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 […]
The Center’s Grand Opening! January 21
We are excited to invite you to the Grand Opening of Shining Light Prenatal Education’s new Center at 3701 Butler St., Pittsburgh PA 15021. We are located on the corner of 37th St. and Butler St. in the historic Lawrenceville section of the city. The open house is from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm on Saturday, […]
We have an ADDRESS!!! – 3701 Butler St in Lawrenceville!!!
This has been a long time coming – almost a year in the making – since I started putting actual work into Shining Light Prenatal Education. See, I had this idea that Prenatal Yoga and Childbirth Education all by themselves weren’t enough. Something was missing. What I came to realize is that there is much […]
Birth Story: Christine’s birth – Connor Michael
Written by Christine, to share with all of you! As requested, however, I just wanted to share a little bit about my birth with you: Connor Michael was born October 3rd 2011 (about 6 days after my due date) at 2:45am. I started having some small contractions the morning of the 2nd. I took about […]
Lactivist *or* Realistic Breastfeeding Advocate?
A follow up post to Natural Childbirth Advocate *or* Realistic Childbirth Advocate Lactivist = Lactation Activist On one hand, being a supporter and a promoter of breastfeeding as normal and natural is a good thing. On the other hand, berating women because they can’t breastfeed, need to supplement or simply choose to use formula is […]