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Like many expecting fathers, Nic Dinmore was a bit apprehensive about the delivery.<\/p>\n

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Erin Hirmke, top left, with her three kids and her fiancee Nic Dinmore at Christmas 2017. Hirmke and Dinmore are expecting their first child together in August and recently took UCHealth\u0092s new mindfulness birthing program though Longs Peak Hospital in Longmont. Photo courtesy of Erin Hirmke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI was very nervous,\u201d he said. \u201cI had no idea what to expect. What was I going to do? Stand in a corner and hope for the best?\u201d<\/p>\n

While Dinmore is new to the birthing process, he\u2019s not new to parenting. For the past seven years, he and his fiancee, Erin Hirmke, have been raising her three children together.<\/p>\n

The baby is not due for another month, but already Dinmore is feeling more calm thanks to a new program offered at UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital<\/a> in Longmont.<\/p>\n

Expecting parents have been attending birthing classes for years, but this new program puts a twist on traditional teachings by using Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting education. Historically used for chronic pain management in the health care setting, mindfulness only recently has been studied and applied for potential benefits in childbirth.<\/p>\n

UCHealth\u2019s program<\/a> has not only settled Dinmore\u2019s nerves, he and Hirmke have found that it\u2019s provided them with skills to be better parents and partners to each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just a birth class,\u201d Hirmke said. \u201cIt\u2019s a life class.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a birthing class<\/h3>\n

One focus of the program is applying mindfulness \u2014 the practice of being aware of one\u2019s thoughts and feelings in the present moment without judgment \u2014 to the childbirth process to deal with pain and fear during labor.<\/p>\n

Participants learn to recognize the sensations of discomfort. Though only the mother will experience pain, both she and her support person learn the techniques for managing it to foster understanding.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not an uncommon site that while a woman is facing the intensity of labor contractions the father is on the far other side of the room because he has no idea what to do,\u201d said OB-GYN Dr. Jenny Kim, a certified MBCP teacher who champions the class for UCHealth in Longmont. \u201cHe\u2019s scared for her and has never seen her this way before, and yet he doesn’t know how to interact. With this class, they spend weeks communicating in a new way, we spend three weeks on pain practices, and perform speaking and listening exercises addressing topics that reach far\u00a0deeper than everyday conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Program details:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a nine-week program with one full-day Sunday session. The three-hour weekly classes will cover the physiology of childbirth from a mind\/body perspective, teach pain and partner support skills, discuss the social and emotional needs of a newborn, and review breastfeeding and birth preferences.<\/p>\n

All course materials are included in the cost, including a copy of \u201cMindful Birthing\u201d by Nancy Bardacke, the creator of Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting education. For more information or to register for the next class, visit the UCHealth events page.<\/p>\n

For more information or to register for the next class, visit the UCHealth events page.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For example, participants learn how the mind processes pain and operates during labor. Contractions come and go. By being able to live in the moment, a laboring mother can train herself to appreciate and enjoy the bliss that happens between contractions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about being there for all of it,\u201d Kim said. \u201cBeing there for all the sensations, for the thoughts and emotions; the uncertainty, the fear, the joy and the surprises, and by doing that, it lets you experience the richness of life.\u00a0In life and in birth, there is pain and discomfort and it\u00a0compels us to find our inner strength; there is a non-duality or\u00a0interconnectedness of\u00a0both transformational pain and the new beginning that results from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Traditional birthing classes teach women about labor and provide techniques for coping with pain but do not generally address the fear and anxiety that mothers and their partners experience during labor. This program addresses both.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did a lot of pain practices, such as holding ice cubes in our hand,\u201d Hirmke said. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize how painful that is, but I learned how to breathe through the pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hirmke hopes to have a natural birth without drugs, but the class isn\u2019t soley for people with similar goals. Mindfulness can be used in all types of situations. Participants learn skills to cope with unexpected changes to their labor plan, such as a need for C-section,\u00a0and how\u00a0to evaluate in the moment tough decisions, such as having to use interventions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ultimate wisdom that comes from this program is to be able to fall in love with the birth that you have,\u201d Kim said. \u201cThey come for the practical reason of being pregnant and wanting a childbirth class, which they get from A to Z with the anatomy and physiology of childbirth and the postpartum period, but they are also taught a full mindfulness meditation curriculum which is practiced at each class and with daily homework assignments and so they\u00a0leave with unexpected tools that are applicable each and every day leading up to the birth.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a parenting class<\/h3>\n

Although the class is for expecting mothers and their support persons, the skills learned are not just for childbirth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis class teaches the magic of parenting,\u201d Kim said. \u201cIt teaches us how to recapture what our kids are born with and already have. They are already present and connected to life that is here, moment to moment, laughing, crying, resting, and bursting with energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mindfulness was new to Hirmke, and as a mother of three children, she found it provided a new perspective to her \u201creactive\u201d parenting techniques.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey would do something, and I would react instead of stepping back and trying to find their point of view and then evaluating,\u201d she said. \u201cIn the moment, it can feel like it\u2019s the end of the world, but most likely, it\u2019s just a drop in the bucket. Nic and I now work as a team and help to remind each other to take that step back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dinmore chimed in, \u201cIt\u2019s more about seeing both sides, and we learned tools to understand\u00a0instead of reacting. In the heat of things, you get that adrenaline and focus on one thing, but it\u2019s about coming back to the breath and relaxing and not overanalyzing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The class is a springboard for establishing connections, Kim explained. And she said that after nine weeks of having regular time together, new patterns on how the couples choose to spend their time emerge. It was something Hirmke noticed.<\/p>\n

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Erin Hirmke takes a selfie with her fiancee Nic Dinmore in Las Vegas, Nevada recently. The tattoo on her chest is Latin and means: She flies by her own wings. Photo courtesy of Erin Hirmke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very much a planner,\u201d Hirmke said. \u201cI know life doesn\u2019t always work that way. I\u2019m integrating what I\u2019ve learned into my life, and I\u2019ve been able to be more in the here and now, and not worry about what is to come next but enjoy my kids, my fianc\u00e9e, and life right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a mindfulness class<\/h3>\n

Dinmore has been practicing meditation and other versions of mindfulness practice for some time, which is what attracted him to the class.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe class hit on a lot of points where I was doing these skills previously, but the classes before didn\u2019t give me a way to use these tools, they just showed me them,\u201d he said. \u201cI needed more depth, and this class gave me that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hirmke said she was a bit more closed-minded about the class.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was not negative about the idea of meditation, but I was more hesitant,\u201d she said. \u201cBut after that first class, all my worries went away. (Dr. Kim) brought little aspects into every class, such as mindfulness or yoga. It was new to me, but it taught me how to live in the moment \u2013 one step at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Kim said it\u2019s OK if a participant has never meditated, done yoga or even heard of mindfulness.<\/p>\n

\u201cParticipants are welcome just\u00a0as they are,\u201d she said. \u201cThey need no previous experience with mindfulness as long as they come with an open mind and willingness to give the class and its practices a try.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like many expecting fathers, Nic Dinmore was a bit apprehensive about the delivery. \u201cI was very nervous,\u201d he said. \u201cI had no idea what to expect. What was I going to do? Stand in a corner and hope for the best?\u201d While Dinmore is new to the birthing process, he\u2019s not new to parenting. 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