Our Classes
Pregnancy, Labor, Postpartum, and Breastfeeding
Life is unpredictable, we get it. That’s why we offer our classes in several formats. Book a private class or browse our pre-recorded classes that you can watch any time. If you’re interested in purchasing a Gift Card for another family to take our classes, please contact us. Our e-cards can be printed or emailed on a date of your choosing.
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Comfort in Labor for Mom and Partner
This is our hallmark class about achieving a comfortable, smooth labor. It’s a must-add to your labor preparations, if we do say so ourselves.
Beginning with comfort measures you can start at home when the first signs of labor are underway, this class will teach you how to cope and how to work as a team with your birth partner, all the way through Baby’s delivery.
This class was created with your Birth Partner in mind. No more “deer in headlights” helpers! Your partner will walk away with a wealth of knowledge to enable him or her to support you, empower you, and advocate for you! (We even send out cheat sheets to give him/her ideas about what to say!)
Understand how your body’s physiology and birthing hormones work together to allow your body to do the work it was designed to do.
Learn the potential impact of medical interventions on labor and how to limit them, if desired.
Teach your partner what effective coping looks like during the various stages of labor and how to guide Mom back into this zone if she is struggling.
Teach your partner how to make space for your emotional journey and how to listen with compassion and offer support.
Teach your partner and you how to use our favorite labor tools alleviate discomfort and body positions to keep labor from stalling.
Our goal is always to help you create a beautiful lifelong memory of the birth of your baby, and we believe this class has helped many mothers and families have that experience.
This class is $150 for approx 90-120 minutes plus ample time for Q&A.
Select “Request Private Classes” at the top of this page to schedule this class.
Breastfeeding Class for Moms-To-Be
This is a 90 minute course taught by a certified lactation counselor. It provides an in-depth lesson on the most important topics related to early breastfeeding.
Topics Include
Pros and cons of breastfeeding
How to breastfeed correctly
When to feed Baby
How to juggle the many priorities of motherhood.
Select “Request Private Classes” at the top of this page to schedule this class.
Comfort in Labor for Mom and Partner
This is Back To You’s hallmark class about achieving a comfortable, smooth labor. It’s a must-add to your labor preparations, if we do say so ourselves.
Beginning with comfort measures you can start at home when the first signs of labor are underway, this class will teach you how to cope and how to work as a team with your birth partner, all the way through Baby’s delivery.
This class was created with your Birth Partner in mind. No more “deer in headlights” helpers! Your partner will walk away with a wealth of knowledge to enable him or her to support you, empower you, and advocate for you! (We even send out cheat sheets to give him/her ideas about what to say!)
Understand how your body’s physiology and birthing hormones work together to allow your body to do the work it was designed to do.
Learn the potential impact of medical interventions on labor and how to limit them, if desired.
Teach your partner what effective coping looks like during the various stages of labor and how to guide Mom back into this zone if she is struggling.
Teach your partner how to make space for your emotional journey and how to listen with compassion and offer support.
Teach your partner and you how to use our favorite labor tools alleviate discomfort and body positions to keep labor from stalling.
Our goal is always to help you create a beautiful lifelong memory of the birth of your baby, and we believe this class has helped many mothers and families have that experience.
This class is $150 for approx 90 minutes plus ample time for Q&A.
Select “Request Private Classes” at the top of this page to schedule this class.
Breastfeeding Class for Moms-To-Be
This is a 90 minute course taught by a certified lactation counselor. It provides an in-depth lesson on the most important topics related to early breastfeeding.
Topics Include
Pros and cons of breastfeeding
How to breastfeed correctly
When to feed Baby
How to juggle the many priorities of motherhood.
Select “Request Private Class” to schedule this class.
*FREE* Birth & Body: Childbirth Express Class
The fast-track virtual birth class for busy families plus pelvic floor info you'll thank us for later.
Topics include:
What to expect during each stage of labor
Common medical interventions - pros and cons
Pain control options - medication and comfort measures
Writing a birth plan
The purpose of the Golden Hour after birth
Changes to your pelvic floor during pregnancy and labor
How to prevent pelvic floor injuries during labor
Healing your pelvic floor after birth
What doulas, lactation counselors, and pelvic floor specialists do
Six-Week Birth Class Series for Moms or Couples
It’s a fact: no one was born knowing how to navigate all of the things that come up during birth, and no one should be expected to be able to do so - that’s true for birthing moms and their partners. Even folks who are trained in medicine seek out information and support during their births. (In fact, about half of our mom-clients have medical backgrounds!) Many know first-hand the pressures put on hospital staff and anticipate how that might feel when they are the patient. Others are concerned that they will not be able to think clearly and advocate for themselves when they are tired, uncomfortable, and anxious.
Likewise, no spouse was born knowing what in the world a laboring woman needs and how to be everything she needs during a process that is dynamic and comes with lots of ups and downs. Why should our partners know this? That's a big ask, isn't it? Yet things go much more smoothly when our birth partners feel confident about their role, rather than feeling like a "deer in headlights" as soon as things get real.
Birth is one of those things you can't get a "do-over" if you don't like how it went or feel like you wished you knew more beforehand. We all go into birth with expectations of how it will go and how we will remember it. It almost never goes as planned, but it can almost ALWAYS be a day you remember with joy and fulfillment. It just takes some preparation.
This 6-class series includes the following topics. Birth partners are required for classes 4 and 5 and optional for the rest. The classes vary in length from 1-2 hours. After-class materials include the replay as well as handouts, partner homework, and audio and video links for additional prenatal preparation.
