The conversations to have before baby arrives
Before Baby Blueprint is a guided couples workbook by Monique Miles, LPC. Work through roles, finances, support, and connection — together, one conversation at a time.
A couples workbook for expecting and new parents
Plan Together.
Parent as a Team.
Make space for the conversations about roles, finances, support, and connection before and during the transition to parenthood.
Paperback workbook
A printed copy for writing and reflecting together. Digital files are not included.
View paperback detailsDigital workbook bundle
The 39-page fillable and printable editions, plus a Start Here guide. No physical book is shipped.
View digital bundle detailsInside the workbook
See the conversations you can start.
This worksheet preview gives each partner room to explore parenting values, childhood experiences, and beliefs.
Work through one topic at a time. Compare your answers, record a shared next step, and revisit your plans as life changes.
A simple way to begin
- Choose one topic and answer the prompts separately.
- Share your answers and notice where your expectations differ.
- Agree on one next step and a time to check in again.
Start with the conversation
A practical space to make the invisible visible.
Becoming parents can reshape routines, roles, identity, finances, support needs, and emotional connection. Before Baby Blueprint helps couples slow down, compare expectations, and create a shared plan.
It is inclusive of gestational, non-gestational, adoptive, and surrogate paths and does not assume one feeding method, family structure, or caregiving arrangement.
Relationship Foundations
Notice what is already working and what helps you reconnect.
Roles and Mental Load
Make planning, remembering, and ownership easier to discuss.
Postpartum Adjustment
Consider identity, recovery, emotional shifts, and support needs.
Monique Miles, LPC
Monique Miles is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Parenthood & Relationship Coach, and the founder of Momentum Counseling and Consulting. Before Baby Blueprint started with her own pregnancy. While she and her partner were expecting their first child, they went looking for something like premarital counseling, but for the transition into parenthood: a structured way to sit down together and talk through the big questions before exhaustion and instinct made those conversations harder to have. They couldn’t find anything like it. So Monique built it herself. Today, Monique helps expecting parents, new parents, and couples build clarity, teamwork, and connection.
Before Baby Blueprint reflects her professional experience and is offered as a general educational resource, not therapy, coaching or individualized professional advice.
Your next conversation can start here
Choose the format that fits your life.
Paperback and digital are separate purchases. For product support, email hello@beforebabyblueprint.com.
Frequently asked questions
Who is this workbook for?
It is designed for couples preparing for or moving through the transition to parenthood, including gestational, non-gestational, adoptive, and surrogate paths.
What is included with each format?
Paperback: One printed workbook. Digital files are not included.
Digital bundle: The 39-page Fillable Edition, the 39-page Printable Edition, and a Start Here guide covering downloads, saving, printing, compatibility, licensing, and support. No physical book is shipped.
The formats are separate purchases. For product or shipping questions, email hello@beforebabyblueprint.com.
Can I share the files?
One purchaser may use the workbook with their partner and print reasonable copies within the same household. Sharing outside the household, redistribution, resale, and professional or group use are not permitted.
Is this therapy or medical advice?
No. It is an educational, self-guided resource and does not create a therapist-client or other professional relationship.
Educational scope and safety
Before Baby Blueprint is an educational, self-guided workbook intended to support communication, reflection, teamwork, and practical planning during the transition to parenthood. It is not psychotherapy, counseling, medical care, legal advice, diagnosis, treatment, crisis intervention, or emergency support. Purchasing, downloading, reading, or completing this workbook does not create a therapist-client, counselor-client, physician-patient, attorney-client, or other professional relationship with Monique Miles, LPC, or Momentum Counseling and Consulting, PLLC. Messages and forms are not monitored for emergencies. If there is immediate danger or a medical or safety emergency, call 911 or the applicable local emergency number. In the United States, call or text 988 for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Website legal and policy language remains subject to attorney review.