1.   An important component is the opportunity to receive up-to-date information from a childbirth educator.

2.   For most parents, this is eye-opening, says Casey Schwartz, a childbirth educator and administrative director at BCIP.

3.   The busy schedules of working parents have caused many childbirth educators to develop alternative ways for offering classes.

4.   There are childbirth educators who will give individual lessons in your home at times convenient for you.