Bradley Method® Classes:

We now offer Bradley® Method Natural Birth Classes in downtown Seattle!  To register for Bradley Classes, Click Here

This class educates you and your birthing companion about the process of natural birth in any and all situations - whether you decide to birth at home, in the hospital or at a birth center. 

Couples wanting to know their options to prepare for a joyous, natural birth free from unnecessary interventions, frequently seek out Bradley Method® childbirth classes. We attract families willing to take responsibility needed for preparation and birth.

Embarking on the path of natural birth (whether at home, at the hospital or at a center) without proper education or preparation is like attempting to run a marathon without the same (training and prep work)!  Taking the Bradley series early and allowing yourself and your birth companion time to integrate, absorb, understand, talk about and practice techniques is one of the best proactive things you can do to create a lasting positive experience.

Our Bradley Method ® series, covers:

• Natural Childbirth:  Learn how to give birth naturally, what the benefits are to mother, baby and family, how to avoiding unnecessary use of drugs and interventions for an enjoyable birth experience.
• Nutrition:  The foundation of a healthy pregnancy and a must to avoiding toxemia.
• Exercise:  Practice exercise in moderation for birthing stamina and overall well being.
• Relaxation:  Learn techniques that would work for you and help your (husband) Coach/Partner discover what works for you and what doesn't.
• Physiology of pregnancy, labor and birth
• POSITIVE COMMUNICATIONS:  With your Coach and your birthing team.
• Obstetrical practices including narcotics, commonly used substances, and interventions used to "manage" the labor and "deliver" the child
• How to handle situations such as emergency childbirth, cesarean section or home and/or birth center births
• Postpartum care of mother and child
• How to take responsibility for your pregnancy and your well-being while pregnant.

Our classes are interactive - We watch videos, play games and discuss every aspect of your path to parenthood. Classes are intentionally small so that there is individual attention to your needs and questions.

Class time provides a dedicated, safe space to explore birthing myths and allows a couple much needed time to come together as parents before baby's emergence into the world.  This not only sets the foundation for a changing relationship between mother and father to be, but lays the ground work for a loving, working dynamic relationship of Family.

How do we release the fear and experience the joy of birth?  The first step is becoming educated...the "knowing" instinctively follows.

What is The Bradley Method®?

The Bradley Method® is a comprehensive system of natural labor techniques in which the pregnant woman and her coach play an active part. It encourages mothers to trust their bodies throughout their pregnancy and birth using natural breathing, relaxation, nutrition, and exercise. We attract families who are willing to take the responsibility needed for preparation and birth.

The Bradley Method® has always stressed the importance of non-use of drugs in pregnancy and birth, unless a true complication warrants the risk. We strive for 90+% unmedicated births. Other methods do not come close to achieving this percentage.

We believe birth can be a wonderfully empowering, rewarding, and enjoyable event in your life – an experience to be treasured, not feared.

Included within this series is a class on emergency childbirth.  Truth is, we live in earthquake country.  What will you do if there is a natural disaster?  Or what will you do if you are experiencing fast abor and unable to make it to the hosital "in time?"   What if you are planning a homebirth and your medical support is held up?  You will be prepared for these emergency situations so that you can confidently give birth and allow the natural process to occur.

Whom is the Bradley Method® for?

• Any woman about to have a baby and her partner
• First-time moms and veteran moms
• Home births, birth center births and hospital births
• Unmedicated and medicated births

Regardless of age, philosophical, financial,or marital status, The Bradley Method®’s purpose is to help you and your partner achieve the best birth experience possible.

What Bradley Does:

• Empower women through knowledge about both their bodies and their birthing options
• Equip fathers/partners to effectively support mom
• Dispel myths through teaching truth - separate fact from fiction
• Instill confidence and address fears
• Get parents and babies off to the best possible start through healthy and safe pregnancies and birth
• Have the primary goal being “Healthy Baby, Healthy Mother, Healthy Families”.

Our Bradley® Classes:

• encourage a deep appreciation of the normality of childbirth
• empower the mother to embrace the natural birth process and work with her body
• help prepare her birth companion (“coach”) for the intense work of supporting a woman through labor

Birth is a very intimate, yet vulnerable time for women. The coach’s deep understanding of how birth works, the massage and relaxation techniques, and effective labor and birth positioning is key.

To register for Bradley Classes in Seattle, Click Here