INTRODUCING…

The Unfiltered Birth Academy​

An online self-paced birth course.

A confident birth starts here.

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Prepare yourself mentally, emotionally, and physically for birth and postpartum in the most empowering way. 

You’ve told yourself a million times since you found out about your pregnancy that you would take a childbirth class, yet haven’t found the right one or the time to do so. You’ve googled and “Tik-toked” all the possible things about childbirth but truly don’t feel like you are fully informed or prepared. But ask yourself, how much have I truly learned? What birth options do I even have? Where do I get started on my birth plan? 

Don’t miss out on the little things in birth that matter. The problem isn’t you – it’s that medical professionals don’t have the time to fully prepare you to have the MOST informed birth, an autonomous birth, the birth of your DREAMS. 

Discover The Unfiltered Birth Academy and find out how you can really have the most empowering birth!

Does any of this sound like you?

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❌ “I am terrified, I don’t know what to expect.”
Most of the time, we are terrified because fear is driven by the unknown. If we aren’t prepared, birth can be very scary. 
❌ “I don’t think I can handle the pain.”
Even with pain management medications… we, unfortunately, have to go through physical pain during birth, but HOW will you handle that pain?
❌ “I don’t know how to create a birth plan.”
You may not even know where to start because you don’t know what your actual birth options are. 
❌ “I’m scared I won’t be prepared for postpartum.”
You may think that childbirth isn’t as scary as all the horrifying things you hear about postpartum. You may be wondering- how do I care for myself physically, how can I set boundaries with people, how will I know if my baby is hungry, what if I start feeling symptoms of postpartum depression?
❌ “But everyone says birth is intuitive, how do I even prepare?”
You’re in fact correct, birth is intuitive. BUT birth is also unpredictable and in order to have an empowering birth you need to learn all the different variations of birth and birth options.
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If yes, and you’re ready and willing to embark on an empowering birth journey- join me, and let’s unlock a new level of autonomy, empowerment, and intuition for your birth.

  • Get ready to dive in! In this module,  you’ll establish your own birth vision and understand the design of physiological birth.

    What you’ll get: Birth Vision Worksheet, Birth Stories PDF, Physiological Birth Blueprintption text goes here

  • Discover the history of modern obstetrics, understand YOUR birth biases, and learn about the process of making informed decisions during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum!

    What you’ll get: Birth Biases Worksheet, Decision-Making Blueprint, The First Decisions Comparisons Guide, Conversations with Your Care Provider PDF

  • Understand what it looks like to develop your own personal autonomy, understand radical responsibility, look into your legal rights during childbirth, and learn to advocate for yourself during birth.

    What you’ll get: Guide to Your Legal Rights During Birth, Guide to Saying “NO”

  • Learn all about prenatal testing, navigating labor and postpartum options, variations of normal, induction, and augmentation options, comfort measures and medical pain relief, pushing options, immediate postpartum options, newborn tests and procedures, cesarean options, and uncommon labor complications. (This module is so densely packed with information!)

    What you’ll get: Guide to Pregnancy Choices, Birth Decisions Worksheet, Guide to General Labor Options,  Guide to Normal Variations, Guide to Induction, Guide to Comfort Measures, Guide to Pushing Interventions, What Can You Do With Your Placenta? PDF, Guide to Newborn Tests and Procedures, How to Have an Empowering Cesarean PDF, Avoiding and Unnecessary Cesarean PDF, Guide to Labor Complications

  • Create your dream team, set up for postpartum, AND there is a section in this module that is specifically for your partners and support team to learn how to support you better!

    What you’ll get: Birth Support Worksheet, Postpartum Care Plan, How to Support the Birthing Woman PDF

  • How to live mindfully in preparation for birth, the four meditations for birth, and pain-coping practice methods. 

    What you’ll get: Movement Sequence for Optimal Baby Positioning PDF, The Four Meditations for Birthing PDF,  Audio Meditations Playlist, Pain-Coping Session Blueprint, Intentional Pain-Coping Plan

  • Integrate your birth fears, break down your birth fears, learn to prevent unwanted outcomes, and practice sharing your fears out loud.

    What you’ll get:  Understanding Your Fears Worksheet, Preventing Unwanted Outcomes Worksheet PDF, Printable Pregnancy Affirmations, 

  • Create, customize, and implement your birth plan, as well as learn how to communicate your birth plan choices in an effective manner. 

    What you’ll get: Birth Center Birth Plan Template, Homebirth Birth Plan Template, Hospital Birth Plan Template, Birth Template in Action, Situational Practices for Birth PDF Guide

  • Learn about the mother-baby dyad, the foundations of a calm postpartum, the holistic path to healing the body, how to meet your newborn’s needs, and create a custom postpartum support plan.

