*** PLEASE ONLY PAY THE DEPOSIT AT TIME OF BOOKING. As we continue to work with changes during covid times we remain hopeful that these courses will continue to run in person with precautions in place, however given the unknowns please be aware that this is not an absolute and may need to change to online according to Department of Health future recommendations and also dependant on the educator being well and able to run the course in person. Full refunds (minus a booking fee) will be offered should the course go online and you wish to cancel. However if you also become unwell and cannot attend there will be the option to continue online over the two days. If continuing online for both days the course cost will be reduced.

****PLEASE ALSO ENSURE YOU FILL OUT THE ENROLMENT FORM 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.

Calmbirth Course