Simply Birth

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  • Valerie

    “We are so incredibly thankful for Alyssa and her wisdom throughout the Bradley Method® course. My husband and I had many friends who had children and had gone through labor naturally, or with drugs, or through a cesarean, etc., and we thought we “knew” enough to get by – boy, are we glad we took the class! The course not only goes through the stages of birth, but it also discusses other practicals like nutrition, the need for rest, as well as something we valued – positions for rest before and during labor.

    Because of all of the information and guidance we received from Alyssa, we were able to endure a water-birth at our desired place of birth, a birthing center with our midwife. My body went through a long plateau during labor: my bag of waters was “blocking” my cervix from dilating, so even though my cervix was 100% effaced and my son was at station 1 (almost ready to be pushed) 12 hours before he arrived, there was not much progress for about 5-6 hours. Without knowing that natural plateau can occur or the coaching tips for my husband when I could not verbalize what I was feeling, we know for certain that we would not have had our son the way we desired. Both my husband and I implore you to take the Bradley course – we promise, it will be worth the while.”

    – Valerie, High School English Teacher

  • Richard

    “When we found out that we were pregnant, we knew that we wanted to try to deliver our baby naturally but we really didn’t have a plan. My wife was able to speak to one of her friends about the Bradley Method. After doing some research it sounded like it was really a good opportunity to get some training and increase our chances of giving birth naturally. When I found out the details I was somewhat hesitant about the idea of 12 weeks of classes and the cost associated with it. It seemed like a really big commitment and I didn’t know if it was completely necessary. But as I was talking it over with my wife, she said that she felt she would be screaming “We should have done the Bradley class!” during the delivery if we didn’t take the class. So with that in mind, and also thinking that the birth of our first child is very important and deserved as much effort as possible, we signed up for the class.

    I found the classes to be very helpful. It taught us information about not only labor and delivery but also about pregnancy, the different stages of labor, what we could expect, and how to deal with different aches and pains and issues that came up. All this information really empowered us to have a smoother pregnancy & a successful delivery. Alyssa did a great job of making us feel comfortable in answering any questions that we had no matter how simple or basic.

    As the husband, your role is very crucial to the success of the labor and delivery. I am so thankful for this training and for the part that I got to play in my child’s birth. I felt empowered to help my child and my wife have a successful labor and delivery. It was great that Alyssa was available not only during the classes but any other time that we needed her, we felt free to give her an email or a call. That came into play big time during our 3 day labor!

    I can say without hesitation that without the Bradley Method and Alyssa, we would not have been able to have a natural unmedicated birth, and for that we are truly thankful that we took this course.”

    – Richard, Financial Representative