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Two Mother’s Day Specials!
Mother’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. To celebrate, we’ve got 2 specials for you: A Pregnancy Special and a New Mama Special. Pregnancy Special: Purchase Confident Birthing, Breastfeeding Essentials and Infant Care together and receive 4 Prenatal Yoga classes free! (that’s $50 saved!) All three … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
Dancing for Birth Training is coming to Pittsburgh this weekend!
I’m so excited that Dancing for Birth™ is coming to Pittsburgh this weekend! I am a bit sad that my schedule doesn’t allow for me to attend or I would be there! I met Stephanie Larson, DFB, CD(DONA), CBE, BFA at … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
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Tagged Birth, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Dancing for Birth, Exercise, Fitness, Lamaze, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, Preparing for Labor
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Day 2, morning – Lamaze Innovative Learning Forum 2012 – Redux
After finally getting 7 hours of sleep it was my turn to teach. Yours truly, “Morning exercise session – Prenatal Yoga: Learning proper alignment and taking it into your childbirth classes.” Teaching at 7:30 am is not my best time … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
Posted in Into the Light, Main Blog Page
Tagged Baby, Birth, Breastcrawl, breastfeeding, C-section, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Communication, Decision making, Dr. Jack Newman, Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM), Epidural, Gestational Diabetes, Infant, Interventions, IV Fluids, Labor, Lamaze, Lamaze Conference, Newborn, Pain, Pitocin, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, Skin to skin, yoga
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Day 1 – Lamaze Innovative Learning Forum 2012 – Redux
I’ve broken up this post into three parts. There’s a lot of information and a lot that happened at the conference this year. Here’s Part 1 for you! 2012 was the year of country music. We were in Nashville, TN … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
Posted in Into the Light, Main Blog Page
Tagged ACOG, Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, Birth, breastfeeding, C-section, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Decision making, Henci Goer, history, Homebirth, Hospital, Ina May Gaskin, Interventions, Lamaze, Lamaze Conference, Motherhood, Mothers, OB, Pain, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, Valid Medical Reason, VBAC
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Penny Simkin was in Pittsburgh and I got to meet her!
On Monday, 10/15/2012, I had the honor and the pleasure of meeting and learning from the incomparable Penny Simkin. She happened to be in town for a conference and took some time out of her busy schedule to meet with … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
Posted in Into the Light, Main Blog Page
Tagged Birth, Birth Plan, birth story, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Communication, Coping Skills, Decision making, Emotional State, Fear, history, Homebirth, Lamaze, Motherhood, Mothers, OB, Pain, Penny Simkin, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy
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“I didn’t know what I didn’t know.”
I hear this quite a bit from moms who are pregnant with their second or third child. I hear this from moms who didn’t take a childbirth preparation class. I also hear it from moms who took a childbirth prep class that … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
Push for Your Baby, from Lamaze
Lamaze International, of which I am a member and a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, has launched a new campaign today called “Push for Your Baby”. It’s about finding, advocating for and receiving the best care for you and your baby during pregnancy, … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
It’s not the Method, it’s the Mother.
Bradley, Hypnobabies, Brio Birth, Birthing from Within, Lamaze and so many others… Does it matter which flavor of childbirth education you take? Maybe. Every method has its benefits. However, every method is not for every mother. Not every mother needs … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
Posted in Into the Light, Main Blog Page
Tagged Birthing from Within, Birthing Methods, Bradley Method, Brio Birth, Childbirth Education Classes, Communication, Coping Skills, Decision making, Emotional State, Expectations, Fear, Hypnobabies, Labor, Lamaze, Mothers, Pittsburgh, Sexual Abuse, Traumatic Birth, yoga
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Prenatal Yoga, Weird Baby Products and more on Science & Sensibility.
So, where have my blog posts been for February? I was invited by Kimmelin Hull and Linda Harmon to be the guest community manager over on Science & Sensibility. I took the honor with much enthusiasm as I wrote my … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
Posted in Into the Light, Main Blog Page
Tagged AAP, breastfeeding, Breathing, Homebirth, Lamaze, Meditation, Prenatal Yoga, Relaxation, Science & Sensibility, yoga
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Integrating Yoga and Lamaze: How the Ethical Practice of the Yamas and Niyamas Relate to Pregnancy and Childbirth. Part 8 – Tapas
Tapas – (literally – heat) Austerity, Discipline, Dedication to Practice “A better way to understand tapas is to think of it as consistency in striving toward your goals: getting on the yoga mat every day, sitting on the meditation cushion … Continue reading
Deena Blumenfeld
Deena Blumenfeld RYT, RPYT, LCCE is a Lamaze Childbirth Educator, a Prenatal Yoga instructor and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education.
Posted in Into the Light, Main Blog Page
Tagged C-section, Communication, Decision making, Emotional State, Expectations, Fear, Interventions, Labor, Lamaze, OB, Pain, Valid Medical Reason, Yamas and Niyamas, yoga
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