every.body.birth

Service Description

every.body.birth is a childbirth education series committed to providing inclusive, best practice based education that empowers expectant parents. The aim is to cultivate an environment of acceptance, celebrating the diversity of every individual's journey to parenthood and beyond. The core mission is to equip families with knowledge and advocacy tools, ensuring they feel confident, respected, and heard throughout their birthing experience. Every birth is unique. Everybody deserves to be empowered with the most current, unbiased information available and the knowledge that they deserve respect and love throughout their journey. In this class we will explore: Personal and Cultural Images/Ideas of Birth/Parenting Birth Wishes/Fears Anatomy The Stages of Labor Comfort Measures & Techniques Interventions Self Advocacy & Support Early Postpartum: Setting up Support Breastfeeding/Feeding: Intro Resources for further education The class will include visuals, discussion, and light movement. Participants should bring snacks of their choice, water, notebook/pen, and their questions! Participants should wear comfortable clothing. Birthing person should attend with one other person planning to offer support during their labor/birth: partner, doula, or family member/friend. A short intake form will be sent out to participants to make sure that needs are considered and addressed. Taught by Kelly M. Renn of every.body.advocacy. Kelly (she/her) is an educator and advocate who has spent years supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and early parenting. A childbirth educator (BADT in-training, Lamaze trained) and former labor doula (DONA trained), she also brings her early childhood education background (P–3, Montclair State University) to the table—because if anyone knows how to keep calm in chaos, it’s someone who’s worked with small children and laboring adults. These days, you’ll find her teaching childbirth classes and leading the always-lively New Baby Group at the Bok Building. A spirited philanthro-activist, Kelly partners with groups like the Abortion Liberation Fund, Philly Birth Fund, and the planning partners of Black Maternal Health Week to advance reproductive and birth justice—especially for those too often overlooked. At home, she’s a devoted, delightfully scattered mom to Nuala and Fiadh and a loving wife to Evan