Childbirth Education and why I wish I would’ve prioritized it

27 weeks pregnant, I made a delicious dinner, pulled up Bridget Teyler on youtube and begged my husband to sit with me and watch “just a couple” of her videos.

By this point in time I had been diving deep into the birth space, my mind completely consumed by the thought of what the heck I was going to have to go through. And I was terrified. I kept being told that education for both me and my husband were the most important things. But he just never seemed as interested as I was. And I just assumed it was because he felt so seperated from the whole thing- whereas I found it all consuming.

I remember asking him if I could take the Built to Birth Course by this amazing doula I had been watching but he couldn’t understand why I’d need to spend $250 USD on something that my body was supposed to naturally be able to do… In case you can’t tell he’s way more “go with the flow” and I’m super type A.

Fast forward to my labor with my first in 2021, and I felt completely caught off guard by the process of labor. I had read about the stages of labor and listened to a couple meditations. But nothing was helping me “cope” because I truly didn’t prioritize the education.

It completely threw me off and left open space for trauma to enter my birth story.

I am so grateful that my husband stood by me through the whole thing, and asked that we focus much more on education in our pregnancy with our second. And I finally felt seen and heard by my husband. And now I teach, I empower, and I help husbands see the nerves and needs of their pregnant wives. And I do it for much less than $250 USD.