Great First Birth

Childbirth Education for First Time Families

Your First Birth Isn't a Dress Rehearsal. Don't Wait Until Next Time to Give Birth Naturally.

The Great First Birth Class Includes:

  • Detailed information on the predictable patterns of labor and birth.
  • How to pivot well in unexpected circumstances and challenges.
  • Unbiased, truthful overview of every intervention that could be offered.
  • Translates holistic wisdom and medical jargon.
  • Explains normal anatomy and physiology.
  • Promotes medication-free ways to start, speed up, and cope during labor.
  • Activates families as confident consumers.

The Class Includes:

Everything you need to feel prepared, empowered, and excited going into your first birth.

Learn From Home

Watch at your own pace, on your schedule — Fun engaging instruction thats practical and holistic.

Evidence-Based Care

Ashley has attended over 100 births and taught 100+ families. You're learning from someone who truly knows birth.

A Whole Family Approach

When women are supported, dads are prepared, and families are empowered, birth can be nothing short of amazing.

Community Support

Connect with other families in your due month in a private forum moderated by our team.

Workbook Included

Downloadable workbook and resources to keep, print, and reference throughout your pregnancy.

Lifetime Access

Pay once and rewatch anytime — even in your next pregnancy.

Course Curriculum

5 modules · 15+ lessons · Workbook included · Lifetime access

Module 1

Understanding Your Body & Baby

  • How labor begins
  • Anatomy of birth
  • The stages of labor
Module 2

Pain & Comfort in Labor

  • Natural comfort measures
  • Movement & positioning
  • Breathing techniques
Module 3

Your Birth Team & Place

  • Choosing your provider
  • Planning your home birth
  • Building your birth team
Module 4

Interventions & Informed Choice

  • Common interventions
  • Writing your birth plan
  • Advocating for yourself
Module 5

Newborn Care & Postpartum

  • The fourth trimester
  • Breastfeeding basics
  • Postpartum recovery
Ashley Bennett, CPM
Your Instructor

Ashley Bennett, CPM

Ashley is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) licensed in Tennessee, a Bradley Method instructor, and a mother of three. She has attended over 100 births and taught 100+ families — and she brings that depth of experience into every lesson of this course.

She trained at Birthwise Midwifery School (a 3-year MEAC-accredited program) and holds additional certifications in NRP, BLS, breech positioning, emergency skills, IV therapy, and placenta encapsulation.

“When women are supported, dads are prepared, and families are empowered, birth can be nothing short of amazing.”

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What Families Are Saying

Ashley's course gave me the confidence I never knew I needed. My birth was everything I hoped for.

Sarah M.

38 weeks pregnant

She explains everything so clearly and warmly. I felt fully prepared for my home birth.

Lily R.

Mama of 1

Worth every penny. The cohort community has been such a beautiful support system throughout my pregnancy.

Nadia T.

34 weeks pregnant

Full Course Access

Great First Birth

One-time payment · Lifetime access

  • 15+ video lessons taught by Ashley Bennett, CPM
  • Downloadable workbook with every module
  • Access to your due-date cohort community
  • Q&A with Ashley
  • Newborn care & postpartum module
  • Lifetime access — rewatchable anytime