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ChildBirth Education Class Bloomington, IN

How does labor unfold at home, at a birth center, or a hospital? Are you expecting to give birth yourself, or anticipating supporting someone in labor?

In this 6-week ChildBirth Education series, Tandem Clinical Services Director, Haddie Katz, will navigate labor and birth as well as interventions for complications. With fun, interactive demonstrations, participants will practice comfort measures to be used throughout labor and learn about the many ways to manage pain.

Sessions include education about breast/chestfeeding and setting up for a supported postpartum period. This class series covers approaches to labor and birth in all settings – from hospital to home. All are welcome!

ChildBirth Course Topics & Dates

  • Week 1, Oct. 15 – Physiologic labor and birth: This session will cover what to look for to know when labor starts, when to call your provider, what changes will occur as labor advances, and what happens immediately after birth.

  • Week 2, Oct. 22 – Interventions: This course will focus on an in-depth discussion of the various intervention methods that can be involved during the labor process.

  • Week 3, Oct. 29 – Postpartum planning: Postpartum Planning begins when we start planning to have a baby! This class helps families think ahead for what they might need to optimize their fourth trimester.  Featuring Tandem’s postpartum doula lead, Jenni Jurijczuk.

  • Week 4, Nov. 5 – Comfort techniques: Everyone in labor needs comfort techniques, and their support people too! Learn about the impact of continuous labor support, the use of hydrotherapy, narcotic pain relief, epidurals, positions for labor, breathing techniques and much more!

  • Week 5, Nov. 12 – Lactation: Introduction to lactation and feeding for the first 6-8 weeks. Want to learn about how we make milk and feed babies? This introduction to breast/chestfeeding will orient you to how human lactation works in the early weeks.

  • Week 6, Nov. 19 – Newborn care: Tiny people are often intimidating! Learn about normal newborn behavior, how to sooth and interact with newborns. We will go over diapering options, swaddling, bathing, common tests and concerns, and when you call your pediatrician!

Who Is This ChildBirth Class For?

This class series is designed for expecting parents and their support people.

Partner Organization: Tandem Community Birth Center and Postpartum House

Dates and Times: 

  • Tuesdays @ WonderLab

  • October 15 – November 19, 2024  (6 classes)

  • 6-8pm

Ticket Prices for the Class Series: Ticket price includes class participation for two persons (expecting parent and caregiver), class materials and snacks.

  • Member: $150
    Nonmember: $175

  • Access pass: $75

Tickets can be purchased:

  • In-person at WonderLab

  • On-line: Using this link

About Haddie Katz, CPM

Haddie Katz is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), Registered Nurse, and childbirth educator. Haddie serves as the Clinical Services Director at Tandem Community Birth Center and Postpartum House.

Haddie was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana. After completing her BA in Gender Studies and Human Sexuality at Indiana University, she became a Certified Doula (CD DONA). She started her midwifery education in Indiana before moving to attend the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery. She completed her MEAC-accredited program and residency through three busy birth center/home birth practices throughout the Gulf Coast of Florida.

Haddie is the proud parent of a boisterous child, an experimental gardener, and a recently converted dog lover.

About Tandem

Tandem is Bloomington’s local independent  Midwifery care clinic, offering perinatal services, postpartum support and more. From Tandem:

“Our mission is to improve perinatal outcomes by trusting patients, increasing options for care, and challenging the status quo. Our vision is a community where childbearing families of all kinds have choices in the care they receive and find support and connection during these transformative years. Tandem offers medical services, postpartum doulas, classes, mental health support, free materials and much, much more.”

Learn more at tandembloomington.org