Birthing Without Fear
"I never thought I'd arrive with my list of anxieties and feel so chilled and confident about coping with the birth in no time at all."
If you have just started maternity leave, you will no doubt be focused on the final preparations for the arrival of your baby. After many months of waiting, you are literally a hop, skip and a jump away from the birth and it is quite natural to feel a mixture of excitement and trepidation as the big day draws nearer. However, if you find your mind dwelling on fears, phobias or unshakable anxieties about labour and birth, peace of mind is just around the corner.
Now you can dissolve your fears about labour and birth in a two part Birthing Without Fear workshop and reap the benefits of feeling calm and confidence in place of fear and anxiety. This new emotional state will help you enormously as you approach the birth feeling genuinely more relaxed and able to cope with how your experience of birth will unfold and the good news is that this workshop will take up just 4 hours of your precious early maternity leave.
Take a look at the line up of topics you can cover in this unique workshop...
- Fear of the unknown
- Fear of losing control
- Anxiety about loss of dignity
- Fear of hospital environments
- Fear of hospital staff
- Fear of waters breaking in a public place
- Anxiety about coping with labour pain
- Fear of induction
- Anxiety about length of labour
- Fear of needles
- Fear of epidurals
- Fear of bowel movement in birthing
- Fear of the cord being around the baby's neck
- Fear of birthing the baby's head and shoulders
- Fear of ventouse delivery
- Fear of forceps delivery
- Fear of needing an episiotomy
- Fear of perineal tearing
- Fear of suturing tears/episiotomy
- Fear of caesarean delivery
- Anxiety about post-caesarean healing
- Fear of blood loss during delivery
- Fear of something going wrong
- Fear of dying in labour or birth
- Fear of something being wrong with baby
- Fear of partner not coping
- Fear of partner not being supportive
- Anxiety about breastfeeding baby
- Anxiety about postnatal recovery and healing
- Fear of Postnatal Depression
- Fear of Postnatal PTSD
Now imagine feeling emotionally lighter and free of unwanted anxiety....
If you would like to attend the Birthing Without Fear workshop which is developed specifically for first time mums on early maternity leave, you will need to spare just two hours on a consecutive Monday and Tuesday morning (10:00am to 12:00pm). Workshop numbers are kept to just six new mums-to-be to ensure that you receive individual attention and ample time to dissolve your anxieties in a positive, supportive and caring environment. This workshop is not intended for second time mums, so you will be joined by mums who share your same first time nerves. To reassure you further, the fears, phobias and anxieties listed above are not matters that we will dwell on from a negative perspective. On the contrary, we will focus on identifying the key emotions at the heart of your anxiety and using a very gentle and effective therapeutic technique called Thought Field Therapy, we simply dissolve the anxiety and restore your sense of inner calm, confidence and objectivity.
This course is a valuable adjunct to NCT and NHS classes giving you an opportunity to clear anxieties that might otherwise hinder a better birth experience and it is popular with antenatal groups. If you would like to book a workshop for your NCT or NHS antenatal group members, please contact me to discuss date availability, so that I can be sure to accommodate your needs.
Private one-to-one sessions are also available to clear birthing fears, phobias and anxieties, offering you privacy to work through issues which some expectant mums prefer. This format would also be my recommendation if you are in your second or subsequent pregnancy and want to dissolve emotional issues associated with a difficult or traumatic birth experience. For more information on private therapy click here.
Fees
The fee for this two part workshop is £50.00 per person. Light refreshments are available on the course.
Location
Workshop sessions are held in Camberley. For a map and directions click here.
Availability
This workshop is currently held twice a month.
- 18th & 19th May
- 8th & 9th June
- 22nd & 23rd June
- 6th & 7th July
- 20th & 21st July
- 3rd & 4th August
- 17th & 18th August
- 7th & 8th September
- 21st & 22nd September
- 5th & 6th October
- 19th & 20th October
- 2nd & 3rd November
- 16th & 17th November
Conception & Birth Services
Pure Therapy Programme Brief therapy to dissolve your fears, phobias, anxieties and any emotional trauma. This programme focuses on calming your mind, restoring your confidence and self-esteem, giving you back a sense of control in your life as well as the clarity to make important decisions.
Essential Support Programme Regular, short check-in sessions by phone to keep you calm, relaxed, optimistic and positively focused between significant milestones from conception to birth. The therapeutic toolkit enables sabotaging emotional wobbles to be dissolved in an instant.
HypnoBirthing® Classes The ultimate in birth preparation classes to teach both you and your partner how to use hypnotic relaxation skills, special breathing techniques and endorphin releasing massage to manage the physical demands of labour and feel calm, relaxed and confident during the birth.
Parent Coaching Programme No baby arrives with a manual and few parents have endless hours to devour a ‘how to’ book. Parent coaching is a supportive route to helping you create your own practical solutions to whatever parenting challenges you are facing, in time sensitive short sessions.