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Contact Info
Kerstin Smith
phone: (608) 658 8533

Class Info:  I will be on maternity leave April - July

Rates:  Discounts and partial trades for those with limited incomes.

Group Classes:$250/couple
           FREE for doula clients

Private Classes $350/couple
           $200 for doula clients

Upcoming Classes:
Group Class: 
March 1st Full

                     August TBA
Tuesdays 6:30pm @
Madison Birth Center

Register early and receive a  20% off coupon good toward a retreat, reiki session, or natural parenting class.

Private Classes: Offered as needed on a first come first serve basis.  The next opening available in June.

Please contact Kerstin for registration information.

OTHER SERVICES
Welcome Baby:
Classes offered as needed $60.00           $40.00 for HB couples

Reiki Sessions:
Offered on a sliding scale

Labor Support/Doula: $750.00
For those using the HB method only.


BabyMoon: Prenatal and Postpartum Retreats
Individual packages starting at $50.00.  For more information please visit  www.babymoonretreats.org to see what package is right for you and for a list of upcoming dates.  Gift certificates available.  Receive a 50.00 discount if you sign up for a HypnoBirthing class as well.

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Madison HypnoBirthing

BabyMoon Prenatal Retreats
About Us
At GentleSurge.com we are committed to providing families with the tools for having peaceful, calm, and gentle birthing experiences. Kerstin Smith is a certified HypnoBirthing® instructor, affiliated with the HypnoBirthing® Institute. Kerstin is currently teaching private and group HypnoBirthing® classes in Madison, WI.  She is the founder of BabyMoon retreats and offers a wide range of prenatal and postpartum services.  

About HypnoBirthing®

HypnoBirthing® is an easy to learn method utilizing deep relaxation and focused breathing patterns. It is as much of a philosophy as a technique. Marie Mongan developed the HypnoBirthing® program in 1989, putting together ideas that she had used in the birthing of her own children.

 

HypnoBirthing® is based on the belief that when a mother is properly prepared for birthing—physically, mentally, and emotionally—and fully relaxed, she can experience the joy of birthing her baby more easily, often faster, and with less discomfort. With most births requiring little or no intervention, HypnoBirthing® moms use their skills to deeply relax,

and open to the power, passion and pleasure of birth.

 

For more information on HypnoBirthing®, please visit www.hypnobirthing.com.


HypnoBirthing classes run for five weeks and are 2 1/2 hours long.  With each class a couple receives a book, two CDs,  handouts including extra relaxation and visualizations not found in the book and limited labor support.

Welcome Baby:  A Natural Parenting Class
An independent  newborn and breastfeeding class in line with the philosophy of HypnoBirthing®.
Welcome Baby takes the approach that caring for a newborn is as natural and family-centered as the birth should be.  Topics covered include:  Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding Basics, Nighttime Parenting/Sleep,  Babywearing, Cloth Diapering, The Happiest Baby on the Block, Circumcision, Vaccinations, and more.

Labor Support/Doula
I offer labor support for those using the HypnoBirthing method .  Have the advantage of an experienced teacher of the method at your birth!  Support includes three prenatal visits and two postpartum visits as well as full labor support.  Group classes are FREE for all doula clients. 

BabyMoon:  Prenatal Birth Retreats and Postpartum Circles

Like a honeymoon…the term “Baby Moon” has come to mean many different things but one aspect is a constant fixture: time away. This can be done in a secluded location or in the comfort of your own home.People who are drawn to a BabyMoon have been searching for a way that helps women create the sacred space necessary for birth preparation and prenatal bonding.  Personal, day, and weekend retreats are available.  Please visit www.babymoonretreats.org for more information.

 

Through a holistic program of relaxation, visualizations and meditation, ritual, and education, women connect with themselves and their babies in a deeper way.  They are reinforced in trusting that their bodies know how to bring their babies into the world in the calm and gentle way that Nature intended. I have also found in working with moms that it is important to take time afterwards  So the experience does not stop with the prenatal retreat, but also includes postpartum birth circles for mom and baby. to integrate the birth into one’s life both energetically and emotionally.


Prenatal and Postpartum Reiki

Kerstin specializes in private Prenatal and Postpartum Reiki sessions.  This is a wonderful way to connect energetically with the baby as well as to integrate the birth experience, promote postpartum healing and bonding.  Postpartum visits are done in the home with baby and mom wherever they feel comfortable.  The flexibility of Reiki makes it a wonderful healing treat for mom while still keeping baby close.  This is wonderful bodywork to be done in the first six weeks and then continued throughout the postpartum period.