On-Demand Childbirth Classes

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Family Trees Birth Program's On-Demand classes are a convenient way to participate in a variety of childbirth education classes in a self-paced manner. Our classes, taught by an internationally renowned certified childbirth educator, are fun and engaging utilizing adult learning principles for delivering the highest quality, evidence-based education for pregnant people and their support team.

All classes deliver essential evidence-based content with respectful, fair, and balanced language. You and your partner have the opportunity to work together throughout the courses on individual projects that allow for connection and individual customization.

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I'm Pregnant! Now What?
This course, which covers topics relevant to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, provides useful information to prepare you to have the healthiest pregnancy (and future birth experience) as possible.



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Celebrate Pregnancy
This holistic course prepares your body and mind for a positive, celebatory pregnancy. This course is designed just for YOU - the pregnant person only - highlighting the very personal experience that pregnancy provides.
Pearls Of Doula Wisdom
Doulas guide pregnant people through their pregnancy as they intimately prepare for their best, most comfortable birth experience.

How to have a comfortable birth is actually the responsibility of the pregnant person to learn and for their support team to provide. 

This course will examine the most important things you SHOULD know about planning for your best birth. 
Childbirth Education
Childbirth education is one of the most valuable gifts you can receive as a pregnant person. Research shows that families who take a childbirth education class have healthier outcomes for both mom/birthing person and baby.

This 12-hour course from one of the world's leading accredited childbirth education training program is fun and informative and meets the essential content of Lamaze International.
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Comfort Measures For Labor & Birth

Planning for a homebirth? Birth center birth? An unmedicated hospital birth?

This course focuses on effective comfort measures for labor and birth and is ideal for individuals who want to experience birth without the use of pharmaceutical pain management.
Psychoprophylaxis For Labor Management
In the mid-1900's, a movement in the methods of "painless childbirth" included specific training in psychoprophylaxis to manage labor. Doctors such as Grantly Dick-Reed and Fernand Lamaze studied this technique, bringing the skills not only to their patients, but to all birthing people. They claimed more than 90% of the people using this method experienced no pain during childbirth.

This course teaches thid highly effective method of psychopropholaxis for labor managment.
Breastfeeding 101

Breastmilk is the most supreme food customized specficially for your baby. It goes way beyond nourishment. By breastfeeding your baby, you are giving him/her the best opportunity for life-long health.

Historically, mothers learned this skill and were supported by the numerous breastfeeding women in their families and social circles. Today, our circle of in-person support has diminished, leaving education to the individual. This course prepares you for the best start to your breastfeeding journey.
Postpartum Planning
Planning for your postpartum is equally as important as planning for your birth. The postpartum period lasts one year - a year that can be divided with individual development and growth challenges for both you and your baby.

This course will walk you through the process of planning for this time and introduce talking points for you, your partner, and your support system. With this guidance you will formulate your own plan for support during postpartum.
Newborn Care - The First Six Weeks
What are normal newborn behaviors? What are the biological needs of an infant?

Those sweet little bundles do not come with an instruction guide, but this course will give you the information you need to care for your baby and meet all of his/her needs during the first six weeks.