Birth Skills Couples Workshop
This workshop provides a great opportunity for you to connect with your partner and to bond as a couple. Learn how your partner can support you in labour and how you can work as a team to build your confidence in the lead up to birth.
This is a completely hands-on experience where you will have the opportunity to practise useful skills and techniques that can help to empower you and increase your sense of satisfaction in birth, techniques that are scientifically proven to reduce both time in labour and the need for medical interventions. You will also learn techniques that can help you enjoy your pregnancy more by reducing some of the minor discomforts such as back ache or indigestion that you may be experiencing.
Learn yoga and active-birthing movements; partner support; acupressure techniques for pregnancy, pain relief, natural induction and breast feeding; massage for birth preparation, relaxation, and pain relief in labour; calming breathing techniques and breathing techniques for labour contractions; supported birthing positions; relaxation and visualisation. We will also talk about how food, herbs and nutrition can support you before and after birth. Note that this workshop has been designed to compliment the CalmBirth programme and Having a Baby Programme at the Royal Hospital for Women and Prince of Wales Hospital Antenatal Classes
Options:
FULL WORKSHOP
2 x Private Sessions of 2 hours,
or 1 x Private Session of 3.5 hours.
PER HOUR BASIS
Tailored sessions
Complimentary Yoga Classes
In the comfort of your home
COSTS
Sydney’s Eastern suburbs $140/hour + travel time.
Available Sydney wide.
Couples may also have another support person attend without any extra cost.
Call Anya on 0414 622 289 for more information.
TESTIMONIAL:
“I called up Anya to discuss her birthing class. I loved Anya's persona and the energy she brings to a yoga class and I felt she was the right person to learn further from. This again, was the best call I was going to make for my labour experience. My husband and I did a 1:1 birthing class with Anya over 2 sessions. Again the delivery of the information needed was just perfect, Anya introduced new content I'd not heard of before yet which made complete sense, and created a relaxed environment and my husband and I were fast becoming more comfortable with the experience we were about to have. Anya also made several suggestions during the course about diet, the benefits of acupuncture and the added support of having a doula during labour. I took all of these on board - as I was up for anything that was going to help our baby come out easier and faster! Doula shopping can be overwhelming but Anya put me in touch with a few people and soon we found 'our' doula and what a blessing she turned out to be! Being well prepared, but in a manner that felt like I hadn't planned to an inch within my own sanity, by attending Anya's yoga classes and birthing classes, having acupuncture sessions from 36 weeks, attending pilates classes, eliminating sugar and gluten from my diet and getting to know our doula in the weeks leading up to our due date, our baby boy was born 1 day after his due date in a labour that lasted less than 12 hours, all natural and without any interventions. Birth plans CAN happen as you wish. Karmamama's Anya is a blessing - you are very lucky to have found her.” - Teola Wittorf Le-Coq