1-Day Birth Prep Workshop

find your birth warrior

What's your learning style?

Based on the group's needs, a varying menu of topics will be explored through hands-on practice, story-telling, movement, discussion, and evidence-based instruction. Additionally, pre-recorded video modules will be provided for you to digest at your own pace prior to the workshop. The majority of our in-person time together is centered on building a pain-coping and surrender mindset, normalizing the process, promoting empowerment, and reducing fear.

What makes us different from other prenatal classes?

This isn’t your average prenatal class! Rather than a teacher-student classroom approach, our workshop offers an interactive, connective, and hands-on experience while still giving you everything you need to know. Before our in-person session, you’ll receive pre-recorded video modules to watch at home so our group time together can focus on meaningful discussion, engagement, and hands-on practice.

Through compassionate and honest preparation, we’ll guide you through what to expect in labour and birth while teaching practical tools and exercises to help both the birthing person and birth partner cope with the intensity of labour. This workshop is for all birth plans - because no matter how you hope to give birth, unexpected things can arise, and we want you to feel prepared to pivot with confidence.

Experience an intimate and safe group space where you can dive inward to discover what it means to “birth from within.”

Giving birth, supporting your partner through this shared experience, and becoming a parent is a big deal! Join our upcoming workshop and see why our class is different.

This workshop is NOT for you if you are:

seeking a teacher - student classroom approach
interested in passive learning (these classes are engaging and interactive)
wanting to be told how you should give birth by an authority figure
uncomfortable with inclusive language and an inclusive group setting (ALL are welcome in this group)
not willing to challenge or reflect on ANY of your beliefs about childbirth

How does this series differ from the Foundations Birth Prep Video Series?

Our 1-Day Birth Prep Workshop combines the foundations video modules with an immersive, in-person experience designed for deeper connection, hands-on learning, guided discussion, and real-time support. In addition to this foundational video module series, you’ll spend the day alongside other growing families practicing comfort measures, movement, partner support techniques, birth positions, advocacy tools, and having space to ask questions and process fears or uncertainties in a supportive environment.

The Foundations Birth Prep Video Series is a self-paced online option created for families who want grounded, evidence-informed birth education from the comfort of home. It includes the core educational content from our workshop in a flexible format that you can revisit anytime. While it doesn’t include the in-person group experience or hands-on practice components, it offers a beautiful foundation for approaching birth feeling informed, calmer, and more confident. Video content is approximately 3 hours.

Tuition: $150/couple promotional offer
Ideal timing to attend is between 32-38 weeks pregnant

Topics We Explore

Hands-on coping & comfort practices
Surrender and releasing an outcome-focused mindset
Labour hormones & physiological birth
Stages & phases of labour
Coaching & tools for birth partners
Optimal positioning exercises to increase comfort and encourage labour progression
Consent & your rights
When to go to hospital/birth centre
Hospital practices (including medicated & unmedicated pain management options)
Home birth & birth centre practices
Empowered cesarean birth
Post-birth care provider practices
Postpartum healing
Newborn expectations
Infant feeding basics
And more...

Please note: this is not an in-depth baby-care/parenting class. Our focus is on birth preparation.

Upcoming Dates

Workshop includes a combination of video modules & in-person group session.

Video Modules:

Pre-recorded video modules watched at your own pace before workshop date
Foundational to your experience and allow our time in-person to be engaging, connective, and meaningful

In-Person Workshop:

Choose a date with ideal timing for attendance between 32-38 weeks
Group workshops run on the following SATURDAYS from 9:30am-2:30pm on:
- July 11th
- August 22nd
- October 3rd
- November 21st
- December - no workshop
- January 9th, 2027
- February 20th, 2027
- April 3rd, 2027
- May 15th, 2027

All of the Details

Location:

Brittany Lane Housing Co-Op Community Hall (130 Crystal Lane, Sherwood Park)

Cost:

Tuition is $150/2 people *promotional offer*
Full workshop tuition is due upon registration via e-transfer to transitiondoulas@gmail.com

Who Can Join?

Bring the main support person you've invited to your birth; partner, best friend, aunt - it's up to you!
Tuition covers registration for 2 people

Refunds/Cancellations:

If cancelling 30+ days from event date a full refund will be issued
Due to high demand and limited spaces, 50% of tuition is non-refundable within 11-30 days of event
No refunds will be given if cancelling within 10 days of event