Classes That Prepare You and Your Partner

Private classes that explain how labor works, how to cope, and what to expect once your baby is home. Taught in person in Houston and Galveston, or online/hybrid from anywhere. Our in-house class materials were developed by Meg, one of our doulas and a former teacher.

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Class 1

Labor and Birth Foundations

Your care team, including doulas and midwives
How your body prepares for labor: hormones and anatomy
The stages of labor, with a closer look at transition
Rest and pacing in early labor
When to call your provider: water breaking, bleeding or meconium
Medicated and unmedicated coping options
Common hospital interventions and how to navigate them
Pushing, birth and delivering the placenta
The golden hour and early bonding
Postpartum hemorrhage awareness, newborn safety, fetal heart tones and APGAR scores

Hands-on session

Labor Support and Comfort Techniques

How a support person can show up in meaningful ways
Breathing for relaxation and coping
Labor positions and exercises to encourage progress
Partner techniques, including counter pressure
Movement in labor
Food and fluids during labor
Perineal massage and preparation

Class 2

Postpartum and Newborn Care

What to expect in the fourth trimester
Physical recovery, including bleeding, cramping and your first bathroom trip
Healing from tearing
The first 40 days: nutrition, rest and hormones
Baby blues and postpartum mood support
Cord care, diaper output, jaundice and bathing
Newborn sleep and soothing
Breastfeeding foundations
Car seat basics

How to attend

In Person or Online

Private, in person

$350

In your home in Houston or Galveston, on a schedule that works for you and your partner.

Online/hybrid

$200

Flexible, prerecorded modules you can access anytime, from anywhere, and rewatch as needed. Includes a live virtual session with one of our childbirth educators to review the material and answer your questions.

Want to Feel Ready for Labor?

Ask about class dates when you book your free consult.

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