, and usable tools for birth and postpartum is a thoughtful and wise way to support a growing family or support a birth professional in their work.
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Affirmations for Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, and Postpartum After Cesarean
This packet of affirmation handouts aim to build confidence and calm through pregnancy, during birth, and into the postpartum. With an added bonus of affirmations specifically geared towards those healing from cesarean birth, these handouts will support the entire journey from pregnancy and beyond. These can be used in one's own pregnancy or can be used by birth professionals and shared with clients.
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Awareness and Relaxation Exercise Bundle
This downloadable bundle of four audio tracks (and one intro track) will encourage relaxation and tension release in pregnancy while helping to connect one with their body, their baby, and their pelvic floor. Tracks include guided tension release, pelvic floor muscle recognition, functional breath, and directed breathing. Audio tracks are a great support in pregnancy, a tool for connection and surrender in labor, and a guide for gentle healing during postpartum.
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Blossoming Bellies 5/4/3 Rule Notecards
This quick guide to the Blossoming Bellies 5/4/3 Rule offers you three variations for each basic laboring position, based on the pelvic biomechanics guideline created by Brittany Sharpe McCollum. With clear photographs detailing each positioning option, this handy guide will help make movement easier. The guide includes options that are feasible in unmedicated birth and births with an epidural.
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Blossoming Bellies Guide to a Healthy Perineum
This digital six page quick-guide offers suggestions for maintaining pelvic floor health and mobility from pregnancy, through birth, and into postpartum. Grab this digital guide whether you're a parent or birth professional and learn simple research-based ways to maintain and improve pelvic floor well-being.
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Epidural 101
This is your crash course on regional anesthesia pain management options for labor and birth! In this course, we will explore the use of epidural, combined spinal epidural, and spinal medications through understanding the available options, administration, and pros and cons. We will answer the questions “What’s the best time to get an epidural?” and “When is it too late to get one?” And we will be busting some prevalent myths related to what’s possible, safe, and realistic when it comes to laboring with pain relief. This course will support you in making a decision that feels right to YOU regarding pain management - no judgment, no bias.
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- By Brittany Sharpe McCollum, CCE(BWI), CPLD, CLC
For the Professional: Pelvic Biomechanics for an Easier Birth
This is our crash course on understanding the ways in which the pelvis can move in labor, how the baby navigates their way down and out, and the relationship between the two! Designed for both the labor and delivery nurse and the doula, this course is a MUST for perinatal professionals looking to enhance their skills, bring up to date evidence based knowledge to their clients, and get creative with positioning and movement in labor for better birth outcomes. In this course, we will: Compare changes in space of the pelvic planes based on femur rotation, sacral/iliac nutation/counternutation, and asymmetry Identify fetal rotation and dynamics in relation to the pelvic planes Shift perspective from focusing on progress based on dilation to progress based on fetal descent Recognize research-based benefits to incorporating movement in labor Explore parental positions for encouraging fetal descent and rotation at different fetal stations in labors both with and without pain medication
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- By Brittany Sharpe McCollum, CCE(BWI), CPLD, CLC
For the Professional: Supporting Clients Through Cesarean Birth: A Continuing Education Course for Doulas
This two hour continuing education training for doulas provides an in-depth understanding of what doula support looks like through prenatal care, birthing support, and the postpartum journey for clients giving birth by cesarean. Doulas will develop ideas, skills, and techniques for providing high-quality individualized support that leaves clients feeling educated, nurtured, and supported. 2 CEs through ICEA have been approved. In this workshop, we will: Develop key talking points for exploring cesarean birth in prenatal visits Explore ways to educate the client’s support team through labor and cesarean birth Illustrate the role of doula support through planned and unplanned cesarean birth Identify the immediate postpartum support needs for cesarean birth families Summarize the extended postpartum support needs for cesarean birth families Prepare additional resources for birth story processing
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- By Brittany Sharpe McCollum, CCE(BWI), CPLD, CLC
Full Webinar Library
Hours of education are yours with three months unlimited access to our FULL webinar library. Whether you're a parent looking for a solid foundation of childbirth prep or a perinatal professional looking to develop your skills and further your education, we have you covered!
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Handbook: 2nd Edition (Purple): Preventing and Working through Fetal Position Related Complications
This is our second edition (purple) full color photo handbook, containing captions and descriptions of 17 techniques for preventing and working through labor stalls. It is a perfect complement to the "Moving through Labor" and "Creating Space" workshops and is a great addition to the doula or birth bag for professionals and expectant parents and offers the childbirth educator and doula an easy teaching tool.
