Starting to feel nervous about labour.....or parenting....or both?

You're pregnant or your partner is pregnant. You want to have a healthy labour AND you want to feel good about your experience. You want to make the right decisions for YOU but you don't know what questions to ask. You want to feel supported in your own unique birth experience...wouldn't it be nice if labour came with a guide?

Oh wait...it does!

What each parent needs to feel confident about their birth experience is different so we personalize our Birthing From Within prenatal classes, birth doula care and postpartum doula care to help you discover what feels right for YOU and your family.

You are in caring hands...

I am Amanda Spakowski, founder of The Nesting Place and one of our birth doulas and prenatal instructors. I think childbirth is a transformative life event that can influence how you feel about yourself for years after your delivery. I want parents to feel more confident, less scared, more connected and less isolated in birth and their immediate postpartum.

So, I started The Nesting Place to offer parents prenatal classes and doula care that authentically supports their own birth preferences.

At The Nesting Place, we believe that what makes YOU feel supported will have the biggest impact on how you remember your birth or parenting experience. Our job is to give you that support.

You'll feel waves of relief in working with us if:

• You want someone to call in the middle of the night for "stupid questions"
• You want at least one person on your support team to guarantee attendance at your delivery
• You want someone to translate 'medical speak' into something you can understand
• You want someone to spend time with you addressing your questions, concerns or feelings about birth and parenting
• You want continuous, reassuring support to help you cope during labour and birth even in early labour before you see your practitioner

We believe that support is not a luxury.

Giving birth is an incredibly meaningful time in your life. Whether you're the pregnant parent or not, the way you feel in your birth experience is important. We start in pregnancy to build your familiarity with what to expect from birth and babies and walk you right through to your first few weeks of parenthood by offering:

• Birthing From Within prental classes (group, private and refresher)
• Birth Doula Care (serving Toronto, Oshawa, Bowmanville)
• Postpartum Doula Care (serving Toronto, Oshawa, Bowmanville)
• Infant Massage Classes (group and private)

Sound about right for what you're looking for? Let us expand your circle of support, take a peek at our coping-focused prenatal classes, explore our hands-on infant massage sessions or meet us for tea and an interview before you book your services.

How do you choose the right doula or prenatal class?

Step 1:
Contact us for a free interview!

Step 2:
Time to reserve your care or classes

Step 3:
Please fill in our evaluation forms for doula care or prenatal classes.

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