Our Childbirth Education Class
Join our in-person OR online class taught by the Joys of Birth Doulas for expectant mothers. The class teaches you how to prepare your mind, body, birth team, and birth plan. The class covers everything from pregnancy to birth and postpartum recovery.
Join In-Person, or Online
Let us walk you through evidence-based preparation for pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum—equipping you with knowledge, skills, and confidence to make informed decisions, work with your body, and navigate birth and recovery with clarity and peace.
This class will walk you through:
- How labor begins and hormones work
- Signs of true labor vs false labor
- Natural pain coping techniques for childbirth
- Breathing techniques and physiological pushing
- Birth positions that support labor progress
- Evidence-based birth decisions and interventions
- Creating a clear, flexible birth plan
- Choosing your OB, midwife, or doula
- Physical preparation for labor and recovery
- Nutrition for birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding
- What to expect during the fourth trimester
- Postpartum healing, hormones, and mood changes
- Breastfeeding basics and common challenges
- Cesarean birth preparation and recovery
“We created this class so you can enter birth feeling informed, prepared, and confident and not overwhelmed. You’ll learn what to expect, how to make thoughtful decisions, and how to support both your body and your baby through labor, delivery, and the early days that follow.”
— Hanna Turner, Doula & Teacher
An Approach Proven to Work
This Birth Class blends evidence-based childbirth education with the grounded, experiential insight of birth doulas who have walked alongside women through labor, delivery, and the early postpartum season.
- Physiology-Centered & Evidence-Based
- Learn how labor hormones, birth stages, and physiological processes work so you can recognize normal labor, support progress, and understand when intervention is necessary.
- Empowering, Not Prescriptive
- Make informed birth decisions using evidence, intuition, and faith—whether your birth includes spontaneous labor, induction, epidural, or cesarean.
- Deeply Supportive & Mother-Centered
- Birth education that honors the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of birth, emphasizing calm, safety, privacy, and continuous support.
- Practical Preparation for Real Birth
- Clear, realistic preparation for labor, pushing, placenta delivery, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, and newborn care. Designed for real births, not idealized ones.
“Whether you are planning a natural birth, epidural, or cesarean, this class gives you clear, evidence-based childbirth education—so you understand the stages of labor, know your options, and feel prepared for birth, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, and the newborn phase.”
— Hannah Ahlgren, Doula & Teacher
Louisville
Live In-person
Offered Monthly
Two in-person weekend class sessions
Live teaching and demonstrations
Hands-on practice and discussion
Personalized guidance and Q&A
Full online course included
Join a Birth Class
Two Options
Select the learning format that best fits your needs. Both options provide comprehensive, evidence-based childbirth education grounded in physiology, faith, and doula-led experience. If you live in Louisville or Southern Indiana, we strongly encourage you to join our in-person class.