childbirth classes
Learn and prepare to navigate birth and baby options with experienced teachers to support you along the way.
Brilliant Births is here for you.
The Brilliant Births Way…
Our courses are taught by professional childbirth educators with experience helping families navigate the birthing process and beyond. Become equipped with the skills for providing comfort to your partner during labor, learn about the physiology of birth and techniques to ease discomfort, and know how to make informed choices for yourself and your baby. We offer custom, private childbirth education classes in both single and multiple sessions to fit your schedule and needs. We also offer a variety of baby classes prior to birth and after.
Which Class is Right for You?
We have many options for how you want to approach your birth. Check out the explanations below to see which one fits your needs the best.
New Education Packages
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1-Day Immersive Package
Our Immersive Package includes our 1-Day Childbirth Immersive, our Newborn Care class, and Breastfeeding 101. You will walk away knowing everything you need to know in preparation for your birth and postpartum experience.
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All Workshop Package
Our All Workshop Package includes our Comfort Measures class, our Newborn Care class, and Breastfeeding 101. This is perfect for soon to be parents who want to learn more about optimizing the birth and postpartum period.
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Childbirth Prep Package 1
Our Childbirth Prep Package includes our 5-Week Childbirth Education Series and our Newborn Care class. You will walk away knowing everything you need to know in preparation for your birth and newborn care experience.
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Childbirth Prep Package 2
Our Childbirth Prep Package includes our 5-Week Childbirth Education Series and our Breastfeeding 101 class. You will walk away knowing everything you need to know in preparation for your birth and breastfeeding experience.
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HypnoBirthing Package 1
Our HypnoBirthing Package includes our 5-Week HypnoBirthing Series and our Newborn care class. You will walk away knowing everything you need to know in preparation for your birth and newborn care experience.
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HypnoBirthing Package 2
Our HypnoBirthing Package includes our 5-Week HypnoBirthing Series and our Breastfeeding 101 class. You will walk away knowing everything you need to know in preparation for your birth and breastfeeding experience.
Current Classes Available
Click “Learn more” on each class below for price and registration details.
HYPNOBIRTHING
HypnoBirthing® – The Mongan Method, will teach you how to access your inner birthing instincts better and trust your body. You will learn hypnobirthing techniques, including affirmation, massage, visualization, breathing, deep relaxation, and self-hypnosis.
5 Week Series, 3 Week Series
LAMAZE
Popularized in the 1950s, the Lamaze technique will help you gain confidence in your ability to birth by helping you understand how to cope with pain in ways that facilitate labor and promote comfort. We will focus on the Six Healthy Birth Practices central to Lamaze, and variety of relaxation techniques, movement, and massage so you can have an empowering, positive birth experience.
Private Class
CHILDBIRTH PREPARATION
Learn the intricacies of physiological childbirth, what to expect as your labor evolves, how to manage pain, and more in five, two-hour sessions. Understanding the big picture can allow fear and anxieties around birth to diminish and enable you and your partner to feel prepared and confident throughout your birth experience.
5 Week Series, 3 Week Series, or 1 Day Immersive
Frequently Asked Questions:
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Our classes can be taken at any time during pregnancy, however, we recommend the late second trimester or early third trimester which allows you plenty of time to immerse yourself in the information prior to birth.
We do not recommend signing up for more than one childbirth class. If you are needing more help with deciding which class is best for you, you can contact us and we will discuss in detail with you what is covered in each class.
All class prices include two people.
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If there are less than three sign-ups for a class, it will be canceled, rescheduled, or moved to Zoom. If the dates of the reschedule or Zoom don't work with your needs, you will be issued a full refund minus any mailed course material costs.
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While we will do our best to accommodate you, we can not guarantee that a space will be available in another class for a transfer. No shows will not receive any form of reimbursement. If you happen to know you will miss one of your regularly scheduled classes, you may make it up at any time during the same session by attending another available group class, as prearranged with the instructor. If another class is unavailable, we can offer a private makeup virtual session (up to 2hrs) at an additional fee of $150.00 or an in-person session at the Brilliant Births studio (up to 2hrs) at $175.00.
We do not offer refunds if you go into labor before the series ends. We recommend taking a class early enough that that won't be an issue.
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You may cancel at any time before the date, that is, one week before your scheduled class date, and receive a refund of fees paid, except that we will keep a non-refundable retainer of 25% and the cost of any mailed course materials.
If you cancel at any time after the date that this is one week before your scheduled class, you will not receive any refund.
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The format may change from 'live in-person' scheduled classes to virtual per public health guidelines. For the health and safety of our students, Brlliant Births requires COVID-19 vaccination. Proof may be requested. Masks are not required but welcomed. No change in fee will be issued, and no refunds will be given outside of the allotted cancellation policy.