Port City Births

Now is the time to sign up for Blissborn in April, this month and next! The best time to begin this 5-week series of childbirth education is around 28 weeks of pregnancy. We can do it sooner or later, but this time is ideal because it’s close enough to Labor Day that the information will be fresh but also give you enough time to practice the hypnosis scripts and dropping down into your parasympathetic nervous system. This practice prepares you for the physiological, emotional, spiritual and transformational process of birth. You get out what you put in. with (your BHE instructor)

Use the form to sign up for the 5-week series and/or our next Blissborn social or just to learn more.

Wishing you an abundance of blessings wherever you are! 💓

Meet families who have studied Blissborn for birth and learn more about what this course has to offer you…this coming Tuesday in downtown Brunswick, GA.

Tue 3/31/2026
5-6PM
RSVP to April at 912-227-9394
Advanced Chiropractic & Wellness Center
1510 Newcastle St #200
Brunswick, GA 31520

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$1 = 1 vote! It’s the last week to vote!

Please vote for our bra, “Unearth the cure with the Mother” #38! Last I heard it was within the top 20! You can see it and others in person at our local hospital in Brunswick, SGHS. Each bra has its own pay tab. Every $1 = a vote! By voting, you are educating and spreading awareness, and this is my intention with this piece of art. Our bra consists of cut and papier-mâché articles: “Ecstatic Birth— Nature’s Hormonal Blueprint for Labour” by Dr. Sarah J Buckley, and “Women’s Experience of Birth: Childbirth as a Rite of Passage” by Rachel Reed, Margaret Barnes, and Jennifer Rowe, that I share during my childbirth education course (Blissborn) as well as other research articles that support breastfeeding— it can reduce the risk of cancers! These papers were literally molded to my original belly cast from my pregnancy 12 years ago. This informative bodice is delicately embellished in mother nature’s gifts by way of dried flowers and moss, shells, and acorns. There is a QR code on the bra/bodice for you to LEARN more about it… https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOys2QniXJU/?igsh=MWxxNnJhMG1qbWxmMQ== See the fantastic bras so many creative locals submitted for this year’s ARTrageous bra fundraiser at SGHS and vote here: https://wearethefoundation.org/2025-artrageous-bra-entries/ The top 10 bras will make it in the live auction, so please vote/donate for #38! The live auction will take place downtown Brunswick on November 7th, at First Friday. Thank you! 💓 Love, April Your local birth doula, Blissborn childbirth educator, perinatal yoga teacher and soon-to-be waterbirth expert #birthdoula #childbirtheducation #perinatal #pregnancy #breastfeeding #breastcancer #art @thedoulastudio #liquidgold @portcitybirths @omamazen

https://wearethefoundation.org/2025-artrageous-bra-entries/

Thank you for voting for #38! Our bra recently placed in 11th place! We need to be in the top ten to make it to the live auction! We can do it! Please share and repost! Thank you for spreadig awareness and supporting a good cause in our community!
The Doula Studio April Patricia McEwan

2025 ARTrageous Bra Entries 2025 ARTRAGEOUS BRA ENTRIES Bras will be on display at Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick and Camden Campus. Vote for $1 at either campus, or vote online below from now until October 31, 202…

❣️Blissborn® class schedule: Sundays, Oct 12, 19; Nov 9, 16, 23❣️

Blissborn® is a 5-week childbirth education course that shows you how to use the power of your own mind to create a blissful birth on your terms. April uses state-of-the-art hypnosis techniques blended with childbirth education to prepare expecting families physically, mentally and emotionally to experience a positive, gentle and empowering birth. As you learn to use self-hypnosis, you will unlock that power for yourself.

Intake form for Blissborn® here: https://forms.gle/Hd8m566E7SQL9EkZA

-Optimal starting time for the 5-week course is when the mom is 28 to 32 weeks along, however; any time after 20 weeks is suggested.
-Blissborn for birth course encourages partner involvement; we encourage individuals to bring their birth partner to the introductory workshop.
-Direct questions to April at [email protected]

Blissborn® class schedule: Sundays, Oct 12, 19; Nov 9, 16, 23; 3-hour sessions 11am-2pm, nourishment provided

Register here for Blissborn®: https://balancebwk.com/classes/class-descriptions/

Join us for a childbirth education class, Blissborn® with April McEwan, a certified Blissborn® Birth Hypnosis Educator. 

