Dwell in: Understanding Physiology

$35.00

A walk through every stage of labor and what to expect, for Mom and Dad both, plus a guided path to your birth preferences. Learn what’s actually happening in your body during labor — the hormones, the stages, and what to expect at each one — plus coping tools and how your partner can support you through every phase.

Self-Paced PDF and/or In Person

A walk through every stage of labor and what to expect, for Mom and Dad both, plus a guided path to your birth preferences. Learn what’s actually happening in your body during labor — the hormones, the stages, and what to expect at each one — plus coping tools and how your partner can support you through every phase.

Self-Paced PDF and/or In Person

DWELL IN UNDERSTANDING

Education is a comfort measure.

Once you understand why birth works the way it does, the what becomes so much less intimidating. This class walks you through the physiology of labor step by step — what's happening in your body, what your hormones are doing, and what each stage of labor actually looks and feels like — so nothing on the day catches you off guard.

You'll learn the language your provider uses (dilation, effacement, station, cervical exams) so it stops feeling like a foreign vocabulary, and you'll leave with real coping strategies matched to each stage of labor, along with concrete ways your partner can show up for you throughout.

You'll walk away with:

  • A clear map of the stages of labor and what to expect in each

  • An understanding of what dilation, effacement, and station actually mean

  • What happens during a cervical exam, and why

  • Coping skills tailored to each phase of labor

  • Concrete ways your partner can support you, stage by stage

  • What the "golden hour" is and why it matters

CLASS TWO OF A THREE PART SERIES