Life Beyond Birth 101

Life Beyond Birth 101 is open for enrollment!

Join us for a 9 week adventure that will benefit your family for years to come.

Are you expecting a baby, and feeling anxious about how life will be after giving birth?

How will you learn everything you need to know about baby care, breastfeeding, postpartum recovery, hormone/mood changes, sleep, and embracing parenthood?

You've come to the right place, my friend!

This course is for you (and your partner) if you are:

expecting your first baby OR are expecting a subsequent baby and want your 4th Trimester to be radically different from what you experienced in the past.
willing to set aside time for yourselves to learn and grow during this class, and to participate fully in all exercises and discussions.
overwhelmed by the vast number of resources about baby care, breastfeeding, postpartum recovery, etc.
seeking a space to have direct connection with other expectant parents.
practicing (or are interested in exploring) mindfulness and connection to spirit.
excited to tap into your intuition as you get to know your baby and become a parent.
interested in learning and exploring your partner connection through this course and rite of passage.
curious about the role that food, teas, and natural remedies can play in fueling your recovery from pregnancy and birth.
open to creating meaningful rituals to mark the transitions you'll go through (becoming a parent, welcoming baby into your community)

9 weeks to Postpartum Empowerment!

Each week includes:

1. A weekly lesson to do as a couple 2. A live call with Molly and a small group of other expectant couples (Choose Tuesdays at 5:30pm EST or Wednesdays at 11:30am EST)

What You'll Learn

This 9-Week Group Course is meant to be taken while you are pregnant. After finishing, you'll feel prepared to:

Respectfully feed, soothe, care for, and bond with your new baby
Access the magic of nutrition for recovery from birth, and breastmilk production
Intentionally create a community of support (even amidst Covid)– it takes a village!
Shift your perspective on postpartum mood disorders, and the messages they convey
Understand the ways that relationships change when a baby is born
Conquer common breastfeeding challenges
Mindfully prepare in body, mind, and spirit for birthing your baby and your parent-self
Create a plan for sleep, so that you never run on empty
Bond more deeply with your partner as you traverse the rite of passage to parenthood

What students are saying:

Empowering!

Sara R.

Life Beyond Birth 101 is empowering, informative, demystifying, connecting, educational, necessary, and fun. I recommend it for couples who are interested in connecting through their experience, uncovering what it really looks like after you bring your baby home, and learning how to be curious about how to best care for yourselves and your baby. I really valued the flow of the class, and how we really connected as partners before getting into the day to day details of postpartum. We were able to be deeply vulnerable about the things that might come up after our baby is born, all the while being held and guided by Molly, letting us know that all of these feelings, anxieties, and fears were normal. The nitty gritty on breastfeeding, infant care, postpartum care, and food demystified a lot of the questions I had about what happens after we bring our baby home! Molly’s presence is immediately calming and confidence inspiring! I am going to miss hearing her voice in our weekly lessons and interacting with her on Monday evenings. Her style of teaching is empowering and trusts that each person knows what's best for their own situation. Doing this course over 9 weeks definitely gave us time for deep discussion and contemplation between lessons. With such a large topic, it was nice to not have everything crammed into a small window of time.

Feeling Connected!

Ruth & Bren P-E

Life Beyond Birth 101 is so enlightening, helpful, supportive, and fun! The specific and concrete information, as well as the opportunity to ask questions, was very valuable. We also really appreciated the framework for couples bonding. Molly helped us do some deep thinking about our needs and desires as new parents, and to find our voice. Her calm presence, extensive knowledge, and stories of other couples were so helpful! Having 9 weeks in which to integrate all that we learned was very helpful and grounding for us. It forced us to slow down, consider, and really feel what this special time might be like. We now see the importance of slowing down, appreciating each moment. Taking this course together as a couple gives us a shared language, which increases our security and communication.

Transformative!

Jeff R.

Life Beyond Birth 101 brought a few transformations for me: I shifted into the mindset of a father and supportive partner; I deepened my understanding and empathy for all that a woman goes through in pregnancy, giving birth, and caring for the baby postpartum; and I feel a deeper connection with Sara about what we want our postpartum time to be like. This transformation helps me feel less anxious about being prepared because I have the necessary tools. I can drop into excitement and connection with my wife and the unfolding process. I love that Life Beyond Birth 101 provides compassion and acceptance for the full range of experiences, AND gives us a wealth of tools for caring for ourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I most appreciated Molly’s balance of being well-researched and professional, as well as calming, compassionate, and open-minded about alternative modes and approaches. Her presence is perfect: calm, clear, empathetic, sensitive, and direct. Her knowledge and experience are impressive.

Pre-enrollment Gifts

Private Coaching Call with Molly - $100 value

Once you are registered, you'll receive the gift of a 60 minute conversation with Molly! You can use it while you're pregnant or after your baby arrives. You'll be able to discuss what you are learning, as well as get her suggestions and insights into your unique challenges and successes as you're going through them.
1 Birth Story Healing Session - $125 value

To be used anytime in the year after birth. Sit with your story and discover what it has to teach you. This guided process will bring peace, empowerment, and connection to you and those close to you. It will allow you to integrate your experience of the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey, and release emotions that may be distracting you from your present life. Get more info here: https://www.lifebeyondbirth.com/birth-story

Your Investment in YOUR Life Beyond Birth

$497! or 3 Monthly Payments of $170!

You could read a book or take a 2-hour class that covers the basics of infant care, but we all know we learn best when we are in relationship - with ourselves, our partners, our peers, and a mentor. This course is uniquely situated to meet those needs and prepare you for a calm, confident, connected beginning of your baby's life. The postpartum period is so hidden, and it is time for us to honor the HUGE transition to parenthood, the recovery and reinvention process that follows birth, and the intuitive and respectful ways newborns ask us to relate with them. I am honored to be your guide in this new adventure! If you have any questions, let's hop on a call.

Chat with Molly!

Your Instructor

Postpartum Doula, New Parent Guide, Sacred Window Chef, Mother

Owner/Founder, Life Beyond Birth

Molly R

When parents are well supported, babies are too, and our society can become more empathetic, loving, and connected. So many societal ills stem from unmet needs during our first years. My vision is to positively impact the future, one newborn family at a time. I have been supporting families in their homes since 2009 and teaching classes to expectant and new parents since 2016. I hold a BA in Latin American Studies (2001); an MAA in Applied Anthropology (2005); and became certified as a Postpartum Doula through DONA International (2009). I live…and cook, wander, and dream… in the mountains of North Carolina with my husband and 2 children.
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By Signing up for Life Beyond Birth 101, you agree to:

do each week’s lesson and participate in weekly small-group coaching calls.
hold non-judgmental, respectful space for yourselves and other couples in this course.
maintain confidentiality with what is shared in our calls.
turn down the volume of the outside world and tune into your own truth and intuition

2021-22 Schedule TBA

If you'd like to schedule a private course for a group of 3-5 couples, email molly@lifebeyondbirth.com

choose Tues 5:30pm EST or Weds 11:30am EST for our live coaching calls