Doula services
Birthvillage (pregnancy circle)
Duration: 2h - 50€ /session, 90€ for two sessions, 120€ for three sessions, or 150€ for four sessions
LANGUAGE EN (FR & ES on request)
The pregnancy circles are a space for you to take a pause and connect: with your pregnancy, your upcoming birth, and other women.
A first moment to share and ask questions. Around a cup of tea, women can bring to the circle anything that their own worries, fears or questions, and share with the rest her own thoughts and experiences
At each of the Birth Village sessions we will focus in one of the following themes: Feel, Flow, Breathe and Dive.
Breathe
During this encounter we will review the important role of the diaphragm both during pregnancy and for pushing, as well as other considerations for the pushing phase of labor. We will learn how to open up space, and do vocalization and breathingexercises with the pregnancy balls and suspensions. Bring confortable clothing!
Flow
On this session we will talk about how to create your birth plan and why it is so important. We will also talk about the importance of knowing your options, of advocating for yourself, and being aware of the “cascade of interventions”. We will discuss how to flow with determination while we create our own visual birth plans together.
Feel
On this encounter we will explore our own relationship with pain, get familiar with its role during labor, and talk about the different coping techniques to be used during labor, as well as the importance of finding your own ritual during contractions. We will learn to recognize and register our pelvis and our pelvic floor, and do mobility exercises using pregnancy balls and suspensions. Bring confortable clothing!
Dive
During this session we will review in detail the basic needs of a woman in labor (inspired by the works of M. Odent and R. Ehrhardt). We will learn about the importance of trully diving into labor, and how to facilitate this. Then we will also discuss about the importane of trully diving into postpartum as well, while we discuss the basic needs of newborns. We will together create a labor charm for each participant that will be a connecting line between the baby in the womb, during labor, and after they are born, when it will be used as a babywearing/breastfeeding/bonding necklace.
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pregnancy ball workshop
Duration 75 min – 30€
The most characteristic feature of this classes are, of course, the balls.
It is an element that will help you feel safe and supported through the movements. It provides an active and relaxed support for your body, and will be a tool to make space and release the joints and tissues that get overstrained during pregnancy.
Concretely, on the classes we will:
- Tone and stretch the muscles, particularly those involved in supporting the growing womb and those necessary for birth
- Work on our breathing, to better oxygenate both mother and baby, deepen the breath, and make room for our baby thanks to exercises directed to the diaphragm
- Work on the mobility and relaxation of the spine, to improve the possibilities of movement and comfort
- Recognize and move the pelvis and the pelvic floor, to prepare for birth and get relief for many frequent discomforts
You can find all the dates for these classes in our calendar
Contact
Belen Farias : belen@lunata.lu
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