Essential Childbirth Preparation

Weekend Workshop

Friday evening 18:30-21:30

Best Birth Preparation
o Posture and Perineal preparation
o Best labour and birth positions
o Emotional, Psychological and Physical Expectations of labour, birth and parenthood
Signs of labour
o Labour and signs
o When to contact doula, midwife or go to hospital
o Labour stages and what to expect
Saturday morning: 08:30- 13:00
Birthing Options
o Different care providers
o Physiological birth (water and land birth)
o Medical model of normal birth (water and land birth)
o Medical back up ( interventions)
o Caesarean Section Epidural, spinal or GA
Pain Management
o Pain in labour explained
o The wonder of Birthing Hormones
o Factors that Influence our Experience of Labour and Childbirth
o Natural Pain Relief
o Medical Pain Relief
Sunday morning 08:30-12:30
Partners Role during labour and birth
o Factors that influence partners
o Coping skills
Basics of Breastfeeding
Advantages of breastfeeding
Latching
Obstacles
Going back to work
And much more!
First days at home
Caring for newborn Cleaning, cord care and dressing
Essential for the newborn
Attachment Parenting
Various video clips are shown during the course and lots of time is also spent on discussions.
DVD Viewings
o Water birth
o Hospital Birth
o Caesarean