DC Chapter
Serving DC, MD and VA
Prepare yourself, your partner and your baby for a memorable birth day
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For the best in convenient, affordable childbirth classes, choose the classes voted by the readers of Washington Parents Magazine since 1996 as the BEST CHILDBIRTH CLASSES IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA!!
What is Lamaze International?
Lamaze International is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote normal, natural, healthy and fulfilling childbearing experiences through education, advocacy and reform. Lamaze prepared childbirth classes provide women with the knowledge, skills and support they need to give birth with confidence and joy. The DC Chapter serves the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
How are Lamaze classes different from other childbirth classes?
- Small personalized classes promote open discussion, individual attention and ample practice time
- Evidence-based classes focus on practical pain management skills that include relaxation, breathing and massage
- Balanced approach to labor allows a woman to combine the benefits of Lamaze with those of an epidural if needed
- Labor partners learn practical comfort measures and tangible physical and emotional support techniques
- Consumer-based classes facilitate informed healthcare decisions throughout labor
- Instructors have passed international certification standards to earn the highest credential in childbirth education (LCCE)
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