Lamaze Atlanta is the local chapter of Lamaze International, serving the metro Atlanta area. We hope this web site will help you choose a childbirth educator, provide you with a source for labor music, and massage, and give you links to obtain further information. Celebrate your birth with us!

• Lamaze International

We are affiliated with Lamaze International which, since its inception in 1960, has certified over 11,000 childbirth educators through an extensive training program requiring 1-2 years to complete.

• LCCE - Education Excellence

Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator - the LCCE following a childbirth educator's name is the sign of an extremely well-trained professional.

• The Lamaze® Mission

The mission of Lamaze International is to promote, support and protect normal birth through education and advocacy. We envision for the future a world of confident women choosing normal birth.

Lamaze International believes that women who are fully informed, confident and supported will want normal birth. Lamaze International believes that caregivers should respect the birth process and not intervene without compelling medical indication.

These evidence-based practices adapted from the World Health Organization promote, protect and support normal birth:

1. Labor begins on its own
2. Freedom of movement throughout labor
3. Continuous labor support
4. No routine interventions
5. Non-supine (e.g., upright or side-lying) positions for birth
6. No separation of mother and baby after birth