Congratulations and Welcome!
“We are so happy that you are anticipating and preparing for the next steps to motherhood! Preparing for a healthy pregnancy is one of the most important things you can do prior to conception, and the best time to prepare is now!”
A Family-Centered Approach to Pregnancy and Childbirth
Pregnancy by Design empowers women through family-centered childbirth education. Our program takes into account who you are as a whole person – your personality, your beliefs, and your view of childbirth – to help you make more informed and personalized prenatal care and childbirth decisions.
The Most Influential Factors in How your Birth Unfolds Include:
- How much you know about how your body works
- Your choice of birth provider
- The place you choose to deliver your baby.
Throughout this Program You Will Learn How to:
- Optimize your nutrition and lifestyle to improve your health and fertility
- Feel in charge of your pregnancy care and learn what options you have
- Choose the best birth care provider for you
- Discover the place you will be most comfortable delivering your baby
- Plan and prepare for a safe delivery with minimum interventions
Our Approach is Rooted in:
We approach pregnancy and birth through the lens of physiology and how the body was designed to function. Pregnancy by Design celebrates the intricacies & the precision of the human body as it relates to bringing life into the world.
We recognize the body’s ability to give birth with minimal intervention in most situations. We believe that personality, knowledge and beliefs about birth play a large role in how a woman experiences childbirth
Our Comprehensive Birth Preparation Program Includes:
My Birth Profile Assessment helps uncover the areas you most need to focus on during your pregnancy based on your:
- Personality
- Knowledge & Beliefs about Birth
- Support System
After taking the assessment, you’ll have a better idea of which type of provider you should consider seeing and where you may be most comfortable giving birth. You’ll learn how labor might be for you in light of your personality, and how to leverage key strengths to have the best birth possible for you and your baby. Plus your assessment scores marry with the Complete Guide to Writing Your Birth Plan and the Beyond the Birth Plan Childbirth Course – all included in your program.
The Complete Guide to Writing Your Birth Plan is a step-by-step mini course that walks you through every aspect of planning for your birth. Dr. Elizabeth covers everything you need to know from interviewing a provider to creating an effective birth plan. The videos cover everything you need to know from interviewing a provider to writing a 1-page birth plan. Includes a personal action birth plan as well as a one-page birth template to give to your birth team.
The birth plan we have created has room to add your Birth Profile scores to keep you organized so that you can focus on the key areas of your birth planning – all in one simple, printable guide.
40 Weeks to Better Birth provides bite-sized, evidence-based weekly emails with pregnancy tips, updates, encouragement, pregnancy exercises & more.
We send you the information you need to have a happy and healthy pregnancy and be in the best position possible when you welcome your baby into the world.
Beyond The Birth Plan Childbirth Course is a comprehensive, evidence-based childbirth course that teaches the science and physiology of birth. We aim to help you see how amazing your body is designed and how capable you are to give your baby the best possible birth.
What sets this course apart is that it focuses on YOU, the laboring person, instead of a one-size-fits-all method for birth because labor is a unique and individual experience for each woman. This birth course will help you make more informed choices regarding your pregnancy care; you’ll even see your Birth Profile Assessment scores throughout the course to help you focus in on areas requiring more attention.
Plus the course includes a comprehensive Pregnancy and Labor Reference Guide, Inspiring Birth Stories, Printable Birth Affirmations & even a Postpartum Plan.