Prenatal Education "à la carte" Menu

Below are some preferred packages, but the sky is the limit.  We can discuss what your personalized doula experience looks like and create a custom package that works for you and your family.

Buy 2 classes and get $50 off!
​Buy 3 classes and get $75 off!

*please note that Naturopathic insurance receipts are available for ALL services
** all prices are for virtual classes - in person sessions for homes in the Montreal area are available upon request - a additional travel fee of $25 applies

Childbirth Education Essentials

This is not your usual prenatal education class. With my 10 years of experience as a high school teacher, I know how to present information in a fun, engaging, and clear way.  Add to this my years of experience as a birth doula and you’ve got a great class! 
​You will learn:
  • Stages of labor
  • Induction
  • Epidural
  • Optimal fetal positioning
  • Surgical birth
  • Planning your birth preferences (and common interventions)
  • Immediate postpartum and newborn assessment
  • Newborn care 
  • Newborn Mother care
  • ​Breastfeeding
This includes my signature Breathe with Lauren Prenatal Education Handout, Birth Preferences Worksheet, and  a  3 hour meeting. 
$250

​Mind & Body Techniques for Better Birth

Equipping yourself with reliable information is key to an empowering birth, but nothing is more effective than PRACTICE! In this session I will teach you movement and stretches for optimal fetal positioning, and breathing exercises for pregnancy comfort and pain management during birth, 
This includes 4 x 30 minute sessions  including mediation, breath work, and guided visualizations to help bring you into your birth bubble
$150

​Pain Management + Partner Support 101

Pain Management:
Whether or not you are planning on having pain medication during your birth you will still experience a lot of intense sensations in early labor. Fortunately, there are many simple pain management techniques that can be extremely effective in making these new and uncomfortable feelings more manageable. In this session you will learn exactly what these techniques are, and when is the best time to use them during labor. 
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​Partner Support:
​Birth partners want to be helpful as can be but often don’t know how. Fortunately, a little coaching is all they need! This session is also designed for your birth partner to help them learn:
  • What to expect and how to support you physically and emotionally you during each stage of labor
  • How to be your advocate in the birth room - what important questions to ask
  • Hands on techniques to help the birthing mother
​This includes my Pain Management for an Empowering Birth worksheet,  Partner Support Cheatsheet for labor and birth, a hand selected playlist of video clips to help your birth partner learn and practice hands on techniques for pain management, and a 120 minute virtual video call. 
$150

Postpartum Sanctuary Planning + Postpartum Support

With so much preparation for your baby’s arrival, planning for the postpartum period is often overlooked. Research shows that ⅔ of couples will experience a decline in their marital satisfaction within the first year of their child’s life. This doesn’t have to happen to you! A little advanced postpartum planning and a few team building exercises will help you and your partner experience a smoother transition to parenthood. This session is designed for you and your partner, so you may become Stronger, Together.  And when baby does arrive, I will be there to answer all your newborn baby care questions and concerns!
This includes my  Postpartum Sanctuary Workbook,  2 X 60 minute virtual video calls (one before birth, and one after), and unlimited email and text message support for the first two weeks after you give birth. 
$150

Complete Virtual Birth Doula Package 

Loving, personalized, and grounded support . . . Every. Step. Of the Way. 

If you want to be educated with reliable information, prepare your mind and body for a better birth, smoothly glide into your postpartum sanctuary with your partner as a rock solid team… AND have a birth doula to video/ call/ message  throughout your birth, this is the perfect package for you!
Includes:
2 x two hour virtual prenatal sessions and all worksheets:
  • Childbirth Education Essentials 
  • Pain Management + Partner Support 101 
  • Postpartum Sanctuary Planning 
One 90 minute postnatal session (including breastfeeding support)
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AND: VIRTUAL  AVAILABILITY THROUGHOUT ALL PHASES OF YOUR BIRTH
plus email, text message, and phone support from hire - 2 weeks after birth
$850

Pre and Post Virtual Doula Support

If you like the sound of the Full Virtual Doula Support package, but you’d prefer not to have on call doula support during your birth, I can make that happen! 
Includes 2 X 2 hour virtual prenatal sessions and all worksheets
  • Childbirth Education Essentials
  • Pain Management + Partner Support 101 
  • Postpartum Sanctuary Planning 

2 X 90 minute postnatal sessions (including breastfeeding support)
ALL the workbooks and worksheets, and unlimited email support from hire until 2 weeks after birth.
$600