Antenatal & Postnatal

The Real Birth Program is an evidence based antenatal education programme that assists women and their birth partners learn about pregnancy and labour. The programme uses a factual and honest approach to labour, and birth preparation that helps you feel reassured and knowledgeable about your birth choices. The program involves looking at current day attitudes to pregnancy and birth and helping create a positive class learning environment. We will look at how negative language used in childbirth creates confirmation of inner doubts and the effect that positive birth language can have This program is designed to help promote a positive birth experience irrespective of birthing choices; irrespective of care pathways and helping women understand the process of birth. Mainly its about having fun and encouraging women to take control of their birthing experiences. The Real Birth Program will run over 4 weeks- 2-hour sessions in the evening. A healthy snack is provided for our mums and birthing partners. Some of the topics you will cover are:

Language and the role of media

• Skin to Skin
• Optimal cord clamping and delayed cord clamping
• Your placenta
• Stages of birth
• Understanding your Pelvis
• Positions of birthing and aids
• Hormones and the Uterus muscle
• The use of water in birth
• Massage
• The role of a birthing partner
• Breathing technique for pregnancy and birth

The aim of the Real Birth Programme is to help you learn how your body works in labour, and to help you understand the process of birth. This will help you feel more reassured and confident as you approach your birth.
Birth has been happening for a long time. In the last 200,000 years we have not really changed physiologically. The way we birth in the same way as our ancestors. We have the same instincts and hormones yet our world has changed quite a lot.
On the final week of our program we will be assisted by our very own Sure Start Midwife to answer any questions mummy’s or partners would like to ask.