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Are you looking forward to having a baby, but worried about what it’s like to be a “patient” in the healthcare system? Savvy Birth 101 is the perfect workshop for parents preparing for a hospital birth and wanting a positive experience.
In just 60 minutes, you’ll learn what to expect once you walk through those hospital doors and how to navigate the hospital system with ease.
You’ll learn how to form the ultimate birth team, so that when the time comes to meet your baby, you can find yourself at the center of respectful, evidence-based care.
With Savvy Birth 101, you and your partner will:
Understand what evidence-based care is and discuss the difference between evidence-based care and routine care.
Learn how the power system works in most hospital labor and delivery units.
Master ways to create a team-based atmosphere in the birthing room, so that you and your partner can get evidence-based, family-centered care.
What is Evidence Based Birth®?
Evidence Based Birth® was started by Dr. Rebecca Dekker PhD RN in 2012 as a passion project and a blog, but today it has grown beyond her wildest dreams. She is a mother of 3 and registered nurse with her PhD, who got fed up with how the system treats birthing families. They are a woman-owned C-Corp (no outside investors) with completely remote team members who work relentlessly to make research evidence on childbirth freely accessible to the public.
As a first-time mom, Dr. Dekker experienced birth trauma when she was separated from her newborn baby for three hours after giving birth. In contrast, she felt awed and empowered by the respectful and evidence based care she received at the home birth of her second child. After several years of writing at Evidence Based Birth® and working as a nursing professor and research scientist, Dr. Dekker found the courage to leave academia and focus on advocating for change full-time.
Today, the Evidence Based Birth® Team has grown to include research scientists, birth workers, and advocates from around the world who are passionate about safe, respectful, evidence-based, and empowering care!
Inclusion Policy:
Evidence Based Birth® is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for pregnant persons and support people of any age, religion, race, sexual identity, gender identity, or relationship status. This class is a safe space for people of any gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or class. Harmful language or behaviour will not be tolerated.
Refund Policy:
While we are unable to offer refunds, if you are not able to attend you are welcome to apply the value of the ticket to a future event.
Evidence Based Birth® Instructors are independent contractors and distributors of the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class and are not employees of Evidence Based Birth®. You can find our terms and conditions for the class here.
“When I walked into the hospital to have my first baby, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. My husband and I had read a few books and taken the standard hospital birthing class, but we weren’t prepared to give birth in a broken health care system. I was told to stay in bed my entire labor and pressured into interventions I didn’t need, which led to preventable complications, a traumatic birth, and separation from my newborn baby for hours.
After my birth, I looked up the research on everything that happened to me. I was shocked to find out that most of what was done was not based on evidence, but simply based on the traditions and culture of the hospital staff.
The next time I had a baby, I decided to do things differently. I decided that I wanted an empowering birth, and to do so, I had to actually prepare this time! My partner and I needed to learn the evidence on childbirth practices, how to stay comfortable during labor, and how we could speak up and use our voices.
Here at EBB, we created the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class to skillfully mentor you and your support team in evidence based care, comfort measures, and advocacy, so that you can embrace your birth and parenting experiences with courage and confidence.
We will be there with you every step of the way!”