You’re Preparing for the Baby. Let’s Prepare the Relationship Too.
You have researched car seats like your life depends on it.
You know the difference between five kinds of swaddles. You may already have strong opinions about sleep training, even though neither of you has slept beside an actual newborn yet.
Meanwhile, the relationship the baby is arriving into often gets very little preparation.
Bringing Baby Home changes that.
This Gottman Institute program helps expecting and new parents protect their friendship, manage conflict, stay connected, and approach parenthood as a team.
New parenthood changes everything at once.
Sleep disappears. Chores multiply. Family members develop opinions. Sex and affection change. One person may feel consumed by the baby while the other feels unsure where they fit.
Even strong couples can look at each other three months in and wonder, “What happened to us?”
Nothing necessarily went wrong.
You are adjusting to one of the biggest relationship transitions there is.
Bringing Baby Home gives you practical tools to:
This is a structured educational program, not open-ended couples therapy. You’ll practice the tools together so they are familiar before you need them at 3 a.m.
Both work.
Before the birth, the program helps you prepare. After the birth, it helps you understand what has already changed and respond before distance becomes the new normal.
You do not need to be struggling to benefit. In fact, this work is often easiest when the relationship still feels solid.
I’m April Eldemire, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Bringing Baby Home Educator. My work with couples is grounded in attachment, emotional connection, and the practical realities that can turn two loving partners into exhausted co-managers.
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 13 years of experience and a certified Bringing Baby Home Educator through the Gottman Institute. This program is built on decades of Gottman research showing how much relationship satisfaction can shift after a baby arrives — my role is to help you use that research practically, before you’re too exhausted to think about it.
I’m licensed to practice in South Carolina (LMFT License #8422). Sessions are private — just the two of you and me, not a group class — delivered as a structured 2-day workshop; babies do not attend sessions.
No. This is relationship-focused work for the two of you as you adjust to having an infant, so sessions don’t include the baby.
Both work well. Before birth, it helps you prepare and set shared expectations. After birth, it helps you understand what’s already changed and respond before distance becomes the new normal. You don’t need to be struggling to benefit — in fact, this is often easiest when the relationship still feels solid.
No. It’s a structured 2-day educational workshop built on Gottman Institute research, not open-ended therapy. You’ll practice specific tools together so they’re familiar before you need them. If you’re looking for more ongoing, flexible support instead, Pre-Baby and New-Parent Counseling offers private, psychoeducational couples sessions built on similar research but delivered one-on-one over time.
Protecting your friendship when time is scarce, talking about the mental load before resentment builds, staying connected, understanding each other’s experience of new parenthood, and recognizing signs of postpartum emotional distress, among other practical skills.
I don’t publish pricing for this program online. Reach out for a free consultation and we can talk through cost and what fits your situation.
If you would like to book an initial, complementary 15-minute consultation.
