Natural Childbirth Education and Consultation Services

Kat Mahone has been working in the field of childbirth since 2000 and has been an educator on women’s health and family issues since 1995. She is a certified Birth Doula and Childbirth Educator.

Couples are educated and empowered to become informed consumers of obstetrical services; with emphasis placed on effective and positive communication with their birth team. Sessions provide couples with hands-on experience and professional expertise while receiving emotional, physical and informational support to prepare for the labor process.

Clients are informed about non-medical alternatives for managing labor and birth as well as medical interventions and protocols, medication, and Cesarean birth. Classes focus on relaxation, nutrition, stages of labor, coping techniques and positions for labor and birth. Classes also address breastfeeding, newborn care, developing a birth plan and relationship issues to anticipate with the birth of a new child. Classes emphasize the importance of the partner’s role in pregnancy, labor, birth, and beyond.

Couples are provided a personalized and comprehensive learning experience that honors and respects the choices they make. Private, semi-private, and group class instruction is available. Intimate class size offers couples an opportunity to share and learn in a safe environment.