Journey of Motherhood

         Birth Doula and Childbirth Education 

             JOANNE DAHILL, CD(DONA), HCHI, LMBT (NC lic #548), GCFP

Journey of Motherhood
3500 Westgate Drive Suite 504
Durham, NC 27707
ph: 919-416-9831
alt: 919-698-9110

Calm Birth

An Introduction to Calm Birth:

New Potential of Childbirth

Presentor:  Christine Novak, RNC, HNC, CCE
Calm Birth Program Director/ Labor & Delivery Nurse


This program introduces attendees to three practices that help women prepare for childbirth. The Calm Birth method is a vital compliment to medical birth, cesarean birth and natural childbirth. Calm Birth was created using principles of meditation science and mind/body medicine. It is based on programs developed and researched at Harvard University Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. The method has been presented at universities and hospitals throughout the United States. For further information visit Calm Birth.


“We recommend our pregnant patients take a Calm Birth class and develop a regular practice using the Calm Birth CD. Using the Calm Birth practices is an ideal way for pregnant women to reduce stress, fears and anxiety while improving their sense of wellbeing, energy levels and stamina. This is an ideal way for women to care for themselves and their developing babies during pregnancy.”
    Gary Kaye, MD, FACOG and Alissa Kaye, MD, FACOG
    Obstetricians in private practice in Cranford, New Jersey and Overlook Hospital

“Calm Birth is a sublime gift to all of us. It contains the blueprint for reconnecting with birth wisdom on all levels…Doing the practices will transform the birth experience and imprint a peaceful beginning in both mother and child. The positive impact of this on society can’t be overestimated.”
    Christiane Northrup, MD, FACOG
    Author, Mother-Daughter Wisdom and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom

“Calm Birth is the childbirth method that society and I have waited for. It’s been a long time coming, a very long time. I am a midwife and an educator; with a steady devotion to childbirth…Calm Birth does what is so deeply needed. It heals the Earth by healing birth.”
    Jeannine Parvati Baker, Midwife and Educator
    Author, Prenatal Yoga and Natural Childbirth and Conscious Conception

“Calm Birth…encourages and supports natural childbirth and helps to heal the side effects of medications and invasive procedures…An empowering alternative to the ‘medicalization of birth,’ the techniques liberate women to channel their innate wisdom into welcoming their newborn child in a truly life affirming way.”
    Thomas Verny, MD, Dpsych, DHL, FRCPC
    Author, The Secret Life of Your Unborn Child and Tomorrow’s Baby
    Founder and past president, Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health

“I took a Calm Birth class during my third pregnancy and listened to the CD several times a week. Using the practices during labor allowed my body to soften, handle the demands of labor and trust that I could do it. Most amazing is how I am parenting my older children more mindfully and responding to my new baby’s needs more easily and calmly. Calm Birth is a wonderful gift to us.”
    CindiSue Gilmore, Massage Therapist/ mother of three

 

Upcoming inroductory seminar: 

Saturday, June 27, 2009   

8:30am to 4:00pm

Location:  University Chiropractic,

Registration fee: Early bird:

$75 if register by June 1, 2009

$85 by June 20th, 2009.

Please contact Joanne for further information.

          
Target Audience:
Midwives, maternal-child health nurses, physicians, doulas, childbirth educators, pregnant women/couples and those interested in the optimal function of the nervous system during preconception, pregnancy, birth and beyond.

CDs and books available for purchase during the workshop  (cash or check only).  

CEUs: 6.0 contact hours by Medigrace, approved by the California Board of Nursing

Journey of Motherhood
3500 Westgate Drive Suite 504
Durham, NC 27707
ph: 919-416-9831
alt: 919-698-9110