Prenatal Essentials: Sleep + Parenting Class - February 2025
Welcome to Prenatal Essentials: Sleep + Parenting Class with Sara Manske and Heron Paulson-Quick!
This class is for pregnant people and their partners or primary support people. Open to first time, second time, and beyond parents-to-be.
We are aiming to co-create a space for learning, conversation, and community building centered around Sleep + Early Parenthood, Evidence-Based Education, family autonomy, and community support!
Our goals include providing education on infant sleep, feeding, parenting, and beyond in the first 4 months of life. The class is an interactive, parent driven discussion that will meet twice each class series. The first session will be mostly informative with some group/activity work and the second session will be Q&A and open conversation with time to complete pod mapping and postpartum goal setting.
When: To Be Determined - February / March 2025
Where: Integrative Physical Therapy Services OR Whatcom Family Village
Integrative Physical Therapy Services in the Bellingham Towers - 119 N Commercial St STE 280, Bellingham, WA 98225
1501 Fraser Ave Suite M-104, Bellingham WA 98229
Pricing Details: $100 per pregnant person, includes attendance for a partner/support person
Equity Sliding Scale Options below
Child Care Available for siblings - Please let us know ahead of time if you will need childcare!
After you sign up and choose a payment option, you will receive a Welcome Email within 48 hours, with a separate Registration Form and further information about this class!
We look forward to meeting you and talking all things prenatal preparation, postpartum sleep, and parenthood as a whole.
Scroll down for more details!
Welcome to Prenatal Essentials: Sleep + Parenting Class with Sara Manske and Heron Paulson-Quick!
This class is for pregnant people and their partners or primary support people. Open to first time, second time, and beyond parents-to-be.
We are aiming to co-create a space for learning, conversation, and community building centered around Sleep + Early Parenthood, Evidence-Based Education, family autonomy, and community support!
Our goals include providing education on infant sleep, feeding, parenting, and beyond in the first 4 months of life. The class is an interactive, parent driven discussion that will meet twice each class series. The first session will be mostly informative with some group/activity work and the second session will be Q&A and open conversation with time to complete pod mapping and postpartum goal setting.
When: To Be Determined - February / March 2025
Where: Integrative Physical Therapy Services OR Whatcom Family Village
Integrative Physical Therapy Services in the Bellingham Towers - 119 N Commercial St STE 280, Bellingham, WA 98225
1501 Fraser Ave Suite M-104, Bellingham WA 98229
Pricing Details: $100 per pregnant person, includes attendance for a partner/support person
Equity Sliding Scale Options below
Child Care Available for siblings - Please let us know ahead of time if you will need childcare!
After you sign up and choose a payment option, you will receive a Welcome Email within 48 hours, with a separate Registration Form and further information about this class!
We look forward to meeting you and talking all things prenatal preparation, postpartum sleep, and parenthood as a whole.
Scroll down for more details!
Welcome to Prenatal Essentials: Sleep + Parenting Class with Sara Manske and Heron Paulson-Quick!
This class is for pregnant people and their partners or primary support people. Open to first time, second time, and beyond parents-to-be.
We are aiming to co-create a space for learning, conversation, and community building centered around Sleep + Early Parenthood, Evidence-Based Education, family autonomy, and community support!
Our goals include providing education on infant sleep, feeding, parenting, and beyond in the first 4 months of life. The class is an interactive, parent driven discussion that will meet twice each class series. The first session will be mostly informative with some group/activity work and the second session will be Q&A and open conversation with time to complete pod mapping and postpartum goal setting.
When: To Be Determined - February / March 2025
Where: Integrative Physical Therapy Services OR Whatcom Family Village
Integrative Physical Therapy Services in the Bellingham Towers - 119 N Commercial St STE 280, Bellingham, WA 98225
1501 Fraser Ave Suite M-104, Bellingham WA 98229
Pricing Details: $100 per pregnant person, includes attendance for a partner/support person
Equity Sliding Scale Options below
Child Care Available for siblings - Please let us know ahead of time if you will need childcare!
After you sign up and choose a payment option, you will receive a Welcome Email within 48 hours, with a separate Registration Form and further information about this class!
We look forward to meeting you and talking all things prenatal preparation, postpartum sleep, and parenthood as a whole.
Scroll down for more details!
Discussion will Include: Preparation for first 24 hours, resources for coming home, first 2 weeks of life, how to support yourself and create a pod map, next 2-8 weeks of life (includes talk about development, attachment, bonding, sleep), 8-16 weeks of life (development, milestones, sleep regressions), afraid to ask questions, and plenty of time for open discussion and Q&A. This is an inclusive group and families present may use different terms to describe infant feeding (examples: breastfeeding, nursing, chestfeeding, bodyfeeding, bottle feeding…) or themselves (examples: parent, mom, baba, zaza…). We ask participants to be respectful of other families and ask if unsure of correct language. We will use neutral terms when talking generally and person’s terms when talking to individuals. We hope this space encourages organic support network creation.
Base Price $100 for class series
Support Price: $150, Support Price 2: $200 - If you are financially stable and have the abundance to pay at a higher price to support families in attending who would otherwise not be able to due to financial stressors, thank you!
Receive Price: $75, Receive Price 2: $50 - If you struggle to make ends meet, seldom have an emergency fund, and are hovering above the poverty line yet are nowhere near being a middle-income household, please receive the support!
Full Scholarships: Please let us know if you are Medicaid-eligible AND are struggling significantly financially. We offer two scholarships on a case-by-case basis. We aim to be able to offer more scholarships in the future as communal funds are raised.
Note: All online website payments will have a 3% service fee included in the price. If you would like to pay through Venmo, which has a 1.9% service fee, choose that option and we will send you a separate payment link. If you would like to avoid all service fees, you can pay by cash or check.
What to Bring: Your wonderful self, a partner or support person, kiddos if you have other children and they will be with you, and your questions!
What is Provided: Light snacks + refreshments, seating (couch, chair, floor pillows + cushions, yoga ball), education handouts, paper for notes, and childcare!
Child Care Details: We have a wonderful child care provider who will be available to read books, play games, and support kids who attend alongside their parents! We will have a small separate space for kids to play or read. Our chosen child care provider has ample experience with infants, toddlers, and older children, has worked in a YMCA childcare setting, and currently works as a private nanny for a local family. We are grateful she is willing to come support families who may not have reliable childcare for an evening class! Let us know if you have questions.
Access Needs: Please let us know in your registration form or by email if you have any specific access needs and accomodations that we can support with . The building is wheel chair accessible and has an elevator. If you have allergies to foods or scents, please feel free to let us know in your registration form!
Languages spoken by facilitators: English + Spanish, class will be in English.
Facilitators
Sara Manske RN BSN IBCLC
Essential Lactation
Holistic Sleep Coach
Heron Paulson-Quick, C-FSD
Certified Full-Spectrum Doula
Birth + Postpartum Doula, Childbirth + Parenthood Educator