You can prepare for a natural, Holy Spirit–led birth—without feeling overwhelmed by the unknown
A faith-based online birth class that helps you and your husband feel confident and prepared for a natural birth.
Even if it’s your first time, I’ll show you how God designed birth to work.
Birth Leaves a Mark, Let’s Make It a Beautiful One
Since you’re here, I know you’re not the type of woman who wants to just “wing it” and hope for the best.
If you are a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of woman, take it from me, you don’t want to do that with birth. You wouldn’t do it for a marathon or your wedding, so please not your birth.
Not only will you remember your birth forever, but the way you are supported, treated with love, and guided will shape how you step into motherhood.
When you are prepared and have the support you need, you can walk away feeling empowered, saying, “I DID THAT!”
Empowered births don’t just give you a good memory—they shape how you see yourself as a mother.
When you feel strong, capable, and connected to God in birth, it carries into the way you parent, make decisions, and trust your intuition for years to come.
You know how women feel empowered in birth? Intentional preparation just like this.
Birth is actually quite simple. Yes, there are nuances, but birth is birth—and God designed it to work. I want to show you just how beautifully He created this process.
This course is for you if:
✓ Want to understand birth the way God designed
✓ Need your husband to know exactly how to support you
✓ Are willing to put in the work to prepare
✓ Want education that goes deeper than the generic hospital birth classes
If you are nodding yes, don’t wait.
The sooner you begin, the sooner you can start practicing the tools that will shape your birth story.
Hey! I’m Karissa!
I’m a crunchy birth nerd who dreams of the day when the medical system trusts physiological birth as God designed it to be.
Until then, we have to educate ourselves and advocate for our preferences to be heard. Which, let’s be honest, can feel incredibly overwhelming when it feels like you want something totally different than the normal planned epidural births
So, let me make it SUPER EASY for you!
I’ve made it my mission to research and learn about all things birth, and then break it down in a simple way so that even your husband can get excited about supporting you through the most deeply transformative thing you’ll ever go through! (LITERALLY!)
In the Birth Tide Academy, I’ll make sure to make you laugh along the way, prompt you to talk about hard things (cause I love clear communication), and assure you that YOU CAN DO THIS!
CHRISTIAN BIRTH DOULA | BIRTH EDUCATOR
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In this module, you will begin to name and identify your hopes and fears with birth. Through these lessons, take time to write out your story, discuss hopes and fears with each other, and see the power birth stories.
Lesson 1 - What is Your Story?
Lesson 2 - Understanding Physiological Birth
Lesson 3 - Observe and Learn
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In this module, I will go over all the differences of the types of providers and birth locations. Because your birth team can be bigger than just your doctor, I will also show you who you can have to have a better birth experience! I know this can feel like a lot of decisions you have to make, and because decision-making is hard, we will go over an easy way to make decisions and feel good about them!
Lesson 1 - Providers and support team
Lesson 2 - Birth location
Lesson 3 - Decision Making
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In this module, you will learn all about pregnancy. You’ve already come so far through, but its helpful to know all the changes that are happening in your and ways you can be taking care of it!
Lesson 1 - Conception, Trimester 1 and Trimester 2
Lesson 2 - Trimester 3
Lesson 3 - Nutrition in Pregnancy
Lesson 4 - Fitness in Pregnancy
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As you get closer to you due date, you may be feeling different and having different signs of labor. As you approach your due date, there are thing you can do to start preparing your body for this amazing marathon you are about to run. In this module, you will learn about your body and how to tell what is labor.
Lesson 1 - Your Anatomy
Lesson 2 - True Labor vs False Labor
Lesson 3 - Stages of Labor
Lesson 4 - Cervical Checks, Mucus Plugs, and Water breaking
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Preparing mentally is just not, if not more, important than preparing your body. Our body and spirit are beautifully interwoven and in labor we see that so clearly. We will talk about how to let go of fears and relax so that labor can progress more smoothly.
Lesson 1 - How Fear Impacts Labor
Lesson 2 - Building and Oxytocin Cave
Lesson 3 - How birth & sex are so similar
Lesson 4 - Affirmations
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Everyone’s birth experiences are different, but it is so important to know your pain relief options. Even if you are planning an unmediated birth, I want you to know your hospital options, and even if you are planning to birth with an epidural, I want you to know your natural pain relief options too. The goal doesn’t necessarily have to be a pain free birth, but I want you to have tools that allow you to surrender, relax, and not feel overwhelmed by the discomfort.
Lesson 1 - Purpose of Contractions
Lesson 2 - Natural Pain Relief Options
Lesson 3 - Medical Pain Relief Options
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Now this is what most people think of a birth class: “Tell me what will happen in labor,” but what we already covered is so important! Labor can be an intense time, and everyone experiences it differently. The key to easier labor is to relax and totally surrender to the process; that is why we had to cover everything else first. But now we get to talk about the actual birth! In this module, we will cover all the stages of labor, what will happen, and what you can expect. Remember, birth is so nuanced and every labor is different, but what I will teach here are pretty common general things to expect.
