The Adaptive Birth Card Deck is a 200-card educational resource designed for doulas, childbirth educators, and birthworkers who want clearer, more adaptable support tools for real-world labor scenarios.
 
While teaching and talking with people about labor positioning through A Doula’s Guide to Labor Positions, the same kinds of questions kept coming up:
 
“What if my client has hip bursitis?”
“What positions might feel safer with a history of sexual trauma?”
“What about lupus, sciatica, severe swelling, fatigue, mobility limitations, or a dense epidural?”
“What should I avoid? What might help?”
 
Those questions became this deck.
 
Each card focuses on a different condition, body consideration, labor variation, or positioning challenge, with easy-to-understand overviews, adaptive movement ideas, support considerations, warning signs, and practical teaching guidance designed for trainings, prenatals, studying, and real-time birth support.
 
The deck is color-coded by category and organized with divider tabs for quick reference, helping birthworkers think more critically, adapt more confidently, and navigate complex labor scenarios with greater clarity. Created with inclusive, real-body care in mind, these cards were designed to make labor positioning education feel more approachable, visual, practical, and usable in the moment.
 
This card deck includes:
200 professionally printed flashcards
Color-coded category dividers
High-quality boxed set
Adaptive positioning ideas
Partner and doula support guidance
Warning signs and movement considerations
Designed for education, training, and practical birth support
 
What would it feel like to have this kind of support at your fingertips during labor?
 
To view the full list of included conditions:
Flashcard Condition List