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We serve you with LIVE ONLINE, IN PERSON, HYBRID IN PERSON and and ON DEMAND classes.
New Planning Feature!
Wondering when to register? Ideally, you will want to finish your class 4-6 weeks before your due date. We keep our class sizes small to better serve you. To help you know when to register, we will update the spaces available if 3 or fewer slots remain.
All of our Lamaze childbirth classes have Accessibility Resources to supplement your instruction at home! Get details here or ask your instructor for more information.
Specialty Class Offerings
Healthy Moms,
Healthy Babies:
A Group for Women of Color
Free Postpartum Support of Virginia meets virtually on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays each month. Click here to register!
Boot Camp for New Dads
During a 3-hour workshop, "Rookie" dads-to-be talk to "Veteran" new dads (with their babies) about what the first months of fatherhood are really like. (Yes, there's one for moms, too!)
SUPER-DUPER SIBLINGS!
Prepare your first-born for the new family member. They will learn all about babies and get a package in the mail: a baby bid to decorate and a super hero mask and cape. Now they're ready to be a super sibling!
DC Chapter of Lamaze International
Welcome to
The Lamaze DC Chapter
Voted "Best Childbirth Education Classes" in the
DC Metro Region.
Want to be sure you're heard in labor? Click here and take a class to get lots of practical ideas!
The Lamaze DC Chapter serves Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland.
Boot Camp, Super-Duper Sibling, and Ask the Instructor Classes are now available!
Small Groups
Small, interactive group classes give you the chance to ask questions and have discussions.
A Full Skill Set
Learn all types of comfort techniques
and positions for both you and your partner to use.
Words of Praise
I enjoyed the hands-on practice of the laboring techniques with my birthing partner. My "Don Draper" husband was actually very engaged and referenced the list of "instructions" and position options frequently. I think up until this point, I was expecting him to just know what I needed, but he's a check-list kind of dude, so this really worked well for him.
~Amber