The Birth Education Center

The Birth Education Center Your one-stop shop for education from pregnancy, parenting, doulas and everything in between! Welcome to the Birth Education of San Diego. Welcome...

We offer classes, workshops and resources to help you enjoy and protect your birthing experience. You only birth this baby once and you should be informed of all of your choices and how they will affect yourself and your baby. We support all kinds of birth - natural, medicated, Caesarean, VBAC(vaginal birth after caesarean), home, hospital or birth center. Every person must make the choice for the

nselves as to what kind of birth they desire and we, no matter what our views, should support each other with those choices. We are here to answer your questions and help you in any way that we can. Fears associated with childbirth can be removed once you feel informed about what you want and how to achieve it. San Diego has a wonderful birthing community and we hope to connect you to the perfect people to keep you safe and feeling your power.. Now that you have found us - we begin this journey together.

04/01/2026

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต: ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ปโฃ
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Never doubt that you know how to meet the moment! โฃ
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I've had so many parents over the years deliver babies with their own two hands in lots of different places other than a hospital room. 99% of the time, when a baby comes that fast, there is nothing wrong; it's just time to be born, and ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!โฃ
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๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ
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03/28/2026

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต: ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ปโฃ
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Second time moms always have concerns about how fast their pregnancy is going this time around because they're focused on their first baby, who's most likely right now a toddler. It's definitely a source of stress because even though the pregnancy may seem long, time is going by really fast. They don't feel that they're ready, both physically and emotionally, for two kids. โฃ
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But Andrea lets you know that can be just little things set intentionally and done each day that can calm those worries and remind you that you know what you're doing. โฃ
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Education helps you face your fears and create backup plans for those things that can come up. The practices that you learn in classes are the tools that get you through what is unexpected in your birth. Birth always has surprises and that's when you rely on The Daily practice that you found to work in.โฃ


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๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ
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03/26/2026

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต: ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ปโฃ
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I love when 2nd timer parents return to share yet another birth story! Andrea and Juan are back to share their little girls' debut into the world and ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐Ÿต๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น!โฃ
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Andrea talks about staying grounded through pregnancy with simple routines like rereading, writing affirmations on the mirror (โ€œyour body knows what to do,โ€ โ€œyour baby knows how to be bornโ€), and ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ.โฃ
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Andrea also shares how sheโ€™d talk to the baby for signs and felt reassured when the baby would move whenever fear came up. Juan believed that the first birth prepped him for whatever this birth had to offer - and ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜.โฃ
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The episode reaffirms that your body knows what to do and so does your baby. We still birth with less fear when we go into it educated and well practiced as Andrea and Juan show us in this show. Thank you for coming on again!โฃ
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๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ
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03/23/2026

098: Katarinaโ€™s Twin Birth: Letting Go of the Plan

Pregnancy and birth offer so many reflections to how we have lived our life up to that point. It can be confronting if you go in unaware that it is happening.โฃ

Katarina explored this idea before she was even pregnant with a motherโ€™s group as well as in therapy. I was so impressed with how she was willing to do the hard work in order to be a better human and parent to her boys. Being willing to be vulnerable and self aware during one of the largest of lifeโ€™s experiences ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ. I am so impressed by that.โฃ

Are we willing to look at the sensitive places we hold? โฃ

Are we open to building those into strong characteristics instead of keeping them as weaknesses?โฃ

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๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ

03/20/2026

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด: ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป

๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?โฃ

Katarina explains that her husband Nate knew how to center and ground the roomโ€™s energy along the way. This not only helped her feel safe during an experience that had jumped a few timelines away from her expectations but also helped her to know ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. โฃ

Everyone has different filters, needs, wants and ways of interacting with an unknown experience. There is no cookie cutter answer for how to birth in a comfortable way, both physically and emotionally. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ. Those safety needs are explored in a birth series.โฃ

The two of you need to be on the same page with those needs and wants so that no matter where you are in the birth experience, your partner can check in with you and pivot according to how you are feeling in the moment. โฃ

Katarina says a few times in this show how her birth experience was more about the preparation she did emotionally rather than the physical that helped her keep her birth from being seen and felt as trauma. ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต.โฃ

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๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ

03/19/2026

098: Katarinaโ€™s Twin Birth: Letting Go of the Plan

Today I sit down with Katerina from Chicago to share her ๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† and what it taught her about mindset, advocacy, and letting go. โฃ

Her twin pregnancy was shaped after an early miscarriage made her became more analytical and anxious while trying to conceive. She then got pregnant again and found out she was carrying twins. โฃ

As a naturopathic doctor, she prepared deeplyโ€”through classes, therapy, and hypnobirthingโ€”๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น. And as with most twins - surprises showed up and her birth plans changed within a moment's time. โฃ

Katarina used our discussion to process and explain what was in her mind throughout her babiesโ€™ birth. At the end of our talk, what she learned and how she processed it is shared with our listeners. Her biggest takeaway was ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€œ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต,โ€ processing emotions to reduce trauma, prioritizing health over control, and learning how preparation and calm support helped her and Nate parent with confidence. SO many great things in this episode!โฃ

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๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ

03/13/2026

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโฃ

In this Legacy Mentor episode, I welcome back midwife Jenny West, who was one of my first mentors as I came into teaching Hypnobirthing and practicing as a doula. Jenny adds so much good advice for student midwives and parents in this episode. โฃ

๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ and having the parents also join in with the teaching of the students. Jenny shares how her students would oftentimes feel hesitant to use their skills for fear of making a mistake in front of her. Teaching them, took more time in prenatal appointments and Jenny worried the parents would feel annoyed or stressed out by this. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† - โฃ

