Prenatal Yoga

We are excited to have Nancy Moran, R.N. with us to teach Prenatal Yoga! The class meets twice a week at the center. The times and prices are as follows:

Tuesday 5:30-6:30pm
Saturday 8:30-9:30am

$12.00 for a drop-in session
$50.00 per month
$80.00 for a package of 10 sessions to use at your convenience

For more information or to sign up please call the center (918-895-8222) or email us at info@tulsabirthcenter.com

Monthly Newsletter

We will be publishing a monthly newsletter and would like to invite you to subscribe! We will feature Natural Living news around Tulsa, announcements about the Center, personal notes from the midwives and naturopathic doctor, and so on. If you would like to receive the newsletter via email each month, please email Heather at heather@tulsabirthcenter.com

Childbirth Class Announcement

Please note: The deadline for registration is May 1. There are currently three spots left in the May 11-June 15 class. If you would like to register please call the center at 895-8222 or email Heather at heather@tulsabirthcenter.com

Sign up now for our next Renaissance Childbirth Preparation Class!! Class size is limited!

May 11 - June 15
6:30-8:30pm
The Renaissance Center

These classes will prepare you for home, birth center, or hospital birth. We will cover a variety of topics including:
Nutrition
Labor and Birth Process
Variations and Interventions
Relaxation Practice
Comfort Measures
Basic Breastfeeding
Newborn Care
Babywearing

For more information please email: heather@tulsabirthcenter.com

Mark your calendars!!

The Renaissance Center will be hosting an Open House on March 14, 2009. The time will be announced soon.

We hope you will make plans to join us and tour the center.

Heather

We are very proud to announce the opening of....

The Renaissance Center
Maternity and Holistic Health Care

The Renaissance Center is Tulsa's first and only pregnancy and birth center. In addition to these services we are very happy to announce a partnership with Kerrie Long, ND. Kerrie is a naturopathic doctor, lactation consultant, midwife, and CHNP. The center will also house a chiropractor and massage therapist.

Please visit the website for more information.

When we have a client who has a small tear after giving birth, we always recommend honey to help it heal. The other day I received in my email inbox the latest copy of Midwifery Today's E-News. Demetria Clark wrote a great article on the healing properties of honey. So if you wonder WHY we recommend this remedy, here's why.

Midwifery Today E-News
Volume 11, Issue 1
January 7, 2009

Raw honey is a great remedy for first-degree [perineal] tears. Honey's thick consistency forms a barrier defending the wound from outside infections. The moistness allows skin cells to grow without creating a scar, even if a scab has already formed. Meanwhile, the sugars extract dirt and moisture from the wound, which helps prevent bacteria from growing, while the acidity of honey also slows or prevents the growth of many bacteria. An enzyme that bees add to honey reacts with the wound's fluids and breaks down into hydrogen peroxide, a disinfectant. Honey also acts as an anti-inflammatory and pain killer and prevents bandages from sticking to wounds. Laboratory studies have shown that honey has significant antibacterial qualities. Significant clinical observations have demonstrated the effectiveness of honey as a wound healing agent. Glucose converted into hyaluronic acid at the wound surface forms an extracellular matrix that encourages wound healing. Honey is also considered antimicrobial.

— Demetria Clark
Excerpted from "Herbs for Postpartum Perineum Care: Part I," The Birthkit, Issue 46]

Heather

New Year's Baby

Our first baby of 2009 was in the Tulsa World today!! You can read the article HERE. And for the ease of reading it quickly, here is the portion of the article (that is mostly accurate) specifically about our client's birth:

"On the south side of downtown, Tracy Shears' delivery was perhaps a little more dramatic. She and her husband had planned on a home delivery with the help of a midwife, but not all pregnancies go as planned.

At 2:04 a.m. Shears went into labor before the midwife had arrived, so it was up to her husband to help deliver their child.

"It was not my choice, but that's the way things turned out," Robert Shears said.

As the midwife drove to the Shearses' home, she talked to them on her cell phone and coached the father so he could deliver a new baby girl at the family's home, in the 1500 block of South Carson Avenue.

The baby is in good health, and as

for the mother, "30 minutes after giving birth, she was cleaning house," Robert Shears said."