Because I now live in a remote and rural area, I am offering private weekend immersions in your own home, where we will focus on your questions and needs around pregnancy, labor, birth, parenting and newborns needs. This includes one-on-one practice in pain-coping techniques, at your own pace, practice in "solution-focused" thinking, the development of your personal "postpartum survival plan."

As well, Birthing a Family takes a holistic approach: this course will help parents prepare for birth on all levels--emotional, physical and spiritual. A Birthing a Family experience includes helping to prepare new parents in the
fundamentals of what to expect during labor, birth and postpartum, as well as how...
• to dig deep and develop their inner-resources for the challenges
of parenting
• to prepare for the personal transformation of birth and parenting
• to increase confidence in the choices you will face during
pregnancy, labor and with your new baby through in-depth discussion, journaling, and BirthArt.

Birthing a Family addresses the unique concerns and questions that fathers have as they step into not only the labor room, but fatherhood as well.

A Birthing a Family Again Class Offers:
• Reflecting and learning from your last birth experience.
• Dusting off old pain-coping techniques and learning new ones.
• Preparing siblings for birth and new baby.
• Taking time to enjoy this pregnancy & connecting with partners and baby through journaling & art.

Weekend immersions begin on a Friday evening and go through Saturday and Sunday or two consecutive Saturdays. Call or e-mail to schedule. Class cost is $250, with materials supplied. A $50 non-refundable deposit secures your weekend immersion.

If you have any questions please contact Carrie Foster Evans at (805) 710-4952, or e-mail