Hello, I'm Cori
My husband and 4th son, Everett, supporting me as we welcome daughter, Lyla, earthside
Hello, I'm Cori (she/her)!
I created Birth Chemistry childbirth curriculum and have had the pleasure of training other instructors across the country.
Through the birth stories of family members I grew up believing that birth was hard, but rewarding. After studying Early Childhood Education at California State Monterey Bay, I became a childcare provider in 2005 and was surprised by how negatively my clients viewed their births. No one seemed to believe a positive birth experience was achievable, and my hopes for a physiologic birth were often met with "You'll be begging for drugs!"
I married the pop punk rocker of my dreams in 2007, and on Valentines Day 2009 we were thrilled to find that we were pregnant. When none of the birth classes resonated with me, I hoped I would someday create one. Since 2012 I have watched my clients replace fear and uncertainty with excitement and confidence as their birthing day approaches.
My husband, Eric, and I were both born and raised in Monterey County and have settled in the Salinas Valley to raise our five children: Milo, Ash, Indiana, Everett, and Lyla.
My five births have been very different. I have birthed at 38 weeks and after 42 weeks; at three different local hospitals, at home, and free standing birth center; with doctors and midwives; medicated and natural. My births have taught me that the decisions one makes in childbirth are personal and unique to them. I believe parents deserve to learn their options from an objective resource, and receive compassionate support throughout that process.
Advocating for options and safety in childbirth is something I live daily. I am a certified Saltwater® birth and postpartum doula, toLabor trained birth doula and birth activist, and as an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor I am able to offer trainings to obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and other doulas in the community in addition to working with expecting families. I am the President of the Birth Network of Monterey County, and have served as Co-Coordinator for ImprovingBirth Monterey County, the ImprovingBirth Board of Directors, and as Co-Leader of the International Cesarean Awareness Networks (ICAN) of Monterey County. I love sharing may passion and knowledge with parents who desire a positive birthing experience.
I created Birth Chemistry childbirth curriculum and have had the pleasure of training other instructors across the country.
Through the birth stories of family members I grew up believing that birth was hard, but rewarding. After studying Early Childhood Education at California State Monterey Bay, I became a childcare provider in 2005 and was surprised by how negatively my clients viewed their births. No one seemed to believe a positive birth experience was achievable, and my hopes for a physiologic birth were often met with "You'll be begging for drugs!"
I married the pop punk rocker of my dreams in 2007, and on Valentines Day 2009 we were thrilled to find that we were pregnant. When none of the birth classes resonated with me, I hoped I would someday create one. Since 2012 I have watched my clients replace fear and uncertainty with excitement and confidence as their birthing day approaches.
My husband, Eric, and I were both born and raised in Monterey County and have settled in the Salinas Valley to raise our five children: Milo, Ash, Indiana, Everett, and Lyla.
My five births have been very different. I have birthed at 38 weeks and after 42 weeks; at three different local hospitals, at home, and free standing birth center; with doctors and midwives; medicated and natural. My births have taught me that the decisions one makes in childbirth are personal and unique to them. I believe parents deserve to learn their options from an objective resource, and receive compassionate support throughout that process.
Advocating for options and safety in childbirth is something I live daily. I am a certified Saltwater® birth and postpartum doula, toLabor trained birth doula and birth activist, and as an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor I am able to offer trainings to obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and other doulas in the community in addition to working with expecting families. I am the President of the Birth Network of Monterey County, and have served as Co-Coordinator for ImprovingBirth Monterey County, the ImprovingBirth Board of Directors, and as Co-Leader of the International Cesarean Awareness Networks (ICAN) of Monterey County. I love sharing may passion and knowledge with parents who desire a positive birthing experience.
My Family
Milo Eric Gentry / 10.28.09 / 10 pounds 3 ounces
Indiana Jacob Gentry / 2.23.13 / 11 pounds 5 ounces
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Ashley Caleb Gentry / 3.17.11 / 8 pounds
Everett Levi Gentry / 12.23.14 / 10 pounds
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Lyla Paige Gentry / 10.19.18 / 7 pounds 4 ounces
Trainings & Community Involvement
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Texas Birth Roundup Arlington, TX - April 2015 - Rikki Lake & Abby Epstein (Business of Being Born), Jill Arnold ( Unnecesarean.com, CesareanRates.com, Consumer Reports), Abbey Robinson, (Doula, Doula Trainer)
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ImprovingBirth.org - Monterey County - Rally to Improve Birth 2015 - Cori Gentry (ImprovingBirth.org Board Member), Wendy Askew (ImprovingBirth.org Board Member), Elisa Haves-Stokes (Birth Network of Monterey County Board Member)
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Birth Keepers Summit Berekely 2015 - Kathi Valeii (Birth Anarchy) on the Birth as Part of the Feminist Struggle, Cori Gentry
Dawn Thompson (ImprovingBirth.org Founder) Meet & Greet 2014 - Wendy Askew (ImprovingBirth.org Board Member), Margaret Skillicorn, Czarina Bowers, Elaura Nevares, Cori Gentry, Dawn Thompson (ImprovingBirth.org President), Melissa Dean, LM, CPM, (Bay Area Birth Information President)
Panel Expert at Optimize Your Birth 2014 - Cori Gentry, Dr. Caleb Liem, Jillian Lynch, LM, CPM, Diana Snyder
Preventing the Preventable Cesarean Workshop 2014 - Cori Gentry, Henci Goer (author: The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, Optimal Care in Childbirth: The Case for a Physiologic Approach), Anna Matsumato, Elisa Judy
ImprovingBirth.org - Monterey County - Rally to Improve Birth 2013
Birth Boot Camp Instructor Training 2012 - Cori Gentry, Melissa Meyers
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Birth Keepers Summit Berekely 2015 - Michel Odent (author of Childbirth and the Future of Homo Sapiens and many others) on the Impact of Stress Deprivation and Prelabor Cesarean, Cori Gentry, Czarina Bowers
VBAC Facts Workshop 2014 - Rachelle Ahmad (ICAN of Sacramento), Jill Harmony (ICAN of Sacramento) , Cori Gentry (ICAN of Monterey County), Tashina Benning, Jen Kamel (www.VBACFACTS.com), Anna Matsumato (ICAN Volunteer Coordinator)
ImprovingBirth.org - Monterey County - Rally to Improve Birth 2014 - Cori Gentry, Dr. Peter Chandler
Panel Expert at Optimize Your Birth 2013 - Maggie Bennett, LM, Laura McKinnon, Dr. Caleb Liem, Dr. Jennifer Zeidberg, Jamie Meyerhoff, CNM, Cori Gentry
Rebozo Certification 2013 - Gena Kirby, Cori Gentry
Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) Conference 2012 - Cori Gentry, Henci Goer (author: The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, Optimal Care in Childbirth: The Case for a Physiologic Approach)
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ImprovingBirth.org Rally to Improve Birth Manhattan, NY 2012