Lamaze International × Plumtree Baby
Feel ready for labor and the first days with your newborn
The Lamaze Navigating Pregnancy & Birth Guidebook brings together more than 60 years of Lamaze International expertise and Plumtree Baby’s clear, modern approach — so you can walk into your birth experience with clarity and confidence.
What's inside
Every Stage. Every Question. Answered.
From the first signs of labor through the early days at home, this guidebook gives you a clear picture of what is happening and what you can do. You will learn how labor unfolds, how to cope with contractions, how to make informed choices, and how to care for yourself and your baby afterward.
Labor and Birth
Learn the stages of labor, how your body and baby work together, common variations, and how to talk with your care team when decisions come up.
Comfort Measures
Build a practical toolkit of positions, movement, breathing, support, medications and other coping strategies you and your partner can use throughout labor.
Life with Baby
Get a clear overview of postpartum recovery, newborn care, feeding, and what the first days at home often feel like.
Birth Preferences
A simple way to think through what matters to you in labor, write it down, and talk it through with your partner and your care team before the day arrives.
Downloadable Companion Workbook
A printable workbook that comes with your book, with space to write preferences, practice decisions, and keep notes you can bring to class, appointments, and labor.
Why trust this guidebook
Two Trusted Names. One Complete Resource.
Lamaze International
For over six decades, Lamaze International has been the gold standard in childbirth education. Our evidence-based approach empowers parents to make informed decisions about pregnancy, birth, and early parenting.
Plumtree Baby
Plumtree Baby creates beautifully designed, evidence-based resources that help parents feel prepared and confident. Our guidebooks are used in hospitals, birth centers, and childbirth classes across North America.
What parents are saying
Trusted by Families
A great guide! Especially for me, as a soon to be first time mom. Being in the medical field myself, I especially appreciate how informative the book is without feeling like I was reading an overly drawn out medical textbook. The pictures are also especially helpful!
Terrific Baby shower gift! Such a comprehensive, valuable and beautiful resource for parents! I bought one for my daughter's best friend who is expecting her first baby.
So much amazing informing content! Thank you!
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Start Your Journey With Confidence
- Full color print guidebook
- Downloadable companion workbook
- Birth preferences template
- All-in-one guide to labor, comfort and postpartum