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Feel safe, supported, and confident as you prepare for birth with Diane, an experienced labour, birth, postpartum, and newborn RN. Learn evidence-based skills and real-life strategies so you feel calm, prepared, and empowered for labour, postpartum, newborn care, and breastfeeding.
Why Families Trust


✔ Respectful & Empowering Care
Every family deserves a safe, inclusive, and empowering birth experience—whatever their history or plan.
✔ Taught by a Perinatal RN
All classes are led by an RN with hands-on experience in labour, birth, postpartum, newborn care, and breastfeeding.
✔ Evidence-Based & Lamaze-Aligned
Grounded in the Lamaze Six Healthy Birth Practices and current Canadian maternity standards.
✔ Reduces Stress, Worry & Fear
We help you feel calmer and more prepared for labour, birth, postpartum recovery, newborn safety, and feeding.
✔ Real Insight from Victoria General Hospital
With real experience at VGH, we offer practical guidance on what to expect in a local birth setting.
✔ Support for Both Physiological & Medically Supported Births
Learn how to support physiological birth and understand when interventions may be needed—without pressure or judgment.
✔ Tools for a Positive & Empowered Birth Story
Even when plans change, we help you stay informed, supported, and empowered in your birth story.
✔ Practical, Hands-On Learning
We provide real-life strategies and skills for labour, postpartum recovery, newborn care, and breastfeeding.
✔ 1:1 In-Person Breastfeeding Support
Personalized feeding support is available at VGH or once you return home.
✔NEW: Trauma-Informed Birth Preparation Add-On
For families who carry trauma, heightened fears, or emotional triggers, we now offer an optional add-on in collaboration with Jeevan Atwal Counselling.
This enhanced pathway includes:
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Perinatal counselling
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Trauma-informed birth planning
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Emotional preparation alongside prenatal education
Available with group, online, or private classes.
































![🌟 The Role of Hormones During Labour & Birth 🌟
The coordination of hormones ensures your body is ready for term labour.
When labour starts on its own, levels of oxytocin, prostaglandins, catecholamines, and prolactin increase significantly, creating a harmonious balance to support both you and your baby.
OXYTOCIN [OX-ee-TOE-sin]
💗 Induces labour contractions
💗 Milk ejection
💗 Fosters feelings of love, calmness & connection with baby
PROLACTIN [PRO-lack-tin]
👩👧 Called the “mothering hormone”
👩👧 Makes breast milk
👩👧 Stimulates oxytocin release
👩👧 Enhances protective instinct
BETA-ENDORPHINS [BAY-ta en-DOR-fins]
😊 Act like natural opioids in the body
😊 Help relieve stress and pain during labour & birth
😊 Strengthen feelings of joy with baby
CATECHOLAMINES [CAT-ah-KOL-ah-meens]
🧠 Help you & baby feel alert and ready for birth 👶🏼
🧠 Help protect baby’s heart & brain during strong labour ❤️
Your body is prepared for breastfeeding through the interactions between beta-endorphins, oxytocin, and prolactin:
💫 Oxytocin promotes beta-endorphins - providing pain relief during contractions. 🤰🏻
💫 Beta-endorphins stimulate prolactin release - strengthening milk production and protective instinct. 🤱🏽
💫 Prolactin promotes oxytocin - progressing labour and reducing bleeding postpartum. 🩸
After birth, skin-to-skin contact regulates oxytocin release for both mother and baby, reinforcing the bond and supporting breastfeeding.🤱
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