Birth Boot Camp
Our 2 day workshop is an evidence-based, childbirth education program that provides you and your partner with all the tools you need to prepare for a safe, empowering and positive birth and post-partum.
These are face-to-face workshops held at Grange Community Hall (2021) or Soul Space, Newmarket (2022) with a COVID Safe Plan in place.
Birth Boot Camp
Nov-Dec Workshop
Sundays Nov 21 & Dec 5
9am to 4pm
Grange Community Hall
187 Wilston Rd, Newmarket
$550
Birth Boot Camp
Feb Workshop
Sundays Feb 13 & 27
9am to 4pm
Grange Community Hall
187 Wilston Rd, Newmarket
$550
Birth Boot Camp
Jun Workshop
Sundays Jun 12 & 26
9am to 4pm
Soul Space
23 Parker St, Newmarket
$550
What you’ll learn
Practical tools to use in labour
How your partner supports you in labour
The natural process of labour & birth & the health-care practices that support it
Movement and positioning during labour & birth (Active Birth)
The hormones of labour & how these help or hinder us
The role that pain plays in labour & a wide range of coping strategies for managing it
How to minimise fear & anxiety through mindfulness
The rights of childbearing women
Medical interventions; indications, risks & alternatives
Making a birth plan
Communicating with your healthcare provider
Prenatal & postpartum nutrition
Breastfeeding
Postpartum expectations & self care
Local resources to support you during & after pregnancy
What you’ll receive
Giving Birth with Confidence
-an evidence-based book.
Workshop Booklet
-materials for class & home.
Support
-from Carla & Moran through your pregnancy & beyond including access to our community facebook group.
Refreshments
-morning & afternoon tea.
Sleep tips for newborn babies
You’ve brought your bundle of joy home, you’re happy and of course a little bit tired and now you are wondering how to get them
Birth Support Strategies
The big day is looming and you might be wondering as a partner, how can you offer birth support to the mother of the child?
Baby Sleep Regressions
For new parents’ baby sleep regression may come as a surprise, you have spent the last few months establishing a routine for your baby and
Starting solids
When and what to start with… When to start solids? The World Health Organisation recommends introducing solids from 6 months though despite this recommendation here
Beating Bedtime Battles
Do you dread bedtime? Does your baby resist bedtime? Does your child drag out bedtime with ‘the asks’ every…single…night? These tips are designed to help
Online Birth Classes – not all are created equal
Women are giving birth in a time of crisis. Hospitals are limiting birth teams to one person, leaving women to choose between taking their partner, their