YOU NEED MORE THAN A BIRTH PLAN TO NAVIGATE THE WILD RIDE OF LABOR AND BIRTH. INTRODUCING…
DEEP BIRTH PREP
an immersive, 12-week virtual program that takes you from stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed about birth to…
⭐ 100% in tune with yourself — mind, body, and heart
⭐ resilient and ready to navigate challenges and uncertainty in labor (and life!)
⭐ confident about taking the active role in your birth
so you can be prepared for an incredibly powerful birth experience, no matter how it unfolds.
YOU WANT TO HAVE A BIRTH THAT’S YOURS.
SPECIAL. TRANSFORMATIVE. POWERFUL.
BUT YOU FEEL LIKE THERE’S A LOT STANDING IN THE WAY…
⚠️ Maybe you’re really anxious about the process and can’t stop thinking about what ifs
⚠️ Maybe you’ve experienced a challenging or traumatic birth before and worry about it happening again
⚠️ Maybe you’re scared your provider won’t listen to you or that you’ll be coerced into things you don’t want
⚠️ Maybe you’re overwhelmed with all the contradictory information and opinions out there and don’t know how you’ll make the “right” decisions
⚠️ Maybe you’re worried about advocating for yourself or avoiding the dreaded “unnecessary interventions”
⚠️ Maybe you’re nervous about contractions and what the pain will be like
SO YOU EITHER OVER-PREPARE, TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING “RIGHT” SO YOU CAN HAVE THE EXPERIENCE YOU WANT, OR YOU AVOID THINKING ABOUT YOUR BIRTH AT ALL, HOPING YOU CAN JUST GET OUT OF THERE WITHOUT BEING TRAUMATIZED.
BIRTH SHOULDN’T FEEL LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU.
YOU ARE MEANT TO BE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR BIRTH.
AS A BIRTH DOULA, I SUPPORT BIRTHERS WHO WORRY ABOUT WHAT BIRTH MIGHT HOLD FOR THEM AND HOW THEY WILL HANDLE IT.
They worry about birth trauma, callous providers, medical coercion, emergencies, and coping with contractions. Before we work together, some aren’t even able to get excited about their pregnancies because of their previous experiences or birth anxiety.
It’s my goal for you, like them, to go confidently into your birth, knowing you can navigate anything, and I’ll guide you step-by-step through exactly how to prepare on every level.
WHAT WOULD IT FEEL LIKE TO…
⭐ Shift the way you think about birth and preparing for it
⭐ Recenter yourself in your birth experience
⭐ Know the exact skills, strategies, and tools you want to use on your journey
⭐ Relate to your fears and worries in a less scary way
⭐ Have the skills to move through the physical (contractions!) and mental (uncertainty!)
⭐ Build a deeper connection with your partner in your preparation
⭐ Understand how birth works and have a clear plan to support yourself (mind, body, and heart) throughout the whole process
⭐ Know exactly how to advocate for yourself at the hospital
⭐ Connect with you mind and body on a deeper level than ever before
⭐ Go into your birth excited and incredibly confident about navigating whatever comes up
⭐ Change your relationship with the unknown (for the better!) for the rest of your life!
THIS CAN 100% BE YOU!
WHAT MY CLIENTS ARE SAYING
“She helped me work through so many thoughts and fears beforehand, so when the time came, I was in a place to better handle them mentally and emotionally.”
“Kate is incredible! She was a truly priceless resource for me and my husband… She is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about safe and empowering hospital birth.”
“[Kate’s] a breath of fresh air, a wealth of knowledge and the coach you want if you’re hoping for a transformative birth that brings the physical act of delivering your child with a spiritual and healing experience together in a hospital setting.”
“From the very first day I spoke with Kate and onwards, I felt so much more at ease knowing that she is by my side and there to help me with any questions and the knowledge I needed to make the best decisions for myself this second time around.”
YOU’VE TRIED OTHER WAYS TO PREPARE.
🕘 You’ve spent hours scrolling on social media.
🙋♀️ You’ve taken birth classes.
💬 You’ve talked to your friends who have been through it before.
📕 You’ve loaded up on books and podcasts.
BUT YOU STILL FEEL OVERWHELMED AND ANXIOUS BECAUSE THOSE APPROACHES…
❌ Aren’t cohesive and comprehensive. You’re getting little bits here and there instead of a step-by-step plan.
❌ Aren’t personalized. They’re not designed for you personally.
