Birthing Classes in San Diego

There are many different types of birthing classes, read the descriptions below to choose a style that best fits your personality.  Most women choose to take a class late enough in their pregnancy that they will remember the information, but early enough that they will feel prepared if their baby comes early. 

Bradley Method: focus on "husband coached birth"

• Growing Families (Poway)

• Journey Southward (Kearny Mesa)  

• Pregnancy Sanctuary (Encinitas)

• Yoga Janda (Vista)

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Birthing from Within: prepare mothers to give birth-in-awareness, not to achieve a specific birth outcome.

• Art of Opening (Mission Valley)

• Barefoot Birth (La Mesa)

• Love Warrior Birth Services 

• Pregnancy Sanctuary (Encinitas)

 

Hospital Classes: general classes that don't follow a specific philosophy. Can be taken at the hospital you plan to give birth at. 

 

Hypnobirthing: focuses on removing the psychological barriers of birth. 

• Birthing Empowered

• BlissfulBellys (Del Cerro)

• Color of Calm(Encinitas)

• The Family Room (Rancho Bernardo, Del Mar)

• Full of Love (Oceanside)

• Liberating Labor 

• Pregnancy Sanctuary (Encinitas)

• San Diego Hypnobirthing (Scripps Ranch, Del Mar, North Park, Hillcrest)

• San Diego Midwife

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