Childbirth Classes
Expecting your first child, going for a VBAC, or just need a refresher?
We’ve got class options that fit your needs, time commitment, and budget.
Class Options
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MOST POPULAR & BEST VALUE!
10-Session Comprehensive ClassEmail me if you’re interested.
Our most popular class! This class includes everything taught in all the other classes! It is the most information and the BEST deal! If you desire an unmedicated birth, are first-time parents, or are preparing for a VBAC, this class will prepare you on all levels – physically, mentally, and emotionally.
This class series runs 25 hours and is typically taught over a 10-week period, or ten 2.5 hour sessions.
Only available as a Virtual/hybrid class, which includes 10 professionally filmed classes with closed captioning, plus a weekly check in meeting with me virtually via Google Meets.
WHO SHOULD CHOOSE THIS CLASS: First-time parents, those planning a VBAC, or first natural birth who want to be prepared for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Materials included: Full-color student workbook ($50 value).
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5-Session Home and Birth Center Classes
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This class offers couples and their midwives an invaluable resource for navigating the various stages of labor and delivery. Couples and their midwives will adore this book and this class. Topics include the nuts and bolts of the various stages of labor, positions for labor and pushing, as well as the variations of labor. Information on water birth, emergency childbirth, and advice from midwives and couples who have birthed their babies at home or birth centers makes. It's the perfect companion to midwifery care for an out-of-hospital birth.
Class time is approximately 12.5 hours, broken up into five 2.5 hour sessions.
Class available in a hybrid format (professionally-filmed videos with a weekly virtual check-in with me.)
Materials provided: full-color workbook.
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One-Day Refresher Class for 2+ Time Parents
(9:00am-12:00pm)Email me if interested! This class is best taught privately in your home.
This one day refresher course will help to get you prepared for your newest addition to the family. Taking Birth Boot Camp previously is not required, helpful but not required. Every birth is important and should have the same care and attention spent to prepare for it.
This class is tailor-fit to your needs as a couple to help you for your upcoming birth. We’ll dive into your last birth experience(s) and prepare for your next one together.
Materials include: full-color workbook
Class time approximately 4 hours.
Investment: $155
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Comfort Measures Workshop
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Coping techniques to manage the intensity of labor, no matter your birth plan. This workshop is best taught privately in your own home.
This workshop is designed to help both partners build confidence for the big day. You’ll take in lots of relaxation, comfort measures, massage, imagery for labor, as well as communication skills for labor. This workshop does not replace a childbirth education course. The beautiful workbook that comes with this workshop is one you’ll want to spend time with for the duration of the pregnancy.
Materials provided: Two workbooks included. Class time approximately 4 hours.
Investment: $155
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Life With Your New Baby: Postpartum Workshop
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Includes: 28-page full color workbook and 3.5 hours of breastfeeding videos
Topics include breastfeeding (3.5 hour video course included), newborn procedures; babywearing, safe sleep, postpartum topics, and baby comfort techniques, as well as advice from veteran parents!
Available as a private, in-home class or as a Hybrid class. Professionally filmed with closed captioning plus a weekly virtual check in meeting with me.
Cost: $130
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Breastfeeding Workshop (Online)
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This online add-on breastfeeding workshop is taught by IBCLC Mellanie Sheppard. This course provides:
Expert advice and specific instructions on how to breastfeed
Tips on how to properly latch and prevent nursing pain
An understanding of how milk production works
Strategies for troubleshooting any problems that may arise
Information on pumping and introducing bottles
Guidance on returning to work
What to expect as your baby grows
In addition, you will have downloadable access to several pages from our beautiful workbooks relating to breastfeeding.
Cost: $25 (available only as an add-on to a current class or if you’re a current doula client).
All classes use the gold-standard Birth Boot Camp cirriculum.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes! Birth classes help you and your partner know what to expect during labor, birth, and postpartum. The information you learn in classes will be beneficial to you for years to come! Taking a birth class can help you be more confident in your choices, teach you that you have a voice in your birth, and will help you and your partner work together as a team to bring your child into the world.
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Ideally, you would register for a birth class around 23-28 weeks. That way you have plenty of time to finish the class and begin building your birth preferences. Classes are planned months in advanced and are offered quite frequently. I can help you find a class that is right for you.
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The hybrid class structure is the same content as in-person classes, filmed professionally including birth videos, fun & engaging teaching tools, and more. You’ll watch the weekly video then meet weekly with me via Google Meets to dive deeper into the content, ask questions, and relate your learning back to your own birth plan. You will still receive a student workbook that will be mailed to you.
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Please find alternate childcare for your other children so that you can focus on learning as much as possible in our class.
If you are interested in taking a class to prepare siblings for birth, I do offer private Sibling Classes. Please contact me if interested. -
Go to the Register for a Birth Class page. Fill out the form and within 24 hours, you will receive an email confirmation. It contains information regarding your $50 deposit for class materials, paying the balance, and how to prepare for the first day of class.
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I require a $50 deposit to hold your spot in the class and to pre-order your student workbook. This deposit is applied to the total cost of the class. The remainder is due before the start of the first class. Upon registration, you will receive an invoice showing the payment due dates.
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It depends on the class! My capacity is 5 couples, or 10 people, per class. The best part of doing a group class is the community and support you’ll receive. You’ll gain new perspectives, ask hard questions, and maybe even make friends with others who are going through the same stage of life as you. Every couple’s birth plan and story will be different, which is so rewarding for me to see as an educator!
Birth Doula Services
Consider hiring a doula to pair with the investment you’ve made in your education! A doula is a trained non-medical professional who provides continuous physical and emotional support to a birthing person and their partner before, during, and shortly after childbirth.
Benefits of hiring a doula include shorter labors, lower rates of cesareans, reduced need for pain medication, amongst a host of other positives.
Serving families throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex including but not limited to Arlington, Mansfield, Grand Prairie, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Irving, Fort Worth, Keller, Lewisville, Coppell, Watauga, Saginaw, Lake Worth, Carrollton, Plano, Highland Park, Dallas, and Midlothian, and Granbury.
