6 Part Birth Education Workshop:
(Online course: Pre-recorded classes)
From the comfort of your own home, at a pace that works for you, enjoy learning from our 6 part childbirth education workshop that was recorded in 2024. You will benefit from the group discussions, videos and hands on activities as you learn from each 2.5 hour class covering:
Stages of Labor
Comfort Measures
Medical Interventions
Newborn Care
Breastfeeding
Postpartum Recovery
Some classes will involve local guest instructors.
This interactive class will go through the stages of labor, pregnancy anatomy, and fetal development. You and your partner will learn what to expect at every stage of labor. Learn to recognize preterm labor as well as pre-labor, labor onset, and your progression through the stages of labor.
Comfort Measures, Labor Positions & Deep Relaxation
This class prepares you as a team for all the sensations of labor. This workshop mixes yoga with labor positions and pain relief techniques to use during labor. Your laboring partner will gain the confidence to help you through labor and birth to help avoid undesired intervention and lessen pain. Please wear comfortable clothing and have an exercise ball to sit on.
Medical Interventions and Information
This class will walk through all the medical procedures that you could potentially encounter during labor. You will also learn how to ask your medical providers questions so that you can advocate for the birth that you want. You will leave this class with a clear vision of what you want for your child's birth, and how to navigate interventions with your medical provider.
We will also discuss how to write your birth plan/wishes to share with your doctor that you can bring with you to birth.
This class will focus on newborn care.
You will learn how to identify normal vs. abnormal newborn appearances, breathing patterns, types of crying, how to soothe a crying baby, establish a sleep routine, SIDS safety, as well as basics like giving your baby its first bath, and tips and tricks to ease into parenthood.
We will discuss exercise, nutrition, postpartum depression, and ways that you can practice self-care and promote maternal well being as you learn how to continuously care for your new baby.
In this class, you will learn about the physiology of breastfeeding, milk production, how to latch and position your baby to prevent soreness, and signs that breastfeeding is going well. This class teaches parents how to overcome common breastfeeding challenges, how to identify feeding cues, and what it means to establish breastfeeding from day one to meet your long term goals.
The cost for Workshop Series is $275 per couple.