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. Join in the Conversation on Facebook for articles, birth stories, and more:
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.
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
afterwardsSo 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.