Your positive birth begins here!
Childbirth Education Classes that will leave you feeling calm, confident and excited for birth and motherhood!
Welcome to Gentle Beginnings!
Certified GentleBirth Educator
Welcome! My name is Toby Deutsch, I am a wife, a mom of two boys, and a major birth nerd. Let me tell you why (as in the birth nerd part).
I prepared differently for two different births. My pregnancies felt different, my births felt different, and the postpartum experience; very different.
But, I was having the same nausea, gained the same amount of weight, had the same insomnia, gave birth at the same gestational week (41), and both babies weighed the same (8.9 and 8.6 lbs.).
Some might say that the difference was that it was my second time around the block. Well, yes. But also, no. You see, prior to my second pregnancy, I was the most anxious I had ever been. A bunch of different challenges piled on top of each other did not make for a great mental cocktail. But I went on to have the most incredible pregnancy and birth.
The secret was not drinking red raspberry leaf tea, doing prenatal yoga, or hiring a doula. Those were all complimentary and very beneficial.
The key to my mental, emotional, and physical success was all upstairs, in my brain. I took my brain to the gym with a specific workout regimen to get targeted results. I wanted a skinny amygdala (the part of the brain associated with anxiety, fear, panic, and irrational thinking), I wanted a strong prefrontal cortex (the part of the brain associated with executive functioning, decision making, and rational thinking), and I wanted a Zen limbic system (the emotion center of the nervous system).
Sounds nuts, huh? Well, there is scientific evidence backing all of this. The human brain can adapt and change its structure with the help of neuroplasticity. Our brains are malleable. In pregnancy, the brain is even more vulnerable to change thanks to all the amazing hormones that are circulating in our bodies. We want to take advantage of these hormones to speed up positive changes in our brains to prepare for the most wonderful, empowering, birth and postpartum.
After witnessing firsthand the life-changing effect that brain training had on my life, I wanted to share it with the world.
So, I present to you Gentle Beginnings. A childbirth education program that stacks the odds in your favor of having a positive birth experience, regardless of the journey it takes. Yes, you will learn different methods such as breathing techniques, physical comfort measures, and all the latest evidence-based research and education, but the most important method you will be learning will be mindset.
Honored to work with you,
Toby
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