Services provided include prenatal education and the identification of their intentions for their birth, continuous emotional and physical support during labor and birth for mother and partner, and informational and emotional support during the early postpartum period. Clients may also request assistance with baby slings at their postpartum visit.

 

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Hypno-Doula Services 

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Clients who are planning to use hypnosis during childbirth have unique needs for support during their birthing time. Hypno-doulas are familiar with the terminology and techniques to be used by mother and partner and can assist in the facilitation of creating the environment necessary to best support these clients. One of the prenatal meetings will include a rehearsal for the birth using the hypnosis techniques the couple has learned in their classes. Hypno-doula clients will also benefit from many of the same services as those purchasing a standard birth doula package.

 

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Prenatal and Postpartum Reiki Sessions for Mother and Baby

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Reiki is a type of bodywork that promotes relaxation and stress reduction for both mother and baby during both the prenatal and postpartum periods. Reiki often also helps strengthen the energetic, emotional connection between mother and baby. Birth doula clients usually receive Reiki during labor as one of several comfort measures.

 

Reiki is also beneficial for clients on prescribed bedrest.

 

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Happiest Baby on the Block Classes

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Dr. Harvey Karp, a pediatrician from California, discovered that babies experience a "fourth trimester" during the first three months of life. During this time, babies systems are still immature, and many infants benefit by having their parents create a womb-like atmosphere for them for much of this fourth trimester. Dr. Karp created a system which he calls the "5 S's", five sequential actions that help to trigger a baby's "calming reflex." This method can calm a baby who is just starting to fuss, and it is also effective in helping to calm babies with colic.

 

Clients of With Heart and Hands can request a private class to learn the "5 S's", either prenatally or after their baby has arrived. 

 

Contact Darlene for details about Happiest Baby classes.

 

  

Life Coaching

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Becoming a parent is a life-changing event. Being a parent is rewarding, yet many face a learning curve they never expected. How could a being so small demand SO much? 

 

As a life coach, Darlene helps you assess your life as it is now and supports you as you set a vision for your life as a mother and your changing roles in your other relationships. Through powerful questioning and homework assignments, you will be guided to find your own right answers and will be accountable for creating the structures in your life that will help you feel supported and joyful.

 

Contact Darlene for details about life coaching services.

 

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Imagine what might happen if the majority of women emerged from their labor beds with a renewed sense of the strength and power of their bodies and their capacity for ecstasy through giving birth. When enough women realize that birth is a time of great opportunity to get in touch with their true power, and then they are willing to assume responsibility for this, we will reclaim the power of birth and help move technology where it belongs—in the service of birthing women, not as their master.

~Christiane Northrup, MD