❌ Aren’t enough. A weekend class or a few podcasts won’t teach you all you need to know. You need to go so much deeper.
❌ Aren’t realistic. They aren’t always created by someone on the ground supporting hospital births who knows exactly what to expect.
Here’s WHAT I’ve LEARNED IN MY YEARS SUPPORTING BIRTHS
Powerful births are not outcome-based. They are skills-based.
THis means that you can learn HOW TO…
identify your priorities and protect them through labor’s twists and turns
take charge of your birth — your body, your baby, your decisions
advocate for yourself, even if you have an unsupportive provider
feel fully grounded in your body no matter how intense things get
cope with physical challenges (hello, contractions) and mental ones (all that uncertainty)
make hard decisions in the way that feels best to you
be 100% supported by your partner without having to ask for everything you need as your labor unfolds
own your birth experience and birth powerfully, no matter what happens
IT IS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE YOU’RE HOPING FOR.
Because it’s absolutely possible to learn the skills that will support you through labor and birth, whatever your journey looks like. The part that holds some people back is this simple truth: you don’t magically become a different person in labor. If you want to have all those skills in birth, you have to prepare and practice now.
IT’S TIME TO RE-ENVISION YOUR BIRTH AND HOW YOU PREPARE FOR IT.
DEEP BIRTH PREP
AN IMMERSIVE 12 WEEK PROGRAM TO PREPARE YOU AND YOUR PARTNER WITH THE SKILLS AND STRATEGIES TO NAVIGATE THE WILD RIDE OF LABOR ON YOUR TERMS, FOR A DEEPLY MEANINGFUL HOSPITAL BIRTH EXPERIENCE
Deep Birth Prep goes beyond information to truly prepare you with the skills you’ll need for hospital birth through a series of video lessons, workbooks, activities, and coaching calls.
DEEP BIRTH PREP OUTLINE
Deep Birth Prep is birth prep re-envisioned. It’s a step-by-step program made up of video lessons, workbooks, activities, and 1:1 sessions, specifically designed to help you go beyond information to develop the skills you’ll need to navigate your birth journey.
THE 3 LAYERS OF DEEP BIRTH PREP
YOU & YOUR PARTNER
To know what your birth prep is going to look like, you’ve got to dive deep into yourself to explore where you’re coming from and where you want to go.
⭐ Radically shift your thinking on birth preparation
⭐ Examine your past birth and/or medical experiences
⭐ Identify your beliefs about birth
⭐ Explore what a positive and negative experience of birth would look like for you
⭐ Reflect on your worries, fears, and blocks
⭐ Cultivate the mental skills you’ll need to move through challenges and tolerate uncertainty
⭐ Build confidence in your partnership and your teamwork abilities
BIRTH
Birth is so much more than pushing a baby out of your body. You’ll learn the foundations of the entire process, so you’ll know exactly how to support yourself.
⭐ Learn what regulates the entire process of birth in your body and what can disrupt it
⭐ Understand the biomechanics of birth for you and baby
⭐ Identify the ways your physical environment can affect your labor experience and how to create an ideal environment in the hospital
⭐ Craft a partner support plan so they will know how to help you in each stage of labor
⭐ Build a robust collection of strategies to help you move through contractions both physically and mentally
THE CONTEXT
To make good decisions and get personalized care, you need to understand how the hospital maternity care system works and why it works that way.
⭐ Understand the values of the hospital system and how they affect your care
⭐ Identify the choices you have in labor
⭐ Examine what typical communication sounds like in the hospital and how to best communicate with staff and your provider
⭐ Learn how to evaluate risk and make decisions based on your own values and priorities
⭐ Develop the skills to advocate for yourself and manage tension in the room
⭐ Explore interventions available to you in the hospital setting and how to maximize their benefits while mitigating potential risks
PLUS, WE’RE DOING ALL THIS TOGETHER.
I’M BY YOUR SIDE THROUGH EACH STEP.
Detailed Action Plan
Clear weekly plans with your video lesson, workbook, and activities so you know exactly what to do when.
1:1 Support
Two, 1 hour sessions of 1:1 support, customized for you to build on what you’ve been working on individually.
Voxer Check Ins
Biweekly Voxer check-ins where you share what you’ve been working on, and I provide personalized support.
NEXT STEP?
Book a FREE CALL TO CHAT ABOUT PREPPING FOR BIRTH WITH ME
We’ll talk about your pregnancy, your current birth prep challenges, and whether Deep Birth Prep is the right next step for you in preparing for the birth experience you’re dreaming of!
