Topics covered during two antenatal sessions

Exploring strategies to cope with the intensity of labour and birth. including physical, emotional and visualisation strategies.
Learning aa variety of coping skills for the sensations of labour and finding your inherent coping skills,
Identifying visualisation techniques and tools for staying focused during labour and creating and using your own visualisation tools
Exploring physical supports to enable you to physically prepare and feel more comfortable in the labour and preparing a birth tool box
Exploring affirmations and ways to support staying positive during birth
Examining anxieties and fears surrounding this labour and birth
Appreciating birth as a rite of passage,
Exploring the time line of birth and how we move through from early labour to birthing the placenta,
Looking at the evidence base surrounding birth interventions
Understanding what pharmacological pain medications are available during labour in a hospital setting,
Exploring how to work with midwives and other staff you may meet on your journey,
Explaining what happens to your body and your baby as you move through labour and birth.
Ensuring you are prepared for a caesarean birth should one occur.
Preparing you and your partner for breastfeeding and early parenting;
Ensuring you understand early breastfeeding behaviour

Sessions are three hours each and happen in the comfort of your own home.

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