Amanda Spakowski is a good friend of mine, a talented, passionate, knowledgeable woman on all things pregnancy.  Amanda provides doula support and prenatal education, she is the owner of The Nesting Place, and is the only Birthing From Within Educator in Toronto!

If you are unfamiliar with Birthing From Within, it was conceived and developed by Pam England, MA,CNM, a home birth midwife and mother who, inspired by her own birth experiences, developed this innovative, holistic approach to childbirth and postpartum preparation. Her book Birthing From Within is both comprehensive and inspiration for women about to give birth.

Amanda offers Birthing From Within prenatal classes that are creative and nurturing, her classes are truely inspiring and full of necessary information for mothers and their partners.

Some information about Amanda’s classes:

Birthing From Within helps parents to prepare emotionally and mentally for labour. So it does more than the classes that just lecture. Moms and partners learn what to expect and what their presonal strengths are through practical, hands on activities.

Birthing From Within acknowledges that lecture based classes aren’t giving parents enough to really feel prepared and confident for birth. So Birthing From Within uses practical, hands on activities to help parents integrate information and tools for pain coping, support  and coping with birth fears and the unexpected. Parents get all the information they would from another prenatal class, but also are prepared emotionally and mentally for the challenges of labour.

I would highly recommend contacting Amanda at www.thenestingplace.ca or 416 722-3814.