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. Classes are offered privately or as a hybrid option.
Choose the class that fits your needs best.
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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.
Two options for class format: Privately in your home or virtual/hybrid option is available. The virtual/hybrid class structure 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.
Materials included: Full-color student workbook.
Investment: $430
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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.
Materials include: full-color workbook
Class time approximately 4 hours.
Investment: $155
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6-Session Home and Birth Center Class + Postpartum
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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.
Includes an additional class that dives into what to expect during postpartum and caring for a new baby.
Class time is approximately 10 hours, broken up into six 2.5 hour sessions.
Class can be taught privately in your home or a hybrid option is available (professionally-filmed videos with a weekly virtual check-in with me.)
Materials provided: full-color workbook, a postpartum workbook, and 3.5 hours of breastfeeding videos.
Investment: $375
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7-Session Hospital Class + Postpartum
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Our hospital class is designed for the couple who wants more. More education. More fun. More relaxation and labor practice. More information on interventions, including medicated and cesarean births. They want to be able to make informed decisions as their birth unfolds.
Includes an additional class that dives into what to expect during postpartum and caring for a new baby.
Materials included: Hospital birth workbook
This class is 17.5 hours in total, typically taught over seven 2.5 hour sessions.
Classes can be taught privately in your home or a hybrid option available (professionally-filmed videos with a weekly virtual check-in with me.)
Investment: $400
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One-Day Express Class
All the important stuff, in one session!Designed for the extra busy couple to complete in one day (7 hours with a one-hour lunch break). This one day course is designed to briefly dive into what to expect during labor. Topics covered include the stages of labor, pain management options, coping techniques and comfort measures, writing a birth plan.
WHO SHOULD CHOOSE THIS CLASS: Too late in pregnancy to take a longer class, want an in-person brief instruction, planning an epidural but want some coping techniques to labor at home before heading to the hospital, want to know what to expect for both partners.
Materials include: full-color workbook
Offered in-person in your home. Class can also be split into two half days.
Investment: $255
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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 one-day class or if you’re a current doula client).
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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 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!
Now available as a Hybrid class. Professionally filmed with closed captioning plus a weekly virtual check in meeting with me.
Cost: $130
All classes use the gold-standard Birth Boot Camp cirriculum.
Frequently Asked Questions about Birth Classes
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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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My classes range from 4 hours to 10 weeks. Ideally, you would register for a birth class around 23-28 weeks. 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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I teach in-person, private classes in the comfort of your home. This option is based on my availability. A distance fee may apply if your home is outside of my service radius.
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Private classes are a great option! I can teach any class or workshop in the privacy of your own home. Contact me to get it scheduled!
Virtual/hybrid options are also available for the Comprehensive Series, Hospital Series, and Home/Birth Center Series. Hybrid is also available for the Postpartum Workshop and Breastfeeding Class.
Hybrid class structure includes professionally filmed classes with closed captioning, plus a weekly check in meeting with me virtually (Google Meets). 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, what to expect, our schedule & location of class, 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. Payment can be sent via Cash App, Venmo, or PayPal.
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It depends on the class! My capacity is 4 couples, or 8 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.
