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We can’t imagine how we could have gone through our birth experience without the classes. We were prepared for everything that happened in labour and never had a moment of panic. It was an amazing labour, and the classes made us confident that we could do it at home, together (with the help of our… Read more “Ty and Ariel”

Taking the prenatal classes really gave Steve the confidence and knowledge he needed to be there for me during my home birth, setting up the birth area in the way that I had envisioned it soft and glowing with candles and gently motivating me when I started to waiver. Your reassurances that a woman’s body… Read more “Erin”

People were amazed when I told them that I was taking a 10 week 25 hour course about natural childbirth. I was also amazed that I was doing this, after the course was over i realized how much I truly would have missed out on, had I not taken the class.  When I was told… Read more “Blaine”

Just wanted to send you a huge THANK YOU, the class was awesome- so much information, love your attitude and your opinion, and the way you got all the info across. You are so lucky to be using your passion in such a powerful way with couples bringing baby’s into the world!  And thank you… Read more “Janelle”

My husband and I live in Edmonton and I won the 2 day weekend intensive prenatal classes from writing in to  a contest with Birthing Magazine. There are not a lot of prenatal class options in the Edmonton area that focus on the natural approach and that’s what we were looking for. When I found… Read more “Rayna”

Baby sleeper $ 25.00
Bassinette $ 175.00
Breastfeeding pillow $ 80.00
Healthy Birth Choices course PRICELESS

I can’t express to you how thankful we are that we took your class. It was so informative and empowering, it has allowed us to feel so much more confident about the birth of our little boy. I think how you present the information is perfect because you don’t sugar coat it but yet it… Read more “Candace & Tyler Bohn”

The course gave us the knowledge and confidence we needed to sucessfully have a natural childbirth at home. We highly recommend that any couple who is expecting a child take these classes regardless of whether they choose to have a hospital or home birth. Any future fathers will be grateful to be able to actively… Read more “Jen & Tyler”

Thank you so much for the online Zoom classes, Rhonda!  We learned so much and have left feeling affirmed that we are completely capable and looking forward to our labour, delivery, and everything that follows. Claire & Rob

Successful VBAC with no interventions –  Your class absolutely helped equip/educate me and I feel proud to have achieved an amazing natural birth experience – hooray!

Breastfeeding is going fantastic!  It definitely had its major challenges in the first few weeks and I wanted to give up but I didn’t.  I’m so glad we took your Classes on breastfeeding!!  Mike was so informative!  He definitely retained more of the info than I did and he’s been so helpful because of it!… Read more “Kim”

Healthy birth choices was one of the best things to find me during pregnancy for so many reasons.  I will recommend it to everyone.

I want to mention quickly something that I’m sure you hear often,  but your class was the integral component of our success especially when it came to my husband.  I believe that he felt he held this extremely valuable wisdom that most people aren’t lucky enough to know and we are a part of a special club… Read more “Mary”

Thanks again for your amazing natural birth class. With the knowledge we gained from your class we were able to stay and home and work through all of Nattys early stages of labor and head to the hospital when she was 9.5 cms dilated which left only about an hour of pushing at the hospital… Read more “Geoff”

Words will never express how grateful I am to have found you and the difference your classes have made in our lives. The knowledge and empowerment you have given me to blieve in myself is what allowed me to have such an amazing birth experience with Kalan. I will never forget that. Your coure has… Read more “Kathy & Clem”

I wanted to say a sincere Thank You from both Matt and I for an amazing, eye opening and empowering weekend! You teach in such a way that keeps everyone’s attention but allows for natural retention and exploration. I am so thankful for what we both learned and will definitely be referring you to anyone I can!

