Joyful Birth Childbirth Classes and Doula Services

12/03/2025

Congratulations to Rochester General Hospital, Dr. Bostock, and everyone else who has worked to make this happen. And - I cannot stress this enough - a crucial factor in making birth safer and more positive? MIDWIVES!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/health/c-section-rate-decline-solutions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.508.8jQ1.OyElXl5ZduPH&smid=url-share

10/22/2025

This is so great!!

06/10/2025

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02/04/2025

So excited to be holding class at Chosen Spot Chiropractic & Wellness! Know your options and learn to work with your body for a healthy, joyful pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Empowering, compassionate childbirth classes for birthing persons and partners taking sign-ups now!
http://www.joyfulbirth.us

11/03/2024

It's a common question: "What's the difference between midwives and doulas?"

10/22/2024

My next class series in Brighton has been rescheduled, so you still have time to sign up! Learn all you need to know to have a healthy, empowered, joyful birth. This class is perfect for those due in January thru March. (More class dates coming soon, including in Canandaigua.)

Sign up at the link below!

This class runs for 8 Monday evenings, October 21 - December 9, 2024 from 6:00-8:30 pm, with a final double class on Saturday December 14 from 1:30 to 6:00 pm. The comprehensive class series, which includes 24 instructional hours, is the only class you'll need to be fully prepared for the birth of y...

07/15/2024

Cord Blood banks mislead parents. This isn't a new problem, but it may be getting worse, as they try to continue to make money despite adult stem cells being the preferred treatment now.

Promised Cures, Tainted Cells: How Cord Blood Banks Mislead Parents

Families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future. But the cells are rarely useful, and sometimes contaminated.

07/12/2024

Next comprehensive childbirth ed series starts 7/29 in Canandaigua!

What do we mean by "comprehensive?" This class covers not only the childbirth process, options, and partner support, but also healthy pregnancy, preparing your body and mind for birth, creating a birth plan, the postpartum period, newborns, and breastfeeding! Each class builds confidence in the birth process and your role as new parents.

I hope to see you there!

https://www.joyfulbirth.us/service-page/childbirth-classes-canandaigua-2?referral=service_list_widget

07/12/2024

'Other findings in this study were that adults who had been formula-fed as children had a less diverse microbiome in adulthood. Katerina commented: 'This is the first time this has been investigated in adults and the results suggest that infant nutrition may have long-term consequences for gut health.'”

Sociable people have a higher abundance of certain types of gut bacteria and also more diverse bacteria, an Oxford University study has found.