Pregnancy classes and new-parent support around Seattle

Great Starts offers in-person and online classes for expectant and new parents, including childbirth series, newborn care, breastfeeding, infant safety, and Conscious Fathering. Fees appear during registration, and scholarships are available without proof of income by calling the registrar.

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Newborn
• Class
• Virtual
• In Person
• Partner Support

UW Medicine offers free weekly virtual prenatal lactation classes for its patients and a virtual Tuesday support group for new breastfeeding parents. Board-certified lactation consultants also provide outpatient visits after hospital discharge for families seeking individual feeding support.

• Pregnancy
• Postpartum
• Feeding
• Lactation
• Class
• Peer Group
• Virtual

Open Arms provides free perinatal and early-parenting support for income-qualified birthing people in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, with limited enrollment outside King County. Services include culturally matched doulas, prenatal and postpartum home visits, lactation support, childbirth and parenting education, resource navigation, and support offered in nine languages.

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Postpartum
• Home Visiting
• Feeding
• Lactation
• Class

Perinatal Support Washington offers a free call-or-text Warm Line for parents and family members seeking peer support, provider referrals, and help navigating perinatal mental-health resources; interpreters are provided. Its current calendar also lists a weekly virtual group for self-identifying dads and fathers-to-be through their child's second year.

• Pregnancy
• Postpartum
• Mental Health Navigation
• Peer Support
• Warm Line
• Virtual
• Father

Overlake offers virtual and in-person childbirth, newborn-care, breastfeeding, and infant CPR classes in Bellevue. Its Parent & Baby Care Center also lists free registration-required groups, including After Baby Comes for feeding, sleep, and early-parenthood discussion and Pumping Strategies for parents planning to provide milk by pumping.

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Postpartum
• Newborn
• Class
• Peer Group
• Feeding

EvergreenHealth offers certified-educator classes in Kirkland covering childbirth preparation, newborn care, breastfeeding and pumping, and baby safety. Current listings include virtual and in-person childbirth options plus in-person or private Day About Baby instruction; registration is available online or by phone.

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Newborn
• Class
• Feeding
• Lactation
• Virtual

Public Health Seattle & King County lists prenatal breastfeeding classes taught by its WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor team, with virtual sessions and current in-person dates at Eastgate in Bellevue. WIC serves eligible pregnant, postpartum, breastfeeding or chestfeeding people, infants, and children under 5; registration is required for classes.

• Pregnancy
• Postpartum
• Feeding
• Lactation
• Class
• Peer Support
• Virtual

PEPS runs facilitated online and in-person groups for parents whose babies are 2 to 20 weeks old when the group starts. The registration portal includes Shoreline and other metro communities, with options for one parent or multiple parents to attend; a profile is required to view and register for available groups.

• Postpartum
• Newborn
• Peer Group
• Series
• Virtual
• In Person
• Partner Support

Valley Medical Center provides virtual childbirth and parenting education for South King County families, including six-week, weekend, and condensed birth-preparation formats. The hospital also lists classes tailored for dads and families expecting multiples, plus infant-care topics and inpatient lactation support.

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Newborn
• Class
• Virtual
• Father
• Partner Support

Parent Trust offers Great Starts childbirth, newborn-care, breastfeeding, infant-safety, and father-focused classes online and at its Mountlake Terrace classroom in Snohomish County. Fees vary by class, and scholarships are available without proof of income through the registrar.

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Newborn
• Class
• Feeding
• Infant Cpr
• Virtual

Providence Everett's Family Maternity Center offers classes on childbirth, breastfeeding, fathering, infant safety, and infant CPR, with registration online or by phone. Its affiliated Lactation and Postpartum Clinic provides appointment-based feeding and newborn support without a referral.

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Newborn
• Class
• Feeding
• Lactation
• Infant Cpr

Providence Everett lists a free Thursday drop-in lactation group led by certified lactation consultants for mothers and infants at its Pacific Campus. Participants should call before leaving home to confirm that week's group; appointment-based lactation and postpartum clinic care is also available.

• Postpartum
• Newborn
• Feeding
• Lactation
• Peer Group
• Drop In
• Free

Snohomish County Early Head Start provides free home-based support for eligible pregnant people and families with children from birth to age 3 in Arlington, Marysville, Granite Falls, and Sultan. Weekly home visits address early learning, child development, family well-being, parent-child relationships, and resource connections; families should contact the county to determine eligibility.

• Pregnancy
• Newborn
• Infant
• Home Visiting
• Parent Education
• Free
• Eligibility

MultiCare offers Tacoma-area in-person, virtual, and on-demand education covering childbirth, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, and newborn care. Tacoma General's multi-session childbirth classes allow a partner at no additional cost, and the system also lists Conscious Fathering and a free weekly Tacoma breastfeeding support group.

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Postpartum
• Newborn
• Class
• Feeding
• Lactation

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health offers in-person and online childbirth, breastfeeding-preparation, newborn-care, and infant-safety classes connected with St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma. Some classes are free and others charge a modest fee; registration help is available by phone in Spanish, and breastfeeding classes are offered in English and Spanish.

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Newborn
• Class
• Feeding
• Lactation
• Infant Safety

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department pairs eligible first-time parents who enroll before 28 weeks of pregnancy with a nurse for home visits through the child's second birthday. Families can request support online and contact the maternal-child health team with eligibility or enrollment questions.

• Pregnancy
• Postpartum
• Newborn
• Infant
• Home Visiting
• First Time Parent
• Eligibility