Here’s What’s Inside
PLUS BONUS MODULES ON INDUCTION, POSTPARTUM PREP, AND BIRTH DEBRIEFING
Here’s How It Works
For 12 weeks, you and your partner go all in, working through the weekly modules with me by your side.
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Perspective
Each module begins with a video on that week’s focus. I cover the fundamentals of prepping on every level, plus the nuances of birthing within the hospital system, from a variety of perspectives.
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PRACTICE
Then you work through reflective questions to personalize the information you’ve learned plus activities to help you actually learn the skills and apply them to your regular life.
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PRO SUPPORT
You’re not doing this alone. You have my support through 1:1 virtual meetings and biweekly check-ins to answer questions, work through challenges, and hold you accountable.
Hey! I’m Kate GOODWIN.
Atlanta doula working in-person with birthers and their partners at 7 major metro hospitals and the Atlanta Birth Center
specialized training in advocacy, birth physiology, trauma-informed care, and accessing evidence-based care in the hospital setting
I believe you are the authority on your body, your baby, and your birth.
I’ve supported clients through VBACs, Cesareans, inductions, medicated births, unmedicated births, and birth emergencies like PPH, shoulder dystocia, HIE, and neonatal resuscitations.
HOW TO GET STARTED
Book a call with me so we can see if Deep Birth Prep is exactly what you’re looking for. Because I work closely with you throughout the program, I want to make sure we’re both excited to work together and that I’m 100% confident I can get you the results you want through my program.
DEEP BIRTH PREP IS perfect for you if…
✅ You’re ready to take charge of your birth experience. Birth isn’t going to be something that happens to you. You’re going to be at the center of it.
✅ You want to get ready on every level — mind, body, and heart — and you want an expert to guide you step-by-step through the preparation. No more guessing or relying on social media!
✅ You want to enter labor feeling fully supported by your partner, with them knowing exactly what to do when things get hard. They’re going to be your doula and your advocate.
✅ You want to understand your full range of options in labor, everything from how to move your body through contractions to how to take advantage of the hospital’s medical tools while minimizing the risks. You know that choice is power.
CLIENTS COME TO ME OVERWHELMED, ANXIOUS, AND DISCOURAGED AND TRANSFORM INTO RESILIENT, CONFIDENT, AND EXCITED (GASP!) BIRTHERS.
Hiring Kate was the single smartest decision I made to prepare for the birth of my first baby. As an anxious and squeamish person, I was drawn to Kate for her warmth, honesty, her calm energy and her sense of humor. The preparation she offers touches on the practical as well as something equally critical and less tangible — the spiritual.
Choosing Kate… was the best choice I could have made for my VBAC! Through Kate’s guidance, I became so empowered and prepared for my birth— regardless of the outcome.
Kate is down to earth, her presence is grounding and nonjudgmental, and she stays up to date with the research in the field so we could all be well prepared.
READY FOR THIS TO BE YOU?
DEEP BIRTH PREP WALKS YOU THROUGH EVERY LAYER OF BIRTH PREP SO YOU CAN BE CONFIDENT ON THE BIG DAY(S)!
…EVEN (ESPECIALLY!) IF YOU’RE INCREDIBLY ANXIOUS ABOUT BIRTH.
I made this program just for you! I know what it’s like to spiral, or try to overprepare for every scenario, or even to want to avoid thinking about prep all together because it’s just too much. I take you step-by-step through what you actually need to know to be able to handle anything!
…EVEN (ESPECIALLY!) IF YOU’VE HAD A BAD BIRTH EXPERIENCE BEFORE.
I have been there. Having a challenging or traumatic experience can make it hard to even think about getting pregnant again. But you did! You’re braver than you think, and to paraphrase the amazing Krysta Dancy, a perinatal therapist, this time will be different because you are different. You are already choosing to prepare totally differently. And here’s the thing: the specifics of how this birth unfolds will not make or break your experience because you will be prepared, seen, and supported no matter what, and that is the difference-maker.
…EVEN (ESPECIALLY!) IF YOUR BIRTH LOOKS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU IMAGINED.
Birth is unpredictable and unknowable before it unfolds. That’s what makes preparing for it so important! We go beyond just information to the actual skills that will help you handle whatever comes up on your journey in the way that feels best to you.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU’RE IN THE PERFECT PLACE TO START PREPARING FOR THIS JOURNEY IN A RADICALLY DIFFERENT WAY.