I always knew we could have the baby naturally but the course gave Monica the knowledge and confidence as well. The time spent in class helped me as a coach know how to support mom and I got a much better understanding of labour. It really brought us closer and it was nice time spent… Read more “Dallas”

Without a doubt, the mock labour classes helped us immensely. I was confident with Mark’s abilities to coach me through labour since we practiced in class and at home. We were able to get our grievances out before hand (eg: Massage my leg, dont press too hard on my back, etc) during our practice sessions.… Read more “Kim”

We could not have asked for a better experience and feel blessed to have had the opportunity to be in your class, Rhonda. The course, literature, instruction and your support thoroughly prepared me for pregnancy and labour and has greatly helped me transition into the new role of fatherhood. Having an understanding of what Kimberly… Read more “Murray & Kimberly”

Hi Rhonda – Just wanted to thank you again for the class last night, it was so informative and we loved every bit of it!  You and Sue are so great at what you do and just wanted to say thanks for opening your home to us.  I cannot wait to finally use everything we… Read more “Jennifer”

We are both very happy with our decision to go with the caesarean birth. We are grateful that we were able make well informed decisions along the way. Neither of us could imagine going through the experience without the knowledge we gained in our Healthy Birth Choices class.

Thank you for the great classes. We feel very confident with all the information both teachers provided us. The 9 week course was so informative and fun. The breastfeeding class has really made us feel supported and knowledgeable. John and I are so looking forward to our new little bundle of joy. I would recommend… Read more “Quintina”

Marty and I first took a natural birth course with you in the fall of 2006 in preparation for the birth of our daughter Sarah.  We followed that up with a refresher course in Aug. 2008 before the arrival of daughter #2, Rebekah.  On March 6 of 2011, we welcomed Jonah Ryder to the Scholten… Read more “The Scholten family”

Thanks Sue so much for everything. I found the breastfeeding class and the info you provided really allowed me to let go of a lot of worry. The pre-natal classes were hugely beneficial to me and especially Tom. You’re an amazing facilitator and I will definitely recommend your class to anyone I know who is… Read more “Jenn”

The knowledge we learned in class was priceless during labour. Rhonda, I dont know how I would have managed to help Tonya, had I not known what youd taught us. Thank you!

We weren’t sure what to expect from a birth class being held via Zoom, but the past 7 weeks were more than we could have hoped for. We feel like we have learned so much about the birth experience, feel more prepared about what to expect and also feel more connected to one another, where… Read more “Becca”

When we found out we were pregnant and Savanah brought up the idea of attending birth classes I didn’t want to go. I thought they were stupid and wouldn’t teach me anything I didn’t already know. Women have babies’ everyday and do just fine, we have all seen it in the movies what else is… Read more “Declan”

We absolutely loved Rhonda’s live Zoom series!  We not only found it enormously helpful, but grounding and confidence-providing. We both feel really good about what to expect and how to react as labour progresses.  From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for such a wonderful program and teaching style.

From the entire experience the biggest thing that Nav and I learned is that every woman is unique; trust in your instinct. Our experience is a textbook example of how things don’t always go as expected. We want to thank you for providing us with the tools and support needed to get us through the… Read more “Suman & Nav”

I was just telling Taylor last night that it felt weird not going to class and I miss everyone too. Felt like a little family 🙂 Thank you so much for being honestly the most amazing teacher Taylor and I have encountered. Taylor goes on and on about how wonderful you are. He was a… Read more “Chantelle”

We are so thankful that we listened to the recommendations of our midwives and went with Healthy Birth Choices! Rhonda was so educated and compassionate that it really helped us to make informed decisions about how we wanted to birth and she gave us so many tools to help us through the “great unknown” of… Read more “Shelby and Stephen”

I just wanted to thank you so much for all of your amazing guidance and information. We came into that class a little unsure and a lot nervous and we have gained so much confidence from you.   Your class gave us every single tool we could possibly need for this journey.

Thanks fort the amazing class today! We were both really impressed, encouraged, and calmed by the information you provided.

