Feel ready for birth.
An in-person birth class for you & your partner.
Learn what to expect, practice what actually helps, and walk into birth feeling informed, supported, and prepared. A comprehensive, evidence-based class for a small group of couples, hosted with Optimal Life Therapy & Wellness in Crestview Hills.
- Per couple
- $175
- Class length
- 4 hours
- Group size
- 5 couples max
- Location
- Crestview Hills, KY
Choose your class date
$175 per couple · introductory pricing · each class is limited to 5 couples.
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Sat, Oct 3 · 9 AM – 1 PM
Optimal Life Therapy & Wellness · Crestview Hills, KY
$175 per couple3 of 5 spots left
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Sat, Nov 14 · 9 AM – 1 PM
Optimal Life Therapy & Wellness · Crestview Hills, KY
$175 per couple5 of 5 spots left
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Sat, Jan 9 · 9 AM – 1 PM
Optimal Life Therapy & Wellness · Crestview Hills, KY
$175 per couple5 of 5 spots left
None of these dates work? Let us know — or book a private class on your schedule.
What You’ll Learn
There is no “right” way to give birth. This class gives you and your partner the information and the hands-on skills to feel confident however your birth unfolds.
- ✓Stages of labor and what to expect
- ✓Comfort measures and coping strategies
- ✓Labor positions and movement
- ✓Partner support — hands-on practice
- ✓Epidurals, inductions, and other interventions
- ✓Cesarean birth and recovery
- ✓Birth advocacy and informed consent
- ✓The first hours and days after birth
Why a Small Group
Small by design
Five couples, never more. Everyone gets their questions answered, and nobody gets lost in the back row.
Your partner learns too
Partners practice the comfort measures and support skills right alongside you, so they walk in knowing how to help.
Practice what actually helps
Positions, breathing, counter pressure, and movement — practiced hands-on, not just talked about.
Taught by Brittney Smierciak
Your class is taught by Marigold Birth Collective co-founder Brittney Smierciak — a certified birth, postpartum, and fertility doula and certified breastfeeding educator — and hosted at Optimal Life Therapy & Wellness in Crestview Hills, bringing Marigold’s childbirth education to Northern Kentucky.
Group Class FAQ
Expecting parents and their partner or support person. It's evidence-based and nonjudgmental — whether you're planning an unmedicated birth, an epidural, or a cesarean, you'll leave feeling informed and prepared.
$175 per couple covers one seat for you and one for your partner or support person for the full 4-hour class. Our first classes are offered at introductory pricing while spots last.
At Optimal Life Therapy & Wellness in Crestview Hills, Kentucky — our partner for in-person classes in Northern Kentucky.
Each class is limited to five couples. When a date fills, it closes on this page — pick another date or ask us about the next one.
Registration is for your specific class date. Cancellations are nonrefundable, but your spot can be transferred to another date. If we cancel the class or the minimum enrollment isn't met, you'll be refunded in full.
Most families take a birth class between 28 and 36 weeks, though earlier is always welcome.
Marigold co-founder Brittney Smierciak — a certified birth, postpartum, and fertility doula and certified breastfeeding educator.
If you'd like the class in your own home, on your own schedule, and tailored entirely to your birth plan, our private birth class ($350) includes a custom birth plan and one-on-one time.
Save your seats before the class fills.
Five couples per class. Pick your date and register in a couple of minutes.