About Me - Preparing for your baby - BENEFITING BIRTH AND BEYOND

I am Charlotte…

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I am a mum, a midwife, a certified HypnoBirthing® International (The Mongan Method) educator and passionate about women and their families. I have worked within a number of hospitals in Brisbane and Interstate with very different approaches to care for women, however, the remaining constant between all of these hospitals was their lack of time and staff.

Women are having shorter antenatal appointments, less prenatal education and the same can be said for their postnatal period. With Australian hospital stays decreasing, women, their families and their babies are getting education in hospital that is not retained, remembered or absorbed as it is too early. Childbirth Education is one of the most important decisions you make. Labour is not the time for lengthy discussions or questions about risks and benefits. The haze of those first few hours is not the time to be preparing for your baby. So how prepared do you want to be for birth and baby? Do you want to feel empowered or scared? In tune with your baby and body or lost and confused?

My Birth Experiences

I have three children myself, three beautiful boys who bring craziness and love to my every day and it is the vast differences in my experience of their births that led me to becoming a HypnoBirth Educator. While my first two births were quite similar in many regards on paper, my second birth should have been a piece of cake, my feelings and how I coped and felt as a mum was a very different story.

My first son’s birth, I felt prepared, I felt at ease, I was not chomping at the bit for him to be born, I was completely at peace with my pregnancy and enjoying the journey. When I went into labour, I knew who would be there, I was unsure how my partner would cope and when he did exactly as I needed him to, even when I didn’t know what I wanted, I was able to focus, calm and cruise through his birth.

My second sons birth, however, involved so many variables about who would be there, who would look after my eldest child, when would this baby finally get here??!?! When I did go into labour although relieved and excited, my head was a flurry of all the wrong activity, I struggled to become focused and felt much more pain, anxiety and fear.

I had always known that women needed to find a good head space from my work as a midwife in birthing suites, but after my second birth I realised it is not as simple as knowing what to expect and what you need to do. Hence the HypnoBirthing and Education journey began.

I have since had my third baby, Murphy, a beautiful hypno-home-water birth. Read about it below.

It is this birth that was proof to me of the power of preparation, mentally and physically for your perfect birthing experience.

Read more about my birth experiences in current and upcoming blog posts.

Mission Statement:

Providing an individualized and holistic approach to education services for families during the pregnancy, birth and post birth period. Empowering parents in their journey by providing not only information but tools, techniques and appropriate referrals for their specific needs. Providing support for women and families so they can become accountable and respect their intuition.

My Values:

Family
Fulfilment
Happiness
Honesty
Security
Health
Friendship
Respect
Accountability
Determination

My values are what is most important to me in my life and these are incorporated into my business, into my teaching and into my relationships with clients. This work brings together many of my values for myself and for others as well as my true love in assisting your family preparing for your baby. I am fulfilled working with the health of families both physically and emotionally. Often I build friendships with my clients as I help them become determined and accountable for their own families.

My family is my top priority and my top value and it is my involvement and my journey with them that has brought me to providing the services I do in the way I do.

My Goals:

Create empowered mothers, fathers, partners, parents.
Decrease fear and uncertainty around pregnancy, birth and beyond
Inform and educate women and their families on options for pregnancy, birth and beyond
Provide services to women and families who require and wish to utilize them regardless of circumstances
Provide services and products for a variety of aspects of pregnancy, birth and beyond in the future
BE THERE FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AT A TIME THAT IS SO PRECIOUS BUT CAN BE SO DIFFICULT, TO PROVIDE AN INDIVIDUALISED SERVICE FOR EACH AND EVERY CLIENT

Preparing for your baby in Ipswich and Brisbane

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