Alternative Pricing

In order to make Birthsmarter truly inclusive and accessible to all families, Whole Healthy Mama offers Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) pricing. The PWYC program is simple: no one will be turned away from classes for lack of funds. To receive reduced pricing, please read through the guide below and fill out this form to indicate the dollar amount you can contribute.

Maggie will reply within one business day.

Determining how much to pay?

In true Whole Healthy Mama and Birthsmarter fashion, we know that there is no right way to think about financial transactions. To help you figure out how much to pay, we’ve created three frameworks below that you can use as a springboard for making a personal decision on your financial situation and contribution. A few things we'd like for you to keep in mind when you're determining what price will best fit your capabilities:

Foundational Thinking

We know that personal finances are determined, as much if not more, by access to generational wealth, debt load, and cost of living more than income alone. So, determining sliding scale brackets is really, really challenging. We also know that we provide extraordinary value. If you are interested in joining our classes, the most important thing we ask in return is that you value the expertise, labor, and passion that we put into every single class we produce.

We are a tiny, woman-owned, primary-parent operated company with incredibly high standards for ourselves, our work, and our Birthsmarter colleagues. We are able to provide you with the highest quality education and support by ensuring that Maggie is paid a living wage and sourcing the highest quality, like-minded resources and services.
We’re all humans. Trying our best. If you have thoughts, questions, or concerns please reach out to Maggie directly.

#1 The Date Night Framework

Consider paying full price if you're able to spend $100+ on semi-regular Date Nights.
If you can’t drop $100+ on semi-regular Date Nights, we understand your interest in PWYC pricing.

#2 The Wealth Bracket Framework

Pay 100% of listed price + consider paying it forward if you have disposable income and / or access to generational wealth.
Pay 75% to 90% of the listed price if you are making ends meet and conservatively able to save, without access to generational wealth.
Pay 50% to 75% of the listed price if you are living paycheck to paycheck and are not able to save, without access to generational wealth.
Pay 25% to 50% of the listed price if it is challenging, at this time, to meet your basic needs.

#3 The Alternative Arrangement

While most people choose to contribute financially, there are other ways of reciprocating value including barter and trade. If you’d like to propose an alternative “payment” plan, we’re all ears!

Whole Healthy Mama is a company of just one. Maggie is licensed to teach Birthsmarter childbirth education and is in regular contact/trainings with other Birthsmarter educators around the country.

Whole Healthy Mama holds a typical base rate of $50 . The base rate helps Maggie cover administrative costs and encourages participation since we know people are more likely to commit to a product or service they’ve paid for. However, if this is inaccessible for any reason, please contact Maggie directly.

Also, when you purchase the class at full value, there are multiple payment options available!
Paypal, Affirm, Cash App Pay, Google Pay, AfterPay, and Klarna that offers ways to pay in 4, or with a payment plan, can help.

Those options and payment plans are NOT available with reduced pricing. Payment is made directly via Cash, Venmo or PayPal.

I hope you find this helpful. Please fill out this form if you would like to start a PWYC arrangement.