Birth Skills Workshop
A workshop for you and your birth partner to practise and prepare positively for birth whether that is in hospital or at home, an induced labour or a natural one.
“Amazing workshop. SO worth the money. Now feel confident and excited about birth. Thank you.”
NEXT DATES:
Thursday 14th March 2024 6.15-9.15pm at Comberbach Memorial Hall £95
Thursday 16th May 2024 6.15-9.15pm at Comberbach Memorial Hall £95 - booking link coming soon!
Hello!
We are Sarah and Kat and we are passionate about helping new and expecting parents in the Northwich area through pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond.
This workshop brings our 20 years+ combined professional experience and skills (and our own experience of being mums) together to:
give you confidence in your birth choices
share labour and birth techniques
give you time to practice with your birth partner
offer ways to navigate your own unique labour and birth journey positively
add to your knowledge and understanding of this life changing time
Kat
Kat is a Doula, KG Hypnobirthing teacher, parent educator, and also specialises in infant feeding support & early years parenting help https://www.mamakat.co.uk/
Sarah
Sarah is a qualified Birthlight Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga teacher www.breathingspace-yoga.com
There are many factors which can occur through labour and birth – you cannot plan for all of them – but you can empower yourself by learning some tools and techniques to navigate the changes and challenges of birth positively. Classes, books and positive birthing websites are all good places to find lots of information about the range of options for birth, how you can make it a positive experience and give you confidence in your ability to birth your baby no matter how and where you give birth.
Our Birth Skills Workshop is complimentary to NHS, NCT and other antenatal classes, and will enhance knowledge you’ve gained from books, podcasts and websites . It will give you additional tools to these offerings, particularly the time and space for you and your birth partner to practise labour and birth techniques together, and think about your own individual choices for your own unique birth.
We will encourage you to explore all the options available to you and help you to prepare to navigate the various pathways your labour and birth may take with confidence (and maybe even a new perspective), whether you choose to birth in hospital or at home, whether you have an induced labour or a natural one, and whether this is your first or subsequent birth.
The techniques can also be used to help you through the rest of your pregnancy and some even for caesarean birth preparation. (The tools may also be helpful for caesarean birth, but if that is your chosen birth route please contact us to discuss whether the workshop is suitable for you.)
You will also get to meet other expecting parents on the workshop, we know that the social side of learning is just as important for creating confidence and feeling supported, and often long lasting friendships are made, we offer a Whats App group for continued contact with ourselves and others on attending the session.
“Essential skills for all dads-to-be”
What is covered in the Workshop?
This Birth Skills Workshop is a 3 hour session for you and your birth partner. It includes an additional 1to1 online birth planning session with Kat to support your individual needs.
We include:
- what active and positive birth is
- an overview of the female pelvis and how to use it well in labour and birthing
- birthing choices including pain relief
- the 4 stages of labour and birth, hormones and techniques to use through each of the stages to support your journey positively
- birth positions, gentle yoga movement, breathwork, hypnobirthing and relaxation techniques which can support each stage of labour and birth at home or in hospital
- ways for birth partners to support you at each stage of labour and birth in the best way for you
- techniques for you and your partner to do together during labour and birth
- how to navigate the transfer from home to hospital if that is your birth plan
- time to practise the techniques and we’ll even have a (unfilled) birth pool for you to test out.
The workshop will focus on labouring and birthing in a hospital or home setting. It will follow an 'average' straightforward labour and birth pattern, with ways to navigate changes and challenges to this.
Also Included:
- a pdf guide to refer to during labour and birth
- a guided relaxation MP3 to use at home
- invitation to join a Whats App Group to stay in contact with us and other attendees, its a place to ask questions and share support
- a 1 to 1 online birth plan session with Kat to talk in more depth about your individual birth choices
-a £10 voucher to use for postnatal mum and baby classes with Sarah
“Excellent session, very informative and explains everything clearly. The practical side was well demonstrated and was excellent at helping my confidence to have an active birth. Would definitely recommend.”
Who is this workshop for?
You are welcome at any stage of your pregnancy, the workshop is for anyone who is pregnant and their birth partner (please contact us if you would like to come along with a supportive friend or family member instead).
What you need to bring:
Please bring with you a yoga mat, birthing ball (if possible), 2 blankets and 2 cushions.
Kat and Sarah are very happy to chat with you about the workshop if you have questions or would like further info – please contact us at
Kat mamamagickat@gmail.com 07951 647387
Sarah sarah@breathingspace-yoga.com 07977093373
“Definitely worth attending, feel more equipped and knowledgeable now, great information shared. We feel more confident and prepared. ”
