- Do you know what you want your birth to look like?
- What you want your partner and birth team to be doing?
- Do THEY know?
- Have you asked what equipment is available for birthing and but also how to use it?
- Pain relief?
- Interventions?
- Risks and Benefits of different procedures?
Would you like the opportunity to discuss every aspect of your birth preferences so that you can feel ready, comfortable and capable of making decisions not only before your birth but also if your birthing changes?
Private Birth Preparation Appointments
Preparing for your Birth can be a stressful, overwhelming and confusing task. So I offer Private Birth Preparation sessions for families who want to discuss in depth the benefits and risks of different aspects of pregnancy, labour and birth without the group setting. Parents can discuss the circumstances around birth interventions and learn what is completely involved with each of these. Becoming informed about Labour, Birth and the early Postpartum period.
As part of this service I also offer a Birth debrief to discuss your birth and your feelings around your baby’s entrance into the world. This is an opportunity to gush, vent or simply discuss your birth events with someone who understands, can empathise and is aware of your original birth plans to help celebrate and work through your birth story to better enter and enjoy your early motherhood journey.
Prices for a couple for Private Birth Preparation and Debrief $120.
The Benefits of a Private Birth Preparation Appointment:
- Feeling confident to make choices now and later
- Feel confident your birth team know what is expected of them, that they can advocate for you and your choices
- Be completely in control and accountable for your birth
- Feel sure about the environment you are walking into
- Be open and aware of ALL of your options for movement, equipment use and alternative methods of labouring as well as pharmacological pain relief
- Plus many more
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Statistics:
- In the last 50 years the average fertility rate has dropped from 3.5 to just less than 2 children.
- In 20 years the percentage of women ofver 30 having their first child has risen from 23% to 43%. This could indicate more pressure or more need to intervene in your birth, as well as an increasing the possibility of less children. Your first birth does not have to define all your births, but it can certainly pave the way to easier and better subsequent births.
- 1 in ten women experience antenatal depression, with 1 in 7 women experiencing postnatal depression
- 1/3 of women are describing some aspect of birth as traumatic
- 2-5% of women going on to develop PTSD, but some studies suggesting 24% of women partially symptomatic