HAVE HEHE IN YOUR BACK POCKET

You're going to be asked to make decisions in labor. Hear your options before you're in the bed.

Evidence-based, judgment-free birth and postpartum prep from doula HeHe Stewart, in bite-sized pieces you can open at the OB office, in the car, or at 2 a.m. when you can't sleep.

Free to download. Start prepping tonight.

Video courses Evidence-based articles Questions for your provider Partner prep Postpartum

MY FILING CABINET

Induction at 39 weeks

ARTICLE

What the research actually says

Evidence-based · plain language

ASK AT YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT

"Is this for a medical reason or routine timing?"

"What happens if we wait?"

COURSE LESSONInduction, step by step

FOR YOUR PARTNER

How to back you up on this one.

"I knew how to evaluate each of my choices."

H. Burkhead

A laboring mom leaning over the edge of a candlelit hospital birth tub
LABORING YOUR WAY
A mom and her partner beaming as they hold their newborn in a birth pool
MEETING YOUR BABY
A newborn resting skin to skin on mom's chest, looking up at her
THE FIRST HOUR

Hospital, birth center or home. Epidural or unmedicated. The goal is informed, not one "right" way.

BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF

You've read the books. You've got the registry spreadsheet. You question everything…

until someone in a white coat tells you not to.

Your prenatal appointment lasts 12 minutes. Your provider mentions a test, a number, or "we'll talk about induction next time," and you nod.

Then you think of your best question in the parking lot, open fourteen tabs, and still don't know which ones to trust.

You don't need more Googling. You need the right information, in your hand, at the moment it comes up.

A mom in labor leaning into her partner in a hospital room while a nurse looks on

TRY IT RIGHT NOW

Pick something that came up at your appointment.

Every topic in the app comes with questions to ask your provider. Here's a free taste: tap a topic and take these into your next visit.

TOPIC

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR PROVIDER

    In the app, each topic pairs questions like these with an evidence-based article and the course lesson that goes deeper, all filed where you can pull them up in the exam room.

    Get every topic free in the app

    This is education, not medical advice. Call your provider.

    YOUR VIRTUAL FILING CABINET

    Google gives you fourteen tabs that don't agree.

    The app gives you one drawer to open.

    Evidence-based articles on the topics that actually come up in pregnancy, birth and postpartum, organized so you can find the right one in seconds. Read it before your appointment, pull it up during it, and walk in with your questions already written.

    Google can tell you what Pitocin is. This helps you decide what to say when someone offers it.

    Open the filing cabinet free

    INSIDE THE CABINET

    Prenatal tests and screenings
    Due dates, big babies and induction
    Labor interventions and pain relief
    Pushing and birth
    Postpartum recovery and feeding
    Newborn care and sleep
    A partner in a teal shirt leaning in close to a newborn resting skin to skin on mom

    NOW PICTURE THIS

    Your next prenatal appointment. Your provider brings up something new.

    This time you don't just nod. You open the app, pull up the topic, and ask the questions that are already waiting for you.

    Your provider actually slows down. You leave with answers instead of a list of things to Google.

    Weeks later, in labor, the course lessons you watched on your lunch break come right back to you. Your partner knows the plan too.

    That's what having HeHe in your back pocket feels like.

    INSIDE THE BIRTH LOUNGE APP

    Your whole birth prep, from first appointment to fourth trimester.

    01

    All of our courses at your fingertips

    My childbirth education, pushing, partner prep and postpartum courses, on your phone. Watch a lesson in the waiting room, pick it back up on the couch.

    02

    A filing cabinet of evidence-based articles

    The research, broken down in plain language and organized by topic, so you can refer to it in your prenatal appointments instead of trying to remember what you read.

    03

    Questions to ask your provider, for every topic

    Glucose test, big baby, due date, induction, birth preferences. Whatever comes up in pregnancy, you'll have the questions ready.

    PLUS

    Partner prep

    So they know your priorities and how to advocate right alongside you.

    Postpartum prep

    Recovery, feeding, sleep and the fourth trimester, not just the birth day.

    Community and live Q+A

    A judgment-free space to ask anything, plus monthly Q+A calls and expert interviews.

    Labor Live

    Our 3-day live birth simulation, with a new labor every month. Practice the decisions you've learned about, in real time.

    The goal isn't memorizing everything that could happen. It's knowing how to navigate whatever does.

    FROM MOMS WHO PREPPED WITH HEHE

    They walked in knowing their options. And it showed.

    A smiling mom and her partner with their newborn in a hospital bed

    "I knew how to evaluate each of my choices."

    I learned how to be in control of labor and make educated decisions in pregnancy and during birth. I didn't have to rely on my medical professionals to make decisions for me. I got to be the decision-maker. I'm happy with how my birth turned out and don't have regrets!
    H. Burkhead

    "I knew the evidence and I knew how to say no."

    I live in a very rural place so I only had one hospital as an option and it doesn't have a great reputation. I can't say thank you enough for teaching me the skills to advocate for myself. If it wasn't for HeHe, I would have ended in an unnecessary c-section, but I didn't.
    A. Davidson

    "A huge resource for my birth center VBAC."

    This has been a huge resource in preparing for my unmedicated birth center VBAC! I had one small tear that required no stitches. Thanks for what you do and keep up the good work!
    A. Knowland
    HeHe Stewart smiling in a bright living room, holding a teal birth ball

    HI, I'M HEHE

    I've sat beside a lot of hospital beds. I know which conversations catch moms off guard.

    I'm a doula with over a decade of experience and a Master's in Human Development and Family Studies. I've supported 1:1 clients through birth and postpartum, and thousands more inside The Birth Lounge.

    Over and over, I watched smart, prepared women hear about their options for the first time in the middle of labor. So I put everything I teach into an app you can carry into every appointment.

    I'm not here to tell you how to birth. Epidural, Pitocin, waiting it out: all valid. I just want every choice to be yours, made with real information instead of pressure.

    10+ years as a doula Master's, HDFS Host of The Birth Lounge Podcast
    Download my app free

    FREE TO DOWNLOAD

    A hospital class can run around $500. This one starts at free.

    THE BIRTH LOUNGE APP

    Free

    • Bite-sized birth and postpartum prep on your phone
    • Evidence-based answers for the topics that come up at your appointments
    • Judgment-free, from a doula with 10+ years of experience

    This is for you if…

    • You're a planner who wants to understand before you agree
    • You leave appointments with more questions than answers
    • You're a first-time mom, planning a VBAC, or healing from a past birth
    • You want your prep on your phone, not in a binder you'll never open

    It's not for you if…

    • You want someone to tell you there's one "right" way to give birth
    • You're looking for a reason to distrust every doctor and nurse
    • You want a guarantee about how your birth will go (nobody can honestly give you one)

    Questions you're probably asking

    A mom cradling her newborn skin to skin under a hospital gown

    YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS COMING EITHER WAY

    Walk in with your questions ready.

    Walk into labor knowing your options.

    Join The Birth Lounge free and carry every course, every article and every provider question in your pocket.

    © The Birth Lounge · Tranquility by HeHe · @tranquilitybyhehe The Birth Lounge provides education, not medical advice. Always talk with your provider about your own care.