Posts by Alison Spath
Unity Hospital’s 5th Annual Doula Education Day
Meeting Pain with Possibility: Where Physiology, Choice, and Practice Meet Welcome to Unity Hospital’s 5th Annual Doula Education Day! We are excited to have you join us for a great day of learning and collaboration as we work together to serve Rochester’s Birthing Community. Date: October 3rd, 2026 Time: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Location:…
Read MoreBreastfeeding Friendly Award
As National Breastfeeding Month comes to a close we want to say a huge, HUGE thank you to Livingston/Wyoming County WIC and to our community for nominating BBC and Alison Spath for a Breastfeeding Friendly Award! This award is given to groups and individuals for making a positive impact in the field of breastfeeding and…
Read MoreBBC in City Magazine
Find Beautiful Birth Choices on pages 60-62 in the April 2026 edition of City Magazine! We were honored and delighted to be included the “Growth” issue, highlighting the ways that BBC supports new and expecting families as they grow and thrive. Special thanks to Jennie Kieffer Photos for sharing some of her photography they used…
Read MoreCelebrating 10 Years at 681 Winton Road North
Beautiful Birth Choices was born when Christy and Julia began teaching child birth education classes out of their homes in 2009. By 2014 BBC made the move into our first official studio; a 500 square foot space on University Ave. We quickly out grew our tiny space and made our way to our current home…
Read More13 Unexpected Things You Learn After You Become a Doula
I took the DONA Birth Doula Training with Christy and Julia a decade ago. When I look back at what I thought doula work would be like, I can see that there were some things I expected about birth doula work, but there are also some things that came as a surprise as I attended…
Read MoreGrand Opening of Beautiful Birth Choices
Please join us for our official Grand Opening at Beautiful Birth Choices! Tuesday, March 15th, 4:00 to 8:00 PM 681 Winton Rd North Rochester, NY 14609 After many years of work in the community, and many months of hard work pulling it all together, we’ve landed in our new BBC Home at 681 Winton Road North. Please…
Read MoreKnow Your Options
“If you don’t know your options, you don’t have any.” “If you don’t know your options, you don’t have any.” (Korte) One of our favorite quotes at BBC, and exactly where our name came from. Knowing your choices is key. Key to support, key to using your voice, key to walking towards the kind of…
Read MoreExciting News at Beautiful Birth Choices
BBC has grown by 500 sq feet and 6 human feet! We are excited to announce that, after five years in the making, we are opening a new studio teaching space in Rochester as of August 1! In order to help accommodate the growing needs of the Rochester birth community, we have also brought on…
Read MoreChildbirth Classes in Full Swing!
New Year! New Projects and our Childbirth teaching is primo on our list. We have had SUCH a blessed year in 2009 with 30 – THIRTY!!!! babies that we have helped welcome to the world. It has just been joyous! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! So, onto getting our teaching established better. We will…
Read MoreSpinning Those Babies
Babies fit best when they come out facing your back. Lately there has been a rush on “sunny side up” babies where they are pushing their bony little heads into that tailbone of yours. This can cause undo pain called “back labor”. There are a few reasons these babies are spinning out of control… Being…
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