We teach you everything you need to Prepare For Birth & Baby. This modern, empowering, fact-based Antenatal Education, combines the latest in positive birth & baby preparation; along with practices from yoga and hypno-birthing, biomechanics to provide key tools for giving birth & recovery.

The online course is a fantastic opportunity to make new friends from the comfort of your own home building that all important network of connection, support & reassurance.

Open to all! All mums-to-be and birth partners, including same sex couples, solo mums and surrogates. Everyone is welcome.

Accredited by FEDANT, the highest standard of Antenatal education.

Courses are popular - Booking essential

If times/dates don’t work for you, give us a call/email and we can arrange a private zoom or bespoke course at your home.

Plan to attend the course ideally between 24-30 weeks as this gives you all the information you need as pregnancy progresses, helping you to make your best informed decisions along the way. Don't worry if you have left it later than this - we will do our best to squeeze you in!

We cover EVERYTHING and MORE that you need to know to prepare for birth, including thriving with your new born in the 4th trimester. There are quizzes, mindful practices, journaling time and lots of movement and breathwork practices to really embed all you need for the big day.

Our informative courses include:

The signs labour is starting

The stages of labour, how things may progress

What is a contraction? The science behind what your body is doing and techniques to help you cope

The role of hormones and the importance of the positive feedback loop and the nervous system

The effects of fear on the process of birth

Using hypno-birth breathing, yoga positions and mindfulness as a toolkit for labour

Clear explanations of all possible medical interventions and pain relief options - and why these sometimes have a much needed place and how to decide if these are right for you and your baby, or not

How to make decisions and give meaningful informed consent in the moment so you don’t feel swept along with something out of your control and instead feel fully participating in the experience and making your own choices.

Learn about your human rights and how to advocate for yourself

Where to give birth and your choices around this - home, midwife led unit or hospital

We discuss latest research and go through the 4 or 5 key things you can do to help stack the odds towards a smoother birth with least interventions

What if something else crops up - going overdue, induction or other medical conditions

Essential birth partner tips - what to do, when & how; massage techniques to help, how to be the support that’s needed, how to hold the space when things get tricky and how to create a birthing environment to help things along

The 4th trimester - early days with your new born, what to expect - feeding, sleeping, baby care, mum’s self care , parental care, mental health, visitors, emerging back into the world post-birth and returning safely to exercise

Parenting Styles vs. Trusting Your Instincts

EMPOWER HOUR - ONLINE

Book the full 12 week ONLINE course for £190 (or £20 per session, or 3 for £50)

Every Thursday on zoom

8-9pm

THE NEXT COURSE STARTS THURSDAY AUGUST 6TH

BIOMECHANCS FOR BIRTH COUPLES WORKSHOP

A partner workshop to both feel ready, equipped and prepared for labour. Practice labour positions, breathing for contractions and resting and how to kick-start a stalled labour. Partner learns massage and rebozo skills ( traditional scarf used in Mexican Midwifery). An opportunity to discuss your preferred birth and what you need from your birth support team. A fun and engaging workshop covering many practices to help you go inwards and be present. Tea and cakes proved plus a goody bag worth over £20.

Saturday July 25th (and every 3 months)

1.00 - 5.00pm

£75

The HavenBS9 - Stoke Bishop, Bristol