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Calmbirth® Education Course

The Calmbirth® program is evidence-based and is founded on research from neuroscience, midwifery, obstetrics and epigenetics. Over the years, Calmbirth® has been part of many different research studies. Calmbirth® prepares you emotionally, mentally and physically for birth.

 

Calmbirth® was the first childbirth education program in Australia to recognise the interrelationship between the mind and body connection in birth – the connection and power between a woman’s emotional state and the way her body responds in birth. Calmbirth® uses this mind-body connection to assist couples to replace the fear, stress and anxiety about giving birth with the knowledge and skills to birth their baby calmly, fearlessly, safely and confidently.

 

  • Calmbirth® provides