Please note, when choosing a private class for Elective Caesarean Section, VBAC, In-Depth Postnatal Session or Birth After Loss, these have fixed content and are not routinely adjusted. Tailoring is always made to your specific circumstances. 

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For half-days, you can choose from the content below. You can select topics to a total of 16 points by adding up the numbers next to each topic. 

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• Understanding your brain in labour (*1)

• Optimising birth hormones, oxytocin, endorphins and adrenaline (*2)

  • Includes setting up the birth space

• Ideal baby positioning in pregnancy (*1)

• Stages of labour (2)

  • Includes how your body changes, contractions, managing early labour & when to go to hospital​

• Signs of transition (*1)

• Mindset shifts to manage labour (2)

  • Includes fear-tension-pain cycle​

• How partners can be good support people (*2)

  • Includes support person mindset shifts​

• Pushing and Birth (1)

• How to reduce the risk of tearing (1)

• Labour & Birth video (1)

  • Includes what the stages of labour look like & a vaginal birth ​

• Delayed cord clamping (1)

• Placental birth (1)

• Labour coping strategies (*4)

  • breathing techniques

  • noise

  • visualistations 

  • tens

  • water injections

  • comb

  • acupressure

  • shower

  • bath

  • 18 supportive positions throughout labour

  • partner touch techniques

  • rebozo 

• Pharmacological pain relief (2)

  • Includes in-depth look at an epidural and how to optimise it to reduce impacts on labour​

• Filling hormonal gaps if experiencing intervention (1)

• Hospital assessments, baby monitoring, vaginal examinations, ways to assess labour progress (2)

• Induction of labour (*2)

• Instrumental birth (1)

• Caesarean section (2)

• Decision-making tools (*1)

• Mental health (1)

• Maternal body changes (1)

• Breastfeeding (*2)

• Baby hydration & signs of concern (1)

• Practical demonstration of nappy changes & swaddling (1)

• Safe sleeping (1)

• Settling techniques & baby sleep (*2)

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Key 

*   =   this topic is considered important 

1, 2, 3, 4  =   Points towards total content allowance for half-days