You have confidently decided you don’t want a regulated provider at your homebirth.
Now what?
Total Prenatal Prep for Ontario Freebirth
Whether you are birthing completely alone, with your partner or a hired birth worker, this Ontario-specific eCourse will teach you how to birth your baby safely, intuitively and with confidence outside the system, as well as how to grow your baby inside your womb and out.
As a former Ontario Registered Midwife (2010-2022), I’ll also guide you through a plethora of unnecessary interventions the system has to offer, so that should you find yourself navigating a hospital birth, you are truly informed and equipped to remain at the center of your experience.
This course is for you if:
You don’t plan on surrendering your birthing authority to a doctor or midwife.
You’ve heard or experienced first hand where that train goes, and are stepping off, thank you very much.
You are newly awake to the idea that Ontario maternity care is actually hurting moms and babies
This course is designed for those who are early on in their journey of disengaging from Ontario-funded obstetric care and are working on peeling back the layers of fear and cultural indoctrination that birth is to be feared.
You believe knowledge is power and want to invest time and money in growing your birthing confidence.
This course will require you to digest a lot of information. Some is evidence-based, some is anecdotal from myself and other birth workers, all is valuable.
You want evidence-based information and intuition to guide your decisions.
The term “evidence-based” has lost it’s power over the last few years, but there is still valuable birthing information we can gain from learning what research shows us. This, paired with intuition and physiology, is the best way to equip yourself for a fulfilling birth.
You are having your first baby.
Becoming a parent for the first time can be both terrifying and exhilarating, and this course will prepare you with the skills necessary to lay a strong foundation of confident parenting.
You are having your 8th baby.
It’s never too late to gain new skills, and if you have come away from previous births feeling unsatisfied or even traumatized, this course will empower you to write a new and empowering birth story that will change your legacy forever.
You are under the care of Registered Midwives, but just don’t plan on calling them for the birth.
This is a growing trend in Ontario as families feel that policy is trumping individualized care. You will find support here.
You are having a wild pregnancy.
Throughout the modules, I will always discuss all options for testing and diagnosis, as well as alternative options. Intuition remains a large part of the content.
You enjoy learning at your own pace, on your own time.
This course uses video and MP3 media, and includes dozens of links and references to other resources if you want to dig deeper into content not included in this course.
This course may NOT be for you if:
You are looking for a Coles notes-style ecourse or condensed materials.
This is not that.
You want to be told what to do in labour.
The current obstetric model specializes in this, so contact your local OB if this is the sort of prenatal support you are looking for and take a PHU prenatal education course.
You are far on your journey of disengaging from Ontario-funded obstetric providers.
You may find this information too medicalized and not care one iota what clinical guidelines say for practicing OBs and midwives.
You know that online learning via video or MP3 isn’t for you.
This is a 100% virtual, self-paced course.
Course Content
Informed Decision Making to Avoid Birth Trauma
Nutrition for the Childbearing Year
Anatomy & Physiology of Birth
Evidence on Intervention
Labour Coping Mechanisms
Newborn Care
Breastfeeding
Sample Content
**I recommend women and families start this course as soon as they find out they are pregnant to optimize the content**
Packages
Includes:
- Daily virtual support via the Telegram app from first trimester of pregnancy to 4 weeks postpartum.
- Lifetime access to the “Total Prenatal Prep for Ontario Freebirth” eCourse, with over 6.5 hours of content broken into 7 modules (9 lessons) that you can watch on your own time, at your own pace. Includes video and MP3 format, slideshow pdfs and additional resources relevant to each module.
- 15 THRIVE-designed pdf resources on topics such as birth registration when outside the system, common pregnancy discomforts, herbal remedies, information on the various tests/screens offered in Ontario when pregnant, pregnancy complications, etc.
- THRIVE Pregnancy Questionnaire designed to focus
Investment: $650 Cdn
Includes:
– Lifetime access to the “Total Prenatal Prep for Ontario Freebirth” eCourse, with over 6.5 hours of content broken into 7 modules (9 lessons) that you can watch on your own time, at your own pace. Includes video and MP3 format, slideshow pdfs and additional resources relevant to each module.
– 15 THRIVE-designed pdf resources on topics such as birth registration when outside the system, common pregnancy discomforts, herbal remedies, pregnancy complications, etc.
Investment: $150 Cdn
Includes:
– Lifetime access to the “Total Prenatal Prep for Ontario Freebirth” eCourse, with over 6.5 hours of content broken into 7 modules (9 lessons) that you can watch on your own time, at your own pace. Includes video and MP3 format, slideshow pdfs and additional resources relevant to each module.
Investment: $99 Cdn
Course videos belong to THRIVE Prenatal Education, and included third-party copyrighted materials are protected by law. In this course you are permitted to download session videos for your own personal use, but you should not copy, share, or use them for any other purpose without the explicit permission of THRIVE Prenatal Education.
Includes:
– Lifetime access to the “Total Prenatal Prep for Ontario Freebirth” eCourse, with over 6.5 hours of content broken into 7 modules (9 lessons) that you can watch on your own time, at your own pace. Includes video and MP3 format, slideshow pdfs and additional resources relevant to each module.
– 15 THRIVE-designed pdf resources on topics such as birth registration when outside the system, common pregnancy discomforts, herbal remedies, pregnancy complications, etc.
– Daily virtual support via Telegram app from first trimester of pregnancy to 4 weeks postpartum.