Active Birth Preparation
These sessions aim to empower and educate the birthing person and help them prepare for birth.
Empower Your Birth Experience:
Our birth prep sessions are designed to empower and educate you as you prepare for birth. We focus on understanding the movement of your baby and pelvis during labour, offering a variety of active birth positions to optimise space and facilitate smooth delivery.
You’ll learn effective coping strategies, including acupressure, visualisation, and breathing techniques, to manage the physical and emotional aspects of labour. We also provide practical guidance for using tools like the birth sling and birth ball, and ensure your birth partner is well-equipped with techniques to support you throughout the process. Together, we aim to make your birth experience as empowering and smooth as possible.
These sessions aim to empower and educate the birthing person and help them prepare for birth.
They will focus on: the movement of the baby and the pelvis during labour, providing numerous active birth positions to help optimise space in the pelvis and movement of the baby.
You will be provided with:
Coping Strategies: Managing the physical and emotional intensity of labour is important for the wellbeing of both mother and baby.
We teach a range of coping strategies including; acupressure, visualisation, breathing techniques, movement and other distraction techniques to help relieve any discomfort that may arise.
Active Birthing: We provide you with an abundance of active birth positions, utilising tools such as the birth sling, birth ball and peanut ball to optimise pelvic positing during each stage of labour.
Birth Partner: We aim to include numerous techniques and strategies for your birth partner to incorporate during your labour and pregnancy. We understand how important a birth partner can be for the labour process and aim to ensure you both leave feeling empowered and educated.
Want to know more? Click here to check out our blog post and learn more.
Additional Tools you will learn
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Perineal Massage
Perineal massage can be done from 35 weeks gestation and helps to prepare for the intensities of labour, improve blood flow to the area and reduce the risk of tearing.
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The Birth Sling & Rebozo
We will teach you how to appropriately and effectively utilise the birth sling and rebozo during pregnancy, labour and birth. This can help to alleviate any discomfort during this time and assist in an active upright labour and birth which has been associated with better birth outcomes.
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Connecting to your Pelvic Floor
We will provide you with tips and tricks to help you connect to your pelvic floor and teach you proper engagement of your pelvic floor, breath and core.
FAQs
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Birth preparation session will take roughly 1 hour-1.5 hours, depending on the individuals and the level of information they are after.
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Yep, we encourage everyone to bring along their partner or birth support person.
The education we provide you will be beneficial for your partner to learn so they are best equipped to help you during pregnancy labour and birth, plus we will give them specific tools and techniques they can utilise to assist you during this time.
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Wear comfortable, flexible clothing that you can freely move around in and get active.
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You do not need to bring anything with you.
Birth Kit Hire
Birth Kits & Birth Slings can be hired for an 8 week period.
Our carefully created birth kits are designed to support and enhance your birthing experience. With carefully chosen products from soothing essentials to supportive items we believe this birth kit is bound to be helpful for all who use it, aiding in a smoother and more comfortable delivery process.
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Our carefully created birth kits are designed to support and enhance your birthing experience. With carefully chosen products from soothing essentials to supportive items we believe this birth kit is bound to be helpful for all those who use it, aiding in a smoother and more comfortable delivery process.
What’s included:
Affirmation Cards from Best Birth Co
Affirmation Cards from Seasons of Mama
Essential Oils from Seasons of Mama
Birth Comb
Fidget Ring
Peanut Ball
Birth Ball
Rebozo
Birth Sling from The Birth Sling
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The Birth Sling has been designed to support both Birthing Mamas and Birth Workers, encouraging and supporting upright and active birthing positions, regardless of your chosen birth setting.
Includes:
Body Sling
Door Anchor
2x Arm Slings
2x Beam or Branch Anchor
Carry Bag
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Hire period:
Birth Kits and Birth Slings can be hired for an 8 week period, from 36 weeks gestation.
Pick up & Delivery:
Birth Kits can be picked up from Tugun Osteopathy - 3/5 Toolona St, Tugun, QLD, 4224.
Delivery can be organised via email.
Cost:
Birth Kira $115.0
Birth Sling $65.0
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To find out more about the benefits of each item check out our blog post here.
