Affirming childbirth education for queer families

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Rainbow Roots:

Foundational Prenatal Education

A 6-week course designed specifically for 2SLGBTQIA+ parents and taught by two queer birth and postpartum doulas who have seen it all!

Fitness room with a birth ball, a peanut ball, two rebozos laid across the balls, and a yoga mat near a window on a wooden floor.
Two women sitting at a table with laptops, smiling as they hold a model of a human pelvis and a small puppet of a baby demonstrating how the baby's head fits in the pelvis. The background is a white brick wall.

  • We strive for connection and community, not efficiency.

  • Inclusive of all queer families (bi and pan parents welcome!) 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.

  • Based on our Roots of Birth course, with additions for the unique needs of queer families (conception stories, advocacy, and chosen family support)

Why Rainbow Roots?

Get ready to learn!

    • The science of labour

    • Stages of labour and birth

    • What to expect from natural childbirth

    • Homophobia / transphobia in birth

    • The impacts of conception on birth

    • Medical technologies of birth (including induction of labour, pain management, monitoring, and risk management

    • Birth planning and advocacy for queer families

    • 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

    • Chosen family support

    • Infant sleep

    • Infant feeding (including breastfeeding / body-feeding, pumping, formula feeding, bottles, and combination feeding)

    • Considerations for body dysphoria

    • Hands on practice with diaper changes, swaddling, burping, etc.

One woman demonstrating pelvic tilts to another woman, both on yoga mats in a bright, spacious room with wooden floors, houseplants, and minimal furniture.

Upcoming Classes

Estimated due dates for December 2025 - Spring 2026:

  • Wednesday Oct 15th - Nov 19th

  • 6 - 8 pm

  • Encompass Health in Kitchener

Estimated due dates in late Spring and Summer 2026:

  • Saturdays Feb 28 - April 4

  • 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

  • Encompass Health in Kitchener

Straight?

Join Roots of Birth

Our comprehensive prenatal education program for all families

Coming soon:

not your first sapling: Childbirth education for experienced parents

Growing beyond: Birthing After trauma

rooted in support: Childbirth education for High Risk Pregnancies

To get updates on our progress developing these courses and to be the first to know when we launch them!