The Physiology of Pregnancy & How to Prepare Mind and Body for Birth
Medical Interventions for Hospital Births
How to be Seen and Heard by Care Providers
Comfort Measures for Moms and Partners During Labor
How to Prepare for Postpartum
Breastfeeding 101 for Moms-To-Be
This class will run every Wednesday at 5:15pm CST beginning 11/10/21 until 12/22/21 excluding 11/24.
Select “Request Private Classes” at the top of this page to schedule this class series.
How To Write Your Birth Plan
This is a 60-min class to help you write a custom birth plan that speaks to your beliefs, values and wishes.
Topics include:
What are common concerns to include in my plan?
How should I weigh typical medical interventions?
What makes a birth plan effective vs not?
How can I communicate my preferences verbally to rotating care providers with confidence?
How do I stay empowered if my birth doesn’t go as planned?
Preparing the Body for Birth with Spinning Babies
In this class, we learn evidence-based stretches from the teachings of Spinning Babies for Mom to do throughout her pregnancy. Spinning Babies is a world renowned program that is utilized by doulas, midwives, and hospital nurses to help aid Baby’s descent during labor. Much of the effectiveness of Spinning Babies depends on it being practiced during pregnancy.
Understand how your pelvis and the surrounding ligaments and soft tissue work together with your uterus, during pregnancy and labor, to make your labor smooth and efficient.
Learn why it is important to stretch and balance these parts of your body to prepare for labor and how to do that.
Participate in the stretches (or watch live on Zoom), led by an instructor with Spinning Babies experience, so you can make adjustments where needed, ensuring you are doing them correctly on your own later.
This class runs is $150 for approx 2 hours of live instruction and includes videos for Mom and Birth Partner to watch at home as well as handouts about the material with visual aids for at-home practice.
Comfort in Labor for Mom and Partner
This is Back To You’s hallmark class about achieving a comfortable, smooth labor. It’s a must-add to your labor preparations, if we do say so ourselves.
Beginning with comfort measures you can start at home when the first signs of labor are underway, this class will teach you how to cope and how to work as a team with your birth partner, all the way through Baby’s delivery.
This class was created with your Birth Partner in mind. No more “deer in headlights” helpers! Your partner will walk away with a wealth of knowledge to enable him or her to support you, empower you, and advocate for you! (We even send out cheat sheets to give him/her ideas about what to say!)
Understand how your body’s physiology and birthing hormones work together to allow your body to do the work it was designed to do.
Learn the potential impact of medical interventions on labor and how to limit them, if desired.
Teach your partner what effective coping looks like during the various stages of labor and how to guide Mom back into this zone if she is struggling.
Teach your partner how to make space for your emotional journey and how to listen with compassion and offer support.
Teach your partner and you how to use our favorite labor tools alleviate discomfort and body positions to keep labor from stalling.
Our goal is always to help you create a beautiful lifelong memory of the birth of your baby, and we believe this class has helped many mothers and families have that experience.
This class is $150 for approx 90 minutes plus ample time for Q&A.
Birth & Body: Childbirth Express Class
The fast-track virtual birth class for busy families plus pelvic floor info you'll thank us for later.
Topics include:
What to expect during each stage of labor
Common medical interventions - pros and cons
Pain control options - medication and comfort measures
Writing a birth plan
The purpose of the Golden Hour after birth
Changes to your pelvic floor during pregnancy and labor
How to prevent pelvic floor injuries during labor
Healing your pelvic floor after birth
What doulas, lactation counselors, and pelvic floor specialists do
How To Write Your Birth Plan
This is a 60-min class to help you write a custom birth plan that speaks to your beliefs, values and wishes.
Topics include:
What are common concerns to include in my plan?
How should I weigh typical medical interventions?
What makes a birth plan effective vs not?
How can I communicate my preferences verbally to rotating care providers with confidence?
How do I stay empowered if my birth doesn’t go as planned?
Comprehensive Breastfeeding Class
This is a 90 minute course taught by a certified lactation counselor. It provides an in-depth lesson on the most important topics related to early breastfeeding.
Topics Include
Pros and cons of breastfeeding
How to do it correctly
When to feed Baby
How to juggle the many priorities of motherhood.
Comfort Measures During Labor
Teach your partner how to provide the comfort measures employed by doulas. We will show you how to cope with the discomforts of labor from the early stages at home through active labor and childbirth — with or without meds.
Topics Include
What effective coping looks and feels like
How partners can assess Mom’s comfort level and what they can do to help
Common coping styles during labor
Mental preparation techniques
Identifying your pain medication preferences
Positions for early labor to reduce discomfort
Positions for active labor to reduce discomfort and encourage progress
How to deal with special cases (e.g., back labor, extended labor)
Positions for birthing
Useful tools for your hospital bag or homebirth labor
Empowered VBACs
Everything you need to know about VBACs from a trained childbirth educator and C-Section awareness advocate whose own VBAC experience fueled her knowledge and passion to teach other moms about the many advantages of attempting a vaginal birth after Cesarian (VBAC).
Click for more details and to register.
Birth Partner Class ("Doula Daddies")
If you are planning a hospital birth without a birth doula, let us teach your birth partner the basics of labor support. Our experienced birth doulas will teach you and your loved ones how to recognize your needs during labor and respond compassionately and effectively.
FREE - Childbirth Express Class
Learn about the basics of birth in 90min with trained childbirth experts, Stefanie and Traci. We will give you all the basics in an informative and energetic presentation. Then enjoy a 30min Q&A discussion with pelvic floor specialist, Sarah. (This is the stuff no one tells you about!)