Some Reasons to Take a Private Class

• You’re already a mom.  We can try to schedule classes at your home during times when our kids are asleep.  If you want to involve a child in the private classes, I am open to discussing that.

• Your due date is soon and you want more childbirth preparation.  It’s never too late to learn more.  If time is of the essence, we can schedule several classes in a week.

• The childbirth education class you already took left you with questions.  For example, some hospital classes don’t emphasize natural comfort measures.  We’ll talk ahead of time about what you want to know or practice, and then we’ll work on that.

• Pregnancy can be tiring and you are busy.  You can enjoy highest quality, personalized childbirth preparation in your own living room.

• It’s hard for you to get around.  If you are on bed rest, for example, we’ll do classes at your bed.

• You want more privacy than a group class offer.  Some people just learn better in quieter settings.  Others are working through grief or loss or are concerned that they might not “fit in” at a group class.  We’ll talk about your situation and take things at your pace.

Private Classes
Pricing is determined by the package you choose, plus a travel fee.

Package 1:   The Whole Class

This complete Lamaze series covers:
> The labor process
> Comfort measures for labor
> Medications and interventions
> Birth plans
> Early parenting
> Role of labor partners
> Techniques for helping labor
>  … and much more

We’ll watch videos, play games, practice labor techniques and chat. Because this class is just for you, we can spend more time on your unique concerns and interests.

Five 2.5-hour sessions (12.5 hours total)     $300.00

Package 2: Refresher Course

Designed for moms who have given birth before or for first time moms who have done extensive reading about labor and birth.  We’ll talk about your experiences and knowledge, then I’ll design a class that builds on them.  We’ll cover many of the same topics as the full class but will move more quickly through subjects that are already familiar to you.

Three 2.5-hour sessions (7.5 hours total)            $180.00

Package 3: Comfort Measures

Your body has many natural tools for decreasing pain and coping with pain, including endorphins, which are your body’s own “home-made” opium.  We’ll talk about how to make the most of your natural pain relief mechanisms.  We’ll also talk about some of the purposes pain serves during labor and how it can often help labor process.  With this in mind, we’ll practice breathing, positions and movements for labor, massage and visualization.

Two 2.5-hour sessions (5 hours total)            $120.00

Package 4: Design Your Own Class

Tell me what you’d like us to work on together and I’ll plan accordingly.

$25/hour, $60 minimum

Travel fees

If you live fairly near the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis or within the Northfield city limits, there is no travel fee. If you live farther afield, this is how I will calculate travel fees:

• go to MapQuest.com
• enter your address as the starting address
• as the ending address, enter the closer of these two intersections (one of them is near the Riverside exit of 94 near downtown Minneapolis, and the other intersection is southwest of Northfield):
• Millersburg Blvd W & I 35, Dundas, MN 55109
• Riverside Ave & E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406
• look at the driving time.
• For less than 15 minutes, there is no travel fee
• 15 to 30 minutes -- $15 per session
• 31 to 45 minutes -- $25 per session
• 46 minutes to one hour -- $35 per session

For example, if you lived 20 minutes away from downtown Minneapolis, and you wanted the comfort measures package, which is two sessions long, your price would be $120, plus $15 plus $15, for a total of $150.

I will be happy to calculate travel fees for you.