calmbirth®
calmbirth® course in Sydney
calmbirth® is a prenatal education program developed by Peter Jackson, an Australian midwife, to eliminate fear and tension that many women experience during pregnancy and birth. The calmbirth® course draws course content from scientists, doctors, and psychologists. The course is based on the belief that pregnancy and birth are normal life events and during the course you will learn practical skills and gain an understanding of:
- How fear and tension can affect the physiology of birth
- The science behind relaxation, visualisation and breathing techniques
- Simple visualisation techniques
- Understanding the positive effects of hormones at birth and how to keep them at optimal levels
- The mechanics of labour and how the body is designed for birth
- The stages of labour and the process of birth
- The benefits of touch
- Optimum Support for a birthing mum and how birth is a team effort
- The importance of prenatal and after-birth bonding
During the course you will hear many positive birth stories from women and their partners who did the calmbirth ® course and used the techniques during birth. You will also hear how useful the calmbirth ® skills have been for parenting.
The course is run over two full days or five nights of 2.5 hours. The location for the two day course is Neutral Bay and the five night series is located in the Dee Why area.
The calmbirth® course can be started anytime from 22 onwards (most do it from 26 - 34 weeks) though later in your pregnancy is OK.
The cost of the course is $475 per couple. The cost includes Peter Jackson’s calmbirth® book and relaxation CDs, From the Heart, a book of positive birth stories, borrowing from the extensive library and ongoing phone and email support, invitation to the pregnant and mums and bubs mothers group (coffee mornings).
The calmbirth® course can be done privately in Dee Why , please enquire with Louise.
Louise is registered with health funds and rebates can be paid under prenatal classes.
calmbirth® Coffee mornings - click here for more details
All women who attend Louise’s calmbirth® courses are invited to “ coffee mornings” held once a month in Crows Nest and Manly. It is a great way to meet other expectant mums and mums with bubs who live in your area and who have used calmbirth® for their birth. It is a lively and informal catch up full of lots of inspiring and positive birth stories! Dates and details will be provided at the course.
** SPECIAL OFFER **
Should you wish to compliment this course with an early parenting program, calmbirth® attendees pay only $70 per couple for the half day Early Parenting Program! Click here to find out about the Early Parenting Program.
"The whole feeling, it was just a magical moment"…Emma Sydney
" I had two previous birth which were just horrible and I was so tense about this birth (my third baby) This course made a huge difference to how I approached this birth, and how our daughter was born. It was just amazing. I was the biggest skeptic going into doing something different" Kate
"I don’t know what I would have done without calmbirth® techniques, my labour was long yet I felt so calm and relaxed, the midwives kept saying how calm I was…"
Click here to find out how other couples have benefited from calmbirth®
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