VBAC YOUR Way - BIRTHING AFTER A CESAREAN

A virtual live childbirth class focused on VBACs with expert childbirth educator sharon muza

VBAC Training for Doulas with Sharon Muza

Check out this featured article on my VBAC YOUR Way class in SeattlesChild.com!

There is something special that happens when a group of families come together who share the common experience of having given birth by cesarean. This class that recognizes that this next birth is shaped by your previous one(s).  In this space, everyone understands the emotions and challenges of birthing again after a cesarean.

Join together with other pregnant people as you consider or plan for a vaginal birth after cesarean(s). Learn about options and choices that are specific to VBAC, as well as spend time connecting with this new baby in the company of families who are all birthing again after a cesarean.

This class has long been recommended by doctors, midwives and doulas for their VBAC patients and clients.

Is VBAC YOUR Way the class for me?

You want to learn effective techniques for comfort, coping,  along with labor/pushing positions that open your pelvis. You need strategies for back labor and malpositioned babies.

You and your partner want to strengthen your self-advocacy skills and successfully navigate your care during pregnancy and labor.

You want to accurately understand the risks and benefits as well as receive information and ask questions in a safe place created specifically for VBAC families.

You want to benefit from the skills and knowledge of an experienced and internationally recognized Lamaze certified childbirth educator & doula who has worked with more than 1000 VBAC families.

HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM YOUR UNIQUE VIRTUAL VBAC CLASS:

  • A customized "Birth & Baby YOUR Way" labor kit filled with useful tools to reduce discomfort and help you cope with labor.

  • Your virtual classroom opens 15 minutes before each class so you can connect, chat and build community before we begin.

  • Interactive activities so you can build the skills you need and remember if all when you'll need it most - weeks or months from now!

  • A robust follow up email with access to helpful resources and information.

  • An open invitation to weekly Zoom calls to connect with other pregnant and newly postpartum families.

  • Access to private Facebook support group to receive community support from your VBAC peers and have questions answered by Sharon.

Sharon Muza Review

"Would I recommend this VBAC class? In a heartbeat!"

Seattle VBAC class participant

"Sharon's training is amazing and empowering. We found every single minute very helpful and applicable. We also had a very positive birth experience and VBAC. Highly recommend if anyone is planning to VBAC."

GITANJALI MUKHERJEE

" I feel like I can move on now and embrace this new baby and truly prepare for its birth. I'm sure I'll still have moments of sadness and loss when I think of my son's birth day, but I don't think it'll weigh me down as it used to. What a release! I feel a thousand pounds lighter!"

KAMILA, JOSH, JACKSON AND KEEGAN

'I wanted to tell you that I had a very successful med free VBAC last week!! It was truly an amazing experience, and I am so glad that I took your class. With your session, I truly felt empowered that I could birth my baby the way I wanted, and I DID! Our son was born after only 20 minutes of pushing and 5 hours of labor! I am truly thankful to have had such a great VBAC session, great friends, supportive husband, and AMAZING doula and wonderful midwife!"

KERRI, KY AND FAMILY

"...I truly felt empowered that I could birth my baby the way I wanted, and I DID!..."

"Sharon's VBAC class was one of the most important things I did to prepare for my natural VBAC..."

"Being able to sit with other couples who had had the disappointments and pains of a c-section birth really helped me release those negative emotions. After the class, I was finally able to let go of my feelings about my first birth and embrace my second daughter's birth completely.

"I took Sharon's private VBAC your way class as a birth doula with my client. Sharon does a great job of providing the *full* picture that you don't always get from the doctor. After taking this class you'll have the tools to discuss the risks and benefits with your provider and make a decision that feels good to you because you had all the information to make an informed choice. Sharon cares deeply for her students and delivers evidence-based information in a way that is empowering."

BRITNEY FARMER

"Thank you so much Sharon for helping me cleanse myself of that bad experience and create a fresh new beautiful birth for my second daughter! "

SUSAN AND FAMILY

"Attending your class felt like a life saver in the midst of this vast sea of disinformation and fear surrounding VBACs in which I'd been drowning for 7 months. I walked out of your class feeling mostly an enormous sense of relief. Relief because I had a new sense of peace about birthing at home. Relief because I had a renewed sense (as I felt with my first birth) that my body really is capable of birthing and is not broken despite the uterine scar I will always carry with me. And ultimately, the relief that comes with simply feeling informed and knowledgeable about VBACs."

"For the first time in 7 months, I felt confident about birth. So confident that I felt like I could finally relax and take a break from reading and thinking and studying and worrying and obsessing about my VBAC. So confident, that I now spend my time focused on the miracle happening inside my body and celebrating her and looking forward to her birth and arrival instead of on the risks and the what ifs of a VBAC. And this is exactly the way pregnancy should be. "

"Sharon's class empowered me with the information and sense of confidence to attempt a VBAC. I took her class virtually from California. Even though this was my second birth, this class made me realize how much I didn't know the first time around. She has a very engaging teaching style and sends tons of follow-up materials afterwards. I ended up having the unmedicated VBAC I had envisioned. Highly recommend for any pregnant parents (and their partners) who previously had a Caesarean!"

GINA KESSLER LEE

DATES & REGISTRATION

WHERE: Currently being offered via Zoom Virtual Meeting platform

FEE: $265 for pregnant person plus one support. Additional (second) support person is $50.

Private 3 1/2 hour VBAC YOUR Way sessions are available for those with schedules or circumstances that make a private session a better fit for your family.

CANCELLATION POLICY
As the class routinely fills and has a waitlist, a $25 cancellation fee will be charged if you cancel before three weeks. Half the class fee will be returned if you need to cancel within three weeks of the class date.

There is no refund if you cancel within 48 hours of the class start time. If you birth early, please contact me to discuss your situation on a case-by-case basis.

A FRESH APPROACH TO VIRTUAL LEARNING

I maintain extremely high standards for my live virtual childbirth classes. No boring lectures and slide decks... Instead, information is shared in interactive, fun ways that completely engage you in experiential learning, make the material memorable and give you ample opportunity to connect with others in the class. Families consistently rave about the high level of engagement they experience in my virtual classes. These live online childbirth classes will exceed your expectations.

Just like during labor, birth and early parenting, being comfortable and taking care of your comfort and physical needs should be a priority. Come as you are, feel free to eat/drink during class, and pets are welcome.

QUESTIONS? Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, or call/text me at 206-465-1052.

Sharon Muza Seattle

Sharon Muza

BS, CD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE
Sharon Muza has been an active perinatal professional since 2004, teaching Lamaze classes to thousands of families in Seattle and beyond and doula-ing for hundreds more. Not satisfied with delivering information through boring lecture and slide decks, Sharon is known for delivering engaging, fun content, both in person and virtually, that involves everyone and builds community in every class she teaches. She shares evidence-based information and makes the material memorable, so families can easily recall important details weeks or months later, when they need it most. At her core, Sharon believes people can do hard things, and trusts everyone to make the right decisions for their family.