Classes and Events
at Labor of Love Birth Center
Our childbirth classes are an essential part of the birth center experience. Knowledge is power and we take pride in offering a variety of classes to help you prepare for your birth experience. Our classes are designed to provide you and your support partner with a comprehensive understanding of the stages and hormones involved in labor, enabling you to approach your childbirth and parenting journey with courage and confidence. Labor of Love clients are required to take a childbirth education class at the birth center or present a certificate of completion or a note from an instructor to demonstrate that you have completed a comprehensive childbirth education course.
Our classes, workshops, and events are open to all families in our community. All are welcome here!
Labor of Love Childbirth Education Class
This class is an approachable way to have the basics of birth and coping reviewed in a one-day, or two-day format. It’s suitable for families who would like applicable tools to help cope with the discomfort of early and active labor in their home before moving to their desired birth location. We’ll have discussions, share information in visual and written formats, and have hands-on practice for comfort measures.
Class is 5 hours of information. The one-day class will break for a 45 minute lunch.
Registration is for two people.
We recommend taking this class in the third trimester by 36 weeks of pregnancy, as close to 36 weeks as possible.
Next scheduled classes:
Two Day Class, 6pm-8:30pm (Register with TWO DAY CLASS button)
Monday, September 15 & September 22, 2025
Friday, October 10 & October 17, 2025
Monday, November 10 & 17, 2025
Monday, December 8 & 15, 2025
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One Day Class, 11am-5pm (Register using ONE DAY CLASS button)
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Saturday, December 13, 2025
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Childbirth Ed Reunion/Postpartum Gathering
A postpartum gathering for families to reconnect with members of their Childbirth Education class, and to make new connections with families in our community.
We’ll be sharing experiences, offering support, and building community.
This is a co-ed, inclusive gathering. All are welcome here!
Host: Jenn, Education and Outreach Coordinator from Labor of Love Birth Center
Upcoming Gathering:
Friday, September 26, 2025
11am-1pm
No cost, RSVP required
Push Prep with The Fourth Trimester Wellness
A class for those wanting to feel strong, confident, and informed about pushing during labor!
Whether you're planning a medicated or unmedicated birth, this movement-based workshop will give you the tools to push more effectively and protect your pelvic floor in the process.
Led by a pelvic floor physical therapist, this empowering class will help you:
Understand the stages of labor and what’s happening in your body during pushing
Learn how to coordinate your breath with pushing efforts
Practice optimal pushing positions for medicated and unmedicated births
Explore pelvic mobility techniques to help labor progress
Use props (birth balls, yoga mats, rebozos, etc.) to support different pushing positions
Learn how to minimize perineal tearing and support pelvic recovery postpartum
Connect with other expecting parents in a supportive, active environment
This workshop is ideal for pregnant individuals in their second or third trimester.
Investment: $25, registration is required and space is limited!
Registration is for one person.
Upcoming workshops:
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
8pm-9pm
$25
Prenatal Yoga and Sound Bath
Join Dr. Rachel Madera, Pelvic Floor PT and RYT-200, in a morning of connection and movement every first Saturday of the month.
This class will include:
30 min movement flow focused on the pelvic floor
Positions to prepare the pelvic floor for labor and delivery
20 min sound bath and meditation
Limited spots are available. Please bring your own yoga mat and/or props if you’d like to use them.
Registration is for one person.
Upcoming workshops:
Saturday, October 4, 2025
10am-11am
$25
HypnoBirthing® (The Mongan Method) 5-week Class Series
HypnoBirthing® classes are a 5-week in person series offered on Thursday evenings at Labor of Love Birth Center. Classes are led by Candice Enriquez of Hypnotherapy Mind, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Certified Doula.
HypnoBirthing® is an educational journey encompassing focused breathing, relaxation, visualization, and meditative practices which prepare you to birth confidently. Through a simple program of self-hypnosis and education, you’ll learn to let go of fear-driven narratives and birthing myths. Instead, you’ll learn to embrace trust in your body’s innate ability to bring your baby into the world. This five week series will help you tap into your natural birth instincts and achieve deep, tension-free relaxation to allow the body’s natural endorphins and oxytocin to replace stress hormones. If you’re seeking a class that aligns mind and body, this might be the class for you!
Registration is $440 for two people and includes all class materials and audio tracks. To learn more about HypnoBirthing® visit Candice’s website.
Next scheduled 5-week class series:
Thursdays—December 4th, 11th, 18th, and January 8th and 15th
6:30 p.m.-8:50 p.m.
Empowered Birth Series (Virtual)
The Empowered Birth Series is a birth education and empowerment course designed to give pregnant women and their birth partners the resources and inner confidence to believe in the birth process, themselves and help them identify and embody their own preferences and beliefs for birth (and beyond).
Topics include:
Physiology of birth, stages and phases and how breath movement and mindset support the process
Partner support techniques and connection exercises
Comfort measures, hands on practice and a labor rehearsal
Understanding variations to labor, medical intervention, informed consent, and advocacy skills
Bringing baby home - the first hour, the first few days, the first few weeks; an intro to baby care and breastfeeding, how to have GRACE in the postpartum
This class is ideal for those who are intending a natural birth, are natural-birth curious or aren't sure what their birth goals are and want to explore their options.
Led by Certified Childbirth Educator and Empowerment Coach, Dawn Herring. Visit her website here to learn more and for scheduling and booking options.
