Rene' Johnson BS Ed, ICCE, CD(DONA)
Box 80117, Baton Rouge , LA 70898
225.768.7686 www.birthhelp.com
Birth Help, LLC offers childbirth classes, doula services, and doula training. Doulas attend births in and around the Baton Rouge area , including Zachary, Hammond, Covington, Lafayette, and New Orleans .
Childbirth classes focus on information, techniques and comfort measures to help women give birth as "naturally" as possible. Classes are available in groups or private sessions.
Charlotte Russell
272-8295
The class "Excited, Exhausted, Expecting" for expectant Mothers will be every first, second and third Wednesday from 6:30-8:00 pm. Childcare will be provided on-site for a fee of $5 per FAMILY, to cover the cost of pizza for dinner. It will be held in the Nursing Mother's Room at River Valley Church (www.rivervalleychurch.net)
The class is a 9 week study focusing on the physical, emotional and spiritual changes unique to pregnancy, with a group baby shower on the 10th week!
For more information, e-mail me at edenwaybirth@hotmail.com or call
272-8295.
Karen Henshaw, AAHCC, CD(DONA)
(985)264-8372 www.birthhelper.freeservers.com
Karen Henshaw offers childbirth classes using the Bradley method, doula services, breastfeeding consultation and is currently apprenticing as a midwife under a Naturopathic Physician.
The Bradley Method classes are a 12 week class series focusing on: Nutrition, Labor Preparation Exercises, and Relaxation Techniques. In addition to the standard twelve week course, private classes and refresher courses are also available.