Prepare and equip yourself to have the birth experience you desire. Using original content authored by Missy, as well as up-to-date, evidence based resources, The Birth Experience helps you understand the physiological process of Normal Birth, while also offering non-biased information about every intervention and procedure you might encounter in your birth setting. Whether you plan to birth at home, in a birth center or hospital, medicated or unmedicated, The Birth Expeirence allows you to create your own positive and memorable experience. You will walk away from class informed, epowered and confident that you can acheive your birth goals and be an active participant and decision maker in your birth experience. What others are saying about The Birth Experience: "Missy does a great job covering the most important parts of labor and delivery. Of course everything about having a baby is important, but The Birth Experience perfectly addresses what you need to know beforehand. Having gone through the classes and having our baby, I didn't feel like anything came up during my experience that I wasn't prepared for. There's really no reason not to go. What's more important than learning about the process in which you bring your child into this world?" - Melissa, doula client and class participant "I used this manual as a guide by which to write my birth plan. As a first time mom-to-be, the process was a bit intimidating, there were so many things to think about, but this manual helped make it more approachable. The manual explained the different choices, helping me make informed decisions without trying to steer me in one direction or the other. I would definitely recommend this to anyone wanting to create a personalized birth plan for the big day !" - Shannon, doula client and class participant "Honeybee Mama knows her stuff. She walks moms-to-be through the birth preparation process with great information, presenting choices with compassion and experience. 5 stars!" - ER Arroyo, doula client and class participant
About the Author: Melissa David, "Missy" as her friends know her, is a mother to two, step-mother to two, and wife to Marc David. She has a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the University of Oklahoma and is a Certified Birth Doula CD(DONA) through DONA International. She is an award winning professional blogger, childbirth educator, birth advocate, public speaker, and host of the "Honeybee Mama" show on YouTube. She has been featured on NPR, FOX, TulsaKids Magazine, and TulsaKids Baby Guide. She is a member of DONA, BirthNetwork National, DONEOK, and chapter co-leader for Tulsa County BirthNetwork. Since 2007, Missy has served women in childbirth as a doula and began teaching childbirth classes in 2011. Over the years of serving women, she developed her own resources for preparing her clients for birth, which evolved into what is now The Birth Experience Curriculum, which is used by expectant families, doulas and childbirth educators. Her passion is to show women they don't have to be afraid of childbirth. She does this by using simple and effective training techniques to help women be prepared and empowered to make informed decisions about their birth experience. To find out more about Missy's products, services, resources and classes, please visit HoneybeeMama.com.