Now in my second pregnancy, I wanted to share some Free Online Childbirth Classes & Resources to help other pregnant moms prepare for a healthy and natural childbirth. This is a great way to supplement your local class. I am so excited to be able to share the natural childbirth love and share my experiences and information that I have learned from the classes, from my chiropractor, from midwives, from doctors, and just from doing my own research. What you will find below is a compilation of basic information and exercises that I have done and revamped over the last 3 years. ALL FOR FREE.
Please note: I am not a doctor, nurse, or in the medical field. I am also not a Bradley Method instructor and my posts are a combination of those experiences, my own births, research, classes taken, workshops visited, and information gathered over 3 years. All posts are informative, based off of my experience in labor and birth, with my care providers, and on the classes that I attended. Please make informed decisions with your doctor, midwife, and/or any other care providers.
This page is full of natural childbirth resources to help guide those who are wanting supplemental material and additional viewpoints as they go through their own journey and also for moms wanting natural childbirth to gain the opportunity to learn and explore information on their own if needed.
If you’re looking for a comprehensive online childbirth class, I offer that too!
Each week is to discuss how to prepare, link to awesome materials that you can purchase on amazon to help guide you through your pregnancy, help guide you through Natural Childbirth and more!
Affiliate links to the awesome Bradley Method and natural birth resources are throughout this page. Though I have no affiliation with The Bradley Method, I highly encourage taking the class with a local instructor. You will get a workbook on top of what you can get online and tons of information and handouts that are invaluable when preparing for labor.
But if that’s just not possible and you still want a comprehensive course, with accountability, you can enroll in my 11-week childbirth eCourse.
Contents
Each Natural Childbirth Topic in Review broken down by week
WEEK 1
Explore pregnancy safe and beneficial exercises to help prepare you for a natural childbirth and to keep you and your baby healthy! Read more & get started >>
Brewer Diet & Bradley Method Nutrition Explained
Go through each recommendation in the Brewer Diet and understand why it is important in your pregnancy. From providing necessary nutrients for specific aspects of fetal development to helping sustain energy for you, nutrition is one of the most important aspects of your pregnancy so prepare adequately!
You will find a detailed list and then a printable at the end of the article.
WEEK 2
Explore why it is important to have a healthy diet throughout your pregnancy and how it can help prevent unwanted complications later in pregnancy such as Pre-eclampsia. Read more >>
WEEK 3
Alleviating pregnancy discomforts, preparing for labor challenges, and getting into the full swing of your pregnancy exercises! Read More >>
Weeks 4
Understanding how to adequately prepare for labor as a couple is crucial to prepare for the big day. From understanding how to time contractions to knowing the stages of labor and what they mean. Dig deeper into the relationship that the mother and coach have and the open communication they need to be successful during childbirth. Read More>>
Free Birthing Positions Download & Weeks 5
From the stages of labor to birthing positions to help alleviate pain, there were some important topics to cover. Be sure to get your free birthing positions download cheat sheet too! Read More>>
Week 6
Many of us face complications in pregnancy whether it is as simple as being overdue or something more serious like Strep B or having a breech baby. There is no need to panic in any of these situations because there are both preventative and natural solutions for almost all of them. While they are not all 100%, nothing in this world is. So I urge you to familiarize yourself with complications that arise in pregnancy and find ways you can help prevent them and help cure them. Read More>
Stages of Labor Download
Understand the stages of labor and preparing the environment that you want to have while giving birth and in labor. With the winding down of the Bradley Method weeks, it is probably very apparent that you are progressing very quickly in your pregnancy. Read More>
Week 8
It’s the home stretch to welcome your baby earth side! So what do you need to do in this time? Prepare your coaches and make sure they are confident and comfortable in their understanding of childbirth. Relax. Pack some bags (even if planning a home birth). Get your ducks in a row. Read about your newborn. And wait it out! Read More>
28 Day Checklist to Preparing for a Newborn
Spend four weeks with me as I go through everything you need to do to help prepare for a newborn. From creating a birth plan and pregnancy binder to your hospital bags/home birth basket. See More >
Other Natural Childbirth Resources
Click the images below to find great resources on Amazon! You can also find a nutrition worksheet I made for $0.99 by clicking this link or get it FOR FREE by subscribing to my weekly newsletter!
The book written by Dr. Bradley Himself. It is a great, comprehensive guide, but it completely in a regular book format with few pictures.
Go through the Bradley Method with this great resource that includes pictures to help guide you. This would be an ideal resource for anyone not able to attend a class because it has so many visuals.
>>Bradley Method Workbook
The workbook that everyone who actually attends a class uses. You can usually find these on amazon both new and used. Used serves its purpose just as well if you’re interested in buying and saving money.
>>Womanly Art of Breastfeeding Not only useful to help prepare for breastfeeding and recommended by the Bradley Method, it is a wonderful guide to early motherhood and pregnancy in general.
Other Pregnancy Resources & Posts
The Best Prenatal Vitamins & Pregnancy Supplements
Whether your first pregnancy, second, seventh, or just trying to maintain healthy breast milk after baby is born, every woman is looking for the best prenatal vitamins and natural, safe pregnancy supplements. It is important to give your body the best to keep you healthy as well as your growing baby. So, come take a peek in my medicine cabinet to see what prenatal vitamins I take, what supplements I use during pregnancy, and what all-natural remedies I keep on hand for pregnancy discomforts. Read More >
10 Quick & Easy Pre-Natal Exercises you can do with Kids (but not required)
Can’t find the time to do exercises or have a toddler or other child in the home that needs your attention? Here are ten ways to get your stretches and exercises in for the day. Includes pictures and videos to help you along the way. Read More>
Conversation Etiquette with Pregnant Women
I am one of those women that doesn’t get very big in pregnancy so while I do not have a lot of rude comments about popping, there are a lot of other ones that I face. And in my hormonal fog, I tend to not respond very well. So I would love to go through some not to complain or rant, but to offer some other kind words that we can all extend to one another during this both beautiful and turbulent time in a mom’s life. Read More >
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