A la Carte | In Loving Hands

A la carte Services

♥ 30 minute Consultation – $0|Non-refundable 25% Retainer fee due at signing|Gift certificates and payment plans available ♥

♥ Childbirth Education – Investment $325

Topics Include

Your body: changes and symptoms
Healthful pregnancy tips: nutrition and body balance
Prenatal test and procedures
Medical procedures/ interventions/ & pain relief
Induction methods
Your rights: in birth and postpartum; refusing interventions and medical procedures
Stages of labor
Comfort techniques
- Advanced comfort techniques (additional $75):
  - Spinning Babies
  - Breathing techniques
  - Rebozo
  - Acupressure
  - TENS (unit rental available; electrodes available for purchase)
Birthing positions
Medical procedures after birth (mom and baby)

♥ Belly casting – Investment $90 - $200

This is a special opportunity to create a piece of meaningful, and lasting art with your beautiful pregnant belly.

Bronze - Private session and you leave with your mold. Start to finish is about an hour, actual molding is about 20 to 30 minutes.
Silver - Add-on to bronze: Shape, sand, edge, reinforce, and apply ribbon for hanging
Gold - Add-on to silver: Paint and prime front and back, simple design on front
Platinum - Add-on to Gold: Intricate design with jewels and appliques

♥ Birth plan help and creation – Investment $70

Do you need help planning your best birth experience? Don't know where to start? Want to make sure that you're aware of all of your birthing options? Have you started planning, but now you've come across terms or phrases that you don't fully understand? Allow me to use my knowledge and experience to help you plan for your birth.

♥ TENS Unit Rental – Investment $60

28 Day rental – Includes the Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) unit, lanyard, 1 set of leads, 1 set of batteries, instruction manual, pain relief guide, carrying case, and a personal pack of 4 electrodes (for individual use only).

Greatest benefit when started during early stage of labor
Beneficial for back labor in particular ( babies in Transverse, Posterior, or breech positions can cause more laboring in the back)
May postpone the use of an epidural