About the guidebook
Trusted expertise. Modern guidance. One beautiful guidebook.
Lamaze International and Plumtree Baby have joined forces to give expectant parents the most evidence-based, educator-tested birth preparation resource available today.
A partnership built on trust
Lamaze International, a trusted name in childbirth education for over sixty years, has teamed up with Plumtree Baby to provide enhanced teaching tools for Lamaze educators and the families they support.
This exciting collaboration brings together Lamaze's evidence-based philosophy—including the Six Healthy Birth Practices—and Plumtree Baby's modern, educator-tested materials.
The result? An award-winning parent guidebook designed to simplify birth preparation and guide parents to have a healthy birth.
Why parents and educators trust this guidebook
Parents get the best of both worlds: Lamaze's trusted, evidence-based content paired with Plumtree Baby's polished, user-friendly resources.
The new Lamaze-branded Parent Guidebook is aligned with Lamaze's Essential Content and Six Healthy Birth Practices and was created to fully meet Lamaze International's standards.
Plumtree Baby's founder, Julie Olson, LCCE & FACCE—a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator with over 20 years of experience—led the development of these materials with Lamaze educators in mind.
You can trust that this guidebook supports Lamaze's evidence-based approach while offering modern, engaging formats that today's parents appreciate.
The Six Healthy Birth Practices
The Six Healthy Birth Practices are at the heart of every Lamaze-branded resource. Each guidebook, slide, and lesson plan reinforces these principles through clear, consistent messaging. You'll find these practices highlighted throughout the materials (look for the Lamaze "dots"), making it easy to integrate them into your lessons.
- 1Allow labor to begin on its own.
- 2Move and change positions during labor.
- 3Have a support system in place during labor.
- 4Avoid unnecessary interventions.
- 5Avoid birthing on your back and follow your body's cues when it's time to push.
- 6Keep mom and baby together.
Meet the partners
For over 60 years, Lamaze International has been the leading authority in evidence-based childbirth education, empowering families with knowledge and confidence for birth and beyond.
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Plumtree Baby creates modern, educator-tested childbirth education materials trusted by Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators across the country.
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