Nested’s Childbirth Education Boot Camp is a class that will prepare you for your journey through labor, delivery, and the postpartum period!

• Review common third trimester issues and what to expect at your 36-week visit
• Learn about signs and symptoms of labor and delivery and when to call your obstetrician, doula or midwife
• See what the hospital process will look like and what to expect from your healthcare team
• Discuss options for pain management and potential interventions during the labor process
• Let our teachers walk you through the “typical” childbirth scenario but also prepare for the unexpected, including inductions, assisted vaginal births and c-sections.
• Experienced labor doulas demonstrate specialized comfort and breathing techniques for mom and partner to practice and help with pregnancy and labor pain.

Participants will leave feeling prepared for the doctor’s office, the delivery room, and for adjusting to the new family dynamic.

Nested’s Childbirth Education Boot Camp is a class that will prepare you for your journey through labor, delivery, and the postpartum period!

• Review common third trimester issues and what to expect at your 36-week visit
• Learn about signs and symptoms of labor and delivery and when to call your obstetrician, doula or midwife
• See what the hospital process will look like and what to expect from your healthcare team
• Discuss options for pain management and potential interventions during the labor process
• Let our teachers walk you through the “typical” childbirth scenario but also prepare for the unexpected, including inductions, assisted vaginal births and c-sections.
• Experienced labor doulas demonstrate specialized comfort and breathing techniques for mom and partner to practice and help with pregnancy and labor pain.

Participants will leave feeling prepared for the doctor’s office, the delivery room, and for adjusting to the new family dynamic.

Join us for coffee, the company of other new parents, and a relaxed conversation about your baby’s sleep.  Gentle sleep coach Jessica Dodson of Starlight Sleep Coaching will discuss how sleep develops during infancy, why it can be so difficult and what you can do to make it easier for both you and your baby. Learn gentle steps you can take to help shape your child’s sleep from their earliest months and how to avoid common pitfalls that can lead to restless nights. Bring your questions – we’ll spend most of our time talking through participants’ specific situations.   Babies warmly welcomed!

The toilet training process should not and does not have to be fraught with conflict or worse, shame. This workshop will address ways to approach toilet learning in a way that is developmentally appropriate and respectful to the child’s growing need to feel in control of his or her body, and that frees parents from unnecessary stress and anxiety.  The workshop will also address ways to manage typical challenges that arise during the process.

Please join us for an informal discussion about various paths to adopting a child.  Hear from an adoption lawyer, from representatives from an adoption agency and from the foster care system, and from parents who have gone through it successfully.  LGBTQ and straight, couples and singles, Jewish and non-Jewish — are all warmly welcomed.  Come with questions!