Graceful Beginnings Childbirth Classes
This childbirth education course is fully customized to your planned birth ; whether you are preparing for a hospital birth, home-birth, birth center birth, or a natural birth within the hospital. Education is tailored to your provider, birth setting, and personal preferences so you receive relevant, practical support not generic information.
You’ll gain confidence, understand your options, and learn how to prepare your mind and body for labor, postpartum recovery, and newborn care using evidence-based education.
What You'll Learn
Unit 1
Course Goals + Preparing your Mind/Body
Learn how to mentally, emotionally, and physically prepare for labor, with techniques tailored to your birth setting.
Unit 2
Stages & Phases of Labour + Breath Work
Understand how labor progresses and learn breathing and comfort techniques specific to natural birth, medicated birth, and out-of-hospital settings.
Unit 3
Confidence Building & Decision Making In Labour
Develop confidence, advocacy skills, and practical decision-making tools that support informed choices during labor.
Unit 4
Informed Consent, Interventions & Birth Planning
Explore common medical interventions, alternatives, and how informed consent applies in both hospital and out-of-hospital births.
Unit 5 Postpartum Planning, Recovery & Infant feeding Options
Prepare for the postpartum period with realistic recovery planning and education on feeding options based on your goals and circumstances.
Unit 6 Breastfeeding & Newborn CareClass Options (Private Sessions)
Learn newborn basics and breastfeeding support strategies, with education adapted for hospital discharge or home-based postpartum care.
Intro Session
2 hours | $125
Includes Units 1 & 2
Focused on labor preparation, comfort measures, stages of labor, and breathwork—ideal for families wanting foundational education for their specific birth setting.
Comprehensive Childbirth Class
3.5 hours | $200
Includes Units 1–6
This in-depth class integrates labor preparation, birth planning and informed consent (Units 3 & 4), and postpartum and newborn care (Units 5 & 6). Content is fully customized to your birth plan, whether hospital-based or out-of-hospital.
Bonus Support
Every client receives a pre-class questionnaire so your session is shaped around your unique needs.
A 30-minute virtual check-in before your due date to refresh skills, answer last-minute questions, and adjust your birth plan if needed.
