A Two-Part Birth Preparation Experience for Couples
Prepare for labor through practical education, comforting touch, movement, nervous system support, and meaningful partner connection.
Labor & Love is an intimate, experiential class designed to help expecting couples feel more connected, confident, and prepared for birth.
The class takes place over two days. You will begin with a live virtual session from the comfort of your home, followed by an in-person hands-on workshop at BeWell Boulder.
Both sessions are included with registration and are designed to be experienced together.
Upcoming Labor & Love Class
Part One: Virtual Preparation Session
Saturday, August 29th
3-5 PM
Live online through Zoom.
During this two-hour virtual session, you will explore the flow and emotional landscape of labor, the partner’s role, nervous system regulation, supportive communication, and ways to create a calming birth environment. Through education, reflection, partner connection, and a guided meditation, you will begin preparing for birth with both practical knowledge and a shared sense of presence and intention.
Part Two: Hands-On Partner Workshop
Sunday, August 30th
3-5 PM
In person at BeWell Boulder, located at
2800 Folsom St. Boulder, CO 80304
During this two-hour hands-on session, you and your partner will strengthen connection and communication while practicing massage, counterpressure, supportive labor positions, movement, comforting touch, and other practical techniques you can use throughout birth.
Investment: $249 per couple
Registration includes both sessions for the pregnant person and one chosen birth partner.
Attendance at both sessions is strongly encouraged because the virtual session provides the foundation for the in-person practice.
Learn First. Practice Together. Feel Prepared.
Labor & Love is intentionally divided into two parts.
The virtual session gives couples space to understand the emotional, relational, and physical foundations of labor. The in person workshop then brings that learning into the body through guided practice.
You will leave with tools you have already explored together and can continue practicing at home before labor begins.
During the Virtual Session, You Will Explore
• The physical and emotional flow of labor
• Presence, attunement, and the partner’s role
• How each partner gives and receives support
• Recognizing verbal and nonverbal cues
• Communicating needs, boundaries, and consent
• Staying present without trying to fix or control labor
• Knowing when to offer touch, encouragement, humor, silence, movement, or rest
• Asking thoughtful questions using the BRAIN framework
• Nervous system regulation and creating a calming birth environment
• Resting positions, movement, and conserving energy
• Guided meditation for connection and birth preparation
• An optional introduction to nurturing leg, hip, pelvic, and external yoni massage
Before the class, couples will receive a short questionnaire designed to help them explore how they each feel most loved, supported, and connected.
During the Hands On Workshop, You Will Practice
• Building connection and communicating needs during labor
• Labor massage and comforting touch
• Sacral pressure, hip squeezes, and counterpressure
• Gentle touch and relaxation between contractions
• Supportive labor positions and movement
• Using a birth ball and other comfort props
• Breath, rhythm, and focused attention
• Partner positioning and healthy body mechanics
• Responding to verbal and nonverbal feedback
• Staying connected, adaptable, and supportive as labor changes
More Than a Traditional Childbirth Class
Birth is not only a physical event. It is also emotional, relational, and deeply personal.
Partners often want to help during labor but feel unsure about what to do. Labor & Love gives partners practical ways to offer comfort and reassurance while helping the birthing person communicate what feels supportive in the moment.
The goal is not to perform labor perfectly or control how birth unfolds.
The goal is to remain connected, responsive, and able to meet each wave together.
Presence Is Part of the Preparation
Support during labor is about more than remembering techniques.
Partners will learn how to read the room, notice changing needs, and respond with greater awareness. Sometimes support may look like massage or counterpressure. At other times, it may mean offering quiet reassurance, helping create space, asking a thoughtful question, or simply staying close.
Your role is not to have every answer.
Your role is to remain present, curious, and responsive.
Communication and Decision Making
During birth, the partner may sometimes be the person asking questions while the birthing person is focused inward.
Couples will be introduced to the BRAIN framework as a way to pause and gather information:
Benefits
What are the potential benefits?
