The preparation to every birth looks and feels different.

It depends on your circumstances, previous experiences, how you learn, what you’re curious about and what’s important to you.

Some of the things we might discuss and skill share around as you step up to birth and meeting your little:

how to maximise your sleep in pregnancy and why it’s important for birth and postnatal outcomes
optimal postural positions during pregnancy
preparing for postpartum
clarity around your postpartum values. This way, when you get to ‘the other side’ you own a more compassionate lens that will lead you from within
talking through varying perspectives surrounding any topics that concern you - including practical tips, education and resources to explore
working with pain in labour
active positions for early labour
how to use acupressure in labour, other things your support person can do to support you
considering what your birthing values are, and what’s influencing them
emotional support - a safe space to be honest about how you are feeling
space to allow fear, anxiety, overwhelm, confusion and doubt to exist. We’ll voice and explore them to allow them to slide off your shoulders
working with something you hadn’t expected - eg. knowing you’ll need an induction, babe being breech, changes to birthing environment, suspected big baby etc.

tools to surrender to the waiting - ‘being overdue’ and the friction this presents
normalising gestational length variation
creating a communication plan with those around you to reduce your stress levels and allow you to feel held
navigating what an induction experience might look like
space to grieve the spontaneous birth that may have felt important to you
how to make an induction your own - bringing sacredness, choice and your values into the process
supporting decision making that’s based in full awareness and autonomy

In other words. We’ll look and plan ahead. And we’ll allow you to stand strong in exactly where you are.

Care and Support for Labour: Birth Preparation

Why call my Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Practice ‘Reverence Story’