About Our Curriculum

We offer two different childbirth class series.

Expecting Your Miracle/
EYM for Teens

Expecting Another Miracle
For parents expecting their first child or whose youngest is more than 5 years old. For parents expecting their 2nd+ child, whose youngest is 5 or under.
Meets once a week for 7 weeks. Meets once a week for 2 weeks.

Labor & Birth Topics

  • How your body works during labor & birth.
  • The stages & phases of labor.
  • Effective labor support.
  • Recognizing the signs of labor.
  • Labor coping skills & comfort techniques.
  • Pushing skills and strategies.
  • Birth plans and decision making skills.
  • Possible variations of labor and birth.
  • Choices in pain medications.
  • Birth interventions and hospital procedures.
  • Labor induction and cesarean birth.

Labor & Birth Topics

  • How to improve your birthing experience.
  • Exploring how each labor is different & expectations for giving birth again.
  • Practice labor coping skills & comfort techniques.
  • Re-examination of pain medication options.
  • Updates on hospital procedures & interventions.

Baby & Postpartum Topics

  • Normal newborn appearance.
  • Bonding with your baby.
  • Basics of baby care & baby safety.
  • How breastfeeding helps mom & baby.
  • Preparing for breastfeeding.
  • How breasts make milk.
  • Initiating the first feeding.
  • Breastfeeding challenges and solutions.
  • How breastfeeding fits in your lifestyle.
  • Physical & emotional recovery from birth.
  • Postpartum survival tips: finding help and support.
  • The role of a father: how men influence your baby’s life.
  • Calming & soothing your baby.

Baby & Postpartum Topics

  • Defining & improving dad's participation.
  • Planning for changes in family dynamics.
  • How to prepare your child(ren) for a new sibling.
  • Updated info on newborn safety & breastfeeding techniques.
  • Postpartum survival: healing & adjustments.

L.E.A.N. Expectations Classes

Our L.E.A.N. Expectations classes are part of the Dr. Sears L.E.A.N. program, which helps you experience all-around health by empowering you to make great choices in Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitude, and Nutrition. These classes will help you feel better throughout your pregnancy and after your baby is born, while also reducing your risk of experiencing complications of pregnancy and/or birth. Each class comes with a workbook packed with useful information and ideas.

Prepare RIGHT Now focuses on Lifestyle, Exercise, and Attitude for pregnancy, and covers subjects like healthy (and fun!) exercise for pregnancy, ways to maintain a positive outlook and attitude throughout your pregnancy, and what is and isn't safe for you and your baby while you're pregnant.

Eat RIGHT Now helps you create a simple, satisfying plan for eating for two while you are pregnant, while also keeping your weight under control.

Live RIGHT Now focuses on smoothing your transition into parenthood with ways to make caring for a newborn easier and a plan for taking care of yourself once your baby is born.