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Handbook: 3rd Edition (Yellow): Preventing and Working Through Fetal Position-Related Complications
This full color photo handbook contains captions and descriptions of 20 labor and birth positions not seen in our first or second edition handbooks! These positions and captions offer guidance for creating space in the different planes of the pelvis to decrease intervention and encourage progress and comfort and can be used in both medicated and unmedicated births.
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Handbook: Working with Posterior Fetal Positioning
This full color photo handbook contains insights into supporting the posterior fetal position with captions and descriptions of 21 labor and birth positions specifically beneficial for supporting progress with a posterior baby! With the goal of reducing intervention, encouraging progress and comfort, and restoring autonomy to the laboring person, this handbook is beneficial for use with both medicated and unmedicated births in any setting.
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Handout Library
This downloadable library contains six handouts to support an empowered birth and postpartum experience. Handouts include: Birth Plan In-Depth Checklist Building Communication Skills: Informed Consent Role Play Hospital Logistics: Questions for Being an Informed Care Recipient Common Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Myths Dispelled Postpartum Checklist First 48 Hours Home with Your Baby
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Infant Care 101
Our self-paced Infant Care 101 is your guide for navigating the first few weeks with your sweet little baby. This course is based on our popular in-person and live virtual classes but offers the opportunity to learn at your own pace and review material as necessary. Topics include physical characteristics of newborns and what to expect in the first few hours and days after birth, basics of newborn behavior and physiology, signs of illness and knowing when to call the pediatrician, the basics of diapering, umbilical cord care, care for the circumcised and intact penis, and bathing. Tips and suggestions for soothing a fussy baby are discussed as well including touch, massage, and swaddling. The class also covers creating realistic expectations for the new family dynamic. This course will leave you feeling better informed as well as confident and excited to begin the journey of parenting!
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- By Brittany Sharpe McCollum, CCE(BWI), CPLD, CLC
Labor Position Flashcards
Twelve labor positions and the Blossoming Bellies 5/4/3 rule are highlighted in this pack of flashcards designed to support active birth with an epidural or without. Divided into positions ideal for early/active labor, active/transition, and pushing phases, these full color cards will support expecting parents and perinatal professionals in making movement and position changing a reality for all labors!
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Labor Support Guide for Expectant Parents
This downloadable 27 page handbook is the perfect resource for use during labor and birth in any setting. Created as a guide for the birthing person and their non-clinical support people (partners, friends, family members, even doulas), this resource offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of the labor process, informed decision making, medical pain relief options, comfort techniques, and positions (for both medicated and unmedicated labors) for an empowered and positive birth experience.
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Lactation 101
Nursing your baby is a relationship that is best nourished with support and understanding. Our comprehensive course will help build your confidence while providing you with a solid understanding of how milk is produced and maintained, ways to prevent common complications, and how to navigate the nursing relationship as it unfolds in the first few weeks and months. Our course covers the basics of milk production, how to know that your baby is getting enough, proper positioning and latch for successful and comfortable nursing, tips for meeting the individual's nursing goals, feeding misconceptions, information on storing and expressing milk, and where (and when!) to go for additional support once your baby arrives. Nursing supplies and products are also discussed and techniques and tips to ease the nursing relationship are shared.
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Moving Through Labor
Moving Through Labor is a unique course dedicated to understanding pelvic bones, movement, and space, demystifying the idea of optimal positioning for the baby, and learning and practicing movements and techniques for minimizing positioning-related complications during labor. The skills developed in this workshop help expectant parents understand the baby's descent and rotation through the pelvis and the role movement plays in avoiding unnecessary interventions. We cover pelvic anatomy and how to create space with simple movements and positions, working with the baby to improve efficiency in birth, understanding baby positioning, and supportive labor positions for comfort and ease of baby's descent and rotation in both medicated and unmedicated births.
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- By Brittany Sharpe McCollum, CCE(BWI), CPLD, CLC
Preparing for an Empowered Cesarean Birth
This course will support you in preparing for healthy and positive cesarean birth experience, whether planned or unplanned. Through shifting perspective on what involvement in surgical birth can look like, participants will learn tools for active decision making, develop skills for providing support before, during, and after the birth, and gain knowledge of both the process and the healing. An unbiased and non-judgmental approach allows clients the space to sort through their preferences, obtain usable information, and prepare for a healthy and positive cesarean birth whether it is their original birthing plan or their back-up plan.
