Understand
Plain-language education about pregnancy, appointments, testing, terminology, care conversations, and common changes in care.
CO-PILOT
by Compass Maternal
Your partner is pregnant.
Everyone tells you to be supportive. No one tells you how.
Understand what's happening. Know what to ask. Know how to help.
One-on-one pregnancy guidance for partners who want to feel informed and prepared—whether you missed an appointment, want help understanding something the care team discussed, or aren't sure what your role should be during labor.
For partners, spouses, expectant dads, co-parents, and other support people.
Created by a Yale-trained Certified Nurse Midwife and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.
A place for your questions
They have a pregnancy care team. Who do you ask?
Pregnancy care is understandably centered on the pregnant person. But partners are part of the experience too—and it's easy to feel one step behind.
Maybe you couldn't make it to the last prenatal visit. Maybe your partner came home after a care conversation and you're trying to understand what changed. Maybe you have questions of your own but don't want to add to their stress. Or maybe birth is approaching and no one has ever explained what you're actually supposed to do once labor starts.
I missed the appointment—can someone catch me up?
What did the care team mean when they said that?
I have questions, but I don't want to make my partner more anxious.
What is my role once we're in the labor room?
You don't need to become a pregnancy expert. You just need a trusted place to ask the questions you actually have.
Real reasons someone might book
Sometimes you just need someone to explain it.
“My partner told me what the care team said, but I still don’t really understand what’s going on.”
“Something changed in my partner’s pregnancy and I’m trying to understand what the care team told us.”
“We're first-time parents. I don't really know what I'm supposed to do in the labor room—or how I can be helpful.”
How Co-Pilot helps
Know more. Ask better questions. Be more useful.
Ask
Prepare thoughtful questions for conversations with your partner’s doctors, midwives, specialists, or other healthcare professionals.
Support
Learn what your role can look like during appointments, labor, birth, and postpartum—from practical support to how to be helpful, how to ask questions, and how to support your partner’s preferences without taking over.
CO-PILOT CONSULTATION
30-minute private phone consultation — $125
Bring the questions you actually have about pregnancy, appointments, birth, postpartum, or your role as a support person. You can book the consultation on your own or attend together with your partner.
Book a Co-Pilot ConsultationIndividualized guidance
Not another childbirth class.
Traditional childbirth classes teach a set curriculum. Co-Pilot starts with the questions, care conversation, appointment, or situation that's actually on your mind.
No need to sit through information you already know. Bring what you want to understand, and we'll focus there.
What we can talk about
Bring the questions you actually have.
Pregnancy & appointments
Common testing, ultrasounds, terminology, provider conversations, and what to expect.
When something changes
General education about changes in pregnancy, unexpected findings, when the baby is breech, induction, cesarean birth, or changes in the care plan.
Labor & birth
What labor may look like, pain-management options, induction, cesarean birth, birth preferences, and how to be useful.
After birth
Recovery, feeding, newborn basics, emotional wellbeing, and adjusting to life at home.
Clinical perspective
Pregnancy questions, explained with real maternity-care context.
Co-Pilot was created by Maggie Streeten, a Yale-trained Certified Nurse Midwife and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. Her clinical background brings real-world maternity care context to questions that can be difficult to make sense of through online information alone.
Learn more about Maggie’s background →
Clear boundaries
What Co-Pilot is—and isn't.
Co-Pilot can help you:
- Understand healthcare terminology and common pregnancy-related concepts.
- Learn general information about options that may come up in pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care.
- Prepare questions for appointments
- Understand what commonly happens during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
- Become a more informed and confident support person
Co-Pilot does not:
- Diagnose medical conditions
- Provide individualized medical advice
- Recommend treatment
- Replace the pregnant person's healthcare professionals
- Provide urgent or emergency care
Compass Maternal provides educational consulting and maternity navigation only. Services are not medical care and do not create a provider-patient relationship. Medical decisions should be made with the pregnant person's treating healthcare professionals. For urgent medical concerns, contact the treating clinical team or seek appropriate emergency care.
Co-Pilot FAQ
Common questions from partners.
Yes. Co-Pilot is designed to give partners and support people a place to ask their own questions. Your loved one is also welcome to join if you prefer.
Absolutely. Many couples use consultations to prepare together for appointments, birth, or an unexpected change in pregnancy.
Yes. Co-Pilot can provide general educational information, explain terminology, discuss common care concepts, and help you prepare questions for the treating healthcare team. Compass Maternal does not diagnose, interpret individual clinical findings, recommend treatment, or replace the treating healthcare professionals.
Not exactly. Traditional childbirth classes generally teach a set curriculum. Co-Pilot is individualized around your questions and the areas where you want more clarity.
Co-Pilot does not provide urgent or emergency medical advice. Contact the pregnant person's healthcare team for medical concerns and seek emergency care when appropriate.
Looking for general Compass Maternal questions? Visit the full FAQ →
You don't have to know everything. You just need to know where to ask.
Whether you're trying to catch up after a missed appointment, understand something the care team discussed, prepare for labor, or simply feel more confident in your role, Co-Pilot can help you feel better prepared for what comes next.