"I can't thank you enough. Patrick and I felt totally calm and in control throughout the whole experience. Your guidance gave me the confidence to trust my body, slow down and have the strength to "push through" (literally haha) at the suggestion of interventions or a c-section.
Breastfeeding has been a dream! The nurses couldn't believe he was my first baby. A complete credit to your teaching! "
Lauren Walters
- 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?
Private Birth Preparation Consult
Preparing for your Birth can be a stressful, overwhelming and confusing task. So why not have a private, personalised Birth Preparation Consult to discuss in depth the benefits and risks of every aspect of pregnancy, labour and birth. Parents can discuss their preferences, be fully informed of what these entail, ask about all the things no one tells you about. Have a full understanding of different policies and procedures and how they affect you, your body, your baby and your birth. Becoming informed about Labour, Birth and the early Postpartum period.
In addition to this service you can have 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.
Private Birth Preparation Consult Price $150
Private Birth Preparation Consult Price $150
- This includes a 2 hour in home consultation
- Personalised Birth Plan drawn up for your family
- Phone support until the birth to answer additional questions
- This includes a 2 hour in home consultation
- Personalised Birth Plan drawn up for your family
- 1 hour in home debrief
- Phone support until you are 6 weeks postpartum to answer additional questions and be there for support
The Benefits of a Private Birth Preparation Consult:
- Have a clear image of your perfect positive birth
- 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 and what you want
- 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