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A childbirth class you can take anywhere.

Narrated, step-by-step lessons from early pregnancy through your baby's first weeks. Learn at your own pace, on your phone or computer, with the people who will support you.

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Created by a board-certified OB-GYN, who reviews every lesson.

A pregnant woman and her partner on a sofa, watching a class on a tablet.

Built like a real class

An instructor talks you through each lesson, with pictures, animations, and short check-ins along the way.

Narrated lessons

Every slide is read aloud, with captions you can turn on or off.

See it, not just read it

Animations of dilation, pushing, and birth, and short videos on comfort, sleep, and safety.

Ask the instructor

Ask a question in your own words and get an answer drawn from the lesson you're in.

Your Birth Readiness Brief

Your plans and questions for your care team in one private place. Print it or save it as a PDF.

Video Vault

Videos from ACOG, AAP, CDC, March of Dimes, and more, gathered by topic.

Safety first

Lessons on when to call your care team, and when to call 911, are always free.

What you'll learn

Eight modules, 44 lessons. Early Pregnancy Basics and every lesson on urgent warning signs are free.

  1. FIRST TRIMESTERFREE Early Pregnancy Basics First steps, common changes and when to reach out, and your first prenatal visit.
  2. MONTH BY MONTH How Your Baby Grows Your baby and your body, one trimester at a time.
  3. MODULE 1 Preparing for Birth Your third trimester, your care team and support team, birth preferences, and getting ready.
  4. MODULE 2 Labor Basics and When to Call How labor begins, when to call, the stages of labor, and birth.
  5. MODULE 3 Comfort, Movement, and Support Skills Breathing, positions, touch, and water, and how support people can help.
  6. MODULE 4 Interventions and Flexible Decisions Monitoring, pain relief, induction, assisted birth, cesarean birth, and when plans change.
  7. MODULE 5 Feeding and Newborn Care Feeding, safe sleep, car seats, infant CPR, and caring for your newborn.
  8. MODULE 6 Postpartum Recovery, Mood, and Red Flags Healing after birth, your emotional health, and the warning signs to know for you and your baby.

The full class is a one-time purchase in the BabyReady app. No subscription.

For hospitals and childbirth educators

Offer BabyReady to your patients and families.

  • A complete class from early pregnancy through the postpartum year, created and reviewed by a board-certified OB-GYN
  • Works in any web browser on any phone or computer, with nothing to install
  • Licenses for hospitals, clinics, and childbirth education programs
Contact us
A pregnant woman taking notes while a clinician explains something.
A parent sitting beside a newborn sleeping on its back in a bassinet.

Start today, free

Begin with Early Pregnancy Basics and the lessons on when to get help. No account or download needed.

Start the free lessons

BabyReady is education to help you prepare. It is not medical advice and does not replace your care team. For severe symptoms or an emergency, call 911.