active birth practical

Fundamental to an Active Birth is the participation of the birthing woman's partner.  This is a birth rehearsal class for couples. During this childbirth class you and your partner will practice Active Birth postures, breathing rhythms, labour massage, and relaxation skills that are beneficial and enjoyable during pregnancy and birth.

It provides an opportunity for you as a couple to enhance your awareness of and confidence in the natural rhythm of labour. Learning to follow the rhythm of labour will help partners to fully participate in the birth.  By creating a common language, partners will be able to appreciate their complementary role in bringing a child into the world.

This hands-on practical childbirth workshop is an excellent refresher class or compliment to your antenatal classes in hospital.  Couples leave feeling relaxed and confident that they have practical skills to meet any of the physical challenges that labour may bring. Attending the  Active Birth Yoga classes are also recommended in conjunction with participation in an Active Birth Practical.

"I attended your active birth lessons and 3 hr workshop. Your classes made the birth of our baby such a positive and wonderful experience, thank you so much!" Susannah

"While the yoga classes gave me encouragement, support, skills and the belief in myself to birth actively and naturally, the active birth practical class gave my partner and I the confidence we could do it together and meant we were on the same page and didn't need verbal communication - particularly for the positions which were supported by a partner.  I asked my partner afterwards if I communicated what I wanted and he said that we did everything quite naturally without speaking much." Renee

"I felt the information you shared with my partner and I at our many classes was the greatest tool we used in our labour process and I feel that I would have been lost without the knowledge you shared and we have such a calm happy baby which I also believe is a product of a calm and peaceful labour. Thanks for sharing your priceless knowledge and experience, your name will forever be mentioned as someone who helped with the most memorable experience of my and Grace's life." - Julianne

Venue: Vitalife Centre, 83 Latrobe Tce, Paddington

Facilitator: Suzanne Swan (BA, Post Graduate Dip of Psychology, Dip of Yoga for Pregnancy and Active Birth, Registered Childbirth educator, Birth Attendant and Aware Parenting Instructor)

For information about the difference between our Active Birth Workshop/practical, please click here.