Childbirth Preparation
What labour actually feels like, stage by stage. Breath, positions, when to come in, pain-relief options, and what your partner should be doing. The single most useful thing an expecting couple can attend.
Register interestNobody is calm the first time. Couples who have practised are a different matter entirely.
Small groups, practical content, and time for the questions you would not ask in a corridor.
What labour actually feels like, stage by stage. Breath, positions, when to come in, pain-relief options, and what your partner should be doing. The single most useful thing an expecting couple can attend.
Register interestBathing, nappies, swaddling, cord care, reading a newborn’s cues, safe sleep, and what a normal amount of crying looks like. Practical and hands-on, with no slides.
Register interestLatch, positions, supply, expressing and storage, returning to work, and the common problems with their solutions — taught before the baby arrives, while you can still concentrate.
Register interestMothers practising together — mantra, dhyan and cognitive activity in a group, which most find far easier to sustain than practising alone at home.
Register interestPhysiotherapist-led group sessions, streamed by trimester, with individual programmes for anyone who needs one.
Register interestFor husbands only. What is happening to her body, what will happen in labour, what genuinely helps, what not to say, and how to be useful in the forty days afterwards.
Register interestThis is not a sentiment, it is physiology. A frightened mother produces adrenaline, adrenaline works against oxytocin, and labour slows or stalls. Much of that fear is simply not knowing what is about to happen.
Couples who have sat through a childbirth preparation course arrive knowing the stages, recognising what is normal, understanding their options, and having already practised the breath. They ask better questions and they panic less.
It is, honestly, the best-value four sessions in the whole of your pregnancy.
Workshop dates are set around the group, so the quickest way to find out what is running is simply to ask. Let us know your due date and we will tell you what is coming up and when you should attend.