Childbirth Preparation
Looking for childbirth preparation that goes beyond the basics?
Go deeper to learn and hone skills to cope with contractions, face your fears and pivot when things don’t go according to plan, and begin to understand who you are becoming as a parent, so that you can give birth with confidence, power and presence.
This is NOT your traditional childbirth preparation.
Most modern childbirth preparation classes focus on facts and information. In our sessions together, we go beyond what you can find online and help you turn inward to better understand your own motivation, values and wisdom.
While understanding labor and birth from a medical perspective is helpful, at a certain point, more external information isn’t useful. You’re probably here because you’re already feeling overwhelmed by all the information out there and need help figuring out what’s relevant and going to work for you.
As you late night scroll through your feed, reading stories, gathering tips, trying to commit it all to memory, hoping to avoid induction/c-section/tearing, you suspect that there’s something more you’re still missing.
And you’re right. Modern birth is missing YOUR voice, YOUR agency, and the strengths YOU already bring to the labor room. Together, we’ll help you access those things to synergistically combine external and internal ways of knowing to reclaim birth as a rite of passage.
This is for you if:
You’re in your third trimester.
You’ve done some reading/learning on your own and you’re still feeling nervous or have more questions.
You’re scared of labor contractions.
You are planning an unmedicated birth, want to labor at home as long as possible, or simply want more tools to cope with contractions/discomfort in labor whatever your birth plan may be.
Your partner and/or support person is worried about their ability to help you during labor and birth.
You suspect there’s more to childbirth prep than just memorizing facts and information, and/or are worried about your ability to recall information in labor.
You worry that your voice and values won’t be heard or supported.
You want to be “flexible,” but also prepared.
What You’ll Get:
This is the package that will help you understand your labor and birth choices, make values-aligned decisions, and find softness and rhythm during your labor, so that you can give birth with more empowerment and presence.
In this package, you get 6h of coaching. Open to birthing person and partner/support person. You will:
Identify your limiting beliefs about birth and how that may affect your labor
Understand how labor pain is different from other types of pain and how you can expand your capacity to cope with contractions
Name and face your fears about birth, and develop tools and strategies to make these fears more manageable and pivot when necessary
Determine your strengths and resources so that you can handle whatever comes your way during labor and birth
Explore your new identity as a parent and connect with your baby along this journey
Lots of interactive and hands-on techniques to help you embody this information, rather than memorize it.
And, of course, all your questions answered about the labor and birth process!
Investment: $900
My approach is rooted in the Birthing From Within® method, and may include its concepts and techniques, including birth art.
Hi! I’m Audrey, your Labor and Birth Coach & Mentor
I have 15+ years of experience as a birth worker, 10+ of which have been spent as a certified nurse midwife. I have attended hundreds of births, thousands of labors and have cared for thousands of people during their pregnancies and postpartum periods. Working in the birth world for this long has kept me humble and so I would never claim to have seen it all. However, there are two things I can say with certainty:
There is no one right way to give birth.
Birthing and raising the next generation is an act of courage.