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01/16/2023
January is already halfway through! Make sure to secure your spots on the upcoming Birth Explained classes.
Jan. 22 - Lactation Education
Research shows that people who learn about lactation and bodyfeeding their baby before birth nurse longer and have less anxiety overall. Let’s talk about what to expect in the first weeks, months, and years of bodyfeed a child!
Jan. 28 - Baby Talk Meet Up
Come talk and connect with other parents! Bring babies!
Jan. 29 - You Name It
Bring all your questions, comments, and concerns. We will make sure you leave with answers on whatever topics you choose.
07/27/2022
Take a look at your calendar and see which classes you can take in August!
*Postpartum Preparation focuses on what to expect the first 6-8 weeks after birth.
*Baby Talk Meet Up Group meets every other Saturday. Share stories and connect with other parents!
*Tell Me More dives deep into the world of birth. This class assumes a foundation of knowledge. Childbirth 101 is a great way to gain that foundation, but is not required.
*Lactation Education is where you can learn all about bodyfeeding.
*You Name It doesn't have a strict agenda! You bring the questions and leave with answers.
07/25/2022
I'm Claire! I am the founder and educator at Birth Explained.
At Birth Explained, the goal is to provide access to reproductive and sexual health information (specializing in pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and lactation) to people of all backgrounds.
Before the institutionalization and medicalization of birth, knowledge was passed down from generation to generation. Friends and family would attend each other's births, so there were fewer unknowns since physiological birth was witnessed regularly.
I want to get back to this as much as possible. This is why all classes are pay-what-you-wish.
Classes are broken up into individual topics so you can pick and choose what information you want to take in. It's recommended that all classes are taken, but that is not required by any means.
Even if you aren't pregnant, you can take a class! The Basics of Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum is perfect for people who want to know more about reproductive health, their rights, and choices.
Private lactation support is offered, although not free of cost since it is usually a lengthy visit at your home. Please reach out for information regarding lactation counseling.
Click the link in bio to go to the Birth Explained website where you can learn more and check out the many class options!
07/24/2022
Number one parenting tip: take care of yourself.
This looks different for everyone and is different day to day.
When you take care of yourself, you have the mental and physical capacity to take care of others.
Follow link in bio and check out our pay-what-you-wish classes!
07/18/2022
Repost by because it is incredibly true —
No other mammal doubts their ability to give birth.
They seek out isolation - darkness - quiet - and they let the process unfold.
It really is silly, after all, to doubt our ability to procreate when it is quite literally what keeps our species alive.
But the indoctrination is real.
From before we can remember we’re told how painful & dangerous & impossible birth is. We’re told how long aunt Sally’s labor was & how many interventions were “required” & how she almost bled to death.
And then, once we start seeing birth on TV and in the movies, it’s always portrayed as a dangerous, intensely medicalized experience with a lot of rushing around, screaming, and machines constantly beeping.
So it’s no wonder that, by the time we get to be pregnant ourselves, we have no idea what our bodies are capable of.
But the truth is, you were made for this.
If we trusted our bodies to birth like we trust them to digest food or pump our blood or do any of the other incredible processes they do without help or even a thought, the birth world would be in an entirely different place.
For anyone who is about to comment that birth doesn’t always go well & that, even in undisturbed births there can be complications, of course that’s true. My informational posts are always about how the majority of cases go, not the outliers, but I don’t deny that the outliers exist.
Do you trust that your body knows how to birth?
03/31/2022
The reason that the stages are "kinda irrelevant" is that the lines between them are pretty grey.
The first stage is the opening of the cervix and is typically broken down into early labor, active labor, and transition.
The second stage is pushing and the birth of the baby.
The third stage of labor is the birth of the placenta.
I cannot stress enough how much wiggle room these stages of labor have, especially between stages 1 and 2...
In my own labor, I slept through all of my early labor, and most of my active labor and I was going through transition within a couple of hours after waking up that morning.
So, please do not feel like these are the rules of birth.
Get out of the logical brain and let birth happen.
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The link is in my IG bio or you can head to theautonomymommy.com/enroll to join today 🤗
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