Navigating Your Birth- Childbirth Education Classes for 2025:
Comprehensive 14-hour childbirth education course
Hands-on, informative and super fun; we have a blast and laugh a lot! Partners encouraged to attend.
Cost of class is $400 per couple, includes book and comfort tools made in class
On ‘services’ page, clicking on childbirth ed class button will take you to another site for curriculum and book information from the author herself!
Each session meets on all 4 of days listed
Please make sure you can also attend the back up date below
If you are interested please click on ‘Contact Us’ and fill out a submission form. I will get back to you!
NEW, shorter, condensed class sessions! Same great book, same thorough information; just taught in a condensed way.
Chapter topics are listed below. There will be a pre-class survey to assess what topics will be covered in more depth. Each class will be a little different depending on the participants and their desired needs. Same basic information and practice. The information is there in the book; but let’s practice. Let’s practice our breath, our meditations, let’s set our intentions and our mindset. This will be the focus. Sessions will take place on one day for 6 hours. Dates will be posted as soon as venue confirms. The 6-hour class will be offered every other month. Check back soon!
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Chapter topics:
The Gathering-Comfort Tools for Labor, The Birth Ball, The Rebozo, Peanut Balls & Bolsters, Props and Gadgets, Using Water, Essential Oils, Use Essential Oils Creatively, Essential Oils Around Babies, The Hormonal Gathering, Birth Companion, Optimize Your Birth Hormones, Hiring a Doula, Who Will be at Your Birth?, Birth Team Roles, Tine Your Oxytocin, Fast Releasing Oxytocin Tips
Practicing Childbirth- Breathing Rehearsals, Guided Imagery, Focusing Exercise, Mini Mindful Meditations, Ways to Pay Attention, Training Your Intuition, Stories, Respect Birth
Body Wisdom: Your Body’s Blueprint- Knowing Your Body, The Piriformis Muscle, The Psoas, Muscle of the Soul, Your Core Muscles, Your Pelvic Floor, Be Pregnant, Stretch, Do Yoga, Contraindications to Poses, Develop Posture Practices, The Pelvic Tilt, Releasing Tension, Core & Pelvic Floor Connection, Poses, Seated Poses, Love your Back Poses, Balance and Strength Poses, Psoas & Piriformis Poses, Non-crunchy crunches, Squatting, Brisk Walks, The Forward Leaning Inversion, Love Your Bedtime, Make Time For You, Workout FAQs
Bones: The Baby’s Pathway- Your Amazing Pelvis, Four Pelvic Shapes, The Fetal Skull, Fetal Presentation, Fetal Vertex Positions, Occiput Posterior Position, Breech, Belly Mapping, Fetal Positioning/It Matters, Seven Cardinal Movements, Station/Not Dilation, Engagement vs. Lightening, Your Baby's Movements Through the Birth Canal
Giving Birth: The Mother’s Journey- Is it Baby Time? Cervical Changes & Dilation, Labor Patterns at a Glance, What do Contractions Feel Like? Timing Contractions, The Partner's Clock, If Your Water Breaks, Physiological Plateaus, Prodromal Labor, Prodromal Labor Activities, Early Labor, Resting Position, Using Water for Comfort, Support Positions, Massage Techniques, Active Labor, Mobility, Active Labor Positions, Second Stage/Pushing, Pushing Positions, Pushing Tips, Hospital Birth, The Hospital Bed, Lowering the Foot of the Bed, Keeping the Bed Whole, Position Techniques, Make More Room, When in Doubt, Lunge, Will I Tear? Perineal Massage, The Birth Partner's Role
The Welcoming: Your Baby’s New World- The Third Stage of Labor, The Undisturbed First Hour, Management of the Placenta, The Placenta is a Big Deal, Cutting the Cord, Apgar Score, Suturing, Postpartum Perineal Care, Baby's Physical Exam, Baby Care Tips, Newborn Procedures, Newborn Screening, Circumcision, Normal Physiological Jaundice, Other Newborn Procedures, Baby's Birth Plan Summary, Partner's Role With Baby, Breastfeeding Basics
Birth Interrupted- Your Emotional Journey, Labor Unknowns, Eating & Drinking in Labor, Stepping in on Birth: Intervention, Revisit Timing Contractions, Vaginal Exams Upon Admission, Listening to Baby, Epidural, Opioids for Pain Relief, Other Pain Relief Methods, Labor Induction, When induction is Clear Cut, When Induction is Not Clear Cut, When Induction is Necessary, Induction & Bishop's Score, Induction Rate, Listening to Mothers Report, Cesarean Birth, Reasons for Cesarean, Instrumental Vaginal Birth, Complications
Scribbling- The Sorting Hat, Write Your Birth Plan, Intentional Birth Plan Samples
Class participant testimonial, Jamie H.
“I told my mom that you’re the person in my birth journey that I feel gave me the most helpful/practical knowledge that served as a priceless gift during a difficult labor! I feel like you equipped me with really important skills that helped more than anything else especially in light of the physical challenges at the end of my pregnancy. So thank you!!! Thank you for caring so much about us new moms to give us insight into our bodies and the process and the healthcare world including its limitations!”

Birth Journey Mentor
★Comprehensive 14-hour childbirth
education course
★Hands-on, informative and fun
★We will meet on all of the following
days/times:
February 24, 5-8pm
February 25, 9am-1pm
March 3, 5-8pm
March 4, 9am-1pm
Back-up day: March 10
Total cost $350; $100 deposit to
reserve spot, remaining $250 paid
February 24
Cost includes book, with all materials
covered in class and a few take home
comfort tools we will make in class.
Reserve a spot at jaejaerae18@gmail.com