THE BIRTH SERIES

  • Rights as a birthing woman

  • NSW birth stats

  • Modules of care

  • What is happening the last few weeks of pregnancy?

  • Birth physiology vs pathology

  • Pelvic floor and its important role in childbirth

  • Common variations & baby's positioning

  • Cardinal movements

  • Daily exercises and stretches to encourage decent

  • Antenatal expressing

  • Choosing your support

  • Doula’s and birth keepers

  • Setting your birth intentions

  • How to prepare your body and your psyche for the rite of passage that is labour and birth

  • How to make informed decisions that are best for you and your family

  • Recognising labour signs

  • What to pack for the hospital

  • Birthing environment

  • Continuity of support

  • Stages of labour - or lack there of!

  • Advocating for your choices

  • Cultural vs evidenced based practice

  • Pain management options

  • Tools for your support team

  • Most common interventions, benefits & risk (Inc Vaginal exams, labour induction and CTG monitoring)

  • Keeping your labour and birth calm

  • Time to push - things to know

  • Birthing positions and water birth

  • Birthing the placenta

  • What happens after baby is born?

  • Golden hour after birth (inc skin to skin)

  • Emergency situations

  • Instrumental delivery

  • Caesarean birth

THE POSTPARTUM SERIES

  • Being prepped for rest and recovery

  • What to expect -first few hours and days

  • Breastfeeding - getting off to a good start

  • Lactation help

  • Bottle / formula feeding

  • Hormones and the baby blues

  • Baby settling

  • What is Colic and PURPLE crying?

  • Normal newborn behaviours

  • Normal newborn sleep patterns

  • A day in the life with a newborn

  • Bathing, Nappies, Dressing

  • Setting boundaries

  • Postpartum nutrition and depletion

  • Healing from a vaginal birth

  • Healing from an instrumental birth

  • Healing from a caesarean birth

  • Pelvic floor and women’s health physiotherapists

  • Matrescence and your mental health

  • Abnormal signs for mum

  • Abnormal signs for baby

  • Postpartum depression and anxiety - what is normal and when to seek help.

  • Special care nursery/NICU