Classes

A Place to Grow — Together

At The Shanty & Co., we believe learning and connection go hand in hand. Our classes offer a chance to slow down, show up, and be supported — whether you're discovering new tools, nurturing your family, or simply finding time to breathe. In every season, we're here to provide thoughtful experiences that help you feel more grounded, more confident, and more connected to the community around you.

Come as you are. We’re building something beautiful — and you’re invited to be part of it.

January 19 - New Mama Group:

Filling Your Cup In New Motherhood
What Helps You Be the Best Version of You? 

January 26 - Pregnancy Group:

Building an Empowering Support Team / Wants and  Don’t Wants in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Trusted Resources in Our Community

It is highly encouraged to bring a notebook to answer prompts during group sharing.

Childbirth Education Course

$325/couple

February 7 - 11:30a-3:30p

Join us at our in-person interactive, holistic, and evidence-based four hour childbirth education course. Held at two locations: the St. Augustine Birth Collective and The Playgarden in Jacksonville Beach, FL. Class takers will leave with a bound booklet with a combined 24 years of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum knowledge compiled by Alyssa and Katharine. Interactive yet cutting-edge material that these two doulas have brought here to Florida from working within other states (Colorado and California) with very high vaginal success rates, more modernized approaches to birthing and the postpartum period. This class is for those birthing in all settings and their comprehensive curated booklet can be by your side at your hospital birth, homebirth, or birth center birth!

Why a Childbirth Education (CBE) Class Outside of the Hospital Setting?

  • Leave more equipped with ways to lower unnecessary medical induction (yes, sometimes an induction is medically necessary, but often it is scheduled simply because one is a “post-date”, scheduling is easier on a large practice’s schedule, or because it is the culture of the practice.

  • Unbiased, evidence-based information that ties in your intuition

  • The large majority of class takers have had unmedicated and low intervention births as desired.

  • With well-rounded CBE, research shows: a) fewer epidurals, b) a shorter second stage of labor (when cervix is fully dilated - 10 cm until baby is born ; reduced pushing times - not pushing too soon), and c) less perineal trauma.

  • Excellent for those wanting a physiological birth experience, VBAC, first-time homebirth or birth center birth, or wanting patience in their hospital birth experience.

What is Covered In Class:

  • Hands-On Coping Mechanisms

  • Stages of Labor - Knowing the differences between early, active, and transition part of labor.

  • When to Time Contractions and Tie Your Team In

  • Utilizing Your Tool Box Appropriately - Advantages and Disadvantages of all Hospital Interventions and Forms of Pain Management

  • Optimal Fetal Positioning and Ways to Open Up the 3 Parts of the Pelvis: Inlet, Mid Pelvis, and Outlet.

  • Birth Preference Options and Various Local Hospital Policies

  • Spontaneous Labor vs. Navigating Medical Induction

  • Labor hormones and the differences between Oxytocin and Pitocin.

  • Birth Scenarios in Action - The class will collectively come up with solutions/’to-dos’ in various situations in out-of-hospital births, homebirth transfer, and planning for the unexpected.

  • Planning for the Unexpected - Hospital Homebirth Transfer

  • Neonatal Testing

  • Newborn Preferences and Setting Up for Breastfeeding Success within the first 1-2 hours after birth during the “Golden Hour”.