As of June 1, 2003 we completed 7 Prenatal Parenting Program Instructor’s Certification Courses, and 58 certified instructors in 16 states and 4 countries.

We produced a 90-minute video for Instructors of The Prenatal Parenting Program. It is a great visual review of the How- to-Present-The-Program activities. It is available only to our instructors for $15.00 as a review of their Instructor’s Certification Course.

Dr. Karla Damus, at the national office of The March of Dimes, wrote last week that Fred Wirth’s Speaker’s Bureau package is on its way. The regional and State offices of March of Dimes will soon be getting this information. Vicki Vertich, a Certified Prenatal Parenting Instructor in Ft. Meyers Florida, is working with her state chapter of the March of Dimes fund pilot project for The Prenatal Parenting Program. More about this exciting development will be in your upcoming newsletters.

Pat Sonnenstuhl, the state director for Washington and Oregon, had a great article about the Prenatal Parenting Program recently published in the Puget Sound Newspaper. If you would like more information about her article please contact us at The Institute.

Our Prenatal Parenting Exercise Video became available on DVD July 8^th. The public relations agency hired to promote it is contacting magazines, newspapers and morning talk shows to promote its launch. You will be hearing and seeing a lot more in the press about the Prenatal Parenting Program as a result of this advertising campaign.

We are excited to introduce you to our featured Program Instructors of the month. This month we feature Rodney and Amy Westlake who are new graduates of the Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. Amy and Rodney are expecting their first child in January and will be teaching The Prenatal Parenting Program in Eale Harbor, Michigan till mid-2004 when they will be relocating to Mexico to complete their residency. They plan to team teach the Prenatal Parenting Program in Mexico. They are a compassionate couple with a deep passion for helping families birth happy, healthy babies with peaceful minds. Our best wishes for their success.

We at the Institute have worked for the past six months to bring you “The Prenatal Parenting Exercise Program” in DVD format. More consumers of videos are switching to the DVD format because of its clarity and ease of locating content segments.

Safely exercising during pregnancy conveys many benefits to both  mother and unborn child. For more information about these marvelous benefits go to our website, http://www.PrenatalParenting.com

Prenatal Parenting Gifts

This summer The Prenatal Parenting Exercise Program was promoted by Wellsprings Media. Their publicity department is planned a national campaign for its release on July 8,2003.

Look for continuing media spots on national news shows and other media. We at The Institute for Perinatal Education know that birthing families will benefit from exercising properly during their pregnancy. Be sure to check with your healthcare provider before participating in any exercise program during pregnancy.