RealBirth~works Antenatal Classes
RealBirth~Works
Birthworks Antenatal classes are a comprehensive set of sessions held in Marlborough for local families to prepare for the birth of their baby.
Antenatal education and preparation are key to achieving a positive birth experience.
The RealBirth Programme will help you prepare for birth and parenthood alongside access to the RealBirth digital workshops.
Face to face & interactive
Face to face antenatal classes have numerous benefits including access to expert experience, advice, and guidance, and building that all important social support. Meet other parents and build your local network of friendships that last a lifetime.
Learning about your body, labour and birth processes, and what to do with an actual baby, will build your confidence in yourself, reducing anxieties and fears through knowledge and preparation.
Each session lasts 2.5 hours.
Using the RealBirth learning techniques, up to date evidence, practical skills, information sharing, and responsive to your own questions and needs, you will learn all about how birth works.
Week 1 ~ Preparing for Birth
Thoughts, fears and feelings
Your brain and your body
Stages of labour and birth
Labour Phases
Week 2 ~ The Golden Hours
Skin to Skin
Cord management
Birthing your placenta
Birth ~ The Main Event
Week 3 ~ How Birth Works
Muscles, bones, hormones, and everything in between.
Balancing your body
Movement and positions
Week 4 ~ Birth Planning
Plans, intentions, and preferences
Consent
Choices and decisions
Plan B ~ What happens if things change?
Week 5 ~ Newborn life
Postnatal feelings
Practical baby care
Sleep, settling & soothing
Feeding
Guided relaxation
Each session includes a guided relaxation. This helps focus your mind and senses, reduces stress, and promotes relaxation. Practicing breathing techniques and relaxation during pregnancy will help you return to that feeling of safety and calm when you need it during birth.
What should I bring?
A notebook and pen
Your birthing partner - this is for them too!
What you get
12 hours of education
Knowledge and practical skills
Workbook
Follow up emails with useful information
Confidence
Tea & Cake
Prices
Complete RealBirth-Works ~ 5 sessions ~ £200
Payable in full before start of course.
Depending on your circumstances payment options are available. Finances should not get in the way of preparing for your birth. Please contact me.