RETURNING SOVEREIGN BIRTH TO MOTHERS AND FAMILIES
Class Dates: June 15, June 22, June 29, July 6, July 13, July 20, July 27, August 3
Time: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Investment: $497 per pair (payment plans available)
Location: Ventura; in-person location details provided upon registration
The eight-session Birth In Power group education series will reveal to you the childbearing continuum as it has evolved over the past few hundred years to modern day - from birthing alone in our own homes to birthing in hospitals in front of entire medical teams. The series explores the basics of birth and postpartum recovery, and the many ways in which these experiences can unfold for modern day mothers. Natural, undisturbed, physiologic birth is emphasized as the ideal foundational birth scenario, and the truth about how and why giving birth in a hospital by default is NOT conducive to a safe and healthy birth experience will be explored.
If you are drawn to birthing at home or outside of the system, and want to learn the truth about birth and postpartum expansion, or; if you would like to be able to support the birthing families in your life with a deeper understanding of what the physiological birthing process looks like when left undisturbed, this is the right class for you.
I personally received both OBGYN and midwifery care, birthed both in the hospital and at home; both with medical attendants and without; both with an epidural and without. I have attended hospital, cesarean, birth center and midwife-supported home births as a birth doula, and I have mentored a free birth mama too. When it comes to the postpartum realm, I’ve had three unique experiences myself (both with and without doula and family support, and also on lockdown this past year), and I have supported a variety of families in their own homes in support of their innate parenting wisdom.
As a result, I have been blessed with the ability to both see and feel birth and motherhood from a variety of differing world views. This makes me an excellent guide in regard to the realities of birth and postpartum versus the mistruths and cultural misunderstandings of these life experiences, which will help you in deciding where and how you wish to birth your baby. Birth matters, and your experience of bringing forth life is truly sacred. I am here to shine a light on this truth for you and all who love you and wish to support you during this time.
CONTENT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:
Birth as a rite of passage
Nature’s blueprint for natural, physiologic birth to unfold safely for both mother and baby
What is required for physiologic birth to occur in today’s modern day setting
The current state of birth in our culture, and in comparison to other cultures
The history of birth
Licensed, traditional and radical midwifery care options
Self-guided and mother-centered prenatal care and birthing options
Engaging with the power of labor and birth
Moving through fear and into trust via meditation and manifestation
Prenatal and postpartum nutrition
Bodywork and its role in pregnancy, birth and postpartum recovery
The spiritual aspects of creating, birthing and sustaining the life of another
Traditional postpartum healing modalities, including womb steaming and the practice of taking 40 days to rest after the birth of your baby
Physiologic baby care wisdom
Honoring the impact of your baby’s journey from water to land
Breastfeeding, bottle-feeding and holistic formula options (including homemade)
Co-sleeping, bedsharing and breastsleeping
Home study materials and deep dive recommendations (podcasts, documentaries, etc.) for further exploration
Support through the setting of your birth, postpartum and motherhood intentions
Creativity and journaling prompts that we can reflect on together, if desired
SERIES PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE:
16 hours of in-person mentorship in the form of eight two-hour class sessions, as well as home study opportunities to dive deeper into the topics we cover in class
A small group learning experience - each series is limited to five families
Knowledge as to how best prepare for a sovereign birth and postpartum experience
The opportunity to set birthing and parenting intentions in a safe and sacred container
Complementary reservations at one Prenatal Ascension Circle and one Postpartum Expansion Circle (for mothers only)
Discounted rates on virtual or in-home holistic postpartum care services, in the interest of providing continuity of care
THIS SERIES IS INTENDED FOR:
Expecting mothers and fathers
Pre-conception mothers- and fathers-to-be
Aspiring doulas, midwives and birthkeepers
Friends and family members who will be witnessing a loved one’s birth
Any woman who seeks a deeper understanding of the childbearing continuum, whether or not she plans to have children of her own
Private and group registration options available
TO REGISTER:
Please complete the following form to register. I will email you payment instructions upon receiving your submission.
ABOUT KAITLIN COGHILL
Kaitlin Coghill, physiologic birthkeeper and holistic postpartum care provider, has served her community as a trained and certified birth and postpartum educator, mentor, photographer and doula since 2013. Having worked and trained with a variety of organizations, her support style is well-rounded and all-encompassing, allowing her to intuitively draw on various philosophies and strategies when helping parents venture forth into the realm of raising children. Her time spent in the birthing spaces and homes of new families has wholly enhanced her belief that all birth is sacred and all babies are teachers, sent here to guide us into the new paradigm we are being asked to live within. When not working with families, Kaitlin lives and loves alongside her three daughters and husband in their hometown of Ventura.