Class/workshop locations
Bensenville class series starting Feb. 29th
Contact me now for details and sign up info.
Old Irving Park class series starting in March
Complete Natural Childbirth Series
Classes include:
Choosing your care provider and birth place
Healthy nutrition for pregnancy
Easing common discomforts and staying healthy.
Coping strategies for labor and birth.
Relaxation.
Releasing fear and changing our perceptions on healthy childbirth.
Pros and cons of interventions.
Breastfeeding
Newborn care
and lots more!!
6 week or 8 week childbirth education sessions available
Cost:
8 week group session $250
6 week group session $200
Private in home classes available. Please contact me for details.
Not your Mama's Childbirth Classes
Want to learn what childbirth education class is best suited for you? Didn't have time/cash for a complete childbirth education series? Thought about it too late and can't get in a class now? Or did you take a hospital based class and want more information? This is a fun/interactive new class. Not anything like your Mama's childbirth classes!! You may take either class or both classes.
Not Your Mama's Childbirth Early Pregnancy Class
We will cover TV myth vs real labor, options in childbirth education series, common discomforts in pregnancy and how to handle them, nutrition and exercise during pregnancy, stages of labor, writing an effective birth plan, the pros and cons of interventions and more!
Cost:
$20 for private in home class
$10 group class at my location
Not Your Mama's Childbirth Class Advanced
You do not need to have taken the basic class to take the advanced class. Learn how to help your baby get in the best possible position for labor and birth, breath work and relaxation, basic massage techniques, positions to speed labor, back labor information, comfort measures for labor
and more!
This is a custom class to fit your personal birthing needs.
Cost:
$50-$75 for private in home class depending on your location.
$40 group class at my location
Have friends that may be interested in taking the class as a group? I offer special discounted rates for groups!
By clicking the buy now button for Not Your Mama's Childbirth Class, you are making a deposit to hold your spot. The balance will be due at the time of your class.

Rock your Postpartum
This unique class is all about the new mom. In a culture that spends months planning for the new baby, we tend to forget the new mom!
Learn:
- How traditional cultures viewed the postpartum period and how we can make it work in modern times.
- How to use natural methods for boosting energy, fighting fatigue, and battling the baby blues.
- How to set up your own personalized postpartum plan.
- How to support your partner in her postpartum.
- And more!
Feb 23rd 7-9pm Hinsdale, IL at OMG Woman's Health
Call Deb at 815-867-0087 or email douladebp@gmail.com for more information.
To register for the Hinsdale class please visit www.PrenatalUniversity.com
VBAC Class
- The healing path: how to find your way.
- Reading your cesarean records
- Common reasons for cesareans
- Emergency vs elective cesareans
- Selecting your team
- Gaining knowledge
- Informed decision-making
- VBAC facts
- Repeat cesarean facts
- Birth Plans
- Common fears
- more....
Optional addition for an extra 1.5 hours
- Labor basics
- Hands on coping strategies
- Additional information
BirthMoves Workshops
- Guided relaxation and birth imagery
- Learning the hows and whys for helping your baby get properly aligned for an easier/faster birth.
- Warm up and stretching
- Simple yoga poses for various pregnancy aches and pains.
- Moves inspired by Bellydance and other dance styles
- Learning to tell your baby's position in the womb.
- Techniques for using a birth ball both prior to and during labor.
- Birth circle closing ceremony.
Price $50.00
To preregister for this class please visit www.PrenatalUniversity.com
www.BirthMoves.com
Homebirth 101 (What about Homebirth?)
If a home birth is for you
What your options are
How home birth works
Care provider options
and more....
Cost:
$50 private in home class
$10 at my location

