Flourish Feeding- Preparing for Breastfeeding
Led by IBCLC Alicea Sabella, this interactive class will give you the tools you need to reach your infant feeding goals. Topics to be covered include breastfeeding benefits, colostrum and the transition to mature milk, positioning and alignment for you and your baby, how to latch and how to know if your infant is getting enough milk, breast and nipple care, hand and expression pumping and more.
Understanding Medical Interventions + Informed Decision Making
This class will review all of the different types of medical interventions that can happen in a hospital or birthing center. You will understand the pros and cons of each one and learn how to make the most informed decisions about your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period. Sign Up Here
Meditation for Pregnancy & Birth
Join yoga teacher & doula Julia Alvarez to learn simple meditations you can practice at home for pregnancy and birth. Meditating during pregnancy helps you connect to your baby and feel confident in your ability to birth. During labor, affirmations and meditative breathing settles your nervous system to keep hormones flowing and helps you stay present and able to cope. This workshop will teach you different methods of meditation & breathing techniques for each phase so you will feel ready for labor.
You can sign up for the whole series or for a drop in class.
Adult, Child, Infant CPR Certification Class
We never know when a cardiac emergency or choking emergency will happen to us or to those we care for. Statistics show that most Cardiac Arrests and Choking Events occur in the home. This course will prepare you to respond to these emergencies. PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CLASSPASS OR PART OF OUR DOULA PACKAGE, IT IS OFFERED AT AN ADDITIONAL PRICE OF $95.00 per person Sign Up Here
What will you learn in this course:
Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
Recognize when someone needs CPR
Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
Give effective breaths for all age groups
Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
Perform high-quality CPR for a child
Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child
Perform high-quality CPR for an infant
Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
Demonstrate how to help a choking infant
Natural Pain Management
In this childbirth education class, learn all of your options of natural pain management- from physical touch, mindful breathing, movement, water therapy and more. You will also learn what you can do to prepare for your best labor experience possible.
FREE Virtual Childbirth Education Class
This is a free 1 hour virtual childbirth education class and open to all! This class will focus on natural pain management techniques, the importance of skin-skin contact, and how to write an empowered birth plan. Taught by Mary Sefchek, founder of Philomena Birth and Lamaze Childbirth Educator, this class is designed as an overview of Childbirth Education.
Families who attend this class will receive 10% off our doula support package and a free copy of our Birth Planning Workbook.
Stages and Phases of Labor
Learn about the first stage, second stage and third stage of labor and the different types of phases- early, active and transition. This Lamaze childbirth education class will help you better understand the natural process of labor.
Flourish Feeding- Preparing for Breastfeeding
Led by IBCLC Alicea Sabella, this interactive class will give you the tools you need to reach your infant feeding goals. Topics to be covered include breastfeeding benefits, colostrum and the transition to mature milk, positioning and alignment for you and your baby, how to latch and how to know if your infant is getting enough milk, breast and nipple care, hand and expression pumping and more.
Understanding Medical Interventions + Informed Decision Making
This class will review all of the different types of medical interventions that can happen in a hospital or birthing center. You will understand the pros and cons of each one and learn how to make the most informed decisions about your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period. Sign Up Here
Newborn Care Class
Learn the basics of newborn care including baby's first bath, swaddling, feeding and sleeping. This workshop will go over all the tricks and tips you need to know first for the few days and weeks of your little one's life. Sign Up Here
Postpartum Planning
Join one of our postpartum doulas in this workshop as we review the 5 pillars of a successful postpartum plan: sleep needs & expectations, feeding & newborn care, family dynamics, nutrition & herbal healing, and sourcing your community. Sign Up Here
Natural Pain Management
In this childbirth education class, learn all of your options of natural pain management- from physical touch, mindful breathing, movement, water therapy and more. You will also learn what you can do to prepare for your best labor experience possible.
