Classes - Pregnancy & Childbirth
 About Our Birthing Classes
Buns In The Oven
Preparing To Birth
Birth Made Easier with Hypnosis
Birthing From Within
Private Birthing Classes
Breastfeeding Class
Newborn Care
Papa Prep 101
Hopes, Fears & Fantasies - Childbirth Class Refresher
Birth Choices after a Cesarean
Big Brother / Big Sister Class
Prenatal Yoga
Grandparents Class
Dancing For Birth / Fun & Fitness
Please note: The price for all childbirth classes includes both the birth mother and a partner.
About Our Birthing Classes
You DO have a choice when it comes to birthing classes! Forget boring "canned" curriculum taught in uncomfortable hospital classrooms! At NiNi you'll sit on our comfy leather couches, put your feet up and relax with gourmet coffees and teas, and some healthy snacks. There are no scary movies to watch, instead we have tasteful photos of real birth stories, taken at area hospitals. Our classes are innovative and informative, and our certified instructors are enthusiastic and supportive. We have an Empathy Belly so that partners can experience just what it feels like to be pregnant, and we'll snap a photo of the two of you, belly-to-belly for your baby book! You'll receive a gift bag with massage tools for your labor, and a relaxation CD. Comfort Strategies is incorporated into our curriculum, and we'll help you develop your own plan for labor and birth. Our independent classes prepare you to birth in any area hospital or birthing center.
Choose from the class options listed below. You can register for any of our classes online, and we strongly encourage you to register early to get your choice of class times and format. Please plan to complete your class before your 34th week of pregnancy ... just in case your little one plans an early arrival!
Buns In The Oven
You're pregnant! Now what?? Changes in your body, changes in your life - pregnancy is a time of many emotions! Join other pregnant women in this informal group to learn and share. This is a free, drop-in group for women in all stages of pregnancy, led by Nina Cullen, childbirth educator, doula & life coach. Stop by after work on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 - 6:30. This is a FREE group, and registration is not required.
Preparing To Birth
Let us help you prepare for the birth of your baby! Our Certified Childbirth Educators have years of labor experience to help you get ready for your unique labor and birth. We'll talk, teach, and listen in an informal and supportive way, and help expectant mothers and their partners relax, laugh and celebrate birth! You'll learn about labor and birth, comfort strategies, coping techniques, breathing and relaxation.
Preparing To Birth classes are taught on weeknights or weekends. All classes are held at NiNi Bambini.
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Preparing To Birth – 4 Week Series
Preparing To Birth – Weekend Series
Birth Made Easier with Hypnosis
Women who use hypnosis for labor and birth are not asleep or in a trance, but are, instead, in a deep state of relaxation that allows their labor to be more comfortable and their overall birthing experience to be more peaceful. Our instructors are Certified Childbirth Educators who are ALSO additionally trained as clinical hypnotherapists. Relax on our comfortable couches and learn deep relaxation techniques that will benefit you and your partner for years to come! This class will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know to prepare for the birth of your child, there is no need to take an additional class. Three hypnosis CDs are included for practice at home. We recommend starting Birth Made Easier with Hypnosis at around 20 - 24 weeks of pregnancy, to give you time to practice relaxation techniques.
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Birth Made Easier With Hypnosis – 5 Week Series
Birthing From Within
Birthing From Within Classes include practical obstetrical information, mixed with mindfulness and pain coping practices, which acknowledge birth's power and incredible ability to shift directions by preparing parents to give birth in awareness. Activities in the six week class nurture intuition and self-awareness- things that come in very handy when raising children in our world. After all, birth is the beginning, and not the end, of a parent's journey! In a casual and supportive environment participants will learn pain coping practices, like Breath Awareness (Breath Awareness is 'noticing your breath,' not forcing or judging it - or yourself). Birthing From Within also incorporates the use of Birth Art. Birth Art encourages parents to deepen their understanding of themselves and the changes that are occurring in their lives.
Classes are taught by Donna Moore, Certified Birthing From Within Mentor and Labor Nurse
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Birthing From Within
Private Birthing Classes
Don't have time for a traditional childbirth class? Can't find one that fits with your schedule? Want to plan a small class with one or two couples? We have just the thing! NiNi Bambini's certified educators will meet with you privately for your own childbirth class. Private classes are tailored to you, and are typically completed in two hours. Please call NiNi Bambini for more information or to schedule a class.
Breastfeeding Class
This class will give you tips, tools and techniques to help you learn about breastfeeding your baby. We'll discuss feeding a newborn, pumping and storing breast milk, and ways to help get breastfeeding off to a great start!
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Breastfeeding Class
Newborn Care
Caring for a new baby can be overwhelming. Our baby experts will teach you the latest science and techniques for swaddling, bathing, feeding and SLEEPING! This is a hands-on class with plenty of opportunity for practice. Newborn Care is perfect for anyone expecting a baby - moms, dads and grandparents - or those with a newborn under the age of three months.
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Newborn Care
Papa Prep 101
This class is just for guys! Learn the basics of diapering, burping, holding and feeding a newborn with some of our favorite veteran dads! We’ll also talk about ways to support your partner to keep things running smoothly during the first weeks with your little one.
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Papa Prep 101
Hopes, Fears and Fantasies – Childbirth Refresher Class
This is a class for expectant mothers and their labor partners who have already experienced birth*. We'll talk about labor - your last one and the one you hope to have this time - review birth, breathing, relaxation, comfort techniques, coping strategies, and ways to avoid repeating unpleasant birth experiences.
*If your partner hasn't experienced birth or it's been a long time since your last baby, we recommend that you take a Preparing To Birth class.
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Hopes, Fears & Fantasies – Refresher Class
Birth Choices after a Cesarean
Your last baby was a Cesarean birth and you're hoping to avoid surgery this time around. We want you to know that you do have choices about birthing options. In this informal and interactive class you'll explore those options with our Certified Childbirth Educators who encourage you to bring questions and concerns for discussion.
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Birth Choices After Cesarean
Big Brother / Big Sister Class
Our sibling class will help prepare your child for the arrival of a new baby! Using stories and fun activities we’ll talk about new babies and what your child can expect from a new brother or sister. Please have your child bring a doll or stuffed animal to weigh, diaper and care for!
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Big Brother / Big Sister Class
 Prenatal Yoga
Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. or 7:00 - 8:15 p.m. and Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Cost is $90.00 for an 8 week session.
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Prenatal Yoga
Grandparents Class
Congratulations, you're going to be a grandparent!! Things have really CHANGED since you had a baby of your own! We'll talk about the "new rules" of parenting to that you can understand and support your grandchild's parents ... which will definitely help keep peace in the family. This is a free, informal class with our parent educator, and all grandparents and future grandparents are welcome!
Grandparents Class
Dancing For Birth / Fun & FItness
Dancing For Birth classes incorporate dance moves from around the world that best prepare you to give birth, and get back in shape after your baby is born. You'll become stronger, more agile, more at ease with your body and both mentally and physically ready to embrace your unique birth experience.
Dancing for Birth moms report experiencing low levels of discomfort, few or no interventions, brief labors and high levels of satisfaction during their births. You'll learn birth dancing moves inspired by Belly dance, African dance, Latin dance and Caribbean dance. It's a feel-good workout that challenges yet relaxes and uplifts you. No experience necessary!
Babies whose moms take Dancing for Birth classes love the motion of dancing and are easily soothed after birth by being held while you dance. You'll regain your pre-pregnancy shape and tone more quickly when you continue Dancing for BirthTM classes with your baby after he or she is born. /p>
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Dancing For Birth / Fun & Fitness
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