You may have heard that

birth is  

but, we don't do that here

we birth the way our body was designed to

 
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their birth story doesn’t have to be yours.

I get it. Growing up, you probably never heard positive birth stories - mostly negative or traumatic ones, me too. It made you afraid of birth, even wondering if you would want to have kids at all after not knowing if something could go wrong…

But, you know you’ve been called to be a mama. You’ve heard that God designed your body for this. You just have no idea how.

And then one day, you heard your first positive birth story and it made you feel empowered. You started thinking, “Maybe birth doesn’t have to be bad. Maybe I can do this. I would like to at least learn how to and try.”

You’re not alone.

Our society has done a terrible job of showing the beautiful side of birth. We have instilled fear into women that birth is a medical emergency rather than the natural occurring and beautiful experience that God intended it to be. We have forgotten how to trust our bodies to birth our babies and instead rely on our doctors to tell us what to do which has caused women to continue to have negative experiences.

After following this formula myself of following whatever my doctor said and doing very little to empower and educate myself, I ended up traumatized from my first birth - wondering if I will ever have more kids.

I promised myself i wouldn’t repeat the same mistakes again.

After gaining the mental, spiritual and physical knowledge I needed to know to have a positive and beautiful birth, I birthed two more babies unmedicated, become a doula and have fallen in love with birth.

And, I have taken all of the mistakes I have made, time invested, money spent, tools gained and secrets learned, and put them into a step-by-step system just for you, so YOU and your partner can have this beautiful experience too.

 
 
take back your power

write your own birth story

 
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Welcome to Werk Your Birth

The Werk Your Birth course is designed to give you and your partner the step-by-step mental, spiritual and physical knowledge to go from feeling uneducated and anxious to walking into birth confidently with the tools to be in the drivers seat of your birth.

what makes this different?

Most childbirth education only covers physical preparation and knowledge. What most people don’t know is this:

BIRTH IS 80% MENTAL, AND ONLY 20% PHYSICAL.

That’s why I go beyond the basics in preparing you - mind, body, and spirit - for this journey.

How would it feel to be confident that your partner will know exactly what you’ll need during birth? Most courses are just focused on mama - but you weren’t meant to do this alone! Every module in the Werk Your Birth course speaks directly to the partner - AND there’s a bonus Partner Crash Course to get your support person ready to be an active participant in your birth.

I've streamlined the birthing prep process and to make this an enjoyable journey for you - not one full of scary google rabbit holes! No more endlessly scrolling through birth content until 2AM. Besides overwhelming you, that’s just trying to piece together a puzzle that will never fit.

This content is designed to be easy to comprehend, rewatch (even in labor), and is accompanied with templates, cheat sheets and downloads to add to your birth bag.

 

what people are saying about Werk Your Birth…

 

maya moten

  • First Time Werking Mama

  • Unmedicated Induced Birth

  • Birthed her 10 pound baby in under 12 hours with NO PAIN!

  • Felt confident in her partner to support her during labor

courtney & patrick miller

  • First Time Werking Parents

  • Unmedicated Hospital Birth

  • Learned how to trust the mind, body and baby to do it’s job

  • Absolute rockstar Daddy Doula advocating for mama and baby in the hospital to avoid unnecessary interventions

anisa thomas

  • First Time Werking Mama

  • Unmedicated Hospital Breech Birth

  • Delivered her own baby with her husband in the hospital

  • Faith Filled Birth Experience

  • Birthed baby in under 3 hours!

 

Werk Your Birth will help you…

 

overcome your fears

You’ll learn how the fear-tension-pain cycle can greatly impact your labor. I'll guide you to overcome your specific fears so that you can relax into each surge, minimize discomfort, and experience joy (yes, it’s possible!) in labor.

know what to expect

Speaking of fear - are you afraid of the unknowns of childbirth? I’ll teach you what to expect in pregnancy and labor, AND the “how” for making it happen. You’ll have the confidence to make informed decisions, even if the unexpected comes up.

have a prepared partner

Don’t let your parter or support person be a helpless bystander at your birth. Equipped with knowledge, tools, and hands-on practice, your partner will learn how to support and advocate for you so you can bring your baby earth-side together.

sneak peak inside


Mind-Body-Spirit Preparation

Techniques for a Pain-Free Birth
  • Spiritual Preparation
  • Fear-Tension-Pain Cycle
  • For Partners: How to Keep Mama in Her Birth Zone

What to Expect

in Pregnancy and Birth
  • Stages of Labor
  • How to Advocate for Yourself
  • Preparing for the Unexpected
  • For Partners: What to Do in Each Stage of Labor

Your Birth Options + Rights

Understanding How to Navigate Multiple Birthing Scenarios
  • What Your Provider Won't Tell You
  • What's Medically Necessary?
  • Labor Cheat Sheet & Birth Plan Template - The Doula in Your Back Pocket
  • For Partners: How to Be Mama's Voice in Labor

Preparing Your Body

Birth Smarter Not Harder
  • Movements for an Easier Labor
  • Breathing and Pushing Techniques for Labor
  • Dilations vs. Stations of Baby
  • For Partners: Your Comfort Measures Toolbox

BONUS MODULE: Navigating the Fourth Trimester

  • Postpartum Prep and What to Expect
  • Postpartum Recovery
  • For Partners: How to Support the New Family Dynamic

BONUS MODULE: Breastfeeding

  • Setting Yourself Up For Breastfeeding Success
  • Common Breastfeeding Challenges
  • Pumping and Bottle Feeding
  • For Partners: Your Role in Successful Breastfeeding

BONUS MODULE: Baby Care

  • Baby Sleep
  • Car Seat Safety
  • Baby Vaccines/Procedures
  • Natural Alternatives for Baby Care

BONUS MODULE: Partner Crash Course

Taught by partners, for partners
  • How to Prepare to Be Helpful in Pregnancy
  • How to Best Support During Labor
  • How to Be Useful in Postpartum
  • Natural Alternatives for Baby Care
 

This course is for you if:

 

✔ You are tired of hearing about all of the negative and scary birth stories

✔ You believe that birth can be beautiful

✔ You desire to have a natural birth

✔ You want to learn how advocate for your rights and options in labor to avoid unnecessary interventions

✔ You want to learn how to stay calm and peaceful throughout labor

✔ You want to make sure you AND your partner are educated and prepared for birth

✔ You want to experience peace, joy and a manageable birth

 

This course is not for you if:

 

✔ You aren’t willing to push yourself to grow

✔ You believe that birth has to be painful

✔ You allow negative stories and opinions of others to shape your view of birth

✔ You love information but don’t take action

✔ You only want to learn how to prepare physically

✔ You would rather educate yourself on google and social media

✔ You don’t think can feel prepared for birth as a first time mama

what werking mamas are saying

I feel confident with my pregnancy and L&D with the information Chanel’s course gave my husband and I. We felt informed, we felt prepared, we knew we would have all the tools we needed when the day came. When I couldn’t answer questions from hospital staff, Ray knew how to answer for me and to advocate for me. After she was born, we knew decisions that needed to be made and we made our wishes clear. We had a wonderful experience and we owe it all to Chanel.

- EMILY SHEPPARD

You will feel so empowered after finishing this program. I would recommend this birth program until I’m blue in the face. There’s so much knowledge in giving birth that we are not taught. Chanel literally gives you every breakdown. The best part is that there is information for every stage and for every mama to learn from. Whether you’re having a Natural, C section, VBAC etc. Chanel has got you covered. I am ready to have another baby after my experience. This platform has empowered and educated me in such a positive way.

- NACOMI MERCER

Having the birth of my dreams changed my life and the life of my daughter (insert tears). Having the knowledge of what was physically happening in by body throughout pregnancy and labor helped eliminate the fear of the unknown. Being empowered by knowledge from the program put me in the drivers seat of my journey to motherhood - knowing no one could "make me" do anything, nothing was "happening to me," trusting myself to go with my gut regarding providers and birth setting - even knowing that the unexpected could occur, I was still in so much more control than the majority of women think they are and could pivot while maintaining autonomy and trust in my provider if needed.

- VICTORIA NCUBE

hey mama!

I never imagined my first birth would end in an emergency C-section.

Although I thought I was prepared, I learned the hard way that Google, social media, and my hospital birth class wasn’t enough to help me navigate the birth experience I desired.

It left me traumatized about birth - fearful of having more kids…

My gut told me there had to be a better way to give birth, so I dedicated myself to healing, overcoming fears and trusting my body to do what it was designed to do.

My body did the most amazing thing - it birthed two more babies in the most supernatural way. Birth connected me to myself and God in a way that I never experienced before.

Through the work of preparing for birth and experiencing it, I fell in love with giving birth.

From these experiences, I have created a proven process of going from fearful to empowered in birth. Fear will always exist where knowledge doesn’t and knowledge is power.

I am committed to helping you have this power over your birth story.

Let’s get to werk.

xo, chanel

I've got A's for your Q's

    • First Time Mamas

    • VBAC Mamas

    • Natural Birthing Mamas

  • When you're in your 2nd or 3rd trimester. The earlier the better so you'll have time to apply everything you've learned.

  • You’ll have access for a whole year!

  • This is even more important for you! I’ll give you the tools to take charge of your birth no matter the location (home, birth center, hospital). You’ll be prepared for every environment and know your options and rights in each.

  • You could finish this course in a weekend if you choose since it is a self-paced course. However, I have provided sample timelines for you to follow based on your goals to help you learn, digest, and apply what you have learned to make sure you feel comfortable and confident about the content. If you are later in pregnancy, you can still successfully complete, digest and apply the material this course in a shorter amount of time.

  • I aim to provide quality content for EVERYONE because I truly care about your birthing outcomes. That being said, I can only teach so much on Instagram and YouTube.

    My course dives in deep to holistic and individualized birth preparation (something that cannot be achieved through social media) . I have poured my heart, soul and skillsets into helping you and your partner with an easy-to-follow guide to preparing your mind, body, spirit and ability to advocate - all things you need for birth.

  • Invest in yourself - both in time and effort!

    This program is comprehensive, meaning you'll be learning a lot of information to see birth and do birth differently than you probably are used to seeing. In order to get the most out of this course, you'll want to make sure and go through EVERY video and do the exercises and handouts provided. I know if you take this course seriously, you'll see a major transformation on your readiness for birth!

    You can also schedule private consultations with me if you need additional support.