Prepared for Birth

What You’ll Learn

We’ll walk through labor and birth from beginning to end, including:

• How to recognize the signs of labor and know when it may be time to head to your birth place

• What happens during each stage of labor

• What to expect when you arrive at the hospital or birth center

• Comfort measures and coping techniques for labor

• Positions and movement to encourage comfort and progress

• How your partner can provide meaningful, hands-on support

• Pain-management options, including both non-medical and medical approaches

• Informed decision-making and communicating with your birth team

• Pushing positions and techniques

• Ways to support the perineum during birth

• What to expect immediately after your baby is born

And, of course, there will be plenty of time for your questions along the way.

Hands-On Preparation for You & Your Partner

Part of Prepared for Birth is getting out of your chair and actually practicing together.

We’ll explore labor positions, birth balls, massage, counterpressure, and other hands-on comfort measures. You’ll have an opportunity to try different techniques and discover what feels comfortable and natural before you’re in the middle of labor.

And partners won’t just be along for the class. They’ll practice, too.

My goal is for your partner to walk away understanding what labor may look like and feeling equipped with practical ways to comfort, encourage, and support you—rather than wondering what to do when labor begins.

Classes are intentionally kept small, with just 2–3 couples, allowing plenty of time for hands-on practice, conversation, individual attention, and questions.

Evidence-Based. Practical. Personalized.

This isn’t a class about teaching you the “right” way to give birth.

It’s about helping you understand your options.

We’ll talk honestly about the choices you may encounter during labor and birth, including potential benefits, risks, and alternatives. You’ll learn questions you can ask, ways to communicate with your care team, and how to take an active role in decisions about your care.

The goal is to give you a solid understanding of birth, practical tools you can use during labor, and the confidence to participate in your care and make informed decisions that feel right for you and your family.

Prepared for Birth

Class Details

4 ½ hour in-person class held in Chapin, SC
Small-group setting | 2–3 couples
$300 per couple

Your registration includes you and your birth partner.

You’ll also leave with a thoughtfully prepared labor support bag filled with practical items to continue your preparation at home and use during labor—including your own labor comb. Consider it a little head start on your labor toolkit.

Prepared for Birth is especially helpful for first-time parents, but it can also be a valuable refresher if you’ve given birth before and want to approach this birth feeling more informed, prepared, or confident.

Meet Your Instructor

Hi, I’m Danielle—a childbirth educator, DONA Certified Birth Doula, birth photographer, and former Labor & Delivery nurse.

My career in women’s health and birth work began in 1996, and since then I’ve had the privilege of supporting families through many different kinds of births.

I’ve seen birth from both sides of the bedside—as a nurse caring for families within the hospital setting and as a doula supporting families through pregnancy and birth. That experience shapes the way I teach.

I want you to understand the physiology of labor and birth, but I also want to prepare you for what birth actually looks and feels like—the choices, questions, decisions, surprises, and very real moments that don’t always make it into a traditional childbirth class.