My services
Help Yourself to Birth Antenatal Classes
Topics Include:
- Preparing for labour
- Understanding labour and birth
- Choice of birth place; home/ hospital/birth centre
- Role of, and how to be a support person
- Labour relief; chemical/ natural
- Preparing for birth
- Breastfeeding
- Baby! Now what?
Course costs £100 (discount for my clients, please ask). Please contact me for dates of future classes.
Birth Doula
The service:
- An initial meeting at no charge, for you to meet me before you make a decision
- Two antenatal visits (for however long)
- Telephone calls and e-mails (no limit)
- Labour and birth (for however long)
- Two postnatal visits (usually 1 to 2 hours)
- Loan of books and other resources
- On call for two weeks before and two weeks after your due date
- An undertaking not to go more than 1 hour from Brighton, when your baby is due, without prior arrangement with you
- An undertaking not to book another client within 10 days either side of your due date
Please contact me for more information or a chat.
One to One birth preparation
You may not wish to have a doula with you in labour, but would like to have the benefit of one to one birth preparation with a doula in the comfort of your own home. As experienced mothers and specially trained birth supporters, doulas are skilled in helping mothers and their partners during pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period.
These evenings are tailored to each woman and her partner depending on YOUR needs. Topics COULD include:
- Antenatal class topics, such as stages of labour and pain relief (natural and pharmaceutical), for couples who have been unable to attend antenatal classes due to lack of availability or lack of time
- Debriefing a previous birth experience for couples expecting a subsequent baby and wanting to move on and have a more positive experience
- Writing an effective birth plan and how to maximize your chances of success
- How can my partner REALLY help me during labour
- Baby? Now what!