While many hospitals provide Childbirth Education, these classes often revolve around what that particular facility wants you to know, an teaches you how to be a good “patient”.

Below are recomended online classes that you can take in your own time, at home.

Childbirth Physiology Course - This course offers essential evidence-based information about how physiological birth works. Completion of the course materials will take you approximately 5 hours. You will have access to the course materials and community forum for 60 days from the purchase date. The course is taught by Dr Rachel Reed (midwife, author, researcher and educator).

Mama Natural Birth Course - Hosted by Genevieve Howland, bestselling author of The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy & Childbirth, and Maura Winkler a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) and Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), this is the bestselling online childbirth class, brought to you by the #1 natural parenting brand.