Prepared Parent Bundle

Prepared Parent Bundle | In-Studio Only

Babies don’t come out holding a buyer’s guide! So let us help you prepare for birth and beyond with our Prepared Parent Bundle.

This bundle Includes:

Childbirth Education (note: You’ll have a choice between CBE Basics and CBE Deep Dive below!)
Newborn Care & Lactation Intensive
Infant Safety & CPR

These essential workshops will help you prepare for the unknown of labor and birth and equip you with the knowledge and confidence to care for your newborn. You will feel empowered and ready to thrive in early parenthood.

Childbirth Education

Upcoming Dates (BASICS): Apr 30 | Jun 11 | Aug 13
Upcoming Dates (DEEP DIVE): Apr 23 | May 21 | Jun 24

This class is a blend of lecture, video, demonstration and will include, but not be limited to:

Physiology of Labor and Birth
Signs, Stages and Emotional Signposts of Labor
Introduction to non-pharmacological Pain Management Techniques and pain medication options
Understanding Birth Options
Types of Labor Support–doula care, family, etc.
Understanding Medical Support (Interventions)
Cesarean Birth and Prevention
First Moments after Birth
Postpartum Care and Recovery
Family Centered Care
How COVID-19 may impact your experience

Choose between two formats below:

Childbirth Education Basics: This well-rounded and accessible class is an interactive, intimate in-person group workshop where you’ll learn the basics of childbirth preparation and have the opportunity to meet other expectant parents. All types of families and individuals are welcome.
One Day Dive: Ideal for parents who prefer to digest the material more fully, engage in rich discussions, and have an opportunity to practice pain-relief techniques, rather than just learn about them. You’ll have the opportunity to communicate directly with your expert instructor and interact with other expectant families.

Newborn Care & Lactation INTENSIVE

Upcoming Dates: Apr 22 | May 13 | Jun 10 | Jul 15

Our Newborn Care & Lactation Fundamentals class helps expecting families become familiar with the basics of infant care & body feeding in the early days and weeks after birth to start with confidence!

Topics covered will include:

Understanding normal infant behavior, communication, appearance and sleep patterns
Understanding common newborn procedures in the hospital
Understanding the basics of soothing, diapering, umbilical cord care, bathing, and assessment of your baby
Newborn warning signs and when to call the pediatrician
Bottlefeeding best practices, tips and techniques, burping, bottle cleaning, etc. and how to know if the baby is getting enough
How to get breastfeeding/chestfeeding off to the best start
How to help your infant latch-on and correct positioning
How to know if the baby is getting enough milk
How to avoid common lactation problems and when to call a lactation consultant

Infant Safety & CPR

Upcoming Dates: Apr 23 | Jun 4 | Jul 16 | Aug 20

Now, perhaps more than ever, parents and caregivers should be concerned about the safety and well being of their little ones. The dangers directly associated with Covid-19 and the indirect dangers associated with being restricted to the home, make safety, and first aid paramount to everyone’s emergency plan. Give yourself an advantage when creating a safe environment for your family: prepare for emergencies in our CPR and Safety classes. This class helps parents and caregivers care for and protect infants and children.

Note: This is not a CPR certification course.

This class helps parents and caregivers care for and protect infants and children. You’ll learn:

Basic infant (0-12 months) and child (1 year through puberty) CPR.
Making homes safer in the age of COVID-19.
Proper handwashing and PPE use.
Techniques to help your infant or child in a choking emergency.
Basic first aid to keep your child out of the emergency room.
Key measures you can take to make traveling in a car safer for your infant and child.

*Please note: This workshop is NOT a CPR certification course.

After purchasing your bundle, we will email you within 1 business day to enroll you in the dates of your choice. Details (including times) are available on each individual workshop’s page.

Option 1: Includes CBE Basics

$651 PER FAMILY

IN STUDIO

Option 2: Includes CBE Deep Dive

$727 PER FAMILY

IN STUDIO

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS

Sasha Slocombe

has been involved in supporting families as they transition into parenthood for more than 20 years. She was first a prenatal and parent/baby yoga instructor. After the birth of her second daughter in 2004 she became a postpartum and labor support doula and was honored to be present for more than 250 babies.

Her experiences as a labor support doula inspired her to become a childbirth educator. Sasha seeks to empower each family to ask the questions and create the support that is true to them.

Robin Douthit

a certified birth doula, having received her doula training initially with ALACE (Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators) and further training and certification through DONA (Doulas of North America).

Robin is Lactation Counselor certified through the Healthy Children Project, an educational program prominent in the field of evidence based breastfeeding research and practice. She’s a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and teaches childbirth education, breastfeeding and newborn care classes at NYU Langone Medical Center, Tribeca Pediatrics, Birth Day Presence/Boober, as well as privately and online (virtual classes). Robin has had the pleasure of participating on the Pregnancy, Health, and Wellness panel and as a “Meet The Experts” speaker at the New York Baby Show for the past 2 years. She is honored to serve as an Educator Director on Lamaze International’s Board of Directors and co-lead educator training seminars for NYC Lamaze. She has also served on the Board of Directors with Chocolate Milk Cafe National.

This bundle will give you the foundation of skills to best care for your new baby so that you feel confident as you embark on parenthood!

Vanessa Anton

has worked with families as a doula, a childbirth educator, and as a parenting educator for more 15 years. After completing her medical training in the emergency care field, she embarked on making CPR more accessible to families and started Common Sense CPR 10 years ago. Vanessa is a certified Childbirth Educator, Certified Doula, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, E.M.T., American Heart Association B.L.S. Instructor, American Red Cross Instructor and Child Passenger Safety Technician.

Geoff Gohacki

has been a professional chef and teacher for over 15 years and first became interested in emergency response after preforming first aid on one of his students. Geoff has two young boys who like to live on the wild side. Because of this, Geoff has focused on child safety and responding to emergencies involving children. A student before a teacher, Geoff is constantly researching and learning the newest techniques in CPR, AED, First Aid and Child Passenger Safety. Geoff is an American Heart Association BLS Instructor and an American Red Cross certified instructor of CPR, AED, and First Aid. He is also a nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Technician.

Robin is Lactation Counselor certified through the Healthy Children Project, an educational program prominent in the field of evidence based breastfeeding research and practice. She’s a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and teaches childbirth education, breastfeeding and newborn care classes at NYU Langone Medical Center, Tribeca Pediatrics, Birth Day Presence/Boober, as well as privately and online (virtual classes). Robin has had the pleasure of participating on the Pregnancy, Health, and Wellness panel and as a “Meet The Experts” speaker at the New York Baby Show for the past 2 years. She is honored to serve as an Educator Director on Lamaze International’s Board of Directors and co-lead educator training seminars for NYC Lamaze. She has also served on the Board of Directors with Chocolate Milk Cafe National.

Please Note: Many of our instructors are doulas. PYC & Boober reserve the right to provide a substitute teacher should the need arise.

We reserve the right to move any in-person workshops online if necessary.