Holistic Birth + Lactation Support

Lena is an incredible resource for scientifically sound information and was always able to answer our questions in an extremely thorough and thoughtful manner. From the instant we met with her, she listened very carefully to what we wanted and did an excellent job integrating and highlighting our wishes throughout the process. We can’t recommend Lena enough! She is one of a kind.

This course was amazing! Lena is so knowledgeable and so gifted at imparting that knowledge. I had no idea what to expect, and had doubts about spending $400 on a course. Coming away, I feel the course was the bargain of the century, and that I can’t believe we might have gone into childbirth and new parent-hood not having had this training.

Lena is incredibly knowledgeable about labor, delivery, and postpartum care. She’s also a wealth of information when it comes to navigating NYC midwives, OBs, doulas, hospitals, birth centers, etc. Knows her material. Highly Recommend.

We went from a general state of fear of unknown around labor and the immeasurable pain that we had heard about, to feeling that we understand the process well, the things to be worried about, the things not to be worried about, and we’re prepared to work through the pain. And none of it feels truly scary any more. This is PHENOMENAL – neither of us expected to get to that place before actually going through it ourselves.

The childbirth class taught by Lena is the best thing I can recommend to any pregnant person or couple. Empowering, informative, balanced–the things my husband and I learned have made us very confident and knowledgeable as we approach our baby’s birth, and have transformed how we’re able to communicate with our doctor about our birth preferences and why we have them.

I can’t say enough about Red Moon Wellness’s Childbirth Education course. The word I keep using when I tell friends about it is “transformative.” Lena is remarkable at combining her extensive experience as a doula and seemingly endless knowledge of pregnancy/labor/delivery with warmth, humor, and practicality. She easily created a comfortable, trusting environment among a pretty diverse group of parents-to-be. And she’s also just a great teacher – she is down on the students’ level on a yoga ball or moving around, dynamic and accessible at the same time. The course is incredibly educational, but also has a vibe of … getting experience-based advice from a trusted woman in the community over tea. Lena is respectful of choice and where everyone is coming from. I felt like I was learning about our options rather than being lectured on making one choice over another. It’s the first time I’ve seen or heard advice for combining natural/holistic childbirth techniques with a hospital birth environment in a way that made so much sense. As a result, I left with a completely different mindset from the one I had when I started. So many things I didn’t understand before started to make sense, and my partner and I both feel we now have a much better understanding of what to expect in the process of labor and delivery. I could go on and on … clearly. Bottom line: childbirth class was amazing. I’m so grateful.

The course was thorough and informative. Information was rich, evidence-based, current, and applicable to all birth settings. I would definitely recommend this course to other expectant couples because I believe it provides great preparation for birth and it’s paced so that the information can be absorbed. I also liked the videos & handouts provided online – great supplements to what was covered in session.