"I hope that you will join me to make your baby's future bright — right from the start!"
Becky Brittain Hicks Ph.D
Parent-infant coach
& consultant
(314) 482-7240
St. Louis
Private & Phone Consultations
email Becky now
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Are You Pregnant?
Coaching Topics:
- Full readiness for pregnancy and motherhood
- Creation of an optimal healthy womb environment
- Ways to make baby (in utero) feel loved and wanted
- Talking to your baby
- Stimulation of the baby in utero (touch, singing, reading, games, music)
- Active involvement of your partner / readiness for fatherhood
- Protection of health when baby is developing in utero
- Awareness of all stages of pregnancy, gestation, labor, and birth
- Knowledge of the safety of different medical practices
- Knowledge of different birthing options (home birth, hospital birth, with midwife, physician)
- Development of maternal instincts
- Considering staying home post-birth? How long?
I. Preparation for Birth:
- Creating a flexible birth plan
- Stress management techniques, breathing, hypnosis to assist labor
- Body/mind centering
- Education for newborn parenting, bonding, breastfeeding, caregiving, sibling awareness
- Contact with labor support team (physician, doula, midwife)
- Body awareness of maternal instincts
II. Preparation of nursery and layette
III. Preparation for postpartum support network:
- Access to friends, family, resources
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