Faith-based Childbirth Class on Natural Childbirth in Lancaster, PA

Be the Expert of Your Own Birth—Gain the tools, knowledge, and faith-filled mindset you need for a peaceful, confident labor.

Some women say “I’ll just do whatever my provider says…”

BUT that mindset is a recipe for a difficult birth. Birth is a sacred, intuitive journey, but the medical system isn’t designed to honor that. Providers may know birth, but they don’t know you—your values, your body, what you are feeling, or what truly matters.

It’s not that your provider is untrustworthy or unnecessary, but don’t let them be the driver. You are the driver.

Unnecessary interventions, skyrocketing C-section rates, and birth trauma are far too common these days, but that doesn’t have to be your story if you choose to be your own expert! You deserve a birth that is not only safe but one where you feel confident, at peace, and deeply connected to God’s design.

In this class, you’ll learn:

  • How the messages you’ve received about birth can negatively shape your experience.

  • Simple but important lifestyle changes that make a difference

  • Easy tools to understand labor so you and your husband can go into it with confidence

  • How to invite the Holy Spirit into your birth

Your course materials will turn into your most used item during birth!

60+ colorful pages with diagrams, checklists, resources, and expert advise for every scenario

Here’s EVERYTHING we will cover in full detail:

Be the Expert of Your Own Birth

Small Group 1-Day Class - $300

$50 discount for Karissa’s doula clients

Perfect for those with busy lives if you want to do the class all in one day!

This is a fun, lively, and interactive class with a few other couples in the same stage of life as you! As a BONUS, we have a lactation consultant come to end the class with breastfeeding education!

  • Location: My home in Ephrata, PA

  • When: I offer a class one Saturday per month. We start at 9:00am and end by 3:00pm (light lunch provided)

  • I will provide you with class materials

Private 1-1 Class - $447

Perfect for those who don’t have a doula and want more personal 1-1 coaching mixed into the class! (Although you can also choose this, even if you have a doula).

Because it’s 1-1, we will go a lot deeper, shifting birth mindsets, addressing the exact things you are facing, and making a birth plan together at the end!

  • Location: Your house (if within 45 minutes from my house, otherwise classes will be at my house)

  • When: We will do 2 separate weekday mornings or afternoons. You are welcome to combine into 1 longer day if you wish.

  • I will provide you with class materials that you get to keep as well as NORA tea and a book I gift to all my doula clients.

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Meet Karissa

I am a Birth Doula and Childbirth Educator and passionate about natural birth. My love for learning spills over into my work—I believe the more truth we know, the less we are afraid of. A huge part of what I do is helping pregnant women, and their partners, feel more prepared, and less nervous so it can be a joyful time!

Birth is a sacred gift from God. He created you for this! I have supported over 100 women through their birth journey (and guess what?! Most of them were UNMEDICATED too!)

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