Co-Creative Birthing Circle Curriculum
Module 1:
- Birth As A Rite of Passage
- Homebirth Midwives
- Nurse-Midwives
- Hospital Birth
- Doulas
- Choosing Your Birth Team
- Activities
Module 2:
- Co-Creative Birthing
- Connecting with the Living World in Pregnancy
- Honoring Your Creative Center
- Prenatal Consciousness
- Heart-Breath Meditation
- Water Consciousness
- Co-Creative Healing Arts
- Birth of a New Consciousness
- Activities
Module 3:
- Natural Healing for Pregnancy & Birth
- Healing Through Nutrition
- Organic Mama & Baby
- Morning Sickness Remedies
- Pelvic Floor Exercises
- Massage in the Birth Year
- Pregnancy Massage Benefits
- Acupuncture in Pregnancy
- Prenatal Yoga
- Womb Dancing
- Activities
Module 4:
- Envisioning Your Birth
- Beliefs About Birth
- Prenatal Testing & Informed Choice
- Use Your B.R.A.I.N.
- Interventions in Childbirth
- Ultrasound
- Labor Induction
- Pain Medication
- Cesarean Section
- Breech Babies
- Preparing for Optimal Birthing
- Activities
Module 5:
- Biodynamic Birthing
- The Recipe for an Instinctive Birth
- Naturally Moving through Labor & Birth
- Breathing
- Toning & Singing
- The Ecstatic Hormones of Birth
- Oxytocin: The Hormone of Love & Labor Attendants
- Beta-Endorphins: A Shared Experience Between Mother & Baby
- Waterbirth
- Nurturing Touch in Childbirth
- Walking the Labyrinth of Birth
- Mother Earth is in Labor
- Activities
Module 6:
- Mamatoto: Mother & Baby After Birth
- The Benefits of Skin-to-Skin Contact
- Bonding with Baby
- Breastfeeding
- Birth of the Placenta
- Placenta Encapsulation
- Circumcision
- Postpartum Healing
- Activities
Module 7:
- Babymoon: Being with Your Baby
- Attachment Parenting
- Baby Wearing
- Baby Massage
- Sleeping with Your Baby
- Natural Diapering
- Baby Bottles
- Mama's Self-Care
- Just for Dads
- The Parenting Path
PLUS:
Co-Creative Birthing E-Book
Positive Birth Story Library
Mamatoto Cookbook
Birth Humor
Birth Circle Discussion Forum
40+ Videos on Birth & Parenting
150+ Links to Birth & Parenting Resources
