Get self-paced, online childbirth education tailored to Black families from Nurse Nat, expert labor & delivery nurse and doula. So you can empower yourself to have the best birth experience possible.
What’s included in the course:
Free Printed Workbook
Free Birth Planning Guide
1-on-1 Birth Planning
Black Moms Community
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Your body will do the heavy lifting. But understanding how and why your body is changing during pregnancy and labor can help ensure you and your baby receive the care and respect you deserve before you step into the delivery room.
Exclusively designed for Black moms, this course equips you with practical wisdom and the ability to self-advocate all throughout your birthing journey:
It’s time to take charge of your birth plan with confidence and knowledge!
Giving birth and early parenthood can feel like an obstacle course. Childbirth education gives you a roadmap.
Over the span of 6 weeks, this course empowers you with the knowledge to walk into your labor room and parenthood with a clear understanding of the process of childbirth and what to expect from early parenthood, along with:
1-on-1 Birth Planning
Free Birth Planning Guide
One of the best ways to communicate your preferences to your care team, partner, and support people is with your own, personalized birth plan.
Our step-by-step birth planning guide helps you understand your options and rights so you can communicate to your birth team what matters to you.
Free Printed Workbook
Get a FREE, printed copy of the Baby Steps with Nurse Nat Workbook to accompany you as you take YOUR baby steps towards prepared parenthood.
*Provide your mailing address in the intake form to receive one!
Black Moms Community
Connect with Black moms & moms-to-be to share your pregnancy and parenthood journey.
Hospitals and your providers have “birth plans” of their own, but they don’t know what you’re hoping for from your birth. SOMEONE in your labor room needs to have a plan - will it be yours or theirs?
Remember, it's your body, your health, and your rights. Learn self-advocacy tips that empower you to stand up for your rights, be informed, and make decisions that are best for you and your baby.
Our step-by-step birth planning guide helps you understand your options and rights so you can communicate your needs to your birth team for a smoother labor experience.
Prepare for pregnancy through postpartum and newborn care with practical, actionable childbirth education and self-advocacy tips specifically for Black moms/birthing people and their partners.
I help Black moms & birthing people prepare for their hospital delivery as a doula and childbirth educator.
After months of research and speaking with other Black women, I’ve combined their wisdom with all I learned from being a bedside Labor & Delivery nurse and a DONA-trained doula into a childbirth education experience for Black moms & and their families.
All I want for YOUR *birth* day is an empowering delivery where you feel respected and safe when advocating for your body and baby.
Now, I’d love to help you get ready to deliver AND take care of yourself and your baby after birth, with comprehensive, culturally-competent (FUBU, if you will), childbirth education.
Let’s prep for your Labor Day together!
Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
DONA-Trained Doula & #bebobabe
Harvard & Johns Hopkins Graduate
So many other courses gloss over our issues, and use photos and videos of pregnancy and parenting that aren’t inclusive of Black families.
This 6-week course enhances your pregnancy and parenting journey with practical advice specifically for Black moms-to-be, including:
Because having a baby & parenting for the first time may challenge you in ways you never see coming… but it will also challenge you in ways that are 100% predictable.
Exercises to transform Birth Novices into informed healthcare consumers and prepared parents.
Learn how to sort out your preferences and communicate them to your partner, support people, and healthcare team.
Comprehensive Childbirth Education from Pregnancy to Postpartum
Kwame SM
Teacher & VBAC Dad
Even though I’m also a nurse, I had no idea what to expect from childbirth. Nurse Natalie took me through piece-by-piece so that labor became less of a scary time and more of an exciting time.
Britt B.
ER Nurse & First-Time Mom
I felt like Natalie was walking me through an actual hospital set up and that made me feel way more comfortable.
It felt reassuring to have someone on my side who has experienced so many births firsthand.
If you identify as a Black woman or birthing person, you are expecting a baby, and you are at least 20+ weeks pregnant then this course is for you
Get ready to transform from a birth novice into a prepared parent and informed healthcare consumer.
There is no perfect time to get childbirth education, but we believe the class will be most valuable to you anytime after your 20th week of pregnancy.
This way the material will be relevant to what you’re experiencing and you’ll have time to prepare your mind, body, and home for the arrival of your new baby.
You’ll also have PLENTY of time to come to the weekly live Q&A sessions and ask any questions that you may have after watching the videos and completing the workbook.
The course has plenty of information, but not so much that you couldn’t binge watch the whole series in a weekend if you sign up closer to your delivery date.
Baby Steps with Nurse Nat lives on the online platform Thinkific. As soon as you purchase the course, you will receive access to all the videos, resources, and additional content.
You don’t need any special software. The course is self-contained on a webpage, where you can access everything you need in one place.
You can watch the videos and access the content on your desktop, laptop, phone, tablet, or stream it to your smart TV.
After signing up for the course you’ll be directed to a short intake form. If you’d like a copy of the printed workbook, provide your mailing address and one will be mailed to you within 10 business days.
Childbirth education is often covered by insurance plans or reimbursed through HSA/FSA accounts. You can take take three simple steps to find out if you can get this childbirth education course covered:
Coverage varies by insurer, spending account administrator, and state – make sure you call the number on the back of your insurance or HSA/FSA card to find out if all or part of Baby Steps with Nurse Nat is covered today!
That’s where the live weekly Q&As come in!
We know it would never be possible to cover every single thing about birth and early parenthood in one course, so we encourage you and your support person or partner to send in your questions and get them answered live each week by Nurse Nat.
