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Evidence Based Birth®

EBB 60 - Get to Know the New Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class!

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Kids & Family, Medicine, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I interview EBB Instructors Cat LaPlante, Mary Kury, and Cindy Calvano about their experiences being among the first to teach the Evidence Based Birth Childbirth Class. Cat is a certified doula and certified childbirth educator serving the southern New Jersey and Philadelphia regions. Cindy is a certified doula, doula trainer, and lactation counselor serving North and Central New Jersey. She also travels around the world to train doulas and other birth professionals. Mary is a certified childbirth educator serving upstate South Carolina. 

We discuss the launch of the Evidence Based Birth Childbirth Class, which is coming to more than 50 communities in the U.S. and around the world. Hear the Instructors share their experiences piloting this innovative approach to childbirth education, and what the parents in their classes had to say after their births!

For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) and our Instructor program. Find an EBB Instructor here, and click here to learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class.


RESOURCES: 

We're hosting free webinars all about the EBB Childbirth Class on February 5 (for parents) and February 6 (for birth pros). Don't miss this behind-the-scenes tour - register here!
To learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class, click here.
To find an EBB Childbirth Class and Instructor near you, click here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with cat Mary and

0:04.2

Cindy about their experiences being among the first instructors to teach the

0:09.1

evidence-based birth childbirth class. Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast.

0:17.0

My name is Rebecca Decker, and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence

0:22.2

Base Birth.

0:23.0

Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and professionals around the world.

0:31.0

As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.

0:35.0

See EBbirth.com slash disclaimer for more details. Hi everyone today I'm super excited to welcome Kat Cindy and Mary to the

0:45.8

Evidence-based birth podcast Kat La Plant is a certified Child Birth

0:50.7

Educator and an Evidence-based birth instructor who lives right

0:53.6

outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and serves the southern New Jersey and

0:57.6

Philadelphia regions. She also works for evidence-based birth as the director of

1:02.4

our instructor program.

1:04.0

We also have Cindy Calvino here.

1:06.0

Cindy is a certified Dula, a Dula trainer for Birth Arts International,

1:10.0

a lactation counselor, and an Evidence-based birth instructor living in northwest New Jersey.

1:15.5

She serves north and central New Jersey and travels around the world to train doula's and other birth professionals.

1:21.5

And Mary Curry is the mom of five kids and has been a

1:24.6

certified childbirth educator for 11 years. She serves the upstate of

1:28.9

South Carolina and is an evidence-based birth instructor there.

1:32.8

Welcome everyone to the evidence-based birth podcast.

1:36.2

Thanks, hi Rebecca, hi everybody.

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