The Birth and Baby Class Member's Vault!

MamaBaby Birthing

MamaBaby Birthing takes you from knowing natural birth is best to knowing exactly how to work with your baby and have a beautiful, sacred natural birth.

Complete, 6-week prenatal class for you and your birth partner.

How to Handle Labor Pain

Hoping for a natural, drug-free birth, but worried about the pain?

This quick class teaches you practical techniques that really work (really fast) during labor to help you stay calm & in control.

Preventing Tearing in Birth

Simple steps you can take during pregnancy... plus what you need to do to prevent tearing during pushing.  This class will keep your pelvic floor strong in pregnancy and beyond

Guide to Vaccines

This is a shot-by-shot deep dive into all the childhood vaccines, pregnancy vaccines, and what the evidence really says about each one.  Alternate schedules and newborn vaccines are also covered!

Go to Sleep!

Three modules cover Newborn sleep, Baby sleep, and Toddler sleep.  Set good sleep foundations - or get a better night's sleep this week with your little one. Good sleep = good health for everyone in the family.  Don't miss this course!

Fearless Birth

THE original birth preparation workbook helps you easily overcome fears so you go into birth feeling calm, confident, and in control.

Fertility Boosting Diet

Step-by-step guidance on how to boost fertility through diet.  Research shows a strong connection between diet and fertility - and preconception diet and the health of your future baby! Full meal plans and supplement plans are included.

From Chaos to Calm

My full, 6-week course takes you from chaos to calm.  Discover how to get control of your to-do list, keep your house clean, and feel more connected with your kids.  Tips, tricks, and secrets from my 20 years as a homeschooling, work-at-home-mama to EIGHT!

Breastfeeding Made Simple

How to make breastfeeding the enjoyable, nourishing experience you want it to be. We’ll go step-by-step through what you need to know, plus you’ll get helpful handouts and videos to walk you through nursing your little one successfully.

Great Pregnancy

A full, 6-week course on how to have a great pregnancy.  Diet and exercise lessons keep you healthy and low risk from the first trimester to postpartum.  Discover how to line your baby up during pregnancy, protect your baby from stress, and more.

The Whole 9 Months

This trimester-by-trimester course walks you through exactly what to expect across your whole pregnancy.  Each class dives into how your body changes and what's going on with your baby.  Possible prenatal tests and other important decisions for each trimester are covered.

Natural Hospital Birth

Clear guidance on how to make the most of your hospital birth experience.  Choosing and talking to your care provider, finding the right hospital, and how to prepare during pregnancy for a powerful hospital birth!

Successful VBAC

This concise, to-the-point booklet guides you through preparing for a VBAC with your baby.  Drawn from what really worked for hundreds of VBAC mamas, this will help you feel confident and ready to rock your birthing time!

Gestational Diabetes

Did you just hear you have gestational diabetes?  This class is for you - it covers exactly what the diagnosis means (and what it doesn't), plus what you can do to keep things under control... or even reverse the problems completely.

First Bites and Beyond

How to make fresh, varied baby food - and fit it into your busy schedule!  This guide covers what to serve your baby and how to create lifelong good food habits as you start solids with your little one!

The Birth and Baby Summit

Complete recordings of these powerful workshop sessions!  Discover how you can enjoy an ecstatic birth, understand your baby's experience of birth, how to balance elimination communication with your life, postpartum health, and more.  Hint: Barbara's Water Birth workshop is a must-see!

Plan Your Natural Birth Workshop

Get full access to recordings of EVERY workshop session from the Plan Your Natural Birth event!  You do not want to miss these sessions on natural birth, hypnobirthing, birthing skills, prenatal exercise, pelvic floor health, twins and breech births, unassisted birth, ecstatic birth, and more!

Feeling Great Postpartum

This course takes you through baby-steps to prepare for an amazing postpartum with your baby.  Most mamas never prepare - and struggle.  Get your home and meals ready... and discover how to care for your health, enjoy intimacy, and more in the postpartum!

Preventing Induction

Worried about being pressured into an induction you don't want?  This class covers what the evidence really says about induction - and how you can start labor when your baby is ready!

Being Enough

Worried that you can't be enough for everyone in the family?  Here's how to give your kids quality time (and LOTS of it) while life is running full speed ahead.  How to be present and really connect with your kids.  Tips and tools for fussy babies, active toddlers, and finding time for your adult relationships, too!

Building the Microbiome

Evidence shows the microbiome is a key to life-long health for your baby.  Here's what to do in pregnancy - and beyond - to give your baby's "good bacteria" the best start.  Covers what to do if your birth didn't turn out how you wanted it to and includes Ages-and-Stages plans so you can customize for your little one!

Guide to Safe Co-Sleeping

You want to co-sleep with your little one, but worry about how to do it safely.  This guide includes a complete discussion on safe sleep AND how-to for a number of different co-sleeping arrangements (with photographs)!

Elimination Communication

Curious about elimination communication but not sure how to make it work for your family?  I've used EC with 7 of my babies - getting started is simple and helps you connect with your baby...

