When I was pregnant with my first child, I had too many people tell me my life was over. I had people tell me I would never sleep again, never enjoy myself again, and my relationship was over. I also had one woman interrupt a private conversation between myself and another pregnant woman to tell us to get the epidural. We were, at the time, talking about out upcoming home births. All of this culminated for me in a desire to have a different pregnancy, birth, and parenting experience than what was being prescribed to me by so many others. Thus, Freedom Inside was born, where I decided to dedicate my life to being the type of parent I wanted to be and supporting others in being the parents they want to be.

I decided to make a pregnancy course because there is so much information out there about the pregnancy experience that I wanted to create a single place for expecting parents to learn, explore, and grow. There are 12 total lessons, each one containing different content and different types of learning.

Each lesson takes on a similar format. It will start with informational reading for you to introduce the topic and provide some education. Then there will be at least one video. There will also be a Call to Action for you to complete on your own. This important time for reflection and integration helps you deepen your experience and learning. Then you will move onto engagement, where you take your experience to our community to share and learn together. Finally, I will always have more reading or resources available on each topic so you can always learn more!

If you haven’t already, please take a moment to join our Facebook community so that you can engage and we can grow together. Take a moment to introduce yourself, where you are from, and how many weeks pregnant you are. Bonus introduction: What is one thing you are excited about in your pregnancy? One thing you are worried about?

I look forward to meeting you soon!