Between 26 and 36 weeks pregnant? Prepare for your labour and birth, beginning in your pregnancy, with a variety of practical techniques and daily habits to help encourage your body and baby into an optimal state for labour. Discover the hidden languages of the different stages of labour and how to effectively navigate each one. Gain a deeper and more comprehensive knowledge of your body through the labour process and equip your birth partner with some hands-on techniques and observational skills to best support you.

These two interactive classes, held over one weekend, will help you to discover a variety of different exercises, stretches, intimate techniques, supplements, therapies and daily habits to help encourage your baby into an optimal state for labour. You'll also come to: understand the different hormones, body functions and labour observations; learn how to work through each stage effectively and how to make informed decisions when plans change; and so much more!

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This virtual on-call service serves the purpose of providing information and guidance to a mother during her antenatal period in relation to her pregnancy and the changes in which it brings. This is a space where a mother can ask questions and receive support and information regarding her body, her baby, mental preparation, birth preparation, intimacy, etc.

This service also serves as a safe space whereby a mother may need to simply share her excitement and milestones or to debrief and unload her troubles, frustrations, stresses, worries or concerns.

This virtual service focuses on assisting a mother with the drafting and briefing of her individualized birth plan. This is a space where she may come to explore and navigate her options in detail with information helping her to choose the best course of plan and action for her own birth experience.

This is an in-person service that is conducted at the mother's private location.

I offer full body rebozo massages to help promote physical and mental relaxation, as well as physical comfort through the stretching of muscles; releasing of tension; loosening and mobilization of joints; and movement of the body.

Targeted rebozo massages are available for mothers who require a more focused and specialized form of assistance, such as muscular discomfort, foetal rotation, labour stimulaton, etc. These massages focus on individual body areas that require attention.

The use of aromatherapy in your antenatal journey can provide you with many emotional and physical benefits when practiced correctly and safely. I offer guidance, advice and information on how to use different aromatherapy methods and oils to help you with pregnancy skin care; emotional care and support; stress, sleep and immunity support; general muscular discomfort; labour preparation, etc.

Custom blended oils and remedies are available at an additional cost.

Breathing is essential to the birth process. It helps to break the tension-pain-fear cycle within the mother by oxygenating the body, uterus and baby, creating a sense of calm and focus while minimizing stress on the baby in utero. This allows the mother to have a healthier, easier, faster labour and birth, while lowering the risk of complications.

Changing positions and activity during labour can assist with a variety of factors such as comfort, pain management, and labour progress. In other cases, specific positions can help with the baby’s position and descent, increasing pelvic space, etc.

Massage and comfort measures during labour helps to relax the mother during a stressed or tense state and gives her an opportunity to rest during exhausted phases. It can help to promote the release of labour, bonding and pain-relief hormones and chemicals in the body while increasing the intimacy of the birth experience.

I am fully qualified in specialized therapeutic techniques such as Aromatherapy and Rebozo technique which can assist with many factors such as: labour progression, foetal descent, pain management, faster dilation, foetal repositioning, back labour relief, mental and emotional balancing, and relieving general discomfort. Some techniques can also be taught to the birthing partner to promote a more active companion support and early bonding.

A well informed mother is a confident mother, and a confident mother is a mother who surrenders to labour with greater ease and less fear, with the ability to follow the guidance of her birth team and make better decisions for herself, her birth and her baby.

This service serves the purpose of providing information and guidance to a mother during her labour in relation to her birth and the changes in which it brings. This is a space where a mother can ask questions and receive support and information regarding: her body; her baby; mental preparation and coping; birth preparation and coping; intimacy, comfort and pain management options, informed consent, etc.

This service also serves as a safe space whereby a mother may need to simply share her excitement and milestones or to debrief and unload her troubles, frustrations, stresses, worries or concerns.

The support of the labouring mother’s birthing companion or partner is essential to her mental and emotional health and the good outcome of the mother’s birthing experience. A doula does not replace that companion/partner, instead guides them on how to best support and serve the mother in labour, working alongside the doula as part of the mother’s birthing team.

These services focus on: providing information and guidance to the birthing partner; facilitation of skin-to-skin and bonding; incorporation into the breastfeeding and post birth recovery space; etc.