Gold Coast Birth Class
NEW! Our Gold Coast birth classes are launching this July at the beautiful Matrescence Birthing Centres ↗, Southport. After running our classes throughout the Brisbane and Ipswich communities, we’re so excited now to bring The Good Birth to the Gold Coast. Expect the same supportive environment and down-to-earth approach that local parents have come to love.
You do NOT need to be birthing at Matrescence to access this class or any other Matrescence service.
Why Parents Choose Us?
✓ You want help to reduce the overwhelm & make sense of all the information out there
✓ You want mindset and nervous system tools that genuinely impact how you move through labour, alongside practical birth skills
✓ You want to feel more in control & understand your choices around birth & parenting (we give you stats & decision-making strategies so you can do this)
✓ You want your partner to be a great support person, have an active role in the birth space & into parenthood
✓ You want skills to reduce fussy & unsettled babies, learn about feeding & postpartum recovery (postpartum prep is just as important, so we don't skip it!)
✓ Judgement-free space around your birth choices - feel informed to make choices that are right for you
What our parents say
Gold Coast Antenatal Class
DETAILS
Investment: from $320-$390 per couple
Duration: 9.00am - 4.30pm
The Team: Rachel & Allie
Location: Matrescence Birthing Centre
Proxima Building Suite 1/22 Frazer St, Southport
Bookings include attendance for both you and your partner at our full-day workshop run by a midwife.
Plus:
NEW! Unlimited telehealth access with Midwife Allie after the class, completely bulk-billed
→ 9am-5pm phone call advice from a midwife
→ Access for further support & clinical questions
→ Tailored education for your specific pregnancy
→ Postpartum support
→ Must have Medicare to be eligible
→ Intake form is required to gather your pregnancy and health information before 1st phone call
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Physical Good Birth Guide Book with all of the class content
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Goodie bag which includes: Tote bag (a nice one!), birth comb, colostrum collection kit, birth plan template & more
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Digital Resource Pack with links, videos and resource sheets for recaps & further learning
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Private health fund rebates, based on your level of cover
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Discount codes & freebies from our partners
What you will learn:
✓ Pros & cons of the options you will face in birth, with evidence & statistics from the latest research
✓ How to achieve a positive birth experience in the hospital system based on what is important for you
✓ How to optimise your birth hormones
✓ How to get your baby in an ideal position for birth
✓ Stages of labour & how to manage them
✓ What's really happening to your body in labour
✓ The mindset shift - reframing birth from fear to understanding (for partners too)
✓ Strategies & clear guidance for your partner & birth team on how to be the best supports
✓ 25+ natural pain management strategies for labour
✓ Medical pain relief options in the hospital
✓ Observations & tests that might be performed
✓ Different forms of fetal heart monitoring
✓ How & when to transition to your chosen birthplace
✓ How & when to push
✓ Reducing the chance of perineal tearing
✓ Options for cord clamping & placenta birth
✓ Decision-making skills & advocating for your choices
✓ Expectations & strategies for your physical & mental recovery postpartum
✓ All things breastfeeding + positions + good latch + milk supply
✓ Signs your baby is getting enough nutrition
✓ Evidence-based strategies for supporting an unsettled newborn & how to support their needs
✓ Practical demos for nappy changing, swaddling, breastfeeding positions
Meet the Gold Coast team
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Meet Rachel
With 13+ years as a midwife and a seasoned mum, Rachel brings the perfect mix of experience, genuine warmth, and practical advice. She knows that knowledge and confidence go hand in hand when preparing for life’s biggest moment.
She is also a personal trainer. Rachel turned her love of health and movement into Absolute Fitness ↗, her boutique home studio on the Gold Coast helping women feel empowered, strong, and capable!
She’s also mum to kind and caring 9yo Archie and has been happily married for 14 years so she speaks from lived experience as much as professional knowledge. She understands the mix of excitement, nerves, and questions that come with pregnancy because she’s been there too.
One thing she wishes every woman knew about birth: “It can be the greatest, most powerful experience of your life!”
Meet Allie
Allie is the founder of The Good Birth, Endorsed Midwife, & educator with over 12 years of experience. She loves to make these classes entertaining and down-to-earth.
She created these classes from a deep passion for changing the culture of birth. After witnessing hundreds of births throughout her career, she strongly believes birth can be a positive, powerful and transformative experience when women feel informed, safe and genuinely supported.
Unfortunately, our culture often surrounds birth with fear, trauma and misinformation, leaving many families feeling disconnected from their instincts and unsure of their options.
She is also deeply passionate about the importance of a supported postpartum period, giving both parents and babies the best possible start together.
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Class Booking Options
1. Complete Birth Class Package $390
All the regular inclusions in the birth class as listed above, including a hard-copy of The Good Birth Guide Book, Goodie bag & unlimited midwife access.
2. Lite Birth Class Only Package $320
Access to class attendance only.
This is available for those who would like a more affordable option, but still want quality education.
Gold Coast Class Schedule
More About Our Gold Coast Location
We feel incredibly lucky to be hosting our Gold Coast birth classes at the newly opened Matrescence Birthing Centres ↗, a beautiful midwifery-led space created to honour physiological birth, continuity of care, and the transition into motherhood.
It’s a calm, nurturing environment that aligns so closely with the way we teach and support families through pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
FAQs
Your birth, your choices - let's get you ready.
