About

About the Childbirth Education Project

CEP is the collaboration of longtime colleagues and friends Robin Elise Weiss and Sharon Muza, its two co-directors. They built it to help people become childbirth educators who are fully prepared to teach families in their communities.

Robin Elise Weiss

PhD, MPH, MSHPE, LCCE, FACCE, AdvCD(DONA)

Robin is a childbirth educator, doula, and public health professor. She is the author of The Complete Illustrated Pregnancy Companion and other books on pregnancy and parenting, wrote the epidural anesthesia chapter in the fifth edition of Simkin's Labor Progress Handbook, and co-hosts The Birth Geeks Podcast.

Her master's degree in health professions education (MSHPE) shapes how CEP teaches: active, practical, and built for adult learners. In 2026, DONA International gave her the Penny Simkin Award for doula spirit and mentorship. Robin is a co-director of CEP and leads her own CEP workshops.

Sharon Muza

BS, CD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE

Sharon is a co-director of CEP and leads her own CEP workshops. She has been a perinatal professional since 2004, teaching Lamaze classes to thousands of families and working as a doula in Seattle, Washington. She trains new birth doulas and childbirth educators, and she has been the longtime blogger for Lamaze.org.

Sharon loves creating learning that is engaging and interactive, in person and online, and she leads rich discussions about best practice, current research, and how it applies to families. She brings humor, heart, and research to every session.

Why CEP?

Families deserve childbirth classes that:

Are based on evidence and best practice
Prepare them for birth and early parenting with confidence
Teach in a way that is easy to recall weeks or months later
Offer resources for ongoing learning
Create community
Are enjoyable to take and fun to teach

CEP holds its own workshops to the same standards. You see an interactive class run well, you try the activities yourself, and you leave knowing how to bring them into your own classes, whether you teach in a hospital program, on your own, or as part of a team.

Support continues after the workshop, with community and learning opportunities for CEP alumni and help as you prepare for your LCCE.

Robin Elise Weiss and Sharon Muza at a Lamaze International conference in 2014 — Robin (left) and Sharon (right) at a Lamaze International conference in 2014.

Train with CEP

Next workshop: January 16-18, 2027, live on Zoom.

See workshop details