Support & Guidance Session
A flexible, open-ended session designed to meet you exactly where you are. These calls offer space for guidance, reassurance and practical next steps — whether you’re preparing for birth, navigating postpartum changes or troubleshooting newborn challenges.
Sessions are held by phone with HFD co-owner, Errin, and include a brief follow-up email summarizing key points and sharing resources or referrals.
Common reasons families schedule a consultation include:
- Local area resources and recommendations; midwife, OB and birthplace information
- Postpartum recovery, healing and nutritional support
- Processing your birth experience and emotional shifts
- Breastfeeding or bottle-feeding troubleshooting and IBCLC referrals
- Newborn sleep environments, routines and fragmented rest
- Soothing challenges, bonding and early development
- Managing anxious thoughts and finding grounding practices
- Questions to ask your provider during pregnancy or postpartum
- Preparing for birth, VBAC planning or postpartum transitions
This is our most accessible option for families seeking expert guidance without committing to a full class or package.
Holistic Childbirth Education Workshop
A 4.5-hour, in-person childbirth education workshop led by experienced doula and educator Errin Bald, whose background in Anthropology brings a wider perspective on birth as something humans have always done and supported one another through. This class is designed to help you and your support person feel informed, capable and supported as you prepare for birth in any setting — hospital, birth center or home.
Through discussion and hands-on practice, you’ll learn how labor unfolds, how to support your body through each stage and how partners can play an active, steady role, helping them feel more confident and prepared to support you well. Each couple receives thoughtfully curated resources to support both birth and early postpartum recovery.
Space is limited to keep the learning environment relaxed and supportive. Homebirth-focused classes are also available.
Private Newborn Care Class
A personalized consultation offering practical, reassuring guidance as you prepare for or adjust to life with a newborn. Available virtually in your home when location and schedule allow, or in an alternate meeting space if preferred, this session is tailored to your family’s needs, values and parenting style.
Ideal for prenatal preparation or early postpartum support, this offering helps parents feel more informed, grounded and confident as they navigate feeding, sleep, soothing and daily newborn care. Includes lifetime access to our comprehensive Newborn Care Guide.
Private, Customized Classes
Private, fully customized education for families who want flexibility, depth and education tailored to their specific needs. These classes are scheduled at your convenience and designed around the topics most relevant to you.
Classes are available in your home, virtually or in an alternate meeting space if preferred. Each session includes time for questions, a take-home packet with key information and a follow-up email with resources and referrals.
Topics may include childbirth preparation, hospital or homebirth planning, cesarean preparation, holistic postpartum recovery, newborn care, newborn sleep and more. Custom offering available.
Most families choose to complete classes during pregnancy, though newborn care classes may also be scheduled in the early postpartum period.
Testimonials
Shelby
My husband and I just attended Errin's Birthing Class as we prepare to birth our first child in our nearby hospital as holistic/natural minded soon-to-be-parents and we ARE BEYOND GRATEFUL we were apart of her class. We learned so much about birthing, ways to naturally manage labor in a hospital setting, different ways to think about various aspects of labor, and she provided an abundant amount of resources for us following too! I am fueled with so much joy and excitement following her class and appreciate having more knowledge going into birthing our first child. Thank you Errin!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!
Olivia
My husband and I attended the Homebirth Class hosted by Errin and Libby on 10/18/25 in preparation for our home birth in early 2026. I cannot say how much this class made us feel prepared for anything. The amount of resources provided in class and afterwards were exactly what we needed.. not overwhelming- but effective and helpful. I feel more connected to my husband, as well as confident in him (&myself) during the all of the stages of labor. I feel beautifully prepared. What a way to honor our homebirth. Thanks Libby & Errin. Love, Jeff & Olivia King.
Emily
My husband and I attended Errin's Holistic Childbirth Education class to prepare for the birth of our first baby - which will be a hospital birth. Errin lead us through so much information and preparation for birth. She provided printed handouts to summarize what we went over, and an abundance of supplemental resources. I left the class feeling so connected to my baby and partner, and SO confident and ready for birth! In an age of overwhelming online resources and social media "courses" with minimal or contradictory information, this Holistic Childbirth Education class really encompassed everything I have been hoping to understand about the birthing process. Thank you so much, Errin!
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