Childbirth & Postpartum
💰 Pay once or split payments • HSA/FSA eligible • 15-day guarantee
52 lessons · 5+ hours · 22 downloads · 12 months access
Birth is a lot easier to face when you understand what’s happening.
Feel prepared for labor, birth, and postpartum with clear, expert-led guidance you can actually use in the moment.
This online childbirth and postpartum course helps you understand your options, know what to expect, and make informed decisions before contractions start.
The goal isn’t to memorize every possible birth scenario.
It’s to know what’s happening, what your choices are, and how to advocate for yourself.
Pregnancy advice can feel overwhelming fast. Everyone has an opinion, every birth story is different, and it’s hard to know what actually matters.
This course gives you a clear path through pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum so you can stop piecing together random information and start feeling prepared.
You’ll learn how to:
- Understand the stages of labor and what to expect
- Know when to go to the hospital or birth center
- Use comfort measures and labor positions
- Understand epidurals, inductions, and interventions
- Create a flexible birth plan that actually helps
- Prepare for postpartum recovery and newborn life
or bundle it with Baby’s First Year and focused courses for the best value
Course Features
- Format: Online, self-paced, and easy to revisit
- Lessons: Short, organized videos you can watch anytime
- Topics: Pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, and newborn care
- Resources: Downloadable guides, checklists, and tools
- Access: 12 months with updates and expert input
- Approach: Evidence-informed, practical, and non-judgmental
What parents are saying
What You'll Learn click to expand
This course gives you the up-to-date, real-world guidance you need to feel more prepared before, during, and after birth.
- How labor starts and how to know when it’s time to go in
- Stages of labor, pushing, birth, and immediate postpartum care
- Pain coping tools, labor positions, and partner support
- Common interventions, inductions, epidurals, and C-sections
- How to create a flexible birth plan and ask better questions
- What to expect during postpartum recovery and early newborn care
Meet the Educators click to expand
This course was created by the Nurtured Nest team—childbirth educators, nurses, lactation professionals, medical professionals, and real parents—so it’s grounded in evidence and real-life experience.
Get to know our team right here.
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Watch a Sample Lesson
Stop piecing birth prep together from random advice.
Peek Inside the Childbirth Course
Short expert-led lessons, real-world guidance, and downloadable tools for labor, postpartum, feeding, and newborn life.
Postpartum Nitty Gritty
Calm, practical guidance for recovery, healing, and those first days home with a newborn.
Is It Go Time?
Know when it’s time to call your provider or head in.
Birth Plan Template
Organize your preferences before labor starts.
Postpartum Warning Signs
Know what’s normal — and when to call for help.
Partner Guide
Practical support strategies for labor and postpartum.
Included downloadable tools parents actually reference during labor, recovery, feeding, and newborn life.
They were nervous too.
Then they took the class.
Terrified going in. Confident coming out.
This is what it actually sounds like when a real parent talks about labor and birth after taking the course — not a highlight reel, not marketing. Just someone who was in your position and isn't anymore.
"Before watching, I felt VERY underprepared and a little terrified of labor and delivery. After finishing the course, I feel way more confident and now have an arsenal of tools to help with labor and delivery."
It gave me the knowledge I needed to feel comfortable and empowered. I felt like I knew what the doctors were talking about every step of the way — it made a huge difference in my childbirth and postpartum experience.
As a nurse, having instructors explain both medical terms and real-life meaning made it easier for me and my non-medical husband. Exactly what we were looking for — on our schedule.
"Feeling reasonably prepared and very well informed — about all options, without pressure to choose one method as best. Would recommend to first timers and grandparents alike."
Expert-led online childbirth & newborn classes
Online childbirth classes designed for real-life parenting
Nurtured Nest offers self-paced online childbirth, postpartum, newborn care, infant safety, feeding, sleep, and baby’s first year classes designed to help parents feel more prepared before the moments feel urgent.
More structure. Less overwhelm.
Instead of piecing together random advice online, families get organized, expert-led guidance they can return to during pregnancy, labor, postpartum recovery, and newborn life.
Created by real educators & healthcare professionals
Courses are taught by experienced childbirth educators, women’s health providers, pediatric experts, nurses, lactation professionals, and parenting educators who support real families every day.
Questions before you buy?
A few details parents usually want to know first
Here’s what to know about access, partners, hospital birth, HSA/FSA reimbursement, and how the bundle compares to taking one course at a time.
1When should I take an online childbirth class?
Most families start in the second or early third trimester so they have time to absorb the basics, think through decisions, and practice comfort measures. With online learning, you can start anytime and revisit lessons as your due date gets closer.
2Can my partner access the course too?
Yes. Partners can watch alongside you or on their own schedule. The courses include practical guidance for labor support, postpartum recovery, newborn care, and life after baby arrives.
3Will this help if I’m planning a hospital birth, induction, or epidural?
Yes. The childbirth course is designed for real-world hospital birth experiences and covers induction, monitoring, epidurals, pain relief options, common procedures, and how to stay flexible when plans change.
4What if I end up needing a C-section?
The course includes information on what to expect before, during, and after a cesarean birth, including common procedures, recovery basics, and partner support.
5What’s the difference between Nurtured Nest and a hospital childbirth class?
Many hospital classes focus mostly on labor and hospital policies. Nurtured Nest goes beyond birth to include postpartum recovery, feeding, newborn care, infant safety, sleep, and practical parenting support families often wish they had earlier.
6What’s included in the bundle?
The bundle includes Pregnancy, Childbirth & Postpartum; Baby’s First Year; Infant Safety & CPR; Baby Sleep; Feeding Support; Dogs & Baby; Grandparents; Starting Solids; and digital downloads/tools.
7How long do I get access?
Single courses include 12 months of access. The bundle includes 24 months of access, so you can come back when new questions pop up during pregnancy, postpartum, and baby’s first year.
8Is this HSA or FSA eligible?
Often, yes. Many families are able to use HSA/FSA funds or submit childbirth education and parenting education purchases for reimbursement. Eligibility depends on your plan, so confirm with your benefits provider.
9Do you offer a money-back guarantee?
Yes. Nurtured Nest offers a 15-day guarantee as long as less than 10% of the course has been completed.
10Why are you a nonprofit if the classes aren’t free?
Expert-led education still costs money to create, film, update, and maintain. As a nonprofit, revenue goes back into supporting families, improving education, and expanding access rather than shareholders or advertising.
Still deciding?
If you want support from pregnancy through baby’s first year, the bundle is the best fit. If you only need help preparing for labor, birth, and postpartum recovery, the Childbirth Course may be enough.