PRIVATE BIRTH PREPARATION

Birth your way

BIRTH IS ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES YOU WILL HAVE IN YOUR LIFE.

Put in the preparation that birth deserves to ensure that it is a journey that you embark on feeling empowered, confident and fully trusting in your body, mind, baby and intuition.

Private Birth Preparation Sessions provide you with individualised support and guidance for you and your birth partner to prepare for the birth that you want.

Sessions are guided by you and combine deep anatomical knowledge and respect for physiological birth with the use of mind, breath and body-based practical techniques to give you the tools and knowledge to emerge from your birth experience feeling satisfied and empowered.

Birth Preparation Sessions are for everyone, regardless of the kind of birth you are planning.

THROUGH A PRIVATE BIRTH PREPARATION SESSION, YOU WILL:

  • Understand how your body, baby, breath, mind and nervous system work in birth

  • Experience movement, breathing, mindset and mindfulness practices to support your ideal birth

  • Learn simple and effective exercises and techniques to prepare your body, mind and breath for birth

  • Explore trouble-shooting techniques to support you in your chosen birth journey for before and during labour

  • Understand labour pain and create a personalised toolkit for working with pain as power

  • Discuss options available to you in labour and birth from an evidence-based, non-judgemental, empowering perspective

  • Apply an informed decision-making model to assist you in making decisions before and during birth

  • Empower your support person with practical, hands-on skills and knowledge to be an active part of your birth journey

  • Develop the skills and knowledge to remain calm, centred and connected to your birth

  • Feel confident in communicating your needs to your care providers and support person

  • Use Mindful Birth, Spinning Babies and bodywork techniques proven to contribute to a birth with fewer interventions, less use of medical pain relief and a shorter labour

What’s involved in a PRIVATE BIRTH PREPARATION session:

A Private Birth Preparation Session is two hours of experiential learning individualised to you and your birth partner’s needs

  • A sharing of knowledge about birth anatomy and physiology to help you understand and connect with your body, mind and baby

  • Experiential learning of active birth positions, breathing techniques and relaxations

  • Hands-on teaching of techniques for your birth partner to learn how to support you in birth, including positioning, release techniques, acupressure, nervous system co-regulation and environmental safety

  • Exploration of how to use supportive birth tools such as balls, slings, rebozos, combs, TENS machines and water therapy

  • Individualised discussion of options and opportunities in labour and birth to help you make truly informed decisions

  • Recorded and written resources to continue with birth preparation work at home

Book a BIRTH PREPARATION Session

$220 for 2 hour session

Payment plan available

Please note that all appointments on Tuesday 7th October will be held at Cultivate Health Centre in Dubbo, NSW

For all enquiries, email Helen.

MEET YOUR CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR

Helen Johnson
IPRW Practitioner, Nurse, Childbirth Educator & Yoga Teacher

I’m an Internal Pelvic Release Work practitioner, Registered Nurse, Childbirth Educator, Yoga and Meditation Teacher and mother to two beautiful young children.

My own experience with birthing my son was the catalyst for supporting women to prepare for this important transformational experience. After moving through my first pregnancy and birth with an optimistic naivety, I knew I could do things better. During my second pregnancy, I studied and learnt Mindful Birth methods, which supported me through a beautifully connected birth experience in which I put theory into practice. Over the past 5 years, I have continued to expand my knowledge and skills in supporting women and their birthing partners with body, breath and mind-based modalities, culminating in group workshops and private birth preparation sessions that empower you with the practical skills to move through your birth with calm, connection and empowerment. As a certified Childbirth Educator with a diverse background in health, Yoga, meditation, bodywork and birth, I believe in the power of your birth, your choices, your transformation.