Growing Baby Prenatal Classes Toronto

Pregnancy, Childbirth & Parenting Education

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THANKS! Growing Baby was voted the best new business started in 2006 by the Beach/Riverdale Mirror readers.

Growing Baby's prenatal classes prepare expectant parents for what to expect during pregnancy, how to prepare for labour and birth, the transition to parenthood and will help you gain more knowledge about breastfeeding and basic baby care.

We will provide you with information on options that are available to you regarding your pregnancy, labour, birth and your care, so you can make informed decisions.

* Now taking registrations for group prenatal, newborn care and breastfeeding classes for August, September and October 2010.

Expecting Parents

We offer a variety of different childbirth preparation classes to help meet your needs as expecting parents.

New parents

* Group prenatal and parenting classes are held at The Russell Hill Chiropractic Clinic, located at 565 Eglinton Ave West.

To register for a class

please contact Janice Holsmer at 416-686-9832 or growingbaby2@yahoo.ca. For registration details, please see our registration and contact page.

* New: Receive 10% off any Growing Baby prenatal classes if you have taken prenatal yoga with Sasmita Yoga and receive 10% off Sasmita prenatal yoga classes if you have taken any of Growing Baby's prenatal classes!

The benefit of taking prenatal classes & childbirth education

  • Prenatal Classes will give you and your partner the information you need to make decisions that are right for both of you
  • Prenatal classes will give you a better understanding of the process of natural childbirth
  • Prenatal classes will help you and your partner become familiar with the many options that are available to you
  • Prenatal classes help give you confidence in preparing for your birth experience
  • Prenatal classes give you a better understanding of alternative pain relief methods that are available
  • Prenatal classes help prepare you and your partner for what to expect during labour, birthing, breastfeeding, newborn care and the postpartum period
  • Prenatal classes give you a chance to ask questions, to voice concerns and to share experiences
  • Prenatal classes will help you to sort through some information that may be inaccurate or out of date

Prenatal classes help you and your partner prepare for the journey of a lifetime!

Did you know...

Students remember 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see, 50% of what they do and 90% of what they say and do. Growing Baby's prenatal classes use a mixture of differnt learning techniques to help meet the learning needs of everyone, including: lecture, hands on practice, class discussions, demonstrations and visual images such as: Posters, charts, videos and models, which will greatly increase your understanding and how much you remember of what you have learned.

About The Instructor

* Certified Childbirth Educator

* Certified Lactation Educator

* Certified Newborn Massage Instructor

* Certified Birth Doula

* Certified Pre & postnatal Fitness Intructor Specialist (Can-Fit Pro)

* Certified Couselling Hypnotherapist

* Certified Social Service Worker

* Certified Postpartum Doula

* Experience facilitating postnatal groups

* Experience teaching sibling preparation classes

* Infant and child CPR and choking rescue certified

* Member of The Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA Canada)

    Janice Holsmer is the instructor for all of Growing Baby's prenatal classes and postnatal support services. She completed her Childbirth Educators multidiscipline program with honors through Humber College and Women's College Health Sciences Centre in Ontario which is the only Childbirth Educators program approved by the ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Janice also completed her Lactation Educators certification through The Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association

    Janice has been a birth doula for many years and has had the pleasure of attending many births throughout the GTA and surrounding areas including, home births, water births, hospital births (medicated and unmedicated) and cesarean births. She is also a certified postpartum doula through The Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association and enjoys working with new families and teaching newborn massage basics. She received her newborn massage instructor certification through Baby's First Massage. She is a certified Social Service Worker and a certified hypnotherapist and likes to incorporate some hypnotherpay techniques into her prenatal classes. Finally, Janice is a pre & postnatal fitness instructor specialist in which she recieved certification through Can-Fit-Pro.

" Birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers".

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Anita Diament

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Growing Baby provides prenatal education for expecting parents and postnatal education for new families. We offer prenatal classes, newborn care classes, breastfeeding classes and infant massage classes.