Durham Women’s Clinic believes total wellness is a combination of prevention, self-care, education and medical guidance as needed. Our wellness programs offers nutrition services classes. Our education programs offer childbirth, breastfeeding and newborn care classes. Our goal is to use our wellness programs to enhance overall health. The convenience of being able to access multiple services within your home practice for women’s health provides you and your families with better opportunities to achieve optimal health and wellness.
Basic B’s: The Bump, Birth, & Beyond
In person classes located Carver St or Brier Creek office, this childbirth education program highlights the basics from your birth, caring for your newborn, and postpartum planning. Also, an Inductions 101 class via Zoom. Go https://basicsofbbb.com/ to learn more and find upcoming classes. Contact via email at basicsofbbb@gmail.com
Breastfeeding and Parenting Classes
Click here to register for prenatal classes via Zoom, including PREPARING FOR BREASTFEEDING SUCCESS and UNDERSTANDING & CARING FOR YOUR NEWBORN.
Jan Tedder is a nurse practitioner and certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). Over three decades, Jan has provided health care for young families, developed breastfeeding support programs, and provided lactation consultation at Wake Health Services, SAS Health Care Center, and UNC Family Medicine. In addition to helping mothers meet their breastfeeding goals, Jan also created HUG Your Baby, an award-winning parent education program used by families and professionals around the world. Jan is available to see breastfeeding families in their homes or her office. Visit huglactation.com
Childbirth Education
Emerald Doulas, LLC is a full-service birth and postpartum doula agency serving families in Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Raleigh, Apex, and Cary. They offer childbirth education, highly skilled and compassionate birth doulas, educated and experienced postpartum doulas, placenta encapsulation services, workshops and classes for new parents, siblings and grandparents, doula mentorship opportunities, and prenatal, postnatal and babywearing fitness and yoga classes.
They support families with any and all birth goals or parenting styles, and our doulas have a wide variety of skills and extensive experience supporting: Hospital Birth/Home Birth/ Water Birth/ Birth Center Birth/ Inductions/ Unmedicated Childbirth/ Sexual Assault Survivors/ Medicated Childbirth/ Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)/ Cesarean Birth/ Preterm Birth/ NICU Families/ Sibling Support/ Grandparent Support/ Birth Plan Consultations/ Childbirth Education/ Bottlefeeding/ Breastfeeding/ Multiples/ Overnight Support/ Placenta Encapsulation/ and so much more.
Learn more about Childbirth Education classes and find upcoming classes at www.emeralddoulas.com/childbirthed.