The Saturday Intensive Classes provides 7 hours of instructor-guided learning and practice to help you prepare for a natural birth.  Most locations have a class maximum of 7 couples.The course content includes:

• The stages of labor and common maternal responses to these stages
• Deep relaxation techniques similar to HypnoBirthing®
• Basic breathing techniques (abdominal and patterned breathing)
  similar to Lamaze®
• Positions of comfort
• Non-medicinal options for pain management
• Common hospital procedures, including IVs and fetal monitoring
• How to communicate successfully with health care providers
• Possible interventions including medication for pain management,
  induction, forceps, and cesarean birth