Childbirth Class
Well Prepared: Birth Prep Workshop
Birth doesn’t have to feel like something that happens to you, but it can be something you experience with confidence, calm, and connection. Our Well Prepared: Birth Prep Workshop is a practical, heart-centered class designed to help expectant parents feel informed, empowered, and ready for one of life’s most powerful transitions.
You’ll finally get all the practical, evidence-based information you thought you’d learn at your doctor’s visits, but usually don’t, so you both walk away feeling ready, connected, and calm.
What You Will Learn
Comfort Measures
Practice with real tools, like birth balls, birth stools and peanut balls, while learning massage and breathing techniques to better prepare for labor.
The Birth Process
Get a greater understanding of what is happening in your body during labor and get real guidance for how to navigate each stage with as much comfort and east as possible.
Partner Preparation
Partners will learn a framework and real strategies to best support you, providing emotional and physical comfort at home, at your place of birth and into postpartum.
Birth Environment
Learn all about navigating your place of birth, including the triage process, interventions, inductions, cesareans and anything else that could arise.
Well Prepared: Birth Prep Workshop
Childbirth Class
Your Instructors
Well Prepared: Birth Prep Workshop is Taught by April Kline and
Dr. Jodi Cunningham
April Kline is a Certified Professional Midwife of 20+ years, an IBCLC Lactation Consultant, and Body Worker specializing in all things mother-baby.
She is also the founder of Birth With Spirit Doula Certification program, The Well: A Center for Women and Co-Founder of BWS Doulas.
Dr. Jodi Cunningham is a public health practitioner with a PhD in health promotion with a special focus on maternal and child health. She is also an Evidence based Birth® Instructor and Certified Doula.
Dr. Jodi Cunningham is a public health practitioner with a PhD in health promotion and education. She is also an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor and Certified Birth Doula. She co-founded BWS Doulas and is a former maternal health researcher studying breastfeeding and co-sleeping.
April & Dr. Jodi have attended a combined 1800+ births, and are moms to a combined five kiddos.
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April Kline is a Certified Professional Midwife of 20+ years, an IBCLC Lactation Consultant, and Body Worker specializing in all things mother-baby.
She is also the founder of Birth With Spirit Doula Certification program, The Well: A Center for Women and Co-Founder of BWS Doulas.
You’ve probably heard a lot of “do this, don’t do that” about birth, but you’re still left wondering what’s actually right for you.
This isn’t your typical hospital birth class. It’s intimate, inclusive, and rooted in deep respect for your body and your choices. You’ll leave not just with information, but with confidence and clarity about your birth and what comes after.
Ready to get Well-Prepared for birth? Register now for your ticket to an upcoming
class of your choice.
Class Structure
Join us quarterly, in person in Cincinnati or Dayton, for a hands-on class with space for real questions and personal guidance (plus extra resources to keep learning after class!)
Learning Format
Our teaching is balanced, evidence-based, and heart-centered, blending research insights with intuitive wisdom so you feel informed, confident, and supported in making the choices that are right for you.
Prepare for Postpartum
We help you prepare for postpartum recovery and feeding (whether breastfeeding, bottle, or both), recovery, and the emotional shifts of early parenthood, while also guiding partners on how to offer meaningful support so everyone feels confident and connected in those first tender weeks.
Navigate Your Birth Setting with Ease
Learn what to expect in a hospital birth, birth center, or home setting, including common interventions and procedures. We break down the options and share evidence-based insights, supporting you to make informed decisions that align with your values and support the birth experience you want.
Ready to join? Sign up below for your choice of our November 15th or January 17th class.
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