Other Class Options

Private Classes

2nd Time Birth Classes:

* 1 - 3 hour session

*  $100 for previous students

*  $125 for new students

This private class is designed for couples who have already given birth, and would like to refresh themselves on the Bradley Method before giving birth again.  This class is intended for couples who have previously attended Bradley Method Classes.  2nd time parents who are unfamiliar with the Bradley Method should attend an entire Bradley class series, if possible.  Classes are schedule on weeknights or weekends in the couples home.  Topics include:

- Discussion of previous preparation and birth experience.

- 1st and 2nd stage labor review.

- Comfort measures for labor and birth.

- Birth options and birth plans.

Private Birth Class:

Private classes are designed for couples who are unable to attend the regularly scheduled Bradley Method classes due to special circumstances (bed rest, extensive travel schedule, etc.)  Classes are configured on a case by case basis.  Contact Denyse for planning, scheduling and pricing.  Classes take place inside the couples home and need to be a minimum of 2 - 3 hour sessions ($225).  Topics include:

-  Bradley Method workbook and class materials.

-  Birth philosophy and the woman-centered model of childbirth.

-  1st, 2nd, and 3rd stages of labor.

-  Comfort measures for labor and birth.

-  Interventions and natural alternatives.

-  Complications, variations, and birth planning


  • About Denyse

    My name is Denyse Ffrench and I have been an AAHCC afiliated Bradley Method instructor since 2000. I have 4 children and have had very different birth experiences with all of them. My son Sebastian was born in 2000, and was a natural water birth. My daughter Violet(2002)was a natural vaginal birth, and her twin sister, Fiona, was an emergency c-section. My last daughter, Gemma(2006) was a beautiful, natural VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section). I feel like my collective birth experience has enhanced my teaching greatly. I have had personal experience with a pitocin induced labor, labor that begins naturally, water birth, normal vaginal birth, episiotomy, birth without an episiotomy, singleton pregnancy and birth, twin pregnancy and birth, c-section, VBAC, etc. The common factor is the use of the Bradley Method in all my labors.

    In addition to teaching The Bradley Method, I work as a birth doula and lead a support group for women who are nursing twins. It is very important for me to stay tuned in to the birth community in the Chicago area so that I can better serve my students and provide resources for them. My goal is to provide continuity in care, from birth education, to labor support and postpartum support. This is one reason why my work as a birth doula with my Bradley students is so rewarding.


  • My Philosophy

    My goal as a Bradley teacher is to educate couples about childbirth and let them know that they have choice and options. I would like my students to plan for the birth they want. What many people want for their labor often falls outside of what is typical protocol in many hospitals, so it is important to know about what happens at births, and what options you have.

    Many people who attend my class would like to labor without medications, but are not exactly sure they want, or can have an unmedicated birth. You are about to have an experience that will be completely new to you and it is normal to feel unsure of how you will handle it. My goal is to give you tools and information that can help you to labor without interventions, to know the reasons why interventions are sometimes necessary, to prepare not only physically, but mentally and emotionally, and to honor the experience as a family event.

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