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• Child­birth Edu­ca­tion at Yale Health     • Total Preg­nancy Fit­ness      • Mom-Baby Fitness

» Child­birth Edu­ca­tion at Yale Health «

Prepa­ra­tion for birth for moms-to-be and their spouse/partner/labor sup­port per­son. Sug­gested for 7th — 8th month of preg­nancy. Top­ics: Stages of Labor & Birth, Com­fort Mea­sures, Pain Man­age­ment, Med­ical Pro­ce­dures, Hos­pi­tal Tour. Fee: $99.

Series: Four Wednes­days 6:30 — 8:30 pm. First floor Con­fer­ence Cen­ter, Yale Health Cen­ter, 55 Lock Street. TOUR meets at 7:00 p.m. at Y-NH Hos­pi­tal. Upcom­ing series dates: • July 3 — 24  • August 7 — 28  • Sep­tem­ber 4 — 25

One-day classes: Sat­ur­days, 10 a.m. — 3:30 p.m. First Floor Con­fer­ence Cen­ter. Includes top­ics cov­ered in all four ses­sions, tour arranged sep­a­rately  Upcom­ing classes: • July 20  • Sept 21

Reg­is­tra­tion

The check­out process on Pay­Pal can be done with a Pay­Pal account or major credit card. DTP will email reg­is­tra­tion con­fir­ma­tion and mate­ri­als within 2–3 days. Your Pay­Pal receipt is your admis­sion card for your class.

Ses­sions

To pay by check, con­tact: director@dancingthrupregnancy.com.
If you have any ques­tions or dif­fi­cul­ties with sched­ul­ing, con­tact director@dancingthrupregnancy.com.

» Total Preg­nancy Fit­ness «

Com­bines fun cardio/aerobic activ­i­ties with deep breath­ing, cen­ter­ing, relax­ation and mobi­liz­ing floor work, tar­geted strength train­ing and yoga-based posi­tions for labor and birth in a one-hour format.

One month unlim­ited classes $65. PWG 2 month Sum­mer Ses­sion $125. Pro-rated or Drop-in avail­able.  Stu­dents w/ID $40/80.  3 months unlim­ited $150. Sin­gle class $15

  • Mon­days & Wednes­days, 5:30 — 6:30 p.m. First floor Con­fer­ence Cen­ter, Yale Health Cen­ter, 55 Lock St. (ongoing)
  • Tues­days & Thurs­days, noon — 1:00 p.m.  Fifth floor, Payne Whit­ney Gym, Yale cam­pus, 70 Tower Pkwy. (aca­d­e­mic sched­ule;  Sum­mer Ses­sion 2013 — 6/4 through 7/25)

NOTE: Payne Whit­ney Gym mem­bers reg­is­ter at the gym class or online at PWG mem­bers registration.

Reg­is­tra­tion
Preg­nancy Fit­ness Options

Con­tact for pro-rating because of due dates, to pay by check or for in-person reg­is­tra­tion: director@dancingthrupregnancy.com.

» Mom-Baby Fit­ness «

Com­bines a car­dio work­out with core recov­ery, re-alignment, strength train­ing, and mom-baby exer­cises and games in an hour of joy­ous activ­ity. Bring: stroller, blan­ket, baby items as needed, car­rier if desired. Water and sneak­ers for you.
Do not worry if you are late or early…working with babies is not always pre­cise on the tim­ing, so we are adapted for that!!

Sum­mer Ses­sion 2013: June 4 — July 25 (2 months). $70/month or $125 full ses­sion. Gym mem­bers $40 or $80. NOTE: Payne Whit­ney Gym mem­bers reg­is­ter at the gym class or online at PWG mem­bers reg­is­tra­tion. Drop in: $15.

Reg­is­tra­tion
Mom-Baby Fit­ness Options

To pay by check or for in-person reg­is­tra­tion: director@dancingthrupregnancy.com.

  • Links to new fit­ness pro­grams in the U.S. and abroad at the bot­tom of this page.
  • Link to DTP’s video here:  Take a Class! on YouTube.

Our classes include evidence-based prac­tices for healthy moms and babies. DTP sup­ports sci­en­tific research to improve mater­nal and infant health. Our fac­ulty of Health Care Prac­ti­tion­ers, Fit­ness Pro­fes­sion­als and Mas­ter Teach­ers con­tin­u­ally update and improve our pro­grams to make them rel­e­vant to each new gen­er­a­tion of moms! We are also avail­able for pri­vate classes and per­sonal training.

Park­ing at PWG: street meters cost 6 quar­ters per hour (25¢ for 10 min­utes). Free park­ing for 2 hour max on Lake Place behind the gym (walk around side of build­ing to enter at front).

Park­ing at Yale Health: The park­ing garage is free for 1.5 hours, $2/hour after that.

Child­birth Edu­ca­tion Curriculum:

Ses­sion 1        Labor + Birth Overview and Early Labor

  • Stages of Labor + Birth
  • Warn­ing Signs
  • Breath­ing + Relax­ation for Early Labor
  • Deal­ing with Pain

Ses­sion 2         Active Labor, Tran­si­tion and Nat­ural Birth

  • Progress in Labor + Birth
  • Com­fort Measures
  • The Labor Tool Box
  • Strate­gies + Preferences

Ses­sion 3        Med­ical Procedures

  • Stan­dard pro­ce­dures, such as fetal mon­i­tor­ing, vital signs, triage
  • Induc­tion
  • Epidural
  • Inter­ven­tions when there are complications
  • Cesarean

Ses­sion 4        Hos­pi­tal Tour

  • Sign pre-admission and HIPAA forms
  • Learn about park­ing and arrival procedures
  • Visit the Labor/Birth floor
  • Visit the Mater­nity floor

Cer­ti­fied Child­birth Educators:

Ann F. Cowlin, MA, CSM, CCE and Jill Garo­falo, RN, CCE

New Fit­ness Locations:

For addi­tional loca­tions GO to Find-A-Class.

OUR FIRST CHINA LOCATION!
Shang­hai, CHINA

(0086) 137 95 31 61 01  2changfamily@gmail.com

St. Michael, BARBADOS

246–242-2850  reacfitness@gmail.com

Doo­nan Qld, AUSTRALIA

61422145569  fiona_coe@hotmail.com

Killeen, TX [Stork­mom­mas]  NEW!

254–415-7668   strkddy1@gmail.com

New Rochelle, NY

954–600-0302  kym.ali79@yahoo.com

Hack­ettstown, NJ (Hack­ettstown Midwives)

908–509-1801  stosh12@live.com

Brook­lyn Healthy Start (Brook­lyn, NY)

917–364-7359  tprice@health.nyc.gov

Tampa, FL

813–997-5646  taliahbellydance@gmail.com

St. George, UT

435–668-8655  Rhenda53@yahoo.com

Palo Alto, CA

650–575-7871  daychin@stanford.edu

Playa Del Rey, CA

310–430-8010  mrsdancingmoon@gmail.com

Petaluma, CA

415–810-1318  hathorsmirror@gmail.com

Soquel, CA

831–320-8348  seaglass@cruzio.com

Pal­metto Bay, FL

786–385-2921  yogaforall@live.com

South­field, MI  OMPT Spe­cial­ists

248–353-1234  amatzoll@omptspecialists.com

Lan­caster, PA loca­tion: Encore Dance Cen­ter

717–569-182     edc1@ptd.net.   Take a look at the TV News Story

“Thank you for tak­ing me through the cen­ter of this amaz­ing experience.”

- SC

“We are still meet­ing up! We made won­der­ful friends in pre/postnatal fitness.”

- DK