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ

03/12/2026

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโฃ

In this Legacy Mentor episode, I welcome midwife Jenny West, who was one of my first mentors as I came into teaching Hypnobirthing and practicing as a doula. Jenny adds so much ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ in this episode. โฃ

We talk about how different the midwifery model of care can look in home birth versus hospital settings, and why parents need to do their homework and practice using their voiceโ€”including saying no or asking to wait. โฃ

Jenny shares how an early client request led her to become a water birth midwife after witnessing a confident 10 lb 6 oz water birth, and ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. Lots of education comes from what you witness in the birth room in real time and your clients become your best teachers of what โ€œcan beโ€ in birth.โฃ

One of Jennyโ€™s mentors, Elizabeth Gilmoreโ€™s words also fall into this episode about trusting birth while also trusting your skills. Jenny adds some information for student midwives on practicing critical emergency skills until theyโ€™re second nature, and also ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and when to transfer a birth to the hospital.โฃ

Jenny emphasizes mentorship, peer review, and timely debriefing to reduce trauma, stay present, and help birth workers remain in practice.โฃ

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ

03/10/2026
๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐——๐—•๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—˜๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆโฃโฃSometimes families sign up early for childbirth classes and are excited about the process ...
03/10/2026

๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐——๐—•๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—˜๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆโฃ
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Sometimes families sign up early for childbirth classes and are excited about the process of educating themselves... but sadly, those families are few and far between. โฃ
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As a childbirth educator, I see both sides. I see the side of parents where they are fearful and vulnerable about birth and the stories they've heard, and then I see the side of parents where the want to ignore all of that until the last possible minute.โฃ
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Not being an active participant in the labor and birth process shapes a fear based experience. โฃ
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๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†.โฃ
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In Hypnobirthing, we help you talk about your fears and either resolve them or create backup plans so you can go with the flow of labor.โฃ
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You will learn a broad scope of what birth can look like when you are connected to your baby and how many options you ACTUALLY have in the birth place that you choose.โฃ
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You come into the first week of class with possible fear and hesitation but after class 5 you leave feeling confident in your body, connected to the experience and are equipped with the mental and physical tools you'll need for this first, major experience with your baby. โฃ
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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. โฃ
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They are smart, little escape artists and they take the time that they need to figure out their placement and movement. Sometimes it's fast and sometimes it paced slower. Labor is so much simpler when you are allowing the process to unfold as your baby needs it to. Not placing an expectation on your "performance" is key. โฃ
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YOU are a mammal. ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. You've never met someone who's been pregnant forever. ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜. โฃ
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There are tools and support available to you in our Hypnobirthing classes. We love to help you find your way to your confidence and the innate power you already have inside.โฃ
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DM me with any questions or sign up to hold your spot!โฃ
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๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—–๐—”๐—ก ๐——๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ!!โฃ
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03/09/2026

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎโฃ
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Baby number two had his own idea of how to show up - and show up fast! When you learn coping skills, breathing and movement for labor in birth class- some things will not feel good for your body. You will have them in your back pocket but feel that you will NEVER use those tools. I find that more often than not, if you hated in during birth class labor rehearsal - ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ!โฃ
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Allowing your body to give the direction as to how it needs to get your baby out is a part of surrender than you can practice before labor begins. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜. Slowing down when it says quit pushing through. Getting the nudges to take care of hard conversations before the baby arrives. All of these things and more will help you trust and turn full power over to your body when labor demands that you listen. โฃ
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Donโ€™t discount sounding like a huge farm animal with some primal noises - itโ€™s one of the best tools you have!โฃ
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is the Naturopathic Doctor that Camila worked with.โฃ
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This is the podcast on miscarriage that Camila referenced.โฃ
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Dr. Aviva Romm - How to Have a Safe and Empowered Miscarriage at Homeโฃ
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https://avivaromm.com/miscarriage/โฃ
๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ
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03/06/2026

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎโฃ

The one thing that I love about teaching is finding new ways to work within such a broken hospital system. Parents come up with new ideas every single class on how to work within the system but not be controlled by it. โฃ

Colombia is a hospital system with old school rules and strict policies - ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ. And by doing so - she discovered some parts of herself she didn't know were there.โฃ

Birth education gives you the full picture of โ€œhow things runโ€ so you can see what things will work for the โ€œbirthโ€ day you are creating for your baby and what things wonโ€™t work.โฃ
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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ. And I would argue you would even handle things better if something did catch you off guard.โฃ

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜†โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† - ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜?โฃ

@๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป is the Naturopathic Doctor that Camila worked with.โฃ

This is the podcast on miscarriage that Camila referenced.โฃ

Dr. Aviva Romm - How to Have a Safe and Empowered Miscarriage at Homeโฃ

https://avivaromm.com/miscarriage/โฃ

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!โฃ

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Welcome to the Birth Education Center. We offer classes, workshops and resources to help you enjoy and protect your birthing experience. You only birth this baby once and you should be informed of all of your choices and how they will affect yourself and your baby. We support all kinds of birth - natural, medicated, Caesarean, VBAC(vaginal birth after caesarean), home, hospital or birth center. Every woman must make the choice for herself as to what kind of birth she desires and we as women, no matter what our views, should support each other with those choices. We are sisters from the same tribe and within our Center - you are safe. We are here to answer your questions and help you in any way that we can. Fears associated with childbirth can be removed once you feel informed about what you want and how to achieve it. San Diego has a wonderful birthing community and we hope to connect you to the perfect women to keep you safe and empowered. Now that you have found us - we begin this journey together. Welcome...