Well Rounded: Childbirth Education

A 3-week in-person series at Burr Ridge Birth Center!

This class aims to arm you with the skills you need to self-advocate, cope with labor, and create a "birth map" to navigate your options in childbirth.

This comprehensive childbirth education class is designed to help you feel confident making empowered choices during your childbirth experience. This class uses a trauma-informed framework to inform you of your options during a homebirth, a birth center birth, or a hospital birth.

Week 1: Introductions & Physiology 101 Build trust in one another & learn the stages of labor!

Week 2: Your Options During Childbirth + Creating a Plan Understand the range of options available to monitor and manage the end of pregnancy, labor, and the immediate postpartum.

OPTIONAL VIRTUAL CLASS: Cesarean Demystified between classes 2 & 3, you will be invited to. a special virtual class that teaches you everything you (hopefully won't) need to know about C-Section birth. Illinois has a 30% C-Section rate.

Week 3: Comfort & Coping + Immediate Postpartum Learn comfort and coping tactics & explore your options for pain relief at home, in the hospital, or at the Birth Center.

Once class is completed, participants will be invited to one 30-minute personal virtual session with the facilitator, where concerns can be addressed privately, very specific questions can be clarified, birth plans can be reviewed, comfort & coping tactics

Includes digital resources & Google Classroom that enhance understanding and reinforce learning. can be practiced, or topics that we did not cover can be discussed.

Payment plans & scholarships are available, inquire with Emily at Hello@TraumaInformedDoula.com or (815) 412-4506

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 

COST: $300 per couple

Duration: One 2hr class for 3 weeks

WHO: 1 birthing person & 1 birth partner.

PLACE: Burr Ridge Birth Center 

7000 S County Line Rd, Burr Ridge, IL 60527

This class fulfills the comprehensive childbirth education requirement for first-time parents at BRBC.