Packed full of evidence and expertise, each birth guide will provide you with a foundation of robust knowledge, skills, strategies and ideas.
Each guide is clear and practical, based on good practice, experience and listening to parents. With resources to read and listen to at home, 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
With resources to download so you can read and listen during pregnancy and practical checklists to use in labour.
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
With resources to download so you can read and listen during pregnancy and practical checklists to use in labour.
- 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
With resources to download so you can read and listen during pregnancy and use practical checklists in labour.
- who can use a birth pool
- pain management
- benefits
- birth partners
- labour in the pool
- birth in the pool
- tips for using the pool
With resources to download so you can read and listen during pregnancy and use practical checklists in labour.
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Using A Birth Pool – with consultation£60.00 -
Using A Birth Pool£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
With resources to download so you can read and listen during pregnancy and use practical checklists in labour.
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Using An Epidural – with consultation£60.00 -
Using An Epidural£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
With resources to download so you can read and listen during pregnancy and use practical checklists in labour.
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Being Induced – with consultation£60.00 -
Being Induced£15.00
You can access the birth guides on a laptop, tablet or phone and download the resources to read and use as you need them.
How it works…
- Simply buy your birth guide and you will receive an email with all the information you need to access the information and resources.
- You can go through the guides in your own time and use them as pocket guides during labour and birth.
- As you go through the information, it can be helpful to jot down information and questions.
- The resources include worksheets to personalise the information for you – you can print these out so you can think about what is going to be useful for you during labour and birth.
- Book your 90-minute consultation with me to talk through your birth preparation. This can be in-person with Tyneside parents and over Zoom for parents everywhere.
As part of my work with expectant parents, I created a range of practical birth guides, 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 also arrange 1:1 sessions with me 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 from across the UK as well as internationally.
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Copyright: Janine Smith 2020