*** Please note this course is now to be run online. All Calmbirth educators have been advised to cancel F2F courses for January and February until further notice due to the rapidly rising Covid numbers. RANZCOG advises pregnant women are considered to be a vulnerable group and should not attend F2F courses. https://ranzcog.edu.au/statements-guidelines/covid-19-statement/information-for-pregnant-women. Due to the inability for all to equally have access rapid antigen tests this is not yet a viable option thought we hope this may be possible in the coming months. If you wish to continue your booking for an online course the cost has been reduced.

****PLEASE ALSO ENSURE YOU FILL OUT THE ENROLMENT DETAILS THAT INCLUDES YOUR PARTNER’S/BIRTH SUPPORT’S DETAILS. This is a separate form you will be taken to when you click on the link.

Sue is an experienced birth educator and has been teaching calmbirth® pregnancy and birth preparation in Melbourne since 2005. She brings to her courses her thirty years of working with women and their families as a nurse, midwife and perinatal counsellor. Sue’s courses are inclusive of LGBTIQ+ couples.

The calmbirth® workshops draw on contemporary birth physiology and neuroscience giving couples a greater understanding of the birthing process whilst aiming to understand and reduce fear and anxiety. With greater knowledge and understanding, women and their partners are able to feel confident to make informed decisions around their birth choices.

The workshops combine an understanding of the birthing process, the hormones of labour and birth and practical skills for managing pain, sensations and challenges of labour, that include breathing, relaxation and visualisation techniques, positioning and massage. Life after birth and the transition to parenthood and the role of the partner/support is also emphasised.

The comprehensive course is complementary to all models of care – private or public, birth centre or home-birth and is not an alternative to the birthing choices you have already made. You will gain practical knowledge and skills whether this is your first or third baby, or hoping to achieve a vaginal birth after a previous caesarean (VBAC).

**Please note when booking to book only once (as this booking is for two people i.e. the woman who is birthing and partner/birth support attending with them) The booking system will initially ask for the woman’s name who is birthing. The partner’s/birth support’s details will be filled out on the enrolment form. Bookings are not able to be taken if more than 35 weeks pregnant at the start of the first class.

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