Lesson 1 - Early Labor
Lesson 2 - Active Labor
Lesson 3 - Transition Labor
Lesson 4 - Pushing
Lesson 5 - Birthing the Placenta
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This is knowledge that many birth classes skip over because they don’t want to make you afraid, but I believe knowledge is power. I want you to know your options, to know what is happening, and to be an active participant in your birth. Even if birth goes a different route than planned (for example if you are planning a homebirth, but medically need to be induced), you can still have a positive experience!
Lesson 1 - Inductions
Lesson 2 - Delivery Interventions
Lesson 3 - Gentle C-sections
Lesson 4 - NICU
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Lesson 1 - Cramping and Bleeding
Lesson 2 - First feed and sleep
Lesson 3 - Skin-to-skin
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Believe it or not, you are considered “postpartum” for the first 12 months. However, you are often cleared at your 6 week appointment to go back to normal things. I think it is important to remove the stigma to “bounce back” and to give yourself a lot of grace. Postpartum can be a difficult season, so these tools can help this period to me smoother and more enjoyable.
Lesson 1 - Resting
Lesson 2 - When to seek help
Lesson 3 - Nutrition
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Sometimes parents feel like, “I cannot believe they just sent me home from the hospital, trusting me to take care of this baby.” It can feel like a huge responsibility! But believe me when I say that your intuition will kick in, and you will do amazing! My main goal with this is to give you some practical tips for taking care of your newborn.
Lesson 1 - Breastfeeding
Lesson 2 - Infant care: sleep and baths
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Action Septs: Making Your Plan of how to actually put everything together
Lesson 1 - Writing your Birth Plan
Lesson 2 - Communication: with your partner, provider, and family & friends
Lesson 3 - Checklists: hospital bag, home birth, and postpartum checklists
Lifetime access to the Teaching Lesson Videos!!
You’ll get 12 clear, intentional modules, each one broken down into short, digestible lessons.
Inside each module, I’ll walk you through exactly what you need to know—from what to expect in Active Labor, to natural pain-coping tools, to breastfeeding basics, and everything in between.
You’ll get a printable guide
You’ll be able to stay organized and easily refer back to notes when you are in labor
I’ve handpicked 10 real, inspiring birth videos to watch!
Testimony is powerful! These real, accurate births will show you what’s possible, normalize natural birth, help to ease fears of the unknown, and help start imagining your own peaceful birth.
BONUS!
I’ll give you a whole resource list that will save you hours of Googling
From handouts to research on medications and vaccines, to accurate information about interventions, and low-toxic things you actually need for postpartum, I’ve got you covered.
I don’t gatekeep anything around here and genuinely want you to have THE BEST, MOST SUPPORTED experience possible!!
Join today at an extremely low price!
The most in-depth, Holy Spirit-filled, practical birth course you’ll find at this price—just $147 for lifetime access!
When you join, you’ll get:
An invaluable Birth Education that goes much deeper than what any hospital class can offer—rooted in physiology and led by the Holy Spirit.
✔️ Hours of educational videos to make you enter birth confident and genuinely excited for your birth
✔️A beautiful, printable handbook to keep everything organized with ease
✔️ Private Resource List You’ll refer to throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
✔️ REAL, Accurate Birth Videos that build belief in your body and God’s design
Feeling like you’re not quite sure if this is right for you? Send me a dm on Instagram @thebirthtide so I can answer your questions! Tell me about what kind of birth you are hoping for, and I’ll reply as soon as I can to help you decide if this is for you or not, because ultimately I just want women to have better birth experiences!!
FAQs
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Everything that is included is designed to help you feel more informed and prepared!
1. You get lifetime access to the videos
2. A 60+ page handbook (this a pdf you can print out or just follow on your iPad)
3. I have links to outside resources and products I recommend to all my mamas
4. 1-1 Access to me through messaging and 50% off the first coaching call.
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YES! Once you join the Birth Tide Academy, message me on Instagram @thebirthtide to let me know you joined, and you are free to message me at any time with your questions! I will always respond within 24 hrs (usually just 1-2) with a text or voice memo.
If you decide you’d like more time with me, you can book a Zoom 90-minute coaching call, and I’ll gift you a 50% off coupon for your first call with me. All calls after that are normal price.
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Yes!! The class is focused on the natural process of birth as designed by God. Wheather you are planning to birth at the hospital or at home, we cover interventions and medical options as well as all the non-medical options so that you can be empowered even if your birth plans change.
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Whenever!!
It is set up as a self-paced class so you can go through as fast or slow as you’d like.
If you start at 25 weeks, you can watch one module each week to finish in time. If you start at 37 weeks, you can binge-watch all in a few days! (There are about 4 hours worth of video lessons).
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Each insurance is different. You will first need to buy the class using a personal card. Once purchased, you can submit the receipt of The Birth Tide Academy (that is sent to your email) to your Insurance provider. They may or may not reimbursed.
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My goal with everything I create at The Birth Tide is to invite women into a birth haven. I believe the body was beautifully designed to give birth.
Constantly at the forefront of my mind is creating a place where women feel prepared and ready for birth, excitedly anticipating it because they know what to expect and know her voice. When this happens, she will feel safe supported and relaxed so that she can have a peaceful, beautiful birth.
That is the kind of birth I dream that all women can experience!!
I also LOVE Jesus and keep Him at the center of my life.