Adult, Child, Infant CPR Certification Class
We never know when a cardiac emergency or choking emergency will happen to us or to those we care for. Statistics show that most Cardiac Arrests and Choking Events occur in the home. This course will prepare you to respond to these emergencies. PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CLASSPASS OR PART OF OUR DOULA PACKAGE, IT IS OFFERED AT AN ADDITIONAL PRICE OF $95.00 per person Sign Up Here
What will you learn in this course:
Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
Recognize when someone needs CPR
Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
Give effective breaths for all age groups
Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
Perform high-quality CPR for a child
Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child
Perform high-quality CPR for an infant
Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
Demonstrate how to help a choking infant
Stages and Phases of Labor
Learn about the first stage, second stage and third stage of labor and the different types of phases- early, active and transition. This Lamaze childbirth education class will help you better understand the natural process of labor.
Understanding Medical Interventions + Informed Decision Making
This class will review all of the different types of medical interventions that can happen in a hospital or birthing center. You will understand the pros and cons of each one and learn how to make the most informed decisions about your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period. Sign Up Here
Adult, Child, Infant CPR Certification Class
We never know when a cardiac emergency or choking emergency will happen to us or to those we care for. Statistics show that most Cardiac Arrests and Choking Events occur in the home. This course will prepare you to respond to these emergencies. PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CLASSPASS OR PART OF OUR DOULA PACKAGE, IT IS OFFERED AT AN ADDITIONAL PRICE OF $95.00 per person Sign Up Here
What will you learn in this course:
Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
Recognize when someone needs CPR
Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
Give effective breaths for all age groups
Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
Perform high-quality CPR for a child
Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child
Perform high-quality CPR for an infant
Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
Demonstrate how to help a choking infant
Natural Pain Management
In this childbirth education class, learn all of your options of natural pain management- from physical touch, mindful breathing, movement, water therapy and more. You will also learn what you can do to prepare for your best labor experience possible.
Stages and Phases of Labor
Learn about the first stage, second stage and third stage of labor and the different types of phases- early, active and transition. This Lamaze childbirth education class will help you better understand the natural process of labor.
Adult, Child, Infant CPR Certification Class
We never know when a cardiac emergency or choking emergency will happen to us or to those we care for. Statistics show that most Cardiac Arrests and Choking Events occur in the home. This course will prepare you to respond to these emergencies. PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CLASSPASS OR PART OF OUR DOULA PACKAGE, IT IS OFFERED AT AN ADDITIONAL PRICE OF $95.00 per person Sign Up Here
What will you learn in this course:
Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
Recognize when someone needs CPR
Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
Give effective breaths for all age groups
Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
Perform high-quality CPR for a child
Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child
Perform high-quality CPR for an infant
Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
Demonstrate how to help a choking infant
Understanding Medical Interventions + Informed Decision Making
This class will review all of the different types of medical interventions that can happen in a hospital or birthing center. You will understand the pros and cons of each one and learn how to make the most informed decisions about your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period. Sign Up Here
Natural Pain Management
In this childbirth education class, learn all of your options of natural pain management- from physical touch, mindful breathing, movement, water therapy and more. You will also learn what you can do to prepare for your best labor experience possible.
Postpartum Planning
Join one of our postpartum doulas in this workshop as we review the 5 pillars of a successful postpartum plan: sleep needs & expectations, feeding & newborn care, family dynamics, nutrition & herbal healing, and sourcing your community. Sign Up Here
Newborn Care Class
Learn the basics of newborn care including baby's first bath, swaddling, feeding and sleeping. This workshop will go over all the tricks and tips you need to know first for the few days and weeks of your little one's life. Sign Up Here
Meditation for Pregnancy & Birth
Join yoga teacher & doula Julia Alvarez to learn simple meditations you can practice at home for pregnancy and birth. Meditating during pregnancy helps you connect to your baby and feel confident in your ability to birth. During labor, affirmations and meditative breathing settles your nervous system to keep hormones flowing and helps you stay present and able to cope. This workshop will teach you different methods of meditation & breathing techniques for each phase so you will feel ready for labor.
You can sign up for the whole series or for a drop in class.
Stages and Phases of Labor
Learn about the first stage, second stage and third stage of labor and the different types of phases- early, active and transition. This Lamaze childbirth education class will help you better understand the natural process of labor.
Meditation for Pregnancy & Birth
Join yoga teacher & doula Julia Alvarez to learn simple meditations you can practice at home for pregnancy and birth. Meditating during pregnancy helps you connect to your baby and feel confident in your ability to birth. During labor, affirmations and meditative breathing settles your nervous system to keep hormones flowing and helps you stay present and able to cope. This workshop will teach you different methods of meditation & breathing techniques for each phase so you will feel ready for labor.
You can sign up for the whole series or for a drop in class.
Natural Pain Management
In this childbirth education class, learn all of your options of natural pain management- from physical touch, mindful breathing, movement, water therapy and more. You will also learn what you can do to prepare for your best labor experience possible.
Natural Pain Management
In this childbirth education class, learn all of your options of natural pain management- from physical touch, mindful breathing, movement, water therapy and more. You will also learn what you can do to prepare for your best labor experience possible.
Understanding Medical Interventions + Informed Decision Making
This class will review all of the different types of medical interventions that can happen in a hospital or birthing center. You will understand the pros and cons of each one and learn how to make the most informed decisions about your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period. Sign Up Here
Understanding Medical Interventions + Informed Decision Making
This class will review all of the different types of medical interventions that can happen in a hospital or birthing center. You will understand the pros and cons of each one and learn how to make the most informed decisions about your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period. Sign Up Here
Stages and Phases of Labor
Learn about the first stage, second stage and third stage of labor and the different types of phases- early, active and transition. This Lamaze childbirth education class will help you better understand the natural process of labor.
Stages and Phases of Labor
Learn about the first stage, second stage and third stage of labor and the different types of phases- early, active and transition. This Lamaze childbirth education class will help you better understand the natural process of labor.
Meditation for Pregnancy & Birth
Join yoga teacher & doula Julia Alvarez to learn simple meditations you can practice at home for pregnancy and birth. Meditating during pregnancy helps you connect to your baby and feel confident in your ability to birth. During labor, affirmations and meditative breathing settles your nervous system to keep hormones flowing and helps you stay present and able to cope. This workshop will teach you different methods of meditation & breathing techniques for each phase so you will feel ready for labor.
You can sign up for the whole series or for a drop in class.
Adult, Child, Infant CPR Certification Class
We never know when a cardiac emergency or choking emergency will happen to us or to those we care for. Statistics show that most Cardiac Arrests and Choking Events occur in the home. This course will prepare you to respond to these emergencies. PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CLASSPASS OR PART OF OUR DOULA PACKAGE, IT IS OFFERED AT AN ADDITIONAL PRICE OF $95.00 per person Sign Up Here
What will you learn in this course:
Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
Recognize when someone needs CPR
Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
Describe how to perform CPR with help from others
Give effective breaths for all age groups
Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
Perform high-quality CPR for a child
Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child
Perform high-quality CPR for an infant
Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
Demonstrate how to help a choking infant
Maternal Journal
Using art and creativity as a way of processing childbirth and motherhood.
In these workshops, we do creative journaling around the multilayered experience of motherhood. We write, doodle, draw and paint. This is an opportunity to connect with each other around the shared experience of motherhood. Mothers in all stages of motherhood are welcomed: pregnant mothers, moms to littles, and moms to bigs.
Meditation for Pregnancy & Birth
Join yoga teacher & doula Julia Alvarez to learn simple meditations you can practice at home for pregnancy and birth. Meditating during pregnancy helps you connect to your baby and feel confident in your ability to birth. During labor, affirmations and meditative breathing settles your nervous system to keep hormones flowing and helps you stay present and able to cope. This workshop will teach you different methods of meditation & breathing techniques for each phase so you will feel ready for labor.
You can sign up for the whole series or for a drop in class.
Natural Pain Management
In this childbirth education class, learn all of your options of natural pain management- from physical touch, mindful breathing, movement, water therapy and more. You will also learn what you can do to prepare for your best labor experience possible.
Postpartum Planning
Join one of our postpartum doulas in this workshop as we review the 5 pillars of a successful postpartum plan: sleep needs & expectations, feeding & newborn care, family dynamics, nutrition & herbal healing, and sourcing your community. Sign Up Here
Meditation for Pregnancy & Birth
Join yoga teacher & doula Julia Alvarez to learn simple meditations you can practice at home for pregnancy and birth. Meditating during pregnancy helps you connect to your baby and feel confident in your ability to birth. During labor, affirmations and meditative breathing settles your nervous system to keep hormones flowing and helps you stay present and able to cope. This workshop will teach you different methods of meditation & breathing techniques for each phase so you will feel ready for labor.
