Prepare for a Positive Birth with the
BIRTH-ED ONLINE COURSE
Antenatal and Hypnobirthing
Birth-ed® Online Hypnobirthing & Antenatal Course
The birth-ed® Online Course is our unique birth preparation programme for women like you who are looking for a way to take back control of their births, find the confidence they need to birth on their own terms, but know they can’t work it out on their own.
I’m Megan, hi! Your gentle guide, here to provide you with the tools and information you need to have a powerful, centred & satisfying birth experience. I created the birth-ed® programme because I was fed up with the state of birth preparation on offer to families.
Either you ‘hypnobirthed’ your way through, which was great (as long as you ended up with a pain free home water birth.. but pretty shit if you didn’t).. or you took the list of pain relief, watched a nappy changing demo, did what you’re told, crossed your fingers & hoped for the best. And something tells me those options aren’t what you’re looking for!
The birth-ed course is the solution you’re looking for to enter your birth experience (wherever and however it happens) feeling confident, powerful & worthy; stepping away from the people pleasing, the ‘should dos’ & the feelings of shame & comparison that birth & motherhood so cruelly seem to bring. Your baby, your birth, your terms. Nothing else.
Online Hypnobirthing & Antenatal Course
What’s Included?
6 hours of online video content- A comprehensive Antenatal and Hypnobirthing Course
5 Guided Relaxation MP3s
Daily Practice Video for optimal positioning of your baby
PDF Course Companion (To download or print out) including Interactive and Downloadable Birth Preference Template
Exclusive Discounts from our official Brand Partners worth OVER £100!
Access to a private Facebook Group to share stories and ask questions
Regular LIVE Q&A with Megan, founder of birth-ed™
Have a sneak peek into the course here!
A toolbox of techniques for a calm, confident and comfortable birth…
The birth-ed hypnobirthing techniques are there for you during pregnancy to help eliminate fear and get you to a place where you’re feeling excited about giving birth!
They’re also there for labour itself, to aid relaxation & promote the normal physiology of birth whilst helping you maintain a sense of calm and comfort.
The power to take back control of your birth…
Our courses are full of up to to date, evidence based information. Knowing what information to trust and how it applies to you, puts you totally in control of the decisions around your birth. You’ll finish the course feeling confident and equipped for any situation.
Reduce the chances of intervention…
Research into hypnobirthing has shown a reduced rate of intervention- less epidurals, less instrumental births, inductions, caesareans. The choices you make in both pregnancy and labour can actually influence the outcome of your birth! So knowing how to support the physiology of birth & ‘navigate the system’, you can be pretty sure intervention will only happen if it’s truly needed.
The perfect birth for you and your baby…
It might look like a home birth in a pool, a caesarean or an induction. We don’t shy away from the realities of childbirth, but give you the tools, information and confidence to make whatever birth is right for you and your baby, truly positive.
What do we cover?
Module 1: The Power of the Mind -Understanding how we think and why this is important to birth
Module 2: The Physiology of Birth - Understanding birth on the inside! From the muscles of the uterus to the hormones of birth (and how we can affect them).
Module 3: Hypnobirthing Techniques - Practical tools and techniques to use during pregnancy and birth to eliminate fear and anxiety.
Module 4: Making Choices - Decision making tools, understanding risk and research and how to apply this to your decision making. A crucial tool and not as scary as it sounds!
Module 5: Birth Choices - From Birth Place to Pain Relief options, we cover it all in depth!
Module 6: Aligning Your Body and Baby - Something overlooked by most antenatal courses, you’ll understand all the positions your baby may find themselves in and what you can do to help. Including daily practice video to encourage a good position for birth.
Module 7: The What Ifs - Possibly interventions from induction to instrumental birth and caesarean. Importantly focusing on what you can do practically to make these things positive.
Module 8: The Birth - Thinking about labour itself, birth positions to the birth environment, when to call the midwife to birthing your placenta! We cover it all!
Module 9: Birth Preferences - Communicating your choices with your healthcare team.
Virtual TEA & CHAT £145
The online course provides you with all the info you need to prepare for a positive birth, however sometimes having an opportunity to ask questions about your specific circumstances and talking through your own birth preferences can be hugely beneficial. You might like to book a power hour to-
- Put together your birth plan
- Make a decision about where to birth your baby
- Plan for birth in a complex pregnancy (such as VBAC or with Diabetes)
- Discuss previous difficult birth experience
- Facilitate conversation with your partner about your choices
-Plan for the postnatal period
Birth Power Hour includes in a 1.5-2 hour Zoom Call with Megan, founder of birth-ed. Before the call you will be sent a comprehensive questionnaire, so that we can get the most from out session. Following the call you will receive a summary of what we covered and links to any helpful further resources.
