Our approach is rooted in three elements

Content: The course weaves together core childbirth education content with wisdom from Jewish tradition to teach you about pregnancy and prepare you for childbirth. 

Community: The experience is deliberately designed to create opportunities to connect in meaningful and substantial ways with others traveling the path to (and through!) parenthood at the same time.

Conversation: Childbirth is only the beginning of parenthood. Hava NaBaby makes space to think and talk about what matters to you and how you might weave those commitments into the tapestry of your growing family’s life.

 

Jewish Framework

We believe that our tradition is replete with wisdom that enables us to integrate Jewish learning and Jewish living in relevant, purposeful and joyful ways.

We believe that such wisdom can make the journey to parenthood more meaningful.

We believe that community matters, and that creating opportunities to authentically connect with one another, to be present with one another and to show up for one another is core to the Jewish experience.

 

Educational Framework

We approach one another and the course material with a curiosity mindset.

We understand the classroom to be a place for exploration, not judgment.

We aim to make our time together not only a safe space but also a brave space where we can each bring the totality of who we are.

We seek, value and embrace expectant parents from a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives.

 
 

We follow the framework for childbirth education as defined by the International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA)

  • The woman giving birth and the persons significant and close to her are forming a new relationship, with new responsibilities to each other, to the baby, and to society as a whole. Family centered reproductive care may be defined as care which recognizes the importance of these new relationships and responsibilities, and which has as its goal the best possible health outcome for all members of the family, both as individuals and as a group. 

  • The ICEA recognizes birth as a vital life event rather than a medical procedure. It appreciates the importance of that event to the woman and to the persons who are important to her. It respects the woman's individuality and her sense of autonomy. It realizes that the decisions she may make are based on many influences of which the expertise of the professional is only one. It requires that all relevant information be made available to the woman to help her achieve her own goals, and that she be guided but not directed by professionals she has chosen to share the responsibility for her care.