Prenatal/Postpartum Education

Prenatal and Postpartum Education for New Moms and Moms to Be

From trusted practitioners, videos designed to inform and prepare new parents.

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Postpartum Planning Workbook

A postpartum plan is a detailed outline of how you will get the rest, support, and care you need when your baby comes. Build Your Nest a Postpartum Planning Workbook includes important information and a personalized planning process.

The workbook was a lifesaver! I didn’t realize how challenging the postpartum period would be.

Julia

In 100 pages, you are gently guided through revisioning your life with a newborn. You finish the process with a concrete plan that is specific to your needs and situation. You will have your systems of support in place, know who to call when things get hard, and your family will know how long you are resting for.

Included in our prenatal and postpartum education:

Each video is between a few minutes and 10 minutes in length, and there are up to 10 videos from each practitioner shows below.

Lactation Consultant

Breastfeeding support from IBLCE-certified consultant (International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners). Sejal Fichadia has been serving families since 2014. She will be walking you through some common questions that can arise during the first three months of a newborn’s life. Specific issues are addressed and an ideology is presented that is comforting and accepting. Sejal is the owner of Kindred Mother Care and is a part of Natural Latch Lactation. 

Nutritionist

Liat Nadler, MScN,Clinical Nutritionist, Founder & Owner of Just Eat Well

Liat became an advocate for healthy nutrition. Her biology background, and her service in the army as a medic, brings a practical approach to address a healthy food lifestyle. She earned her Master of Science in Nutrition (MScN) at the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM).

Sleep Coach

Marie-Eve Gagnon is a Pediatric Sleep Consultant and founder of Slumber Time Solutions explains some amazing information about how to handle a variety of different topics. She joined the Gentle Sleep Coach training program offered by Kim West and she is now the first person in the state of Oregon to graduate from this comprehensive program.

Herbalist

Erin Vanderkooy of Erin Vanderkooy Wellness is a certified health and wellness coach. She introduces how to assimilate herbs into your life as a form of healing and what can help during postpartum.

Acupuncturist

Sivan is a Licensed Acupuncturist with the Oregon Medical Board and is Nationally Certified by NCCAOM. She earned her Master’s Degree in Acupuncture at Tri-State College of Acupuncture in New York, NY. She takes us through a different mindset available during childbirth and postpartum and what that can do for us. 

Sivan has post-graduate training in Shonishin, Pediatrics, Pregnancy, Postpartum. 

Aquatic Therapy

Victor Barreda-Pazos earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy in 2005. After years of working in different realms of healthcare as a Physical Therapist and Massage Therapist in Europe, he became a Watsu® Provider with the International School of Watsu® in Spain; then a Licensed Massage Therapist in Oregon in 2016, and a Watsu® Practitioner in 2018 with the WorldWide Aquatic Bodywork Association.

He became a father in 2010 and discovered a new passion for the power of pregnancy, birth, and parenthood with the knowledge gained from studying pregnancy and birth alongside his wife, a Full Spectrum Doula.

“Ultimately, I am deeply drawn to supporting life from the very beginning and I hope to share my passion for a natural and healthy approach to birth and parenting. It is my most sincere belief that we can make this world a better place by better caring for families during the childbearing year.”

Victor Barreda-Pazos