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“Giving birth is an unexplainable heart, mind, body, soul, connection. Heavily influenced by your belief system, culture and birthing environment. Preparing for this transforming life event is vital for the overall wellness, for mother, baby, and everyone fully present”
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A collection of 12 essential topics to get your started. Childbirth Essentials explores, Your birthing hormones, unpacking your expectation of pain, making informed decisions, what you might need to cope with labour, 'The Golden Hour' and lots more . We welcome you to join us when you are ready, ideally between 20 - 35 weeks of pregnancy. First time parents, planning for a hospital birth - this course is for you!
Creating your Birth Vision and writing your 'Birth Plan' We know that you cannot 'plan' for birth, but you can be better prepared. We cover everything from Birthing Hormones, Birth Challenges to Navigating Routine Hospital Interventions. If you're serious about preparing for birth this in-depth course is for you!
Do you want to support your birthing woman well? Do you want to feel useful, capable, strong and effective? Then this is the course for you! Learn about labour and birth coping techniques, advocacy, informed decision making and what you can do to promote and protect birthing hormones. Get practical tips for the drive to hospital, improve your awareness of postpartum challenges and managing expectations of life with a newborn.
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This video provides you a foundational understanding of anatomy of the female body. This will ensure you and your chosen support partner are aware of the correct anatomical language used for childbirth. If you're not entirely sure of your anatomy and you are required to make an informed decision surrounding this area of your body informed consent can be incredibly challenging for you and your MHP. We will discuss the uterus, cervix, perineum and vulva, the placenta and the umbilical cord. We also cover some of the aspects of the breast anatomy to support your understanding of breastfeeding.
Where do your Birth Beliefs come from? What are your biggest influences in how you view birth? Have you wondered about the impact the stories you have been told throughout your lifetime may have on your ability to birth your baby? This video explores these questions and opens the important discussions about how you might be impacted by your beliefs as you give birth to your baby. This topic is also incredibly valuable for birth partners and support people to connect to their understanding of birth, so they too fully understand what they are bringing into the birth space with them.
Childbirth is a full body experience regulated by your birthing hormones. When you understand the role that hormones play during childbirth you will connect to the value they play, the benefits they bring to your ability to cope with the big sensations of labour, and how incredibly sensitive they are to how you are feeling and the environment surrounding you. This video will help you gain a deeper knowledge and respect for the power of the human body and what it is capable of achieving when the balance of your hormones is in full swing
Pain is often a word that is part of the conversation when birth stories are being told. Our language is so limited when describing the sensations of childbirth, and many women do not use the word pain in their story. Do all women experience pain? If we are expecting pain, do we go looking for it? This video discusses the fear pain tension cycle, how we can change these cycles and what you can do to prepare for the big sensations of meeting your baby.
What is a Doula? This video explores the role of a Doula, what they do, what they don’t do. The benefits of hiring a Doula and how they support the experience of childbirth for Mother, Baby and Partner. Many women and their partners tell us that they didn’t realise just how important and valuable it was to have a doula until they are sitting at home holding their precious babies You deserve to explore the options of working with a doula to help support you to birth emotionally well and physically safe .
How do we make informed decisions? What are we consenting to or saying ‘yes’ to during labour and birth? Do you know the hospital's policies and protocols where you choose to have your baby? This video will help you to know what questions to ask and how to make the best decisions for you, your baby and your best birth experience.
Having an open-hearted discussion about expectations with your Partner and Birth Support team is an essential component of Labour and Birth preparation. Having these open and honest conversations ensures you are all aware of what you can or cannot provide in terms of physical and or emotional support. This video helps you to know what to ask for from those around you ensuring you are confident in the support team you have welcomed into your birth space. This is an excellent opportunity for your birth partner to clarify their limitations and communicate where they might be feeling uncomfortable so you can work together to expand your birth support team.
Labour and Birth is a unique experience for every woman. There are countless coping options available, some will really resonate and work for you others won't. This video explores an array of non-medical coping methods and their benefits. An open mind and a willingness to try lots of techniques will leave you with a sense of what feels right for you. A physiological natural birth requires being well prepared and confident in your coping methods and ready to feel big things in your body. A medicalised birth also requires you to lean on various coping methods, improving your overall birthing experience. A wonderful workbook supports this video with images, benefits and ideas.
One of the most common questions we are asked by our Childbirth Education couples is “how will I know when to go to hospital?”-So let's explore, how to remain home safely during labour, what questions you might ask over the phone when communicating early labour with your Maternal Health Providers (MHP) and the signs of when to go into hospital. We also explore helpful items you may need to labour at home, what you might need for the car ride into hospital and what you may find useful to include in your hospital bag.
Knowing about the statistics of rising interventions in Childbirth, and how one seemingly insignificant intervention opens the door to many other interventions, can seem very overwhelming - and it is! This video explains the cascade of medical interventions that are closely linked together during childbirth. Many birth experiences have been impacted by this cascade of interventions and the impact of this is felt for decades for mother, baby and everyone fully present. You need to understand the cascade of medical interventions if you are choosing to give birth within our hospital systems.
One of the most precious times of childbirth is the Golden hour. The time where your baby has been born and your body is preparing to birth your placenta. It’s an exceptionally busy time in our hospitals. This sacredness demands your presence and prior understanding to enable you and your birthing partner to protect your space and bond with your baby. We also explore the 9 instinctive stages of the newborn so you have a beautiful understanding of just how clever your little person is and what they are trying to achieve in these early hours.
An often overlooked component of Childbirth Education is preparing for life as a parent and taking care of your newborn. In this video we discuss the enormous transition that takes place in the early weeks with your newborn, how to juggle life at home with a disruption to your normal sleeping patterns and what to expect. We discuss where to seek help and the importance of setting these resources up early in pregnancy.
