[laure]

My name is Laure and my daughter Charlotte is going to be one year old tomorrow!

I moved to NYC from London 3 months before Charlotte was born. To prepare for her birth I took Deb's prenatal yoga classes which I enjoyed very much. It was the first time I took a series of yoga classes and I found that it helped me a lot during the birth. I realized how powerful breathing is. Deb's suggestion of using the voice/vocalizing during the birth helped me tremendously as well.

Because Charlotte's birth was such an incredibly positive experience and so different from many horror stories I had heard before her birth, I felt that if women had access to more information about birth, they would be better equipped and possibily experience a more satisfiying birth.

I have therefore started to get involved with the non-profit-organization Choices in Childbirth (www.choicesinchildbirth.org) and we are launching free monthly info meetings for expectant parents.

Deb allowed me to place our leaflet about our upcoming meeting on her community board at the studio, and now I was wondering if I could post this information here as well. I know we are not supposed to advertise in this forum, but as this is a free event, I thought it might be ok...? Deb, would you let me know if I can?

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thank you and everybody have a great day and weekend.

Laure