Packed full of evidence and expertise, each birth guide will provide you with a foundation of knowledge, strategies and options.
Each guide is clear and practical, based on good practice, experience and listening to parents. With resources to use in your own time, each one is interactive and can be personalised to you – you can also include a consultation with me to talk it through and ask any questions.
These guides enable you to focus on specific issues as part of your birth preparation and to use as a pocket guide for tips and reminders when you are in labour. For comprehensive birth preparation, an antenatal course is a great option.
- an overview of labour & birth
- what helps and what might not
- contractions & managing energy
- positions & being active
- pain management
- using your birth space
- writing your birth plan
- expectations & options
- birth partners
- being at the centre of your care
You can access this birth guide in your own time and you can include a consultation to talk through your questions.
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Labour & Birth Consultation£60.00 -
Labour & Birth Essentials£15.00
To focus on the common issues that can impact labour and birth and the decisions you make:
- the position of your baby
- having a long labour
- feeling overwhelmed
- if it’s a fast labour
- how being induced can affect your options
You can access this birth guide in your own time and you can include a consultation to talk through your questions.
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Challenges Consultation£60.00 -
Labour and Birth Challenges£15.00
- the reasons for being induced
- how to encourage labour to start
- how induction works
- prostaglandins
- breaking your waters
- oxytocin drip
- your options, what you can do and how you can manage induction
You can access this birth guide in your own time and you can include a consultation to talk through your questions.
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Induction Consultation£60.00 -
Induction Guide£15.00
- useful positions to use in pregnancy
- different positions for labour & birth
- using a birth ball
- standing positions
- leaning positions
- sitting positions
- using the bed
- birth pool positions
- managing your energy in labour and birth
You can access this birth guide in your own time and you can include a consultation to talk through your questions.
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Positions Consultation£60.00 -
Positions Guide£15.00
- who can use a birth pool
- pain management
- benefits
- birth partners
- labour in the pool
- birth in the pool
- tips for using the pool
You can access this birth guide in your own time and you can include a consultation to talk through your questions.
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Birth Pool Consultation£60.00 -
Birth Pool Guide£15.00
- when and how it an epidural is used
- the effects and the benefits
- managing it
- using positions on the bed
- birth partner support
- what to be aware of
- tips for using an epidural
You can access this birth guide in your own time and you can include a consultation to talk through your questions.
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Epidural Consultation£60.00 -
Epidural Guide£15.00
As part of my work with expectant parents, I created a range of resources to accompany my antenatal course and I have now developed these as pocket guides for you to read in pregnancy and to use in labour. These resources are included as part of the antenatal course and they are now also available individually.
You can arrange 1:1 sessions with me at any time to talk through any questions and to feel better prepared for the birth of your baby.
Working with parents since 2002
My face-to-face sessions are ideal for parents across Newcastle & Tyneside. With video sessions, I work with parents everywhere.
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