Karissa's goal is to provide comprehensive and entertaining classes to engage Mothers and Partners. The journey to parenthood is a miraculous one, and her classes are empowering and enjoyable...with a little levity along the way!
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Karissa has had the opportunity to teach throughout the Triangle including in hospital, birth center, OBGYN office and private settings.
Karissa has had the opportunity to teach throughout the Triangle including in hospital, birth center, OBGYN office and private settings.
Below you will find information on group and private classes
Group Childbirth Classes
ONE DAY Childbirth Class, limit to 4 couples
Registration: Click HereLocation: Apex, NC
Upcoming Dates:
August 18 & 19, 10-2pm
October 6 & 7, 10-2pm
Cost: $199Course Topics
- Hands on comfort measures including massage and rebozo work
- Relaxation techniques including meditation, visualization and breath work
- Recognizing stages and phases and labor and what to do
- Advocating and communicating with your Health Care Providers
- Crafting a Birth Plan
- Interventions: When a plan changes
Karissa is currently offering private sessions. If you are a practice interested in hosting a group childbirth class, please contact Karissa.
- Hands on comfort measures including massage and rebozo work
- Relaxation techniques including mediation, visualization and breath work
- Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy and birth
- Recognizing stages and phases of labor
- Advocacy and communication with Health Care Professionals
- Crafting a birth plan
- Interventions: risks, benefits and alternatives
- Preparing for the postpartum period, aka “The Fourth Trimester”
- Newborn Care
- Setting yourself up for breastfeeding success
- How breastfeeding works
- What a good latch looks and feels like
- Baby positioning
- Feeding cues
- Infant intake and weight gain
- Pumping 101
- Choice of Class Schedule
- 3 consecutive Saturdays, 4 hours per class $399
- 6 classes, one evening per week, 2 hours per class $429
ONE DAY Childbirth Class, Approximately 8 Hours
Registration: Click Here
Refresher for Seasoned Parents, 3 Hours
Registration: Click Here
Cost: $129
Course Topics - Hands on comfort measures including massage and rebozo work
- Relaxation techniques including mediation, visualization and breath work
- Refresher of anatomy and physiology of pregnancy and birth
- Recognizing stages and phases of labor
- Advocacy and communication with Health Care Professionals
- Personalized Crafted Class to Meet Specific Needs