Risks
What are the possible risks or tradeoffs?
Alternatives
Are there other options?
Intuition
What are we noticing or feeling?
Nothing
What might happen if we pause, wait, or do nothing right now?
This tool is offered to support thoughtful and respectful communication with your care team.
The Optional Closing Touch Practice
The virtual session will conclude with an optional guided introduction to partner supported leg, hip, pelvic, and external yoni massage.
This practice is offered as a way to explore relaxation, trust, communication, and nurturing touch during pregnancy and in preparation for birth.
Couples may begin the practice during the call and continue it privately after the session ends.
This practice is centered on slow, nurturing touch, open communication, and the experience of giving and receiving care without pressure or a particular outcome.
Participation is always optional. Couples are welcome to observe, adapt the practice, or opt out based on their comfort and boundaries.
Who This Class Is For
Labor & Love is for expecting parents and their chosen birth partners.
It may be especially supportive for couples who:
• Want practical and hands-on birth preparation
• Hope to feel closer and more connected before birth and beyond
• Want the partner to have a meaningful and active role
• Want tools that can be adapted as labor changes
• Feel overwhelmed by traditional childbirth education
• Want to build confidence with massage, movement, and positioning
• Want to prepare for birth emotionally as well as physically
No massage or birth experience is required.
This class may support couples planning to give birth at home, in a birth center, or in a hospital. The tools can remain valuable even when plans change or medical support becomes necessary.
What to Expect
Labor & Love is intentionally kept small so that each couple has time to ask questions and receive personal guidance.
All exercises, positions, touch practices, and massage techniques are optional. Ongoing consent, communication, and personal comfort will be encouraged throughout both sessions.
Massage tables and class props will be provided for the in-person workshop.
Please bring water, three fluffy pillows, comfortable clothing, and anything else you may need to feel supported during the hands-on practice. Additional details will be shared before class.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a complete childbirth education class?
Labor & Love focuses primarily on partner support, communication, coping, nervous system regulation, massage, movement, positioning, and connection.
It may complement a traditional childbirth education class that covers medical procedures, hospital protocols, stages of labor, and newborn care in greater depth.
When during pregnancy should we attend?
This class can be taken at any point during pregnancy.
Attending earlier offers more time to practice and integrate the techniques, while attending later can provide timely preparation as birth approaches.
Can we attend if we are planning an epidural?
Yes. Massage, positioning, relaxation, communication, and partner connection can be valuable before an epidural, while waiting for one, and throughout the remainder of the birth experience.
Is the intimate touch practice required?
No. The closing leg, hip, pelvic, and external yoni massage introduction is entirely optional.
Couples may participate, adapt the practice, observe, or opt out. No one will be asked to share personal details about their experience.
Do we need to attend both sessions?
Yes. The virtual session provides the relational and educational foundation for the in person practice.
Registration includes both sessions, and couples should confirm that they are available for both dates before registering.
What should we bring?
Please bring water, three pillows, comfortable clothing, and anything else you may need to feel supported during the hands on workshop.
Meet Your Facilitator
Jennie Bingham is a licensed massage therapist, certified birth and postpartum doula, and childbirth educator. She is also completing professional training in sex coaching and therapeutic yoni massage, which informs her approach to intimacy, communication, consent, and nurturing partner touch.
She has supported families through birth since 2008 and brings a practical, nurturing, and body-centered approach to birth preparation. Her teaching integrates massage therapy, labor support, nervous system regulation, mindful movement, intimate communication, consent, partner connection, and years of experience witnessing what helps families feel genuinely supported in the birth room.
Jennie’s work is warm, grounded, inclusive, and centered on helping each couple discover what feels supportive, connecting, and empowering for them.
Prepare for Birth Together
Learn how to breathe together.
Communicate with greater clarity.
Offer comfort through touch.
Stay connected through intensity.
And enter birth knowing you have already practiced meeting the experience as a team.