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The Roots of Obstetrics and Its Impact on Modern Birth Management
This one hour webinar style workshop is a historiographical look at how obstetrics began in the United States and how certain racist and pseudoscientific notions of the mid to late 1800s became embedded in obstetrical practice. In this workshop, we explore how American doctors gained footing in medicine within the emerging field of “women’s health.” Factors that contributed to a biased perspective and understanding of childbirth are analyzed, with further exploration of the long-term effects on management of childbirth to this day. The workshop wraps up with a discussion of research-based ways to move forward to improve birth safety and childbirth outcomes. This workshop was originally presented as part of the ICEA 2022 Conference for Childbirth Professionals and has been awarded 1 contact hour through ICEA.
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Your Empowered Birth
Our course supports you in developing the confidence, knowledge, and skills to have an empowering birth experience based on YOUR preferences and priorities. With our most comprehensive course offered, you'll have access to hours of content to encourage a healthy and empowered birth!
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Your Empowered Birth, Lactation 101, and Infant Care Basics
This bundle prepares you for birth, breastfeeding, and infant care. It includes our courses Your Empowered Birth, Lactation 101, and Infant Care 101.
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Your Empowered Homebirth
Home is where the heart is–and the birth and the education. Dive into preparing for a confident and empowering birth with our self-paced course designed specifically for those birthing at home. Topics include informed decision making and shared trust between the client and midwife through pregnancy and birth, pelvic dynamics and positioning of the baby for a smoother labor, movement for a healthy pregnancy and birth, mindfulness and partner exercises to build confidence and trust in oneself and each other, the physiological and emotional process of labor, understanding hospital transfer and maintaining control in the decision making process should a transfer become necessary, and comfort measures, movement, and positions for labor. Class participants receive a digital packet of class materials to enhance the content shared throughout the course.
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Your Empowered Homebirth, Lactation 101, and Infant Care Basics
This bundle prepares you for homebirth, breastfeeding, and infant care. It includes our courses Your Empowered Homebirth, Lactation 101, and Infant Care 101.
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Your Empowered Postpartum
Preparing for the weeks after birth is just as important as preparing for the birth itself. In our course geared solely towards understanding and embracing the time after birth, you will gain clarity on the physical and emotional aspects of the postpartum as well as suggestions for making the time as peaceful, restful, and positive as possible. Our course, Your Empowered Postpartum, begins with a look at the immediate postpartum and takes you through the first few hours, days, and weeks after vaginal birth and cesarean birth. With an emphasis on supporting the body as it heals and supporting the emotions as they shift, we explore nourishment, movement, pelvic floor health, family and community support, identity shifts, and bonding with your little one. Join us in preparing for a confident, healthy, and empowering postpartum!
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Your Empowered Pregnancy
Your pregnancy deserves just as much support and education as your birth and postpartum! In our extremely unique course, Your Empowered Pregnancy, the sole focus is on providing participants with the support, information, skills, and understanding to embrace the emotional and physical aspects of pregnancy with autonomy and confidence. Deeper connection with your baby and your body are encouraged through exploring nourishment, movement, anatomy, and pelvic dynamics. Skills for active communication with providers are developed through knowledge of what's covered in prenatal visits and how to utilize informed decision making to feel confident in your choices. Late pregnancy changes and third trimester comfort is explored and participants are offered relaxation and breathing exercises to support the journey. Join us in spending time on YOU and your pregnancy with support, information, and relaxation!
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Your Empowered VBAC
Our VBAC preparation class provides expectant families with an opportunity to gather evidence based information, build confidence and knowledge, and prepare for a vaginal birth after cesarean that is a positive and healthy labor and childbirth experience. Confidence and knowledge is developed through the exploration of topics including choosing a VBAC friendly provider, becoming an active participant in decision making, and factors that affect VBAC success. Participants dive into understanding pelvic dynamics and fetal positioning for an efficient labor and decreased risk of intervention. Additional topics include medical pain relief options, comfort in labor, emotional support through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, understanding cesarean birth if it becomes necessary, postpartum planning, postpartum expectations, and more!
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- By Brittany Sharpe McCollum, CCE(BWI), CPLD, CLC
biblioteca de folletos
PDF descargable en espanol Los folletos incluyen: Mejorando nuestras habilidades de comunicación: Rechazando una intervención no deseada. En el Hospital: Preguntas que te ayudarán a recibir atención médica informada. Desmintiendo los mitos más comunes sobre la lactancia. Mi plan de post parto. Los cuidados en casa del bebé durante las primeras 48 horas.
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