Lucy Schanzer, LPS Perinatal
Perinatal Support Specialist
Lucy Schanzer, Perinatal Support Specialist
Lucy, founder of LPS Perinatal, is a perinatal support specialist, helping people to better take care of themselves before, during and after pregnancy. Every pregnancy, every birth, every postpartum and every child is different. Lucy created LPS Perinatal as a way of embracing this idea with the belief that knowledge is incredibly empowering, especially when met with open-mindedness and flexibility.
Lucy’s journey into perinatal work is quite connected to her personal journey into parenthood.
Springing from a gratefulness for a positive first birth experience coupled with a trying second birth experience, Lucy grew interested in helping fill the need for a range of perinatal support. Lucy’s offerings intertwine her certifications in Prenatal Yoga, Yoga for Trauma, Maternal Mental Health and Childbirth Education to best prepare clients for their unique perinatal experience.
Current Education Series
Focused on offering affordable education, Lucy’s group classes are small enough to feel safe in sharing, and large enough to feel like you’re entering into a thriving community.
The 4th Trimester & Beyond: Community & Education for New Mothers
Every Monday, 1PM - 2PM
FREE
This series offers a supportive space for new parents identifying as mothers to share, learn and connect. Each month we will focus on a topic related to the transition into motherhood such as birth stories, sleep, feeding, relationships and self-care. Participants will receive pertinent resources on all topics discussed. Each session will include gentle postnatal appropriate movements and breathwork in addition to a group discussion on the month’'s topic. Open to mothers of children under 18 months, nonmobile babies are welcome.
Current Services
Individual & Couples Sessions Available
Prenatal Yoga
Specifically designed for the ever changing prenatal body, this service offers a welcoming space for flow and education. We will focus on movements/ techniques that can be supportive during pregnancy, labor and birth designed for your unique prenatal experience. This service is open to pregnant people at all yoga levels (including none).
$35 per person, or $45 per two people
Note: Also open to groups- please reach out for capacity and pricing.
Yoga for Labor & Birth
Like Prenatal Yoga, this service offers a welcoming space for flow and education, but focuses specifically on movements/ techniques that can be supportive during labor and birth. We will discuss birth preferences so that movements & techniques are tailored to your unique goals. This service is open to expecting couples or parent + support person at all yoga levels (including none).
$35 per person, or $45 per two people
Yoga for Trauma
Yoga fosters a strong mind and body connection. Trauma can make this connection difficult. Yoga for trauma provides a path to safely and respectfully repair this disconnect. This specific yoga practice can be especially beneficial for expecting people who have been affected by violence and/or sexual assault. The perinatal time frame can be triggering due to changes in and lack of sensitivity around the body. This practice can also benefit expecting or new parents experiencing or who are concerned about the possibility of developing a PMAD (Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder).
$35 per person.
Birth Preferences Workshop
This workshop aims to manage expectations and prepare you and your partner so that you can have the best possible experience no matter how your birth goes. Together, we will write out birth preferences for you to share/ develop with your providers/ support team while considering possible shifts should the need arise. Open to expecting parents and their partner or support person. $35 per person, $45 per two people.
Birth Story Workshop
Processing your birth story is an integral part of healing after birth. Allowing space to intentionally sit with an important event, while sometimes difficult, can prove quite cathartic. In this 3-part series, Lucy will spend the first 2 sessions listening to/ helping each partner individually recall their specific experience. In our final session, partners will share, listen and collaborate to bring their stories together.
$100 for a (3) three-session package.
Note: This package purchased when you book your first session, and will include 2 more sessions beyond this initial booking; these two latter sessions will be booked during your first session.
Q & A With a Perinatal Professional
Google is not your friend during pregnancy. Still, during the perinatal time, millions of questions arise and the temptation to search for answers is strong. LPS Perinatal offers a la carte sessions catered to your specific needs to answer (or at least point you in the right direction to get more information about) these questions. Examples of topics can include navigating pregnancy discomforts, preparing for labor & delivery and/ or concerns about PMADs.
$35 per person, or $45 per two people.