THE LABOR OF LOVE WORKBOOK
Your Third Trimester Guide to a Calm, Clear, and Confident Hospital Birth
A clear guide to what matters most in the final weeks—so you can feel prepared, confident, and supported in birth.
The Labor of Love Workbook guides you through the same step-by-step planning process used with private doula clients refined over hundreds of births. So when plans change (and they often do), you don't freeze. You know how to pivot because you're grounded in what truly matters.
Labor of Love Workbook
Birth Planning + Advocacy Tools
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“During labor, things moved quickly and I could feel myself starting to shut down. I already knew the words to use and what mattered most to me. Even when things didn’t go exactly as planned, I felt respected and empowered.”
For Many Moms, Planning a Hospital Birth Comes with Quiet Fears...
You’re doing everything you can to prepare for birth, yet beneath the appointments, advice, and planning, there’s a quiet worry lingering. Will you be heard? Will you understand your options in the moment? Will you know what to say when emotions run high? This guide meets those fears with clarity, support, and practical tools so you can feel grounded, informed, and confident when it matters most.
✔️ What if no one listens to me? What if I share my needs, but in the moment my voice gets overlooked or dismissed?
✔️ What if I’m pressured when I’m exhausted or vulnerable? What if I’m asked to decide quickly while tired, overwhelmed, or in pain, without time to think clearly?
✔️ What if I freeze and don’t know what to say? What if everything moves fast and I can’t find the words to speak up when it matters most?
✔️ What if I don’t fully understand what’s happening or my options? What if information feels confusing, rushed, or unclear, and I don’t realize I have choices?
✔️ What if I look difficult or dramatic for speaking up? What if advocating for myself feels uncomfortable, and I worry about being judged or labeled as difficult?
You don't need a perfect birth plan. You need a gentle, innovative, interactive way to prepare for pregnancy, birth, and the moments that matter most without overwhelm.
Introducing the
Labor of Love Workbook
The Labor of Love Workbook helps you better understand and thoughtfully prepare by guiding you through 8 of the most pressing topics related to pregnancy and hospital birth.
Instead of memorizing information or feeling like you need to go to med school, you'll build clarity, confidence, and the ability to advocate for yourself.
This full-color workbook is designed to be intuitive, supportive, and easy to understand.
Guided Journaling Prompts
Slow down, reflect, and get clear on what matters most to you.
Partner Discussion Questions
Conversation starters so you and your partner are aligned before the big day. (Plus,
Advocacy Tips & Examples
Practical language and scripts for communicating confidently with your medical team.
Cheat Sheets & Guides
At-a-glance tools you can reference during appointments, labor, and beyond.
Step-by-Step Support
From building your birth team to writing your birth plan, every page grounds you.
Here's Everything You Get Inside the Labor of Love Workbook
Know What's In and Out of Your Control
Value: $27
Explore what you can influence and what you cannot, helping you release fear, focus on priorities, and stay grounded when birth unfolds unexpectedly often.
Build Your Birth Team
Value: $47
Learn how to choose supportive professionals and loved ones, understand each role clearly, and create a team that respects your voice, preferences, and safety.
Birth Planning & Advocacy
Value: $17
Clarify what matters most to you and practice communicating it calmly, confidently, and respectfully, even during fast-moving conversations or unexpected changes in hospital settings.
Labor: How it Really Begins and Progresses
Value: $17
Understand how labor typically begins and progresses, what each phase may feel like, and how to recognize important shifts in your body with confidence.
Pain Management Primer
Value: $17
Explore practical comfort measures, coping techniques, and support options so you can manage sensations, ask for help, and feel supported throughout labor with confidence.
Secrets to an Easier Birth: Labor Dos & Dont’s
Value: $17
Five ways to help labor work with your body, practical comfort techniques, and what to do (and avoid) during labor to support progress and feel more in control.
Your Birth Plan: An Essential Guide
Value: $17
Create a flexible, thoughtful birth plan that reflects your preferences, prepares for multiple scenarios, and includes templates for common hospital paths and situations ahead.
Advocating with Your Medical Team
Value: $17
Practice respectful, clear communication using real-life scripts that help you ask questions, express concerns, and feel heard during care appointments, labor decisions and recovery.
Total Value: $186
Your Price Today: Just $27
You’re in Good Hands
I'm Alisa, a professional birth doula, certified childbirth educator, and the founder of Let's Talk Birthy. I've supported over 130 hospital births: inductions, epidurals, unmedicated births, planned and unplanned cesareans, VBACs, high-risk and IVF pregnancies. I've seen what makes the difference between a mama who feels powerless and one who feels empowered. My goal with this workbook isn't to tell you what to do. It's to help you trust yourself and feel supported doing it.
Professional Birth Doula & Certified Childbirth Educator
100+ hospital births supported
Mama, I believe in you. And together we’ve got this.
Bonus! The Birth Partner Playbook
Give Him a Roadmap for the Delivery Room
The #1 thing moms say they need in the delivery room is a partner who knows the plan — what to do, what to say, and what not to do.
The Birth Partner Playbook is a birth plan for him. Stage-by-stage support, a Say This / Not That cheat sheet, and practical guidance so he stays calm, steady, and useful when it matters most.
You won't need to explain. He already knows the play.
Add the Birth Partner Playbook at checkout—just $17.
Questions? I’ve Got Answers
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Not at all! The workbook is designed to be intuitive and supportive; no prior knowledge needed. It walks you through everything step by step, so you can build confidence at your own pace.
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Absolutely. Many second-time moms use this workbook to process their first experience and prepare differently this time. The advocacy tools and communication scripts are especially helpful for mamas who want to feel more in control.
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The Labor of Love Workbook is a digital workbook you can print and fill out by hand or work through online.
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Yes! This workbook is for any hospital birth: unmedicated, epidural, induction, planned cesarean, or anything in between. The advocacy skills, communication scripts, and birth plan templates work regardless of your path.
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The workbook includes partner discussion questions throughout. And for even more support, add the Birth Partner Playbook ($17) at checkout. It's specifically designed to get your partner prepared and confident.
You deserve to feel ready for this.
Birth is one of the most important days of your life. You don't have to walk in hoping for the best. You can walk in prepared, grounded, and confident — knowing what to say, what to ask, and that your voice matters.
That's what this workbook is for.
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© 2026 Alisa Marie / Labor of Love Workbook™. All Rights Reserved. This website provides educational resources for pregnancy, hospital birth planning, and self-advocacy. Alisa Marie is a professional birth doula and certified childbirth educator with experience supporting over 100 hospital births; however, this workbook is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult with your physician, midwife, or other licensed healthcare provider regarding your pregnancy, birth, or medical care decisions.
DISCLAIMER: Individual birth experiences and outcomes vary based on medical history, pregnancy conditions, provider practices, hospital policies, and personal circumstances. No specific outcomes are guaranteed. The information, tools, scripts, and examples provided in the Labor of Love Workbook™ are for educational and informational purposes only and are not intended to replace individualized medical care or professional judgment.
IMPORTANT: The Labor of Love Workbook™ is designed to support informed decision-making, communication, and self-advocacy during pregnancy and childbirth. It does not diagnose medical conditions, provide medical treatment, or replace professional medical, mental health, or therapeutic care. For medical concerns, complications, mental health support, or urgent issues, please seek guidance from a licensed healthcare provider or qualified professional.