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Know • Perceive • Create – A Pinkpeas Workshop
Workshop Details

The Belly Mapping^® Method Session

The first part of our Belly Mapping^® Method Session is a guided three-step process for identifying baby’s position.

The three steps are to 1) map the movements, 2) identify body parts and visualize baby's position, and 3) name the position using the Fetal Compass Rose by Gail Tully, midwife, author, and creator of Spinning Babies^®.

Parents can use the Belly Mapping^® Method for their own enjoyment and education. The main goal of the Belly Mapping^® Method is to enhance parents' ability to identify baby parts, gain a sense of baby’s position, and understand how baby's position can influence labor and birth.

Buy a print or E-book copy of The Belly Mapping^® Method book.

Turning Kicks and Wiggles Into Art

The second part of our Belly Mapping^® Method Session is to create art! You can deepen your connection with your baby and use your understanding of baby's position for a creative bonding time by painting your baby's position, either directly, using safe body paint, onto a white T-shirt*, or a canvas art board using acrylic craft paint for a more permanent keepsake. Note: If you would like to paint on a T-shirt, you must bring it to class.

Workshop Details

Frequently Asked Questions:

What to bring?

**All of these things are optional! Come as you are!

▪︎ Snacks and drinks.
▪︎ Comfortable clothes - keep in mind that we will be sitting on the floor, and we will be using PAINT which might get a bit messy, even with the best of intentions.
▪︎ A white T-shirt, if you would like to paint a shirt, rather than use body paint.
▪︎ A yoga mat or large bath towel or picnic blanket.
▪︎ A couple of ordinary bed pillows.
▪︎ Any other pillows/bolsters/wedges.

How is the creative art done?

During the first part of the Belly Mapping^® Method Session, you will be guided through a three-step process for identifying baby's position, and you and your partner will practice drawing your baby's position on a balloon. Then you will decide if you would like to either paint your belly with safe body paint or paint over a white T-shirt* or on a blank canvas board. Note: If you would like to paint on a T-shirt, you must bring it to class.

The body paint provided comes from Mehron^® Makeup. You can choose one of the Paradise Makeup AQ™ Prisma Blend Sets, and possibly one color of Celebré Pro-HD™ Cream Foundation if you have tattoos to cover or if you would like to choose a different skin tone for baby. You will be provided with a paint tray, three brushes, paper towels, cups for water, and protective plastic sheeting.

The acrylic craft paint comes from Plaid^® FolkArt^®. The colors I have available are the Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paint 12 Color Set and the Multi-Surface Satin™ Skintone Set. You will be provided with a paint tray, three brushes, paper towels, cups for water, and protective plastic sheeting.