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I Finally Found an Excellent Birth Course: and It’s All Online

By Amy Morrison

I am approached to review birth classes A LOT. I’ve listened to a number of them and, while they are very good, they aren’t totally in step with my philosophy so I don’t recommend them to you. They aren’t bad, but they just aren’t my jam.

Happily I’ve found one that is – The “Know Your Options Childbirth Course

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So Bryn runs the Birth Hour podcast and teamed up with Stephanie Spitzer-Hanks – birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator and lactation counselor, to pull together a very comprehensive birth course. It’s a 12 module digital course that covers the end of pregnancy to newborn care and it is PACKED with “I had no idea” great content.

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The Ultimate Online Birth Course

I find a lot of birth courses focus on a certain method – like an unmedicated birth – and deal with any interventions as an unfortunate side narrative. This course covers everything from planned caesareans, induction, epidurals, breastfeeding and bottle feeding which I felt made it more inclusive and approachable. I never felt like she was trying to talk you into a certain way of giving birth just educating you about everything out there so you can figure out what’s is right for you. She also didn’t bash hospitals and she does a really nice job of making you feel informed and in control without it being at the expense of the nurses or doctors.

It’s not cheap though. At just under $400 this isn’t a drop in the bucket for most people, however, it covers a ton of ground with no fluff.

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Know Your Options Childbirth Course you get:

  • The 12 modules:
  • Pre-Labor
  • Planned Cesarean
  • Early Labor
  • Induction
  • Active Labor
  • ​​​Transition
  • ​​​​​​Pushing
  • ​​Baby’s First Day
  • Postpartum Recovery For Mom
  • Establishing Breastfeeding
  • Bottle Feeding
  • Newborn Care Basics
  • Course workbook
  • A bonus Back-2-Work Breastfeeding Course
  • A bunch of bonus downloads – hospital bag checklist, printouts, etc
  • Private Facebook Group
  • Lifetime access so you go back to it for baby 2, 3, 4 and 17 😉
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Is the Know Your Options Childbirth Course worth it?

I would say, yes.

It’s a self-paced program so you don’t have to haul your ass to a weekly course after work once a week – you could sit on the couch with a pile of snacks and binge watch it all in one day if you want. The tone is friendly and not judgy and all of it is evidenced based and researched – she doesn’t make claims that she can’t point to a study to back it up. I learned a ton from it and never felt overwhelmed. I feel like it’s a good investment if you can swing it.

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So, how do I sign up?

If you want a sample of what the vibe is, you can access Top 3 Videos Every Expecting Couple Should Watch for free then decide if you want to spring for the whole course.

If you’re ready to rock and roll, Bryn put together a Know Your Options Childbirth Course special landing page so you don’t have to wait for the course to open again.

Let me know what you think!

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Right now, you can get $100 off if you follow this link, and use the coupon code 100OFF.

I Finally Found an Excellent Birth Course: and It’s All Online


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