Birth Classes in Portland, Oregon
You're pregnant and feeling all the feels! You feel excited, elated and then the reality can set in...
How are you going to get the baby out?! How will your partner confidently support you?!
How will you know if you need an intervention? How will you know when to go to the hospital?
Looking for birthing classes near you that empower both you and your partner? Birth Dates is a unique, five-session childbirth class in Portland designed to help you feel informed, supported, and connected. Whether you're planning an unmedicated birth, hoping for fewer interventions, or just want to feel prepared for anything - join us!
Who Is Birth Dates For?
Birth Dates is for anyone who wants to feel prepared, supported, and empowered during childbirth - especially birthing parents and partners who want to approach the birth experience as a team.
This class is designed for:
- First-time parents who want a hands-on and a comprehensive birth preparation to get them feeling ready
- Parents who want fewer interventions and more confidence
- For couples that want to give birth as a team, and for the partner to be an active participant
- For those that desire an in-person birth class and to meet other pregnant couples
- Prepares for all types of birth: Hospital birth, home births, and birth centers
- Inclusive of all! Partners, dads, other support people.
- Parents that have had a negative birth experience the first time around, and want a new story
- Anyone searching for birthing classes in Portland or childbirth classes near me that go deeper than surface-level education
You don't need to have any prior knowledge about birth or be set on one specific kind of birth experience. Birth Dates is here to meet you where you are.
WOW! Birth Dates was truly an extraordinary experience. In just 5 weeks, my husband and I learned SO much. We are going into this birth with SO much knowledge and confidence, and that’s all attributable to Sherilee and the Birth Dates curriculum she has created! What stuck out to me most was the idea of it being a Birth DATE. This class offered a time for us to sit, learn, and practice new things TOGETHER. Birthing a baby is a TEAM effort and we now feel ready to take it on as a TEAM.
- Hilary L.
What You'll Learn on Your Birth Dates
Foundations to a healthy labor and how to reduce unnecessary interventions.
Learn practical ways your partner can support you through ALL stages of labor, even when things get hard!
Learn massage techniques to support the birthing partner
What to pack for the hospital, birth center (or what you’ll need at home!)
What you will experience in each stage of labor and learn WHEN to go to the hospital!
How to experience less pain, use natural comfort measure and work with your body for an unmedicated birth if you choose.
Ways to help your baby get into the best position for birth.
How to shorten your labor
How to create a calm and safe birth space.
Epidurals – The compassionate use of epidurals.
Learn ALL your choices in birth and how to advocate for your preferences.
How to write a birth plan your birth team will read.
Transform your birth fears into birth confidence.
Learn what to do if complications arise (inductions & all hospital procedures).
Best gentle cesarean birth tips.
Practice labor positions and relaxation techniques.
How you and your partner can work as a TEAM in birth and postpartum!
I didn’t know how uninformed I was until I attended my first class with Sherilee. My husband and I learned SO MUCH. Any fears that we had were calmed and the class made us so confident and excited for your birth! It was so worth it! I 100% recommend them to anyone looking to take birth classes!
- Adria R.
Sherilee Peters | Certified Birth Educator in Vancouver, WA | Doula in Portland, Oregon
Sherilee (she/her) has taught over 2500 couples how to embrace birth without fear and how to take ownership of their birth experience as a couple. She has passionately taught for over 19 years in the Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon areas, along with creating safe and supported environments as a Birth and Postpartum Doula.
Birth Dates was created with the intention to be a birth class that empowers birthing people to find their voice, power, and presence and for the partner to be fully engaged in the birth by their side at each turn. Birth Dates is a fun, interactive and a bonding experience for the parents-to- be, a place for them to learn about their amazing ability to bring their baby earthside in a positive way.
Certified with The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth, Lamaze and Spinning Babies, she has created Birth Dates to be an updated curriculum for today's parents.
Sherilee is thrilled to teach couples in Canada, Mexico and Europe with the Self-Paced version of Birth Dates in addition to in-person classes in the Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington metro areas.
In-person birth classes are taught in Vancouver, Washington and the virtual birth class is available wherever you are (yes, even on your Baby-moon!)
What's Included In Birth Dates
Class time as a group, to see real faces, and connect with other parents
Includes 60 page Couples Connection Workbook
5 Birth Date Kits with labor comfort tools, labor snacks for your birth bag
Practice hands-on and interactive pain relief techniques with your partner
Ability to ask questions LIVE as they come up in class!
Unlimited access to educator via text, email or phone.
Complete with Labor Rehearsals so couples are super comfortable when real labor begins
Experience Classroom with BONUS videos, lessons, couples massage, guided relaxation practices and MORE to deepen learning.
🗓️ Upcoming Class Schedule
September 9 - October 7, 2025 (1 space left)
5 week series | In-person Class | 6:30pm | Tuesday Nights | Downtown Vancouver | $475
NEW START DATE: December 2 -December 16, 2025 (3 spaces left)
4 week series | In-person Class | 6:30pm | Tuesday Nights | Downtown Vancouver | $475
Weekend Workshop - January 24 & 25, 2026 (8 spaces left)
In-person Class | 9:30am-4:30pm | 1602 Main Street Vancouver, WA | $475
Self-paced Individual Classes
5 week series | Recorded Classes with unlimited instructor access | $397
What Couples Are Saying about Birth Dates
Birth Dates was such an excellent experience for me and my husband. Sherilee is AMAZING! The information she provides in her classes is pure gold and made us feel empowered to take on such a big life event.
I felt so prepared to go into labor which as a huge relief. We had so many tools that we learned to help us through everything.
My husband knew exactly how to coach me through every step because of this class!
- Hana & Justin
This Birth Dates class was life-changing. I can't imagine going into labor without it. The amount of evidence-based knowledge we gained was so valuable and has helped us feel prepared for whatever comes our way!
Besides making us feel completely prepped, confident, and at ease for birth, it allowed us some real bonding moments as a couple. The guided activities were fun and brought us closer together during this precious time of pregnancy.
- Wes & August
My husband and I took the Birth Dates and we would whole-heartedly recommend it! We were hoping to gain more tools for a natural childbirth, and that is just what we got!
We can without a doubt say that the class helped us achieve the positive birth experience we were hoping for.
This class helped me and my partner feel capable and confident and ultimately wa the reason I was able to make it through withouth an epidural.
This was the best investment we made in our birth, worth every penny and more!
- Anna