before your birth plan

Determine your “why” for investing in this education. If you begin to doubt yourself or this process, come back to this as a reminder.

Much of your success in labor & delivery depends on how you set up your village to best support you, and how you communicate your desires out to that village. This worksheet helps accomplish just that.

Similarly, much of your success in postpartum depends on how you set up your village to help, and how you communicate your wishes ahead of time. Be sure to share this plan with those who will be present during that time.

Whether it’s practicing how to advocate for yourself in a prenatal appointment or practicing how you will advocate during specific labor & delivery situations, these guides provide real-life very common scenarios to help prepare you for future conversations.

You’ll be able to watch the pain-coping video over and over again, and record your reactions and preferences along the way with the pain-coping blueprint to help you narrow down specific methods that are most effective you.

Be sure your birth partner is prepared with this checklist of action items, reminders of what their role is during labor & delivery, and specific phrases to use to support you best in your most vulnerable moments.

Everyone arrives at pregnancy and birth with certain biases based on their familial history, media consumption, and any past trauma. It’s time to recognize those so you can work through them in appropriate ways PRIOR to the birthing process. 

This 26 page worksheet includes space to write down your thoughts and feelings about each lesson in the confidence module, prompts to dig deeper on your preferences, and questions to ask your provider for medical information and to ensure they align with those preferences.

You’ll use the Birth Decisions Worksheet, your intuition, and your learnings from the videos to ultimately determine your top birth priorities. This 2-page (intended to be printed front-and-back) Birth Priority Plan will be an important doc to share with your team at prenatals and at the hospital.

A circuit of positions you can settle into during pregnancy to help your baby into optimal positioning for labor & delivery.

Four specific meditations to practice during pregnancy so you can more effortlessly go inward during labor. The fifth page of this guide also outlines how you can easily work these into your routine throughout your week.

Encouraging intuitive movement overall, this guide shares numerous position options with pictorial references and descriptions to help guide you through labor if you’re in need of ideas based on where baby is at in your pelvis.

Fears can be a significant road block in stalling your labor progress, so it’s very important to acknowledge them and work through them during pregnancy. Creating an action plan for how to conquer them, and sharing them out loud with your birth partner are all part of the process.

Pre-made affirmations for both pregnancy and postpartum, along with a template to print and cut your own affirmations that resonate most with you. Hang these up where you’ll see them each day as a reminder of what you and your body are capable of.

If you are faced with a Cesarean birth, this guide outlines ways that you can still have a beautifully empowering birth. Explore these options with your provider, and practice advocating for these things as you prioritize.

Questions to help you process your birth experience after the fact, and prompts to inspire you to express your true feelings and needs. This can be an incredibly vulnerable time, and being proactive about documenting your feelings can help you navigate postpartum more mindfully.