“After MBCP, at my birth I was able to be in the moment, bear down and go through the motions. One moment at a time, doing my best! To communicate clearly, take my time, not judge and go with the flow. Everyone was surprised at how well I was coping.”
What happens in our birth classes?
Schedule for 2025: registration is open!
January 2025: MBCP Intensive weekend Jan 10 / 11 / 12. This class is FULL! If you’re interested in being on our waitlist, let us know. Scroll down this page to learn about our intensive.
Spring 2025: MBCP Full Series March 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30 April 6 / 14 / 21 / 27. For May 2025 due dates and beyond.
Summer 2025: MBCP Intensive weekend, dates TBD (likely late July). For August-Dec 2025 due dates.
MBCP: Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education
MBCP Spring 2025: Sundays 4:30PM-7:30PM. March 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30 April 6** / 14 / 21 / 27 **The series includes a day-long class, which will be held on Sunday, April 6th, 10AM - 4PM. This will be a HYBRID class: half of the classes are in-person at Lifecycle Wellness and Birth in Bryn Mawr, PA. The remaining classes will be online.
The details: Location of this class is both in person and online. We will have half the classes in person, and half online. We think this will be the best of both worlds; contact us to find out why!
In-person class held at the Lifecycle Wellness and Birth on March 2 / 9 / 30 / 6 and April 27th. Lifecycle is a 10-minute walk from the Bryn Mawr Regional Rail. With advance notice, we can also set up carpools.
Cost: $450 for pregnant person & a partner. If you are a Lifecycle client, please read below.
Our intention is to make this class available for all who are committed to our curriculum. Scroll down for info about scholarships.
If you are a birth worker and want to take the class to add to your skills set: Birth workers tuition is $295 per person. Visit our birth workers page for inspiration.
*Lifecycle clients: Our MBCP Class Series satisfies the requirement for the Childbirth Prep class AND Lactation Essentials Classes for first-time parents at Lifecycle. We offer a $50 discount to LWC clients. Please refer back to Lifecycle for any additional educational requirements you may need.
Scroll down to read more about the classes, or visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.
MBCPI: MBCP Intensive — A Condensed Course
Want a shorter commitment, can’t make the longer course, or limited by your due date? The MBCPI curriculum is taught over a weekend (Friday evening / all day Saturday & Sunday — think mini-retreat) OR over a five-week period. Lately we’ve been offering only the weekend version.
January 10-12, 2025. Fri Jan 10th 6-9PM / Sat Jan 11th 9-4PM / Sun Jan 12th 9-4PM. This class is FULL! If you’re interested in being on our waitlist, let us know by sending us a message.
This will be held at Lifecycle Wellness and Birth in Bryn Mawr, PA. There is plenty of free parking. In addition, Lifecycle is a 10-minute walk from the Bryn Mawr Regional Rail station. With advance notice, we can also set up carpools.
Cost: $300 for pregnant person and a partner. Lifecycle clients get a $25 discount.
For more on the differences between MBCP & MBCPI, please visit our FAQ page.
Our intention is to make this class available for all who are committed to our curriculum. Scroll down for info about scholarships.
If you are a birth worker and want to take the class to add to your skills set: Birth workers: $200 per person. Visit our birth workers page for inspiration.
Lifecycle Clients: This class satisfies the requirement for first-time parents’ required Childbirth Prep class. We offer a $25 discount to Lifecycle clients. Please refer back to Lifecycle for any additional educational requirements you may need.
About Scholarships:
Mindful Birth & Parenting Philadelphia is committed to equity and inclusion. We truly believe in the MBCP curriculum and its capacity to alleviate suffering and its potential for promoting health and equanimity. We subscribe to the practice of giving, or generosity, also called Dana. For more information about this practice, you can read here.
If the price of our curriculum is prohibitive, please do not hesitate to work with us on making it affordable for you. If you are a Lifecycle client and are receiving a discount on their classes, we will match their offer.
Uncertain about which course to take? Read below & visit our FAQ page.
MBCP
Mindfulness Based Childbirth and Parenting - MBCP - is a course that meets weekly for 9 weeks. We begin by introducing mindfulness practice, and a foundational understanding of labor and birth through this lens. We spend weeks cultivating this practice, and using it to explore tools to support both pregnant and non-pregnant partners during labor and birth. Once, we spend the day together in the deepened practice of a mini-retreat. And finally, we wrap up with several sessions on postpartum life, living with a newborn, and breastfeeding.
The two months that we spend together give us a chance not only to talk and learn about pregnancy, birth, and parenting, but to build and support a mindfulness practice, both formal (through meditation) and informal (through living life), in community. With nine classes (+1 reunion class), we have time to inquire into experiences of pain/discomfort and fear, and to practice different ways of engaging the mind/body around them.
MBCPI
The MBCP Intensive is a 16-hour class experience drawing from the full MBCP curriculum, condensed for those who cannot commit to the long course. We will go over foundational pieces of the MBCP curriculum, but this class does not have time to include breastfeeding and postpartum. This class is taught over in a 2.5-day weekend intensive and occasionally in a five-week format. Didactic content missed from the longer series can be arranged, as requested and needed by class students.