Childbirth Education, Prep4Birth™ and Prep4Partner™ Courses
BirthWorks Childbirth Education Course
Prepare, Connect, and Choose Your Path
Our BirthWorks Course is a comprehensive, multi-series program for Upper Peninsula families who want to fully prepare for pregnancy, birth, and early parenting. Designed for partners to learn together, the course includes a workbook that guides discussions, exercises, and reflection to help you discover your values and make decisions that feel right for your family.
This course dives deeply into everything from choosing your birth team and location, understanding how your beliefs, emotions, and past experiences shape your birth journey, to comfort measures, labor positions, newborn care, breastfeeding, and nutrition — all grounded in evidence-based information.
Each session is tailored to the group, conversational, and interactive, giving you tools, strategies, and confidence to navigate pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period in a way that truly fits your family.
Prep4Birth™ (A Course for Mamas)
Get ready to prepare your body and mind for birth in a fun and empowering way!
Our Prep4Birth course is a 3-hour, hands-on session designed for help mamas strengthen, stretch, and practice comfort measures that make labor easier. Using the 4th Trimester Fitness® Method and a birth ball, we guide you through breathing techniques, pelvic floor connection, and simple exercises that support both labor and postpartum recovery.
You’ll also get tips to ease common pregnancy discomforts and learn positions that can be used during your labor. This course can be taken as a private session in your home or in a lively group setting with other local families.
Costs: $100 Per Participant
Bonus: Receive a brand-new birth ball to take home and keep the practice going!
Prep4Partner™ (A Course for Couples)
Get ready to do, not just learn!
Our Prep4Partner course empowers Upper Peninsula families to feel confident, connected, and ready for birth through hands-on practice and engaging activities. In this 4-hour course, we don’t just talk about how to prepare for labor — we actually practice it!
You and your partner will learn emotional and physical comfort measures, explore labor positions, and build real skills for the the big day and beyond.
Bonus, you’ll take home handouts filled with photos, helpful tips, and affirmations to keep the confidence flowing long after class ends.
Cost: $150 Per Couple