Unpacking ‘The Birth Plan’
Half Day $355.00
“It’s not the Plan that’s important, it’s the Planning!” We know that you cannot ‘plan’ for birth, but you can be better prepared. Our class explores what a positive birth might look like (honouring that we each have a different idea of this). Together we explore, how labour might start, the cascade of interventions, birth challenges and lots more. If you’re serious about preparing for birth this course is for you!
"It's not the Plan that's important, it's the Planning!"
We know that you cannot entirely ‘plan’ for birth, but you can be better prepared.
This class explores what a positive birth might look like (honouring that we each have a different idea of this). Together we explore, how labour might start, the cascade of medical interventions, birth challenges and lots more. We’ll help you to map our your birth plan and consider variations of your birth vision.
If you’re serious about preparing for birth this course is for you!
Booking times available
Please make sure you fill out all the fields for booking.
What topics do we cover in class?
- Creating your Birth Vision
- How might labour start
- Hormones of labour & birth
- At home comfort measures for early
- Coping techniques for established labour
- When to go to hospital during labour – if choosing to birth at hospital
- Navigating your hospital arrival
- ‘The Cascade of Medical Interventions’
- Informed decision making, consent and refusal
- Meeting your baby & ‘The Golden Hour’
- Birth mapping
What do you get?
- Evidence Based content taught by Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators (LCCE)
- Your Educators have been supporting women and their chosen partners to birth across all hospitals in Melbourne for 10+ years, they have a unique perspective in navigating the variations in hospital settings.
- Your Educators have first hand experience of what it takes to birth in our busy hospitals, with stories of births they have personally experienced and supported.
- You will receive a discount code after you have completed the Group Class to access any of our online topics to further your childbirth education.
- Light refreshments provided for morning and afternoon tea
- A Workbook covering the full content shared during the Unpacking ‘The Birth Plan’ Class
What to expect?
- A comfortable small group atmosphere
- Opportunity for interaction, participation and practise with lots of props and demonstrations
- Our class offers time for individual reflection and discussion through activities and games
- Plenty of time to ask questions
- Support to create your birth plan
FAQ's Group Classes
I have a question...
The booking fee is for the birthing woman and who ever the additional support person is on the day. ($695.00 for 2 people)
You only need to enter in the details of the birthing woman when securing the booking on the table above with 1 email address.
You will receive 2 intake forms upon booking: 1 for the birthing woman and 1 for the additional person attending the course. If you are bringing more than 1 support person please notify us so we can make arrangements.
Anywhere between 25 – 35 weeks of pregnancy, but you can attend at any stage of pregnancy that you wish.
6 hours, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, we ask that all participants arrive 15 mins early as we need to start on time to ensure all content is covered.
Absolutely – our 2020 birth statistics show that 79% of mothers who laboured chose pain relief. Our course covers expectations of pain in childbirth along with an overview of common interventions including epidural
Absolutely, we will cover the language used to describe natural birth, what it is and how you can increase your chances of achieving one.
Absolutely, You will gain foundational information on normal physiological labour and birth during this class. When we discuss our when to go to hospital topic this can be considered as preparing for a hospital transfer should this be a birth challenge you are faced with. Our Intake form will ask where you are planning to birth your baby so we can be aware of any participants planning to birth at home.
No, we would recommend doing a private class with us, or connecting in with the freebirth communities in your area. Facebook has a wonderful community called Wild Pregnancy and Freebrith Australia.
It is totally up to you, we’d encourage you to bring a friend, or birthing partner to support you and to work with for any partnered hands on demonstrations that you may wish to participate in.
Absolutely, all of our language is supportive of all partners. We have a comprehensive intake form to ensure we have as much information about each participant and who they are bringing with them to avoid any assumptions.
Absolutely, all hospitals have their own policies and preferred methods of facilitating women to birth as do Obstetricians. We encourage you to work with your Maternal Health Providers (Independent midwife, caseload program Midwife, Unknown Midwives, hospital assigned OB’s and private OB) on all areas of your Birth preparation Our class is an independent offering relying on evidence based content rather than specific hospital policies to give you as much information to enable you to make your informed decisions surrounding the care you wish to receive.
No, however, we do recommend they do attend, it puts a lot of pressure on you to relay all of the content to them at a later stage if they are unable to make it on the day. If your partner does not want to attend or is unable to attend you can bring a friend or family member instead to support you on the day at no extra charge.
Yes, We do cover breastfeeding and some alternatives; however this is a very limited topic for the 1 day course. If Breastfeeding is of particular interest to you we recommend you watch our Breastfeeding & Feeding Your baby video.
Unfortunately not, this fee is used to cover room hire costs, administration and catering. You may postpone your class to the following class if space allows. Please talk to us directly if you would like to change your booking date prior to 7 days before the class commencement.
Our class provides a workbook, pens and light refreshments. Please bring your own lunch or feel free to purchase lunch locally. We will pause for approximately 30 minutes to allow time for lunch.
Please also feel free to bring your own pillow or cushion if you are struggling to sit for long hours, we will have alternative seating options but cannot always accommodate all levels of comfort required.
No, however we will provide light refreshments throughout the day. There are lots of lunch options within walking distance, or you may bring your own lunch. We will ask for your dietary requirements on the intake form to ensure light refreshments are appropriate for all participants.
Yes, if your student midwife or Doula would like to attend with you and your partner there is a small $50 fee.
Absolutely your +1 can be anyone you like, an additional fee is only charged per head if you come as a group of 3 or more