...and use fewer diapers while you do it!

Prevent Group B Strep

Group B Strep is one of the hottest topics for natural birth mamas today.  Get a clear understanding of what the evidence says on GBS, plus a step-by-step, proven plan to prevent GBS.  Already have a positive test?  This class covers what to do and how to weigh your options.  

Intentional Mothering

Hoping to raise a child who can change the world for good?  Intentional mothers are the most powerful influencers in the world today - here's how to make choices that shape your child's habits, attitudes, and outlook.  Gift your child resilience, gratitude, and compassion to carry him or her forward!

Juggling Two or More

How to handle life with ALL the littles!  This nitty-gritty practical class covers how to get your kids and your home under control (fast).  Discussion on child-centered vs. family-centered choices, managing mealtimes, handling housework with fussy littles, and how to foster bonding with the whole family.

What Your Baby Thinks, Feels, and Wants

Discover what research says about your baby in the womb and how to bond prenatally - and in the "golden hour" after your baby's birth.  Secrets that help you form a strong bond with your baby in the postpartum, keep your baby calm and content, and more!

Little Foodies

Step-by-step techniques for introducing new flavors and textures to your child so s/he learns to delight in new foods!  Essential myth-busting on toddler tastes (and why you should NOT let your toddler graze).  How to include your tot in the kitchen for food and family fun!

Handling a Long Labor

Worried about a long labor?  Here's what to do during pregnancy to help increase the chances of a quick, easy labor...

...and tested tips on what to do if your baby takes his or her time on the way out.  You CAN have a natural birth, work with your baby, and enjoy an ecstatic birth!

Managing Motherhood

What to do when your newborn won't let you put him/her down... and you've still got to make supper and handle the Leaning Tower of Laundry!  I've been working from home for 18 years - these are my top tips for getting everything done and still finding time for your work... and for peaceful pockets for you, too.

The Naturally Healthy Family

How to stock a natural medicine chest and care for your sick child with confidence!  Three classes cover: Stocking the Natural Medicine Cabinet, Caring for Your Sick Child, and Healthy Teeth.  Information on fevers, when to call the doctor, and more!

Beat Postpartum Depression

You can handle the ups and downs of pregnancy and postpartum - from the "baby blues" to deeper depression.  My own struggle with depression led me to research how mamas can handle the mixed emotions of this time with more clarity.  Includes essential nutrients you're probably missing and a step-by-step plan to feel more positive and connected to baby.

The Pregnancy Diet Class

Pregnancy diet is the cornerstone of a healthy, low risk pregnancy and a safe, easy birthing process!  This class covers the evidence on prenatal nutrition and includes sample meal plans.  Tips on how to make good prenatal nutrition fit any budget and lifestyle are included.  As a pregnancy health coach, this is my passion - and a key to your great health!

Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage

Most moms fear postpartum hemorrhage over any other birth complication.  Doctors will tell you it's just chance, but that's not true.  Discover what you can do during pregnancy - and delivery - to minimize bleeding and have a smooth, safe birth experience.

Stop Pain in Pregnancy & Postpartum

Back and pelvic pain are major problems for pregnant and postpartum mamas.  After 8 babies, I have felt it all!  This practical class walks you through what you need to know about your pregnant (and postpartum) body and how you can get things lined up and feeling GREAT.  Stop pain in its tracks!

Guide to Supplements

The number of supplements for fertility, pregnancy, and beyond are mind-boggling!  Here's how to make sense of all the supplements and decide what's right for you.  Clear guidance on boosting food-based nutrients, supplement safety, and more.

Taming the Tantrums

How to tame the tantrums (once and for all) - and feel closer and more connected to your little one!  There's no need to tip-toe around your tot, worried about emotional overload.  Here's what's going on behind the tantrums, how to get solve the root problems, and create better emotional health for everyone in the family.

The Guide to Ultrasound

Is ultrasound safe for your baby?  What information can you get from an ultrasound, and is it important?  What happens if you opt out of a sonogram?  Ultrasound is everywhere for pregnant mamas, but the research on safety isn't a clear-cut as doctors make it seem.  Here's what the evidence says and how to make the right decision for your baby.

Guide to Water Birth

Wondering why mamas love water birth?  This class is for you!  Discover what studies show about water birth, how a birthing tub can make labor more comfortable, and how being in water changes labor.  Safety considerations and practical steps for having a great water birth are included.

The Spirited Toddler

Here's how to get out of survival mode and discover how to enjoy the daily adventure of helping your amazing toddler explore and grow!  No need to fear having an energetic, amazing... and exhausting little one - these intentional mothering strategies will help you balance your little one's energy, create routines that serve both of you, and truly enjoy your time together.

High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy

Worried about your blood pressure in pregnancy?  Here's the evidence-based information you need.  What high blood pressure means for you (and your baby), what to know about blood pressure medications, and how to eat to lower your blood pressure - naturally.  Discussion on herbal options and the link between blood pressure and blood sugar.