Childbirth Education Express
This express childbirth class provides a clear overview of the birthing process. You’ll learn how to recognize the signs that your body is preparing for labor, how to know when you’re actually in labor, understand the stages and phases of labor, and know when it’s time to go to the hospital.
Through group work, you will discover what to do when labor begins, practice hands-on positions that facilitate labor and comfort, and learn how breathing techniques can help. The course also covers the various ways labor can unfold, including natural birth, medical reasons for induction, pain management options such as epidurals, and other possible procedures and interventions.
We’ll end on a high note with Stage 2: the urge to push! The goal of this class is to help you feel more prepared, relaxed, and ready for the birth of your baby.
If your preferred date is sold out, please email info@prenatalyogacenter.com to be placed on our waiting list.
AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND
Terry Richmond, doula & childbirth educator, shares her on-demand Childbirth Preparation Course: "Bringing the Joy & Lessening the Fear”.
This 4.5 hour course will prepare you and your partner to labor and deliver in the manner that suits you - not dictate one type of birthing. Seminars are non-judgmental, well rounded and pragmatic. Terry will cover topics that include preparation for your labor, stages of labor, birth preferences, interventions, pushing styles, and immediate newborn care.
$225
available for 3 months from purchase
Workshop Cancellation Policies
- Enrollment for workshops closes 30 minutes before class starts.
- The Prenatal Yoga Center cannot be responsible for providing make-ups or issuing any credit for classes missed as a result of scheduling conflicts, vacations, illness (including COVID 19), emergencies, or other circumstances beyond our control.
- If you need to cancel your commitment to a workshop, you must cancel at least 2 weeks prior and will receive a refund minus a 10% processing fee. If you cancel with less than 2 weeks notice and the space can be filled from our waitlist, you will receive a refund minus a 10% processing fee. If you cancel with less than 2 weeks notice and the space can NOT be filled, we cannot issue a refund.
- We strongly recommend you complete your workshops prior to your 36th week, which is considered full term. After that time, refunds will not be issued due to labor (with the exception of premature labor and a doctor’s note which may be eligible for a partial refund or studio credit).
- If you cancel a workshop that’s part of a bundle, the price of the remaining workshops in that bundle will revert to a la carte pricing.
THE INSTRUCTOR
Many of our instructors are active birth workers and therefore subject to change. In the event your scheduled teacher is called in to a birth, a substitute will be sent in their place.
Janet Bogardus
Coming from a dance background, Janet has always been interested in movement. After giving birth to her daughters, she found the experiences profound and decided to deepen her understanding of birth by becoming a certified childbirth educator. From 2006 – 2020, Janet was on faculty at Mt. Sinai West (formerly Roosevelt Hospital) and currently teaches online childbirth education, comfort measures, and lactation classes for Mt. Sinai in NYC.
Janet has been a labor support doula since 2008 and earned her lactation counselor credential in 2014. She co-founded NYC Birth and Baby with Danielle Jackson and has helped thousands of families in the metropolitan area. A longtime yogi, Janet is also certified in prenatal yoga and previously taught at the Prenatal Yoga Center! Recently, Janet has been consulting with Maven, an online healthcare platform, assisting families nationwide.
When Janet isn’t helping people welcome babies into their lives, she enjoys hiking, dancing, writing, and spending time with her actor husband and children. Learn more about Janet here!
Accessibility note: Our yoga studio is located on the second floor of a walk-up building. We offer a variety of bolsters, blankets, blocks, back jacks, and a few birth balls for comfortable seating.
