Roots of Birth:
Changing prenatal education for the better
There is so much about birth and early parenthood that most people don’t really tell you:
How to advocate for yourself in the unexpected moments
Which hands-on comfort techniques actually help during contractions
How to prepare for postpartum so you don’t end up doing everything on your own
What newborn sleep and feeding really looks like
It’s not that you lack strength or intuition. It’s that most parents are missing support, context, and tools that help them feel confident and ready.
Roots of Birth is a complete prenatal education workshop taught over one weekend, designed for first time parents to teach you:
Evidence-based birth education that is clear, honest, and digestible
Practical comfort techniques you’ll actually use in labour
Self-advocacy tools to make aligned decisions, and
Realistic newborn care guidance that reduces overwhelm
All within a warm, supportive group atmosphere so you don’t have to figure this out alone
What You’ll Learn
1. How Birth Works
What your body is doing through the stages of labour, how to know what phase you’re in, and how to work with your body for a smoother delivery.
All the ways your partner can support you throughout each stage of labour
2. Your Options
Induction, pain relief, monitoring, Cesarean birth, assisted birth — explained clearly and neutrally.
Information and strategies for advocacy within the medical system and how choose what feels right when the time comes.
3. The First Hours & Days With Baby
What to expect right after birth, newborn procedures, and your baby in their first days.
Postpartum recovery, and how to support your healing physically and emotionally.
4. Newborn Care You Can Feel Confident In
Feeding basics for breastfeeding / chestfeeding, pumping, bottle feeding, and formula.
Soothing cues, sleep rhythms, and what’s truly normal.
This is not a sit-and-listen class.
You’ll practice:
Labour comfort techniques
Partner support skills
Positions that help labour progress
Breathing + relaxation tools
Postpartum care strategies
So your body remembers,
not just your mind.
Get ready to feel…
Prepared, but not overwhelmed
Grounded, even when plans change
Seen, supported, and respected
Clear about all your options
Connected to your own inner wisdom
What’s included:
A supportive, judgment-free learning environment
Breaks for movement, food & drink, and bio-breaks will be spread throughout the day, on top of encouragement to do what your body needs at any time
Experienced childbirth educators & doulas with real-life experience
We’ll share our stories and all we’ve learn through supporting hundreds of families all with different birth stories
A take-home workbook so you can continue the conversations at home, with:
Birth preferences worksheets for building your birth plan
Postpartum support planning guide
Feeding + soothing reference pages, for when you just can’t figure out how to help your baby
Local + online resources listed in one convenient place
This is your one-stop class for feeling prepared for birth and early postpartum.
This will be your “we’ve got this” moment.
Upcoming Sessions:
Date and Time: Saturdays and Sundays 10 am - 4 pm
April 11th & 12th
June 13th & 14th
September 12th & 13th
Location: Whiteway Plumbing Event Space, Waterloo
Cost: $349 + HST per family
Accessibility Notes:
There is one small step to enter the space, please contact us directly if you would require a ramp
Tea & coffee will be provided
45 minute lunch break will be provided both days, along with multiple shorter breaks
Unsure which date to choose?
We recommend signing up for prenatal education in your second trimester or the start of your third trimester!
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Join Rainbow Roots
Our queer exclusive prenatal education program!
“These classes allowed me to feel confident, prepared, and much less fearful of the process of giving birth.”
- Kristie G, Waterloo
