Your Best Birth Class™
Voted Best Birth Class in Fort Worth, 2019, 2020, & 2021
This lamaze healthy birth class presents evidence based information with an emphasis on informed choice
Created and taught exclusively by birth | Fort Worth, your experts for all things birth, Your Best Birth Class™ provides the information, confidence, and hands-on skills you need to achieve YOUR best birth - whatever that may be!
Our 1-day, comprehensive class is appropriate for all birth plans (hospital, home, birth center); we’ll focus on working with your body to achieve a low-intervention, empowered & informed birth experience.
Classes best taken at 20+ weeks but open to anyone at any gestation.
Partners are welcomed and encouraged to attend!
Topics Include
Building a Birth Team- Set yourself up for success!
Birthing Rights & Self-Advocacy Tools
Optimal Fetal Positioning - Everything you need to know for an easier labor.
End of Pregnancy Tests and Procedures - What to expect and how to navigate your options as you near your birthing day.
Birth Plans 101 - Learn how to effectively communicate your wishes to your care provider and how to plan for the unexpected.
Induction Options & Labor Tools - Learn what they are and how these tools can impact your labor. An overview of different pain management options is included (including epidural).
Hormones in Labor (& how to put them to work for you)
Labor Sights & Sounds- A thorough break-down of each stage of labor for the laboring person and their support person, how to help and what to expect.
Hands-On Comfort Measures- Partners will practice our favorite techniques for providing comfort during labor.
Breathwork for Labor - 3 Types of Breathing for Birth
Breast/Bodyfeeding Basics- A look at latch, positioning & how to know your baby is getting enough to eat. An overview of common obstacles with tips to avoid and overcome them.
Tips and Tricks for the 4th Trimester- Practical, fact-based information and a few parenting hacks to make your life easier as you settle in with your new baby.
Access to Your Best Birth™ Student Portal full of helpful tips, tricks, and links to some our favorite online and video resources. Great for coming back to the information learned in class.
HOMEWORK- Yup, just a little. But don’t worry- you’ve got this!
One free 30 minute follow-up call with your instructor.
Investment: $250
Medicaid Rate: $125
Text Barb at 682-777-3932 for the code to use if you’d like to utilize our Medicaid pricing.
Class Options
Best For: First Time Parents, 2+ Years Since Last Birth, folks planning an unmedicated birth, especially in a hospital setting
Format: In-person and Virtual options
DFW Locations: keep scrolling for link to register
InnerLight Chiropractic - SUNDAYS with Doula Barb
Location: 1612 5th Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104
2024 Dates: May 5, June 2
Time: 10a-4:30p, 30 minute lunch break
Fort Worth Birthing & Wellness Center - Saturdays with Kaitlyn
Location: 622 Hemphill St. Fort Worth, TX 76014
Saturdays, 10a-4:30p: May 18 (SOLD OUT), June 15, July 20, Aug 17, Sept 21
Adriatica Women’s Health - Saturdays with Amanda Arrington
Location: 6609 Virginia Parkway McKinney, TX
Dates: May 18, June 29, July 20, Aug. 10, Sept. 21, Oct. 12
Time: 10a-4:30p, 30 minute lunch break
(Please note this space is located on the 2nd floor but does have elevator access)
VIRTUAL Your Best Birth Class - 2 Tuesday Evenings w/Kaitlyn
Location: Google Meet
Dates: May 21 & 28, July 16 & 23, September 17 & 24, November 19 & 26
Time: 6-9p
Private In-Home Option - $350
Location: our educator comes to you for private, customized education. A travel fee will apply for travel beyond 30 miles of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.
Dates: Can be weekdays or weekends
Time: 10a-4p or 11a-5p, open to other times as available