Preparing Yourself for the Best Birthing Experience

The concepts and techniques taught in these classes were born out of the philosophy that childbirth is a normal, natural part of our lives and that we have the innate knowledge to birth our babies.

The essence of the material taught in these classes is about rekindling that awesome power within women. They are about rebuilding a trust a woman feels about her own body. They are about empowering her to follow her instincts.

The worlds’ modern approach to birth has stripped away so many of these things. Many women have lost that trust, that confidence, the sense of awe and power in their own ability. It has been replaced by fear, anxiety and subservience to the medical world. A new belief has arisen, that woman needs machines, instruments, tests and other experts to safely “deliver” her baby. This has become “normal” and “natural”.

Women and their partners are invited to these classes early in pregnancy to become empowered in their journey to parenthood. The course is equally attended by first time pregnant couples and those wanting a subsequent better birth after a traumatic, difficult or disappointing previous birth.

The tools and techniques we use will help you overcome fear, be in control and reduce tension and pain. Just some of the techniques we use are breathing, relaxation, birthing imagery and affirmations. They will teach you to trust and understand your body, so you control from your conscious intellectual mind to your birthing mind and body. They will help you have a birth which is instinctive, manageable and in some cases, pain free. As with anything though, it will only be achievable if you can trust in your body, believe it’s possible, prepare well and practice, practice, practice.

We offer you real life examples, a hands on approach with the return of previous couples – bringing their babies and birth stories so we can learn and share insights from their experiences.

Know Your Midwife is the only complete course on the Sunshine Coast where you will receive all this information and preparation from a different aspect towards an empowering birth.

Birth can be wonderful, amazing, and intense...but birth does not have to be scary.

And what is  "being empowered?"

Being empowered IS dependent on having access to information about our Health System, it's policies and procedures - so you may choose your safe birth path, no matter where or how you are birthing.

An empowering birth IS NOT dependent on whether birth is natural and drug-free, or whether you have an epidural, or even a caesarean.

Being empowered is a woman birthing from her inner wisdom where she is strong, trusting in her own body so she cannot be talked into birthing outside of her instinct.

Being empowered involves mother, birthing companion and baby working together to create a wonderful birthing experience thus establishing a strong family relationship.