Changing childbirth education for the better

Roots of Birth:

A foundational course designed specifically for first time parents and taught by two experienced birth and postpartum doulas who have seen it all!

We strive for connection and community, not efficiency.
We are inclusive to all families, regardless of sexuality, ethnicity, and birth goals.
We create time for all the silly questions, and hands on learning for birth support and newborn care.
Each class contains conversation prompts to continue discussing at home to prepare mentally for birth and the postpartum period.

- The science of labour
- Stages of labour and birth
- What to expect from natural childbirth
- Medical technologies of birth (including induction of labour, pain management, monitoring, and risk management
- Birth planning and advocacy
- Medical technologies of birth (including Cesarean birth, assisted delivery, and emergency situations)
- Mental preparation for birth by breaking the Fear / Tension / Pain cycle
- Hands on practice with comfort tools for labour
- Positions for labour
- Counter pressure practice
- Pushing positions
- Newborn procedures immediately post-birth
- Postpartum healing
- The first days with a newborn
- Infant sleep
- Infant feeding (including breastfeeding / body-feeding, pumping, formula feeding, bottles, and combination feeding)
- Hands on practice with diaper changes, swaddling, burping, etc.