Feel Confident, Prepared, and Ready to Work Together When Labor Begins
A hands-on birth preparation class for expecting couples from 28+ weeks.
More than a 3-hour childbirth class. Your Birth Prep experience combines an intimate, hands-on class led by a pelvic floor physical therapist with a complete digital resource library you can access before and after class—so you can learn, practice, and prepare at your own pace.
Prepare for Birth as a Team
Your partner won’t just watch—they’ll practice alongside you and learn how to support you with positioning, counter-pressure, breathing, and comfort techniques.
So when labor begins, you both know what to do.
More Than Childbirth Education
Knowing what happens during labor is one thing. Knowing what to do when it begins is another.
Led by a pelvic floor physical therapist, this hands-on experience helps you and your partner understand how your body and pelvis work during birth—and gives you practical strategies you can use together during labor.
You’ll learn it. You’ll practice it. You’ll leave knowing how to use it.
What You & Your Partner Will Learn & Practice
Birth is a team experience. Rather than just learning what happens during labor, you and your partner will practice movement, positioning, breathing, pushing, and hands-on support techniques together.
During the class, you'll practice:
Labor & Birth — stages of labor and what to expect
Movement & Positioning — positions for different phases of labor
Pelvic Floor Preparation — relaxation, opening, and preparing for birth
Pushing Strategies — breathing, positioning, and how to work with your body
Comfort & Pain-Coping Techniques — practical tools to use during contractions
Hands-On Partner Support — counter-pressure, positioning, and ways your partner can actively help
Ways your partner can help you stay relaxed, supported, and focused
You'll leave knowing what your body is doing during labor. Your partner will leave with practical tools to support you every step of the way.
Your Complete Birth Prep Experience Includes:
Before Class — Get Ready
Receive your hospital and labor checklist, labor comfort essentials, and prenatal yoga flow to help prepare your pelvis and pelvic floor for birth.
3-Hour Hands-On Class — Learn & Practice Together
You and your partner learn and practice the movement, positions, pushing, breathing, comfort, pelvic floor, and partner-support strategies you can use during labor.
After Class — Keep Practicing
Receive your Birth Practice Guide so you can continue practicing the movements, positions, pushing strategies, and partner-support techniques you learned together.
BONUS: Early Postpartum Recovery Guide
Practical tips to help you care for your body during the early weeks after birth and gradually begin your recovery.
Investment: $349 per couple (Includes the expecting parent + one partner or support person)
Meet Your Birth Prep Instructor
Birth Prep Class Details
Location: FeminoCentric Physical Therapy & Wellness in Pasadena, California
Class Length: 3 hours
Time: Saturdays, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Recommended During Pregnancy: 28+ weeks
Investment: $349 per couple
Who Can Attend: One expecting parent + one partner or support person
Class Size: Small group with limited space to allow for hands-on practice, questions, and personalized guidance
What to Wear: Comfortable clothing that allows you to move easily
Light refreshments will be provided.
Dr. Linda Sayyad is a pelvic floor physical therapist specializing in pregnancy, birth preparation, postpartum recovery, and pelvic health.
Through her work with pregnant and postpartum women, Dr. Sayyad helps expecting parents understand how the pelvic floor, pelvis, breathing, movement, and positioning work together during labor and birth.
Her approach to birth preparation combines evidence-based education with practical, hands-on strategies so expecting parents and their partners can feel more informed, confident, and physically prepared for birth.
Dr. Linda Sayyad, PT, DPT, PCES
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist & Founder of FeminoCentric Physical Therapy & Wellness
From Nervous to Prepared
“Dr. Sayyad’s birth prep class was exactly what I needed. Learning movements and positions to protect my pelvic floor made me feel more confident about labor and it helped me make a plan to address some of my current pregnancy symptoms as well.” Jennifer K.
Ready to Feel More Prepared for Birth?
Ready to feel more confident and prepared for birth? Choose an upcoming class date and reserve a spot for you and your partner or support person.
September
Saturday 9/19/2026
9:30am-12:30pm
October
Saturday 10/17/2026
9:30am-12:30pm
Space is limited to keep each class small, interactive, and hands-on.
November
Saturday 11/21/2026
9:30am-12:30pm
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This class is designed for expecting parents and their partners or support people, whether this is your first birth or you've given birth before. It can be helpful for families preparing for vaginal birth, induction, epidural, unmedicated birth, or C-section who want both childbirth education and practical, body-based preparation.
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Most families attend our birth prep class between 28 and 36 weeks of pregnancy. However, the class can be helpful anytime during the third trimester. The movement, positioning, breathing, and partner-support strategies are designed to be adaptable to your individual birth experience.
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No. Our birth preparation class supports a variety of birth preferences and plans. The movement, positioning, breathing, pain-coping, partner-support, and pelvic floor strategies can be useful whether you're planning an unmedicated birth, epidural, induction, or C-section.
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Traditional childbirth classes often focus primarily on what happens during labor and delivery. Our class combines childbirth education with the perspective of a pelvic floor physical therapist. You'll learn what happens during labor while also practicing how to move, breathe, position your body, push, and use partner-support strategies during birth.
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Yes. The class combines structured childbirth education with hands-on practice. You and your partner will practice labor positions, movement, breathing, pushing strategies, comfort techniques, and ways your partner can physically support you during labor.
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Yes. Partner participation is an important part of the class. Your partner or support person will learn and practice hands-on techniques for positioning, movement, comfort, relaxation, and support so they feel more prepared to actively help you during labor.
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Classes are intentionally kept small to allow time for hands-on practice, personalized guidance, questions, and meaningful discussion.
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No. You do not need to be a current or previous pelvic floor physical therapy patient to attend. The class is open to expecting parents who want childbirth education combined with movement-based and pelvic floor birth preparation.
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No. This birth preparation class is educational and does not replace medical care or individualized pelvic floor physical therapy. Your medical provider and physical therapist can provide recommendations based on your individual pregnancy, health history, symptoms, and birth plan.
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Wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move easily. You’re welcome to bring water, snacks, and anything that helps you feel comfortable.