For families · First-time families
There is a lot you have not met yet: labor, the first days at home, feeding. These self-paced online classes with Anna Rodney cover each of them, and your partner or support person can take them with you.
If you are welcoming a baby through adoption or surrogacy, Newborn Care 101 was made for you: baby care without the birth or postpartum-recovery lessons.
Classes for adoption and surrogacyEach class is its own self-paced class with its own page, price and workbook.
Three classes cover the three things first-time families ask about: birth, the first days at home and feeding.
Written primarily for first-time parents. A four-hour class on the stages of labor, early labor at home, telling warm-ups from real labor, what to expect at a hospital or home birth, relaxation techniques and how to navigate conversations with your care team.
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For first-time families who gave birth. Newborn care, feeding and sleep, plus what to expect from your own recovery in the first hours and days, and planning with your partner for the first weeks. It includes postpartum recovery, so it is not the class for families adopting or using a surrogate.
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For families planning to breastfeed, and the partner who will help. What is normal, how to read your baby’s cues, positioning and latch, and how to work through early challenges. It also covers paced bottle feeding and combining breast and bottle.
See the classThese sit alongside the first three. Choose them if you want more on one part of the birth.
For families planning a hospital birth: hospital protocols, the options you have and how to use informed decision-making.
See the classFor hospital, birth center or home birth, including when you plan an epidural. An epidural is one tool; comfort measures help from early labor through birth, and your partner learns how to help.
See the classEach class is sold on its own, and you choose when to take it. If you want several, the All Access Class Pass bundles five of them for less.
$149 for five self-paced classes: Preparing for Your Hospital Birth, Intro to Childbirth, Comfort Measures, Bringing Home Baby and Breastfeeding, instead of $405 separately. Preparing for Your VBAC and Newborn Care 101 are separate classes and are not included.
See the All Access Class PassEvery class is self-paced video with a workbook you can fill in together. Here is a short video about the classes and a look inside two of the workbooks.
Check out securely and access the class through the BBU student portal.
Every class is online and self-paced. Watch when it suits you and revisit the lessons as the birth gets closer.
Each class comes with a workbook to practice with and keep, with sections your partner can do with you.
Testimonials from families who took BBU classes.
“These classes were really helpful for my partner and I. We feel so much more confident about going into birth now. I had no idea what to expect before these classes. We also took the class to prepare for breastfeeding and caring for our new little cutie pie. 10 out of 10 recommend. You wouldn't believe how much you don't know about caring for a newborn before you take these classes.”
“We absolutely loved these classes! So informative and we liked that we could pause for the day and resume when we had time. I highly recommend them to all expectant parents.”
“As a first-time parent, I felt overwhelmed by all the information out there, but this course broke everything down into clear, supportive, and easy-to-understand lessons.”
“Birth and Baby University is so helpful. I was able to take so many great classes to help me prepare for birth.”
“As a first-time parent, I felt overwhelmed by all the information out there, but this course broke everything down into clear, supportive, and easy-to-understand lessons. They made me feel confident and empowered going into labor and early parenthood.”
“The best online birthing class!! Absolutely loved, super helpful!”
“These classes were really helpful for my partner and I. We feel so much more confident about going into birth now.”
“They are amazing! 10/10 recommend!”
“These classes were super helpful for my husband and I! I was pretty nervous about all things birth, but their birth class and breastfeeding class really put me at ease.”
“I took a comfort and bringing home baby class and definitely gained some tools that I wasn’t aware of before.”
“BBU is a great resource for busy families expecting a child. The content is evidence-based, it is inclusive, and the materials are very well produced.”
It depends on what you want to learn. Intro to Childbirth is written primarily for first-time parents and covers labor and birth. Bringing Home Baby covers the first days at home, including your own recovery. Breastfeeding covers feeding. Preparing for Your Hospital Birth and Comfort Measures go deeper on parts of the birth if you want more.
BBU does not set a week of pregnancy. Every class is online and self-paced, so you can take it whenever it suits you. You can watch Bringing Home Baby and Breastfeeding before your baby arrives and revisit the sections you need afterwards, and revisit Intro to Childbirth as the birth gets closer.
Every BBU family class is online and self-paced. There are no set class times: you watch the video lessons whenever you like and can go back to them. Each class includes a workbook.
They cover different things. Intro to Childbirth is about labor, birth and how to navigate conversations with your care team. Newborn care, sleep, soothing and your own recovery are what Bringing Home Baby is for. Which you need depends on what you want to learn.
Each class is its own self-paced class, with its own page, price and workbook, so you choose which ones to take and when. Every class is online, and you can watch the lessons whenever it suits you and go back to them later. Each class page says who it is written for.
Yes, and partners are encouraged to. The classes are self-paced and built so you can watch together.
Birth & Postpartum Doula Trainer, Lamaze Childbirth Educator, Master’s in Education, Newborn Care Specialist, Lactation Educator and Newborn Sleep Consultant.
Anna brings more than a decade of special-education teaching to the way she explains birth and baby care. Her curriculum connects practical information with the questions families bring to class.
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