Why choose Healthy Birth Choices

Over 40 years experience

After teaching thousands of couples, our curriculum has been carefully adapted to meet their needs. We are proud to be part of the Calgary birth community. We have attended many of our students’ births over the past two decades, and those experiences add depth and first-hand knowledge to everything we teach.

A balanced approach

Not every birth can or will go as planned. We help couples prepare for any situation. Flexibility is key. Our goal is to help you optimize your birth experience and feel informed, involved and empowered, whatever the outcome.

Partner focused

We expect partners to be involved and to take on the role of key supporter. We empower partners to be equally knowledgeable and invested. Labours with good support tend to be shorter, less painful and need less intervention, and birth becomes an intimate bonding experience like no other.

A holistic approach

Childbirth is both a physical and a psychological event. We consider each person’s physical, mental and emotional needs, and we respect that everyone arrives with different needs and hopes.

Doctor or midwife, hospital or home

Our classes are for families in the care of family doctors, midwives or obstetricians, wherever you plan to give birth. Beautiful births happen at home, in hospital and in birth centres. The key to a positive birth isn’t where it happens, but the knowledge, skills and support you bring with you.

Safe, effective methods

Our classes are designed for the 95% of expectant parents who fall in the normal, low-risk category. Our curriculum is based on evidence-based research and is consistent with the recommendations of the Public Health Agency of Canada, the SOGC and the Canadian Association of Midwives. We focus on normal birth and do not give medical advice.

An unbiased perspective

We are not affiliated with any health region, hospital or clinic. Our only goal is to support you through birth, postpartum and parenthood, fully informed of all your options. We encourage healthy boundaries and informed decision making.