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You are free to ask anything in the call, however please note that as with all courses with birth-ed, these calls do not replace medical advice from you healthcare provider.
Please note: Virtual Chats are only bookable by those enrolled in a course with birth-ed. We recommend completing your course before the session. (This saves time being wasted recapping things that are already covered on the course itself, so you can really make the most of our time together)
FAQS
How does the course work?
The birth-ed™ Online Course is accessed directly through the birth-ed™ website. Use your unique log in details to access your private members area where you will find your 8 modules, supporting content and all downloadable materials. Each module is broken down into bite size videos, so you can devour as much or little as you like in one go, pop back to recap as needed and watch with or without your birth partner(s).
At what stage of pregnancy should I join?
Most people tend to sign up for the course between 20 and 30 weeks of pregnancy. However, you are welcome at any stage of pregnancy. You have access to the course for a year after signing up, so you are welcome to start early and take it slow- you can also go back and recap as often as you like. We have had people sign up right up to 41 weeks of pregnancy, and they reported back that it still made the WORLD of difference to their births!
How much does it cost?
At £40 we are able to offer a completely affordable Online Antenatal and Hypnobirthing Course. A private course with birth-ed™ would cost £415, throw in the discounts, weekly live Q&As, 5 MP3s and bonus material and the course is valued at over £700! Its important to us at birth-ed™ that this need to know information about birth is both affordable and accessible to all women, a positive birth shouldn’t come with a high price tag!
Can I watch it from my phone/computer/tv?
YES! The birth-ed™ course is accessed directly through the private members area of the website, so you can watch directly from your phone, tablet or computer, or even stream through your TV!
I want an epidural/ I’m planning a Caesarean/ It’s my third baby.. is the course for me?
YES! The beauty of the birth-ed™ Online Course is that it’s suitable for ALL kinds of women having all kinds of birth! Whether it’s your first baby and you’re not even sure what a cervix does yet, or your fifth baby and you’re pretty sure you’ve got this birth thing sussed now, the birth-ed™ Courses gives you practical tools to use during labour and birth and covers all of your birth choices and how to make them positive!
It is our belief at birth-ed™, that a ‘positive birth’ doesn’t have to mean a water birth in your living room! With your unique set of decision making tools, hints and tips for navigating the maternity system and positive approach to considering or utilisting intervention, this course is a MUST have for EVERY kind of birth! And since in the UK, around 8 in 10 women will have some kind of intervention in their birth, its crucial to understanding what this might look like. At birth-ed™ we are so passionate about making birth better for ALL women!
Do I have to sign up for another antenatal or hypnobirthing course too?
Nope! The birth-ed™ course works as a stand alone preparation for birth. You may like to take a local in person course for the added benefit of meeting local parents and asking questions as and when they come up. But the birth-ed™ Course is a fully comprehensive antenatal and hypnobirthing course, so if you’d rather save your pennies for take aways, baby clothes, a doula or yoga classes, we hope this makes that a little easier too!
How is The birth-ed™ Online Course different from other Hypnobirthing or Antenatal Courses?
The birth-ed™ Online course is completely unique. Following the same content as our popular and established in person courses, the online course covers EVERYTHING that a standard hypnobirthing course will cover. PLUS even more in depth, evidence based information about your birth choices, navigating the maternity system, interventions, decision making and the physiology of birth. There’s also an entire module on aligning your body and your baby for birth- an area often overlooked by most antenatal courses, but something that can have a huge impact on your birth experience! We’ve left no stone unturned when it comes to the NEED TO KNOW aspects of preparing positively for birth.
What are the discounts for?
We have partnered with some of the leading brands of what we consider to be the pregnancy and birth ESSENTIALS! There’s always another thing to buy when it comes to having a baby, so a little discount goes a long way! Partnering only with brands we would recommend and use ourselves, you can save yourself over £100! So yep, if you were planning on buying these things anyway, you’ll make your money back almost THREE TIMES OVER! Products include Bbhugme pregnancy pillows, Elle TENS machines, Babygo Birth Balls, Birth Pool in a Box, Perineum/Pelvic floor trainer from Epino and extra discounts for The birth-ed® Retreats.