Beth MacKenzie, CD(DONA), HBCEBeth MacKenzie is an experienced DONA-certified Birth Doula and a certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, and is also excited to now be offering Placenta Encapsulation. Beth MacKenzie holds strong the belief that childbirth is normal, natural & healthy, it’s an important life event, one that makes you a mother and that grows your family. She loves helping expectant mothers and fathers prepare for their upcoming labours and births through HypnoBirthing® , a childbirth education program that is designed to inspire parents, teaching them methods to prepare them for and to acheive the births that they want. The HypnoBirthing® program is ideal for parents planning no-to-low intervention births, with plans of birthing naturally in home or hospital, with a midwife or OB. Expectant parents will not learn how to ‘cope’ with or ‘get through’ labour, but rather how to enjoy labour and relax through it. BethMacKenzie is able to offer a discount of services when you book any 2 services with her. Additionally, a greater discount applies when you book Beth for all 3 services- HypnoBirthing® (group or private classes), Birth Doula services and Placenta Encapsulation. Call or email Beth (beth@discoverbirth.com )for additional information! HypnoBirthing®- the Marie Mongan MethodChildbirth Education for safer, easier, more comfortable birthing in the way that most mirrors nature.BethMacKenzie is pleased to bring HypnoBirthing® classes to the Durham Region, sessions began in February 2011 & new sessions are always running! Why HypnoBirthing®? HypnoBirthing® classes are taught in a series of five 2.5 hour classes and are designed to prepare you in a positive and empowering way for the birth of your baby. The HypnoBirthing® program will teach you how to stay in control during the birthing process adopting an active role and using easy to learn self hypnosis techniques. Everything you need to know to achieve safer, easier and more comfortable birth~
The many benefits to using HypnoBirthing® are:
“My dream is that all women, everywhere will know the joy of a truly, safe, comfortable, and satisfying birth for herself and her baby”- Marie Mongan, HypnoBirthing® Founder You may begin classes as early as your second trimester. Others finish their classes very close to their due date. Choose the timing that works best for you.
Group classes: $250-includes text book & relaxation CD, 5 weekly 2 1/2 hour classes
Testimonials~ “Beth introduced me to HypnoBirthing® before the birth of my 4th child. Using what I learned, It ended up being the most conscious, natural, and dare-I-say ‘easy’ labour I have ever experienced. I can’t stop talking about it and am a strong advocate for its philosophy in helping women overcome our unfortunate culture of fear surrounding childbirth.” K.M, Bowmanville, ON “Thank you again for all of your help and great advice. I believe that HypnoBirthing® initiated and helped me to succeed at keeping with my plan to have a gentle and drug free birthing experience. I can say with complete honesty that I loved giving birth to my baby girl. Thank you Beth for helping me to enhance the most important and memorable experience of my life!” M.M., Markham, ON “I want to thank you so much for sharing your knowledge about Hypnobirthing®, it helped us to have the easy, natural and calm birth that we wanted. I will now encourage everyone I know that is having a baby to adopt the HypnoBirth philosophy and take the classes.” K.J, Brooklin, ON Upcoming SessionsIn Durham-May 28- June 25- Monday nights from 7pm- 9:30pm- hosted at New Life Midwives in Bowmanville July 18- August 15- Wednesday nights from 7pm- 9:30pm- hosted at New Life Midwives in Bowmanville September 12-October 10- Wednesday nights from 7pm- 9:30pm- hosted at New Life Midwives in Bowmanville November 5- December 3- Monday nights from 7pm-9:30pm- hosted at New Life Midwives in Bowmanville Private Classes are also available, subject to availability, please contact for more information. Call now- 1-877-BIRTH36 to reserve your spot, click here to pay your deposit by PayPal, or Email Beth directly at beth@discoverbirth.com to reserve your spot! A $50 will hold a spot for you, with the remaining $200 due one week before class begins. $50 deposit(non-refundable) can be made by PayPal or Email Money Transfer.Please email Beth at beth@discoverbirth.com to make payment arrangements! Birth Doula Services $750
Beth MacKenzie is lucky enough to be the mother of 5 girls- each with their own unique birth story to tell. While she would certainly describe labour as hard work, each of her labours was a amazing, positive experience, most importantly because of great support, and best of all, a new baby to welcome. Throughout sharing her birth stories with friends, family and acquaintances, Beth was disappointed to learn that few mothers regarded their experiences as rewarding and fulfilling. Your child’s birth is far too special of a milestone to not enjoy. Over time, Beth decided that she wanted to assist women to have positive experiences, by letting them envision their ideal birth experience, and helping to make it happen. During 2-3 prenatal meetings, I will work with you and your partner to provide resources and support so that you can confidently plan your ideal personal birth experience. You will enter your labour feeling empowered and informed about the experience ahead. During labour I provide non-medical physical comfort, and emotional support- encouraging and reassuring you throughout. Also, I am there to offer suggestions and strategies to you and your partner that you may find helpful during labour. Postpartum, I will continue to work with you for the first few weeks, and will help establish successful breastfeeding, to encourage positive early mother-infant relationships, and be prepared for family adjustments. Most importantly, I recognize that your birth experience is a memory that you will carry for life, and am committed to helping you make it a great memory. I have previous experience in the following birth experiences- *teen moms * VBAC *VBA2C *home birth *water birth *cesarean birth *single parents *high risk pregnancy *twin pregnancy
Testimonials~ “We couldn’t be any happier with our birth experience and are so grateful Beth was there to share it with us! She was such a support and resource to me and my husband and knew exactly what to do and how to help us navigate each phase. We met Beth as the instructor of our Hypnobirthing class. It was during these classes that we became confident that she was the right doula for us as her easy-going, supportive and knowledgeable nature shone through. We wanted a natural childbirth and were getting a lot of pressure to induce as we approached the 42nd week of pregnancy. Beth was very helpful in suggesting various ways of bringing about labour naturally. While labouring at home, Beth provided the confident and relaxing presence that my husband and I needed at the time. She helped by massaging my back and suggesting positions to handle the discomfort during labour amongst other things. In the hospital, she helped me work through transition and helped me feel confident in my ability to give birth without pain medication. I loved the way that she and my husband worked together to support me! Both my husband and I agree that a female support person during labour is necessary and should not be underestimated. In particular Beth was exceptional and easily worth twice what we paid for her services. We really could not have done it without her. We felt very comfortable sharing our daughter’s birth with Beth and were so happy that she was there to help us through every moment!”- S.M, Ajax, ON “We are so grateful to have had Beth MacKenzie as our Birth Doula. We hired Beth as our Hypnobirthing® instructor for private in home classes. We fell in love with her right away and knew that we wanted her attending our birth. She’s such a calm and easy going women with so much knowledge to offer regarding pregnancy and birth. She truly went above and beyond what she needed to as our Doula. Beth even offered breastfeeding support after my baby was born as well as helpful information and literature to help us to succeed. It was my first birth and after getting to know her I knew that I would be much more relaxed if she were there to support my husband & I. Boy were we right! I couldn’t have imagined my birth experience without her. Right from the start we knew we could trust her. I was so grateful to have her support & guidance. We were aiming for a home birth with no medication, and Beth was fantastic at offering different ways to help through the stages of labor at home. Even postpartum we still keep in touch and she has helped me so much. I truly consider her a part of our family now and most definitely a very good friend!”- M.W, Ajax, ON |
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