Empowered Home Birth

Online Home Birth Education Series

“This course met our needs perfectly. I enjoyed that there was so much time spent on working together to experiment with ways to position ourselves and how my husband could help me during labor to ease my body. The flow of the classes was perfect and the instructors were amazing. Everything Jo and Taylor spoke about was spoken with such passion. The information and handouts were so in depth. There was plenty of time for questions and answers in each class which helped my husband and I greatly. I’d take this class again in a heartbeat.”

— November 2017 student

This home birth series is right for you if…

 

You are planning to birth your baby at home or in a freestanding birth center for the 1st, 2nd, or 7th time.

Hospital-based childbirth education classes aren’t a great fit for you.

You want to feel confident and ready to welcome your baby at home.

 
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“Taylor and Jo do a phenomenal job educating families and pregnant people on their journey to home birth. As a home birth midwife, I strongly recommend this class to not only first time birthing families but to all families during all pregnancies. Each series brings new information, new connections and a place where anxieties and fears can be acknowledged, eased and replaced by knowledge and trust in one’s body and one’s self. There is also a strong focus on postpartum wellness and partner support, bringing preparedness to the forefront. Thank you for creating this home birth specific opportunity. This community is truly grateful!”

— Morgan Gaines, CPM (Certified Professional Midwife)

Spring 2021 Session

Saturdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22 and June 5, from 10am-12pm EST.

*This series is ideal for families with estimated due times between early July and mid-September.

Location: We will gather virtually.

Cost: $300 per family (this includes 5 live classes, access to our exclusive student resources, and a workbook to accompany the series)

“Being our first baby this class was an absolute MUST. And I honestly do not know where our confidence and comfort would lie without having taken this class. Our confidence as a couple was built through all the knowledge shared on labor, birth, and postpartum. Our comfort in the unknown process ahead came from all the tools we now have to draw from. Each class sparked conversations that we would not have had as a couple, but have better prepared us for what is ahead. We both are headed toward labor, birth, and postpartum feeling united and informed and ready to take on the incredible experience that is to come in a few short weeks. We will be forever grateful for our experience!”

— Courtney + John McKay, August 2018

What to expect…

 
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1: Postpartum Preparation

  • Creating a postpartum wellness plan

  • Immediate postpartum recovery

  • Caring for yourself and being cared for postpartum

  • Communication and a new normal for you and your partner/support people

  • Emotional well-being for you and your partner/support people

  • The baby blues and signs and symptoms of postpartum mood disorders

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2: Understanding Your Newborn

  • Trusting yourself and your baby

  • Normal newborn behavior

  • Normal newborn sleep

  • Newborn feeding

  • Basic newborn care FAQs

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3. Understanding Birth

  • What’s happening in late pregnancy

  • How labor progresses

  • What to expect and how you may feel during each of the the phases and stages of labor

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4: Your Choices + Comfort for Labor

  • Your birth vision

  • Your hormones during labor

  • Comfort measures and partner/support person activities for each stage and phase of labor

  • Understanding hospital transfer and creating a transfer plan

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5. Having an Empowered Birth

  • Communication tools for your care team

  • Preparing your home for birth

  • Optimal positioning for you and your baby

  • Managing fear and anxiety

  • Intention setting for your transition to parenthood

“Just wanted to let you know we had our baby! He was born on Sunday the 7th at 1pm, 6 pounds 4 ounces 19 inches. We decided to name him Arlyle Emile Lizotte.  Labor and delivery went great. The techniques you taught us definitely helped! Arsene was an amazing partner during the whole thing! I actually delivered so quickly that I didn’t make it into the birthing tub and delivered on the birthing stool instead which I loved! I also believe that, thanks to the different positions you showed us, I was able to slowly open and let baby move out at a good pace which kept me from tearing.”

—  Vi, Arsene, and baby Arlyle, August 2018

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We can’t wait to meet you.

We know you probably tons of emotions and lots of questions about your pregnancy and your upcoming birth. As certified and experienced birth doulas and childbirth educators, we have a lot of information, guidance, and encouragement to offer. We’ve created this series so that you will be prepared for whatever may come your way on the day your child is born and the days immediately after.

We believe that childbirth education should be comprehensive, interactive, and fun. This series will offer you a wealth of good information, help you develop a toolbox of effective comfort techniques, help your partner gain confidence in supporting you, and provide you with knowledge of the birth process so you can trust labor and trust yourself. We want you to leave this series with great information as well as excitement about this momentous occasion in your life!

The series will be taught live on Zoom with up to 5 other families. You will have the opportunity to meet other parents-to-be who have a similar vision for their births while still being in an intimate enough setting to ask questions and practice hands-on techniques.

We have seen what a profound impact birthing experiences can have on the rest of a family’s life together and, through this home birth class series, we strive to help families prepare for a birth experience in which they feel strong, confident, and trusted. ~ Taylor & Jo

Ready to join us?

 
Empowered Home Birth
$300.00

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Spring 2021 Series (Saturdays May 1, 8, 15, 22 and June 5 from 10am-12pm EST)

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