Everything you need to plan, teach, and support families with confidence.
The Childbirth Starter Package is a complete, ready-to-use teaching toolkit designed to save you time and simplify your prep. Built around our Plan → Teach → Support framework, it brings together your curriculum, slides, and parent materials in one cohesive system so you can focus on teaching, not building content from scratch.
What's included?
Plan → Childbirth Curriculum
A comprehensive, evidence-based Childbirth Curriculum* with structured lessons, discussion prompts, and facilitation guidance make preparation simple. Start every class knowing exactly what to teach.
Lesson plans are designed for flexible course formats. Most educators teach this content as a 6–8 hour course. It can be offered as a single class or divided into multiple sessions (for example, four weekly 2-hour classes), depending on discussion time, activities, and teaching style.
FLEXIBLE FORMAT OPTIONS:
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Digital Curriculum: Instant access to a navigable PDF
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Digital + Print Curriculum: Full-color, spiral-bound printed curriculum plus instant digital access
Teach → Preparing for Birth PowerPoint
A professionally designed slide deck* that aligns directly with the curriculum, making it easy to teach in-person or virtually.
POWERPOINT STYLE OPTIONS:
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Standard: Traditional design featuring Plumtree Baby branding
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Custom Branded: Customized with your logo, color palette, and selected cover image*
Support → Preparing for Birth Parent Guidebook
Trusted, thoughtfully designed parent guidebooks that reinforce class content and support families through pregnancy, labor, and beyond.
VERSATILE PARENT BOOK OPTIONS:
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Standard: 10 copies included in the package
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Custom Branded: 250-copy minimum with your logo and cover design
Custom books are printed quarterly. Learn more here or contact us with questions.
Why Educators Choose This Package
- Save hours of prep time with a ready-to-teach system
- Deliver consistent, evidence-based education
- Engage families with professional, cohesive materials
- Compatible with most major training programs, including ICEA, CAPPA, and many more
For Lamaze educators, we offer a dedicated Lamaze Starter Package created to support Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices.
Easy Setup & Delivery
- Digital files available immediately after purchase
- Optional printed curriculum and parent books shipped directly to you
- Standard licenses* cover up to five educators in one business location; contact us for larger teams or multiple locations
Start teaching confidently today — and give families the support they deserve.
For further questions and information on this product, please see the Product Details tab, check out our FAQ or feel free to use our chat feature.
*Standard licenses for the curriculum and PowerPoint are included in this starter package for use by up to five educators in a single business. If you need a license for more than five educators or more than one facility, contact us for a quote.
Take a Look Inside
Want to see everything that is included? View the samples below:
🔗 PLAN: Click here to view the Curriculum
🔗 TEACH: Click here to view the PowerPoint
🔗 SUPPORT: Click here to view the Parent Guidebook
Aligned with current childbirth practices, this curriculum offers clear, step-by-step guidance to teach with confidence and help families have a healthy birth experience.
Please note that content in this package is included in our Lamaze Starter Package, designed specifically for Lamaze Educators. Buyers should not purchase both.
Custom Branding
Upgrade to Custom
The Breastfeeding Your Baby PowerPoint and/or Parent Guidebooks can be custom branded to match your organization.
Custom Branded PowerPoints feature your choice of cover photo, your logo and color scheme. Branded slides will integrate seamlessly with your business. See examples of branding and cover image options here.
How it Works: After purchase, we'll send you a design form where you can upload your logo, choose your color scheme, select your cover photo and give us a few details. We'll customize your PowerPoint and send it to you for approval. Custom branded orders are typically completed within 5-10 business days.
You can also upgrade to custom branded parent books (see examples). The minimum order is 250 books. Select the type at the top of the page. Review our design guide or see our branded book description for more information. After purchase, we will send you a design order form to submit your design choices. Custom books are printed in batches. Contact us for the printing schedule or for additional information.
Please note that sale pricing does not apply for custom branded orders.
Product Details
Product Specifications
PLAN: The Childbirth Curriculum is an expertly designed resource to streamline the development and delivery of engaging, versatile childbirth classes.
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Childbirth Curriculum (English), Fourth Edition (v4.2) © 2025 Plumtree Baby
- Full-color 198 page PDF with optional 8.5x11" spiral bound print book
- ISBN 978-1939576545
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Digital SKU: PTBC4PDF, Digital+Print SKU: PTBC4
- Your purchase includes our standard license which is valid for one organization or facility for up to 5 users.*
TEACH: The Preparing for Birth PowerPoint includes structured slides covering all essential content for understanding and caring for a new baby. Designed for virtual or in-person classes, it features high-resolution images, modern graphics and flexible slides that can be rearranged, hidden or expanded.
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Preparing for Birth PowerPoint (English), second edition (v4.2) © 2025
- 157 slide digital download with up to 8 hours of course content including seven topics: Pregnancy (13 slides), Labor & Birth (24 slides), Interventions (15 slides), Variations (18 slides), Comfort Measures (31 slides), Postpartum Adjustments (22 slides) and Your Newborn (25 slides).
- SKU: PTBPPPFB
- Reading Level: Grade 6 - Adult. Available in English (Spanish sold separately).
- Your purchase includes our standard license which is valid for one organization or facility for up to 5 users.*
PowerPoint slides can be hidden, deleted or rearranged but are not editable. You can add additional slides (using our blank slide template) to create the perfect PowerPoint for your classes.
SUPPORT: The Preparing for Birth guidebook is a practical class companion that covers labor, comfort measures, and an introduction to postpartum recovery and newborn care.
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Preparing for Birth (English), third edition (v3.2) © 2026 (Spanish books sold separately)
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ISBN 978-1939576538, SKU: PFB
- 8.5 by 11" paperback book. 80 full-color pages.
- Reading Level: Grade 8 - Adult.
Licensing
*If your facility employs more than five educators who will utilize these resources or you facility has multiple locations, please contact us for a quote. View our licensing terms for additional information.
Curriculum pages may be printed for personal use. Where designated, handout pages can be printed for distribution to childbirth class participants. Content can not be incorporated into any other media such as an on-demand childbirth class or distributed digitally.
The Childbirth Curriculum, Preparing for Birth PowerPoint and Preparing for Birth parent guidebook are copyrighted material owned by Plumtree Baby, LLC. © 2025-2026 All rights reserved. No part of these publication may be altered or reproduced in any form without written permission of Plumtree Baby, LLC. Copyright information is available from copyright.gov.
Technical Details & Terms
Note: After purchase, these items are non-returnable and non-refundable.
Order is delivered via a download link that requires an internet connection. Your download link is valid for one year. To ensure continued access, please save a backup copy of the files to a second device and/or a cloud-based storage platform (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud). Once downloaded and saved, you do not need to use the original link again—the files can be opened anytime from your saved location without needing to re-download. Computer, tablet and monitor not included.
Printed curriculums reflect the edition available at the time of printing. Digital versions may be updated over time to correct errors, clarify text or align with the latest research or practice guidelines. As a result, digital editions may not match printed copies exactly.
This product includes a PDF file that requires a compatible program to view and edit. We recommend Adobe Acrobat or a similar program.
This product includes a PowerPoint presentation file that requires a compatible program to view and edit. While we recommend using Microsoft PowerPoint for the best experience, it is not required, as PowerPoint (.pptx) files can also be opened in various programs such as Keynote and Google Slides. However, formatting and features may be affected depending on the program used, and some programs may have file size limitations that could impact compatibility. For the best functionality, we suggest using Microsoft PowerPoint or a free PowerPoint viewer.
