Welcome

Since 2004, we have taught thousands of expectant parents and helped them to prepare for life with babies. Our classes and groups have kindled many friendships and connections among expectant and new parents.

We take pride in setting the standard for childbirth education in Victoria and our team works hard to keep our curriculum relevant, engaging and fun. Being passionate educators, we are dedicated learners as well, committed to continued professional development and education.

All of our instructors are Certified Childbirth Educators, Breastfeeding Educators and doulas. They are trained to provide up-to-date, evidence-based classes in a comfortable, accessible and interactive environment. Outside of teaching, they are all involved with the local community in various aspects of birth work, lactation support and postpartum care.

We hope you enjoy classes with us!

Meet Our Birth Nerds

Pamela Bethel

Director, Co-Owner, Instructor

Pamela (she, her) lives with one of her partners and their preteen son in Fernwood. She loves reading, various creative outputs and spending quality time with loved ones. She recently took up pole dancing, mostly so she could hear her in-laws say, “you took up what?”

Pamela has been a doula since 2014 and a teacher at MTC since 2015. The challenges and rewards of birth work continue to engage and surprise her.

Melissa Harris

Director, Co-Owner, Instructor

Melissa (she, her) is a proud hockey mom, which forms a large part of her identity. Being a mom to three boys, she loves everything pink, is an avid Swifty, and enjoys reading romance novels to the point that she operates a bookstagram account. 

Melissa has been a birth doula since 2011, supporting over 200 families at their births, and a teacher at MTC since 2015. Helping families navigate their birth journey and lower anxiety is a huge motivator in her work.

Eva Bild

Founder, Co-Owner, Instructor

Eva (she, her) lives with her husband in Fairfield. They have two cats, three adult children, and one beautiful grandchild! Besides caring for her extended family, Eva sings and volunteers with a local choir. She is also a somewhat obsessive knitter.

Eva has been working with new families in Victoria since 1994, and founded Mothering Touch in 2004. She is deeply happy to see her work continue in the hands of a new generation of teachers, and is honoured to be able to support families through our baby groups.

Corinne Bargen

Instructor

Corinne (she, her) lives with her husband and three young adult sons and her parents on a flower farm on the peninsula in W̱SÁNEĆ territory. She is loving this new stage of parenting young adults! When not supporting new families, she can be found in the garden, walking beaches, hiking mountains or practicing agility with her Australian Shepherd.

Corinne has been a birth & postpartum doula and breastfeeding educator since 2011. She has been teaching at MTC since early 2020. Those early teaching days were spent on Zoom in a tiny home office in her house. Teaching in person is still always such a treat!

Danielle Ryzuk

Instructor

Danielle (she, her) lives with her husband and three sons in Saanich.  She spends most of her free time hanging out with her family, exploring the lower island on her motorcycle, and desperately trying to finish reading her book club book before the next meeting.

Danielle has been a teacher at MTC since 2019 and a postpartum doula since 2023.  She describes teaching prenatal families as one of the most fun and fulfilling aspects of her career.

Our History

In 2004, Eva Bild started Mothering Touch in a tiny storefront at Oak Bay Junction.  We moved downtown to more spacious and convenient retail premises on Fort Street in 2008 where we stayed until 2022. That year, we closed our retail shop to focus solely on education. Longtime teachers Pamela Bethel and Melissa Harris took on leadership roles and reopened our new classroom at 733 Johnson Street.

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