This workshop is an introduction to Blissborn® for you to see what it’s all about as you practice self-hypnosis, a similar experience to meditation—like with meditation, theta brain waves are active in the state of hypnosis. Research shows that hypnosis for birth reduces stress for the mother, partner and baby. Hypnosis brings the body back to a peaceful, resting state called homeostasis and releases endorphins, your natural painkillers.

-This workshop is not part of the 5-week Blissborn® course. It is an introduction for our upcoming series.

Blissborn® is a 5-week childbirth education course that shows you how to use the power of your own mind to create a blissful birth on your terms. April uses state-of-the-art hypnosis techniques blended with childbirth education to prepare expecting families physically, mentally and emotionally to experience a positive, gentle and empowering birth. As you learn to use self-hypnosis, you will unlock that power for yourself.

-Optimal starting time for the 5-week course is when the mom is 28 to 32 weeks along, however; any time after 20 weeks is suggested.

-Blissborn for birth course encourages partner involvement; we encourage individuals to bring their birth partner to the introductory workshop.

-Direct questions to April at [email protected]

Important Dates & Links:

-Donation-based Intro to Blissborn® class is October 5th, Sunday, 11-12:15pm (register here: https://balancebwk.com/classes/)

-Register here for Blissborn® and/or Prenatal Yoga, 8-week chakra series starting this Saturday: https://balancebwk.com/classes/class-descriptions/

-Blissborn® class schedule: Sundays, Oct 12, 19, 26; Nov 9, 16; 3-hour sessions 11am-2pm, nourishment provided

-Prenatal Yoga schedule: 9/27, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29 (skip weeks 10/4, 11/1)

-Intake form for Blissborn here: https://forms.gle/Hd8m566E7SQL9EkZA

I just ordered materials for the nest 5-week childbirth education series called Blissborn®! Register for $75 now, space is limited. The intro class is donation-based on Sunday, October 4th, 11-12:15pm!

Register  linked here for Blissborn® (and Prenatal Yoga, 8-week chakra series starting this Saturday): https://balancebwk.com/classes/class-descriptions/

Join us for a childbirth education class, Blissborn® with April McEwan, a certified Blissborn® Birth Hypnosis Educator. 

This workshop is an introduction to Blissborn® for you to see what it’s all about as you practice self-hypnosis, a similar experience to meditation—like with meditation, theta brain waves are active in the state of hypnosis. Research shows that hypnosis for birth reduces stress for the mother, partner and baby. Hypnosis brings the body back to a peaceful, resting state called homeostasis and releases endorphins, your natural painkillers.

The Intro workshop is not part of the 5-week Blissborn® course; it is an introduction for our upcoming series, and donation-based

Blissborn® is a 5-week childbirth education course that shows you how to use the power of your own mind to create a blissful birth on your terms. April uses state-of-the-art hypnosis techniques blended with childbirth education to prepare expecting families physically, mentally and emotionally to experience a positive, gentle and empowering birth. As you learn to use self-hypnosis, you will unlock that power for yourself.

-Optimal starting time for the 5-week course is when the mom is 28 to 32 weeks along, however; any time after 20 weeks is suggested.

-Blissborn for birth course encourages partner involvement; we encourage individuals to bring their birth partner to the introductory workshop.

-Direct questions to April at [email protected]

All my classes are prenatal safe.

This Women’s Retreat on Cumberland Island is going to be amazing. Space is available, although limited, so register now! Sign up closes August 15th, when full payment is due.

3 night/4 day stay at Stafford Place, Cumberland Island, Friday, October 31st – Monday, November 3rd, 2025

You are welcome to rest, explore and grow in a serene environment, the natural landscape of Cumberland Island, Georgia. Join us at Stafford Place, a private residence on Cumberland Island, Georgia.



More info👇

https://thedoulastudio.com/wild-retreat/

We’ve just completed Class 3 of Blissborn, a series of 5 classes teaching moms and their partners evidence-based childbirth education and how to use hypnosis during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and beyond. This week we’ve been working on addressing our fears and creating powerful, positive and present affirmations to counteract our fears. We teach in Blissborn that “fear is the anticipation of some specific pain or danger and the idea that you can’t handle it.” In a state of fear, the reptilian brain of the subconscious mind takes over, but we can harness the worry by consciously writing our fears out and transmute the fear by creating a plan to face the fear and affirmations to counteract the fear. Blissborn breaks the fear-tension-pain paradigm with a bridge from the negative cycle over to the positive cycle of CPR: comfort —> peace —> relaxation… . We say this is doing the work of worry well.

Sign up for the next class! DM me.

Did you know that the state of hypnosis naturally reduces fear in the body and mind?