What is Birthing From Within?
Building a pain-coping mindset
Labor Physiology
Facing unwished circumstances
Understanding birth technology
Exploring Self-Compassion
Discovering inner resources
Seeing birth from 4 perspectives (mother, partner, baby and culture)
Postpartum preparation
And so very much more....
The landscape of labor is not linear, but rather twists and turns like the path of a labyrinth, awakening great determination, doubt, faith... and love.
- Birthing From Within -
San Diego Team
Nicole has been mentoring classes since 2002 and continues to learn with every series. She is a mother of 3 children and a homebirth midwife. Nicole enjoys exploring the intersections of storytelling and healing. She works with Birth Story Medicine for mothers, partners and birth workers who have had difficult or unwished moments in their birth experiences
Janine is a Birthing From Within Mentor and Doula. She is also the mother of 3 children; giving birth to her children is what sparked her passion for birth work. She is devoted to supporting parents as they walk their journey through labor and birth and into parenthood.
Jamie and Charisse are deeply committed to birthing women and their families. They both have a rich background in bodywork, birth doula work, storytelling, and teaching/mentoring. They bring creativity, mindfulness, intuition, and compassion to the classes they mentor, and are dedicated to these practices in their own lives.
Shelley Rahim, RPYT, has completed her advanced training with Pam England and Virginia Boboro in the Birthing From Within childbirth preparation method. By taking Shelley’s childbirth classes, couples can discover ways to birth from a place of love and intuition, regardless of the outcome or events of the birth.
Nikki is a wife and mother of two, DONA and CAPPA trained labor, delivery and postpartum doula, student midwife and Birthing From Within mentor. She is currently teaching newborn care and postpartum preparation classes. Her childbirth education classes are currently in development.
Cinda Brown, CD(DONA), CLE, is a mother and Birthing From Within Mentor. Birthing From Within has profoundly changed her approach to birth and life, bring awareness and learning. She wishes to mentor and support parents along their journey and mentors classes in East County San Diego.
Loni and Stephanie have worked as a team since 2012. Their partnership is intended to provide additional support, knowledge and security to the families they work with.
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