The Bare Minimum

The crash course in real labor.

You don't need twelve hours of childbirth education to understand what your body is doing.

Bare Minimum is a fast, practical, no-fluff introduction to real labor—what contractions are doing, how labor progresses, what you may feel along the way, when it's time to head in, and what happens once you get there.

We'll focus on how you, your baby, and your partner work together throughout labor. You'll learn how your baby's movement, your body's changes, and your partner's support all play a role in helping labor unfold.

You'll leave with a clearer sense of:

• What contractions are doing and how labor changes over time

• How your baby's position and movement can support progress

• Positions, movement, breath, and sound that can help you work with labor

• When it's time to head in

• How your partner can offer useful support, comfort, and encouragement

• When to talk, when to touch, and when to just shut up and hold your hand

No endless lectures. No fear-based birth stories. No memorizing a textbook.

Just the bare minimum you actually need to walk into labor knowing what the hell is going on—and how the three of you can work together.