    What you’ll get: Processing Your Past Birth Experience PDF, Printable Postpartum Affirmations, Postpartum Journal Prompts, Postpartum Support Plan Template


  • ​1. Nutrition: Eating for a Better Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum
    2. Breastfeeding: Foundations for Success From the Start

THE 9-WEEK SELF-PACED CURRICULUM:

THE 9-WEEK SELF-PACED CURRICULUM:

WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF THIS COURSE?

You walk away with a custom-tailored birth and postpartum plan to have an intuitive, autonomous, and empowering birth plus pain-coping skills, decision-making strategies,  nutrition tips, foundations of breastfeeding, and more! AND unlike most birth courses, you walk away with preparation for your emotional and mental health during your new journey as a mother.

WHY IS THIS COURSE SO SPECIAL IN COMPARISON TO OTHERS?

My method of teaching childbirth goes beyond teaching the various stages of labor and delivery. In this course, I really hone in on providing as much information on childbirth so that you can have the most fool-proof birth plan imaginable, a birth plan that gives you full autonomy (so that you don’t look back thinking of the should’ve/could’ve). I work alongside so many women who have struggled with postpartum, so I do my very best to help you create the most comprehensive postpartum support plan.  And lastly, my method of teaching incorporates so much love and empowerment to help guide you in rediscovering your intuition

TESTIMONIALS:

  • CARLA, NM

    I quickly purchased this course after the launch a few days before my due date... and OH MY GOSH! I wish I would have been able to purchase it sooner because I had to rush through it. SO MUCH GOOD INFORMATION! I honestly don't know how my birth experience would have been without it!!! I ended up having a complicated birth but I was able to make the best choices for ME because of this course. Not to mention.... so glad I created the postpartum plan because it helped SO MUCH! I can't thank you enough Erica, I will be sending this to all of my pregnant friends. 

  • LISA, NY

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE COURSE! EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SHARED HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL! IT’S BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE MY LAST PREGNANCY AND I ENDED UP WITH AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION THAT TURNS OUT WAS DUE TO THE OB NOT WILLING TO WAIT OF RME TO LABOR NATURALLY. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING AND I PUT MY WHOLE LIFE IN HIS HANDS… AND MY BABIES LIFE. NEVER AGAIN!

    SO YOUR CLASS HAS HELPED ME GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE I WAS IN DESPERATE NEED OF! IN COMBO WITH A FEW BOOKS I’VE BEEN READING. I NOW FEEL SO MUCH BETTER ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR MYSELF AND KNOWING WHAT I WANT. VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE BABY IN SEPTEMBER!

  • TALIYA, FL

    IF YOU ARE EXPECTING OR PLANNING ON TTC THIS IS THE PROGRAM FOR YOU. I LOVE LOVE LOVED IT. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE BIRTH OF YOUR DREAMS!

    WHETHER IT’S YOUR FIRST BABY OR SIXTH BABY. THIS IS USEFUL FOR EVERY MAMA TO BE.

  • REVIEW FROM A MIDWIFE:

    OH MY GOSH ERICA, THIS IS AN AMAZING COURSE. I LOVE HOW YOU EMPHASIZE LETTING GO OF EXPECTATIONS. THAT IS WHAT I TELL MY CLIENTS ALL THE TIME. I LIKE ALL THE HANDOUTS YOUR PROVIDED WITH THE COURSE TOO.

ABOUT THE CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR

HI THERE! I AM ERICA BATTISTA.

 I am a mother, a perinatal mental health therapist, a birth doula, and a childbirth educator; to say I am PASSIONATE about childbirth is an understatement. I first became interested in childbirth during graduate school right after I had given birth to my son. I had a pretty traumatic childbirth experience and realized I had not been educated on what to expect or any choices/options I had during my son's birth. Due to this lack of information and education, I felt like I had a lack of empowerment and autonomy during my birth experience. As a mental health "nerd," I also realized that no care providers gave me any information regarding what to expect and what to look out for in the postpartum period. These realizations lead me to direct my work towards helping perinatal and postpartum women. 

I knew a typical childbirth course didn’t work for me.

I had needed a super-informed course to break free from the cycle of disappointment. I needed a course geared towards being informed and prepared- not only mentally and physically but EMOTIONALLY prepared, as well.  A course that prepared my body and mind. A course that was so informative that I had no reasonable doubt that I had an empowered and autonomous birth.

I couldn’t find a childbirth course like that. So I decided to create it.

FAQs

  • I created this course because of the amount of women that I work with that felt that they weren't prepared for there first birth causing them to have a traumatic birth experience. This course will help empower you by giving you the most information you may have not known about during prior births. So if this is your second, third, or even fourth pregnancy... this course is still for you!

  • Good news! This course has a WHOLE section on how to have the most empowering cesarean!

  • Totally fine! I give you the MOST information regarding all medication interventions and how to properly advocate for each one!