Childbirth Experts helps the person giving birth and everyone supporting them, a partner, a spouse, a sister, a doula, whoever shows up, get ready together for birth and the year that follows. Most birth preparation starts with one person's preferences or gives every support person the same advice. We prepare people for the different roles they'll actually have.
Childbirth Experts co-founder and clinical expert Jenna Shaw-Battista, PhD, RN, PHN, NP, CNM, FACNM brings 30+ years of hands-on experience to evidence-based education for expecting parents, rigorous training for perinatal health care professionals, and expert legal and clinical consulting for attorneys, families, healthcare providers, and their employers.
of births attended, across home, hospital, and freestanding birth center settings in multiple countries since 1993, as a doula, then direct-entry midwife turned registered public health nurse, women's health nurse practitioner, and certified nurse-midwife, and then academic and clinical programs leader and health care science researcher.
in nursing and education, the solid foundation behind every course and consultation, and Dr. Shaw-Battista was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives by her peers in recognition of substantial contributions to the profession at local, national, and international levels.
Most birth plans ask one person what they want. Most partner courses give every support person the same advice. Childbirth Experts starts with two roles: what the pregnant or birthing person needs, and what their chosen support person knows, fears, does well, and needs to practice. Your answers guide the conversations to have, the questions to bring to your care team, and the practical preparation to carry from labor into recovery and early parenting.
Start Your Free Birth PlanServing parents, doulas, and legal clients across California and around the world.
Grounded in up-to-date clinical research and nurse-midwifery practice within two large health care organizations in California.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to education, childbirth, parenting, or clinical practice.
Online and in-person, live and asynchronous courses, resources, coaching, and consulting.
New courses and the doula training program are launching soon, including founding-cohort pricing for the first group of students. Get notified the day enrollment opens.
