Be prepared. Wherever your birth takes you.
Join Ashley, Childbirth Educator and Registered Dietitian, from Informed Intuition and Abbey, RN, BSN, IBCLC, from Mal's Milky Way for the ultimate VIRTUAL, SELF-PACED pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding preparation course. This course series is fully comprehensive with everything you need to have an empowered pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding experience, whether things go to plan or you need to pivot!
Available Courses
A prenatal breastfeeding preparation course in a self-paced virtual format. Learn all about latching, supply, skin to skin, paced bottle feeding, expression/pumping, and more! Taught by Abbey McLaughlin, RN, BSN, IBCLC, owner of Mals Milky Way private practice lactation support in Appleton, WI.
Join Ashley, Childbirth Educator & Registered Dietitian, for the ultimate VIRTUAL, SELF-PACED pregnancy, birth, and postpartum preparation course. This course series is fully comprehensive with everything you need to have an empowered pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience, whether things go to plan or you need to pivot! This course covers ONLY the childbirth portion of the Motherhood Your Way virtual course. Looking for breastfeeding too? Choose Motherhood Your Way Course!
Join Ashley, Childbirth Educator and Registered Dietitian, from Informed Intuition and Abbey, RN, BSN, IBCLC, from Mal's Milky Way for the ultimate VIRTUAL, SELF-PACED pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding preparation course. This course series is fully comprehensive with everything you need to have an empowered pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding experience, whether things go to plan or you need to pivot!
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
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Risks, benefits, and alternatives.
No matter where your birth takes you, we believe in true informed consent. Learn the risks, benefits, and alternatives of most common interventions in labor and birth.
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Leave well enough alone.
Explore undisturbed birth & why it should be supported when possible.
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Non-medication coping techniques.
Learn breathing techniques, laboring positions, birth affirmations, and massage/counterpressure to help cope with surges.
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Decision-making and self-advocacy skills.
As women, it’s easy for us to “be easy.” To let our voices fade into the background. To bend to someone else’s will. Here, we work on how to speak up respectfully and to ask questions of your provider so everyone is on the same page.
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Decisions and expectations for after birth & postpartum period.
What will those first days with baby be like? How can we start our breastfeeding relationship off strong? HOW DO WE SLEEP? All these questions and more are answered here.
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All things breastfeeding.
Learn from Abbey, IBCLC, about baby-led feeding, infant intake and output, latching, ideal and alternative journeys, skin-to-skin, expression & bottle feeding, and more!
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