Free Mommy & Me Yoga Free Prenatal Yoga Open House We are so excited to be a part of Lawrenceville’s Blossom Tour this year! On Sunday, May 13 Shining Light Prenatal Education will offer the following: 10:00-11:00 – FREE Mommy & Me Yoga 11:00-1:00 – Open House 1:00-2:30 – FREE Prenatal Yoga Class Descriptions […]
If I know I’m getting the epidural, do I really need a childbirth class?
In short – YES! Ok and now for the longer answer: Your anesthesiologist won’t come to your house and you won’t be admitted to the hospital if you are too early in labor. So, what do you do while you labor at home? How do you know when to go into the hospital? What if […]
Placentophagia – Consuming your own placenta. Benefits or Placebo Effect?
Ok, well technically, the placenta is the baby’s since it shares his DNA… but I digress. There’s been quite a bit in the news this week about placenta eating. Mad Men star, January Jones let it be known that she consumed her encapsulated placenta after her baby was born, per her doula’s suggestion. The original […]
Free Film Screening of DOULA!
We are so excited to be a part of a week of free Film Screenings for “DOULA! – The Ultimate Birth Companion”. Shining Light Prenatal Education is working with two local doulas – Mary Carroll and Debi Sciranka to bring this film to you. The screening is free and open to the public, so please […]
It’s not the Method, it’s the Mother.
Bradley, Hypnobabies, Brio Birth, Birthing from Within, Lamaze and so many others… Does it matter which flavor of childbirth education you take? Maybe. Every method has its benefits. However, every method is not for every mother. Not every mother needs a method; not every method will work for an individual mother. I note that we […]