This is the signature full birth preparation course for those planning a physiological (natural) birth.
What you will learn:
- The Mindful Birth Group® syllabus, incorporating effective Hypnobirthing theory and techniques with Mindfulness tools
- Understand the mind body connection, and how the mind can physically impact the body and birth
- What happens in the body, and the transformation it goes through to birth your baby
- What different kinds of birth look like – whether it be a spontaneous labour at home or a birth centre, induced labour at hospital, or an unplanned abdominal (caesarean) birth
- Three simple but effective breathing techniques to help you to relax during pregnancy and birth (and beyond!)
- Visualisation techniques to help you to relax in pregnancy and every birthing scenario
- Learn about the pelvis, baby positions, and optimal positions for labour and birth
- Exercises and movement you can do during pregnancy and labour to support birth, as well as prevent tearing
- Controlling the controllables – understand what is in your control and what should be allowed to progress by itself. This may include your birthing body or your medical care providers who are medically trained to support your birth
- A very gentle and highly effective massage technique which will stimulate the production of the body’s natural pain relieving hormones
- How to create a supportive environment wherever you birth your baby/babies
- How to write your birth preferences & share them with your medical care providers
- The birth partners incredibly important role and how they can support you throughout pregnancy, labour, and birth
- Postnatal recovery, how to prepare for parenthood, and the fourth trimester when your baby is here
What’s included:
- 6 hours interactive learning
- Comprehensive course workbook
- Fully editable birth preferences template for both physiological and abdominal birth
- 11 relaxation audio tracks for pregnancy and birth
- Goodie bag including positive affirmation cards
- Ongoing support from your teacher, Rachel, right up to the birth of your baby and for the first 2 weeks after birth
- KOMU Beyond Birth Online Course – everything you need to know for after your baby is born (RRP £30)
- Exclusive discounts to trusted mum and baby brands
When/Where:
- The course can be completed in 1 x 6 hours, 2 x 3 hours, or 3 x 2 hours.
- In-person would typically be at your home (alternatively a mutually agreed location), and no more than a 30 minute travel distance from Morden, Surrey, UK. Please contact Rachel should you live further away, as this may still be possible.
- Online via Zoom video call – accessible from anywhere in the world
- Subject to my availability
Investment: £355.00 Online / £395 In-Person
The price above is for mum/birthing person and one birth partner, who are encouraged to attend! Should you have an additional birth partner who you would like to attend the course please contact Rachel so that we can discuss this further. Your preferred dates can be secured with a £100 deposit or full payment.