Payment Options
3 payments of
$385
1 payment of
$997*
INCLUDES A BONUS VOXER CHECK IN
FAQs
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I recommend starting this program in your second trimester by about 24-26 weeks. That way you can complete one module a week and finish by about 36-38 weeks. However, if you’d like more time to practice the skills and/or are eager to get started, you can start the program as early as you would like and complete the modules at a slower pace.
Of course, you can start this program later in your pregnancy if you have time to complete multiple modules per week.
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The program is designed to be completed over the course of 12 weeks by doing one module per week. However, you may move through the modules at your own pace. I would budget about 2-3 hours per week (if doing one module a week).
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I'm going to be honest with you. The goal of this program is not for you to emerge with all the answers. It's designed to give you something much more valuable -- the skills you need to have a deeply meaningful birth experience and a deeply meaningful life, especially in times of change and uncertainty. The magic is in the process itself. You'll go step by step through the program with an experienced guide (me!) and learn more about yourself, your partner, birth, the hospital maternity care system, and more importantly, navigating the unknowns of life. In doing the work, you're developing and practicing the important skills you'll need. There's no test at the end (though there is a project that will help you apply everything you've learned during your birth); simply going through the experience is where the true value lies.
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The cost of the program is a one-time payment of $997 or three payments of $385, totaling $1155.
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The program consists of 12 modules, each with a video and packet (with a workbook and/or activities), plus 2 1:1 sessions with me and biweekly Voxer check ins. (In Voxer, you’ll send me a recorded message with your progress and questions, and I’ll listen and send you a message back with my thoughts and recommendations.)
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Yes. There are two hour-long 1:1 sessions with me. We typically schedule one at the beginning of the program and one toward the end. We also have every other week Voxer check-ins to see how you're doing.
This personalized component of the program is incredibly important. You are not the "average birther." You have unique goals, priorities, fears, and ways of coping, and I look forward to hearing about all of it. My favorite part of birth work is getting to work with people one-on-one, and I knew that would be a huge part of my birth prep program.
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Absolutely! It is designed to be done with your partner and will yield the best results that way! I want you to feel so supported by your partner during birth, and that works happens right now as you prepare together. Through this program, your partner will learn all my doula tips, tricks, and skills, so that they can take an active role in supporting you.
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This is not a passive class -- it's an entire preparation program that you move through with your partner. Each week you'll watch a video lesson, complete written reflections, and practice specific activities designed to prepare you on every level. And you're not doing it alone! You'll receive my personalized support through our 1:1 sessions and Voxer chats to keep you on track and offer individualized recommendations.
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Yes! You are exactly who I’ve designed this program for. I want you to know everything about the hospital system so you can feel super prepared.
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This program is designed for birthers planning a hospital birth. There are some great home birth prep classes out there that will probably be a better fit for you.
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This program is designed for birthers planning a vaginal hospital birth. While we do cover C sections, if you know you’re having one in advance, there are some great C section prep classes out there that will probably be a better fit for you.
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Yes! I am a birth doula, and this program goes into significantly more depth than I’m able to with my in-person clients. What I've realized is that so much of my work with clients actually happens in the preparation stage, and the more work they do beforehand to get ready physically, mentally, and emotionally, the less there is to do in the actual labor room. So I decided to take everything I teach my clients now, plus everything I would want them to know if they were birthing without my in-person support, and put it all into this program.
While I think pretty much everyone would benefit from having an in-person doula at their birth, I know that not everyone is able to have that support and that not every doula is able to spend weeks preparing with you ahead of time. I designed this program to help you learn all the skills you need to navigate your hospital birth, whether or not you have in-person doula support.
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I do not give refunds, but I do offer a free consultation with me so that you can get all your questions answered and determine if this program is the right fit for you before you purchase.
IMAGINE ACTUALLY FEELING EXCITED ABOUT YOUR BIRTH BECAUSE…
YOU AND YOUR PARTNER HAVE A CLEAR, STEp-BY-STEP PLAN TO PREPARE FOR YOUR BEST BIRTH EXPERIENCE
ARE YOU READY TO
🔥 figure out what’s actually important (to you - not the internet!) about your birth
🔥 reclaim your powerful, active role in the process (you are note a bystander)
🔥 determine the medical tools and coping strategies that are right for you (be prepared AF)
🔥 cope well with challenges (you have got this)
🔥 advocate for yourself like a badass (find your voice)
🔥 thrive in the uncertainty of birth (and postpartum, parenting... AND LIFE!)