Birthing Classes for First Time Parents in Our Evening Series

Our Evening Series is an engaging 6 week prenatal course imparting all the information about labour, birth, & caring for your newborn, as well as guiding you in discovering your own best coping techniques and parenting philosophies. Highly enjoyable & jam-packed with useful information, you will learn things you didn’t know you needed to know. You will feel prepared and empowered, you will look forward to each class and you will talk about the content for weeks afterward!

Our Evening Series comes with the 2 1/2 hour Breast/Chest Feeding class. The Evening Series can be taken either online (zoom), or in person at our East Vancouver location (live). Please look at class dates to select your preference of “zoom” or “live”.

Our standard evening series package includes 16.5 hours of instruction and covers the following material:

Changes in Late Pregnancy

  • Physical and emotional changes

  • What your Due Date really means

  • Optimal Fetal Positioning

Stages of Labour

  • Signs of Labour

  • Stages of labour

  • Breathing / relaxation

  • When to go to the hospital or call your midwife to join you at home

  • Positions for First Stage Labour

Comfort Measures

  • Breathing awareness

  • Relaxation

  • Massage

  • Doulas

Interventions & Self Advocacy

  • Induction & Epidurals

  • Cascade of Interventions

  • Communicating with Care Providers

  • Birth Plans

Birth

  • Pushing

  • Positions for Pushing

  • Umbilical Cord Choices

  • Parent/Infant Bonding

Cesarean Birth

  • What to expect

  • Understanding the procedure

Decisions After the Birth of your Babe

  • Newborn characteristics

  • Normal, newborn appearance

  • Newborn tests and procedures

Newborn Care

  • Diapering

  • Bathing

  • Cord care

  • Safety

  • Soothing Baby

  • Baby-wearing

  • Carseat Safety and Best Practices

Postpartum Care & Realities

  • Emotional and physical changes after birth

  • Sleep

  • Adjustment

  • Community resources

Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding

  • Introduction to lactation & biological nurturing

  • Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Challenges & Solutions

  • Setting yourself up for success

Parenting & Your New Normal

  • Where to seek help

  • Ways to bond with baby

  • How to reach out and connect in your community

Register now!

Evening Series Registration

$350 (per couple)

7 - 9pm

Registration Includes:

  • Six Evening Classes (7-9pm)

  • One Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Class (6:30 - 9pm)

  • Follow-up e-mails

  • Class Reunion (online)

  • One FREE Virtual Parenting Talk

When selecting your dates, note that some of our Series are offered online (“zoom”), and others are offered in-person at our East Vancouver location (“live”).

We suggest choosing classes that end 3 - 4 weeks before your due date

Single Moms use code 100OFF for $100 off registration fees

Once you’ve registered, click here to go to your cart and checkout.

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Add our The Truth About Pregnancy Course on to your purchase of an Evening Series Prenatal Class for only $20! This discounted offering is only for those who have registered for our Evening Series or Weekend Workshop. Click here if you would like to register for our The Truth About Pregnancy Class as a standalone option.

The Truth About Pregnancy Seminar
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*Price too high? We aim to make our classes accessible to everyone. Please contact us about our low income rates.

Refund Policy

If you have to cancel your registration for a medical reason (such as baby arriving early), or in the rare event that we have to cancel a class, we will offer a 100% refund.

For all other situations, we will refund your full payment less a $50 administrative fee. Forty-eight hours’ notice is required.

If you need to switch to another one of our classes for scheduling reasons, we will do our best to accommodate you. There is no additional charge.