You can sign up for the whole series or for a drop in class.
Natural Pain Management
In this childbirth education class, learn all of your options of natural pain management- from physical touch, mindful breathing, movement, water therapy and more. You will also learn what you can do to prepare for your best labor experience possible.
Understanding Medical Interventions + Informed Decision Making
This class will review all of the different types of medical interventions that can happen in a hospital or birthing center. You will understand the pros and cons of each one and learn how to make the most informed decisions about your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period. Sign Up Here
Birth & Postpartum Vision Board Workshop
Gather with a community of other pregnant people to create a Vision Board Birth Plan. Vision Boarding helps us to create a visual representation of what we want or hope to achieve, this helps to create a powerful image in our minds making it easier to believe in our ability to achieve our goals! This is designed as a fun evening to gather with other pregnant women, sip tea, and make art! Facilitated and Lead by Tessa Catto of Birth Art and Beyond, and Mary Sefchek of Philomena Birth. All supplies included
Stages and Phases of Labor
Learn about the first stage, second stage and third stage of labor and the different types of phases- early, active and transition. This Lamaze childbirth education class will help you better understand the natural process of labor.
Flourish Feeding- Preparing for Breastfeeding
Led by IBCLC Alicea Sabella, this interactive class will give you the tools you need to reach your infant feeding goals. Topics to be covered include breastfeeding benefits, colostrum and the transition to mature milk, positioning and alignment for you and your baby, how to latch and how to know if your infant is getting enough milk, breast and nipple care, hand and expression pumping and more.
Flourish Feeding- Preparing for Breastfeeding
Led by IBCLC Alicea Sabella, this interactive class will give you the tools you need to reach your infant feeding goals. Topics to be covered include breastfeeding benefits, colostrum and the transition to mature milk, positioning and alignment for you and your baby, how to latch and how to know if your infant is getting enough milk, breast and nipple care, hand and expression pumping and more.
Newborn Care Class
Learn the basics of newborn care including baby's first bath, swaddling, feeding and sleeping. This workshop will go over all the tricks and tips you need to know first for the few days and weeks of your little one's life. Sign Up Here
Birth Story Circle
We are so excited to be starting our Birth Story Circle! This is something we have been wanting to do for a long time.
The benefits of sharing positive birth stories are numerous. Hearing positive birth stories can help to counteract the negative birth narratives that are often presented in the media and can contribute to feelings of fear and uncertainty about childbirth.
We want families to realize that positive empowering births happen all the time in our local hospitals!
Come ready to listen or share your story. This will be a safe space to share and ask questions. The circle will be facilitated by Mary.
This event is free, but we do need all who plan to attend to RSVP. If you plan on sharing your birth story you will be emailed a list of questions that can help shape what you plan on sharing.
FREE Childbirth Education Class + Meet the doulas
In this FREE 1 hour childbirth education class families will learn about skin-to-skin contact, how to write a powerful birth plan, and 3 comfort measures for labor. This is designed as an introduction to Childbirth Education and an opportunity for families to meet our doula team and see our space.
Participants will receive a free copy of an our Birth Planning Workbook and our Welcome Packet.
Space is limited to 9 Families. Sign Up Here
Natural Pain Management
In this childbirth education class, learn all of your options of natural pain management- from physical touch, mindful breathing, movement, water therapy and more. You will also learn what you can do to prepare for your best labor experience possible.
Postpartum Planning
Join one of our postpartum doulas in this workshop as we review the 5 pillars of a successful postpartum plan: sleep needs & expectations, feeding & newborn care, family dynamics, nutrition & herbal healing, and sourcing your community. Sign Up Here
Understanding Medical Interventions + Informed Decision Making
This class will review all of the different types of medical interventions that can happen in a hospital or birthing center. You will understand the pros and cons of each one and learn how to make the most informed decisions about your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period. Sign Up Here