Your Birth Workshop - Birkdale

Service Description

This informal, group workshop is an all-encompassing antenatal education journey through the stages of labour, birth and the precious first moments with your new baby. 'Your Birth Workshop' has been carefully designed to empower you as expectant parents to have positive birth experiences and it can help to alleviate any fears or anxieties you might have around birth. We will bring together a range of techniques including movement, positions, breathing, relaxation, education and massage to support you through every stage of your labour. Each workshop will deliver: ~ A combination of traditional antenatal education with active birth awareness ~ The physiology of labour, what makes it start and what can cause it to slow down ~ How you can work with your and baby to ease through the stages of labour, adapting as it progresses ~ Simple breathing techniques for each stage of labour which will make all the difference ~ Techniques for your birth partner to use to support you during labour ~ An easy way to understand medical induction and interventions ~ What to expect for those precious first moments after baby has been born and the importance of skin to skin ~ Practical tips for the day, including what to pack in your hospital bag and include in your birth preferences ~ A great chance to meet other local parents-to-be Your Birth Workshop is designed for both you and your birth partner to attend if possible. It will last around 4 hours and are ideal from 30 weeks of pregnancy, onwards. Held at the gorgeous Mandala Yoga Studio in Birkdale, we will provide a break for refreshments half way through the session.