We found the whole class process, extremely helpful and you were very creative in the different methods of teaching. I especially appreciated all the little tidbits of advice (like the calendula essence and freezing the pads for post delivery relief, chucks pads and the list goes on). – Robyn The classes HELPED in a huge… Read more “Robyn & Jeremy”

My whole journey from pregnancy to now has been so amazing. Thanks again for your wonderful training and support. You gave us the skills and knowledge, not to mention the confidence to have the perfect delivery. For that we are forever grateful. You are giving so many of us an amazing gift with your teaching!

The birth of our firstborn was an incredibly profound and positive experience. When we discovered we were pregnant, we had no idea the road ahead would lead to midwifery care, Healthy Birth Choices, and finally a wonderful (painful! But wonderful), natural birth at Arbour Birth Center. Looking back (and looking at our now nearly-9-month-old daughter),… Read more “Alexis Harrison”

You really are the best.  We THOROUGHLY appreciate all the knowledge you passed on to us.  Your understanding, expertise and awareness is second to none.  I feel empowered to have a natural birth; I did not before I came to your classes.  Your excitement and delight about bringing a child into the world (however it… Read more “Lara”

Thanks Sue so much for everything. I found the breastfeeding class and the info you provided really allowed me to let go of a lot of worry. The pre-natal classes were hugely beneficial to me and especially Tom. You’re an amazing facilitator and I will definitely recommend your class to anyone I know who is… Read more “Jenn”

Thank you so much for you amazing class!  It gave me the confidence to do something I never in a million years thought I could! – I hope I can take it again before my next baby!

Thank you for the resources and for the class!  My husband and I both learned so much and thought it was awesome – we’re so glad we signed up!

Although we only made it to one class, it is because of you and the extremely valuable information that we were prepared for our birth experience at the hospital.  What a fantastic program you have.  On top of it, your enthusiasm and delivery of info kept it interesting all day.  Thank you so much.  We… Read more “Rob & Karen”

Being a first time Mom, I was petrified of labour. The class helped me understand how natural giving birth is and it gave me confidence in my body. In the end, after listening to so many horrible birth stories from moms that had labour happen to them, I was excited to put the things I… Read more “Sally”

I knew that I wanted to somehow be more involved than the stereotypical guy in the birthing and parenting of our child, but I wasn’t at all sure of how I could do so without being a nuisance. I had also been rather disappointed by much of the literature that was directed at fathers-to-be– it… Read more “Darren”

Class was AMAZING! You covered all we needed to know and more. You took care of every scenario possible, just in case something challenging arose. My friends are wishing they could do it all over again. They can’t beleive how smoothly everything went for us. Thank you so much Rhonda. – Cara The class was… Read more “Kevin & Cara”

“My wife signed us up for the 7 week class and I was not excited.  I never enjoyed school and wasn’t looking forward to going back, why did I need a class to teach me to hold her hand and tell her to push?  After a few classes I really got into it and I… Read more “Jason”

I wanted to say thanks for your breast feeding course as I believe without that I would have given up and just done straight formula by now.  It kept me going until 6 weeks old only to find out Quinnton had a tongue tie.  No way would/could I have kept long without that knowledge and… Read more “Randi”

I think the biggest thing is that the classes gave me the confidence during pregnancy, labour, and delivery to know what was going on. Without the detailed knowledge I wouldnt have known a placenta from a perineum. In all seriousness, I liked the focus on knowing your options rather than just telling us what was… Read more “Paul”

As the “expectant father”  I found myself feeling unimportant and like having a baby was something my wife was doing, not like it was something we were doing together. The class allowed me to feel important and helpful and I now understand that I was an intricate part of the process. It was great to… Read more “Dennis”

Nathan and I were part of Rhonda’s class in March 2015. I cannot say enough positive things about healthy birth choices. Taking the 7 week series gave my husband and I the knowledge and empowerment we needed to navigate through birth and the weeks after birth. I felt confident and comfortable leading into the delivery… Read more “Kari”

The tracking sheets in the breastfeeding binder are fantastic.  We have been using them every day and it has been a great way to let the midwives know how we’re doing.