• Embodied Birth Class

  • A single-weekend virtual online childbirth course based out of Athens and taught by certified professional midwife Ash Dasuqi. It gives pregnant people and support persons the knowledge they need to increase their likelihood of having a safe, healthy, and connecting birth. The trauma-informed, gender-affirming class gives people skills to engage the persistent fears that may impede smooth birthing. It covers all the birth process anatomy and essentials, and provides valuable skills for pain management, chest/breastfeeding, nutrition, somatic/body-based preparation, advocating for preferences with providers, and attachment & parenting techniques. 

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• EmerGently Childbirth Class

  • Marlene Waechter, DEM (home birth midwife)

  • A two-hour class useful for all families that may be birthing alone, either planned as unassisted or due to a fast labor or inclement weather.  Topics include maintaining a healthy lifestyle to minimize complications, herbal remedies for pregnancy, labor, birth & post partum; normal progression of labor & common variations; at-home comfort measures; managing the more common complications, when to head for the hospital or call 911.  Also covers how to file the birth certificate, including how to calculate the APGAR score.  Available individually, in your own home, or in small groups.

  • Call to schedule: 740-710-1218​

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• Esali Birth – Danielle Bergum – @MOVbirth

  • Online subscription-based perinatal education focusing on realistic holistic birth prep for free-birth and supported birth, home to hospital.  (Live in-person or virtual classes scheduled as-requested)

  • 304-482-4729

  • danielle@movbirth.com

  • https://movbirth.com/birth-classes/

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• Gentle Birth with Cassie Garcia and Kailyn Browning

  • Combining brain science, birth science and technology, we help empower your positive birth through an understanding of the process and stages of labor, how to harness our own thinking to facilitate an easier birth, physical comfort measures, and much more! GentleBirth will help you decide what birth preferences are best for you, navigate your birth setting to help them actually happen, and feel calm, confident and in control even if things don’t go as you had hoped.  Offering Facebook-based and individual or group in-person workshops in Athens, Parkersburg, Belpre, and Marietta areas.

  • www.mybirthsource.com/childbirth-education

  • 740-315-8727 or 740-818-5039

  • cassandra-garcia@outlook.com or support@mybirthsource.com

  • facebook.com/gentlebirthwithcassie and facebook.com/mybirthsource

  • See their Birth Circle monthly meeting presentation, “The Stages of Labor”, here!

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• Holzer Gallipolis

  • “Online Childbirth Class.”  A 24/7 accessible portal with written portions and some videos.  Browse the articles and videos to learn about the items you want.

  • https://www.holzer.org/care-treatment/pregnancy-birth/online-childbirth-class/

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• O’Bleness Memorial Hospital Childbirth Classes

  • Webinars available on various childbirth education topics from a hospital perspective.

  • Register by phone: 740-593-5551

  • or online https://www.ohiohealth.com/health-and-wellness/classes-and-events/

  • Childbirth and Newborn Care Classes at O'Bleness Hospital 

    • Taught by Molly Wales, RN.  Molly has been a nurse at the O'Bleness Birth Center since 2015 and has personal ​experience in both hospital and home birth. 

    • Understanding Birth-O'Bleness Hospital 

      • This class gives expectant parents the knowledge and confidence to have positive birth experiences.  With story-based education, featuring the birth experiences and emotions of diverse families, we explore a variety of birth choices in a positive, evidence-based, non-biased, and inclusive way that does not dramatize the labor experience.  This class ends with a tour of the Birth Center​

      • Topics Include: Pregnancy, Labor, Birth Stories, Comfort Techniques, Medical Procedures, Cesarean Birth, and Postpartum.  This class meets one Sunday afternoon per month.  Call the Obleness Birth Center to register at 740-593-5551.

    • Newborn Care Basics-O'Bleness Hospital 

      • This hands-on class teaches expectant parents about baby care in the first six weeks and beyond. The evidence-based program features parent and pediatrician interviews, instructive demonstrations, and beautiful footage of diverse families. Learners will walk away with confidence in their ability to care for their baby and be able to distinguish between whats normal and when to call their healthcare provider.  ​

      • Topics Include: Newborn traits and behaviors, Crying and Comforting, Feeding, Diapering, Bathing, Nail Care and dressing, Newborn Health, Newborn Safety, And More!

      • The class meets one Thursday evening per month.  Call the O'Bleness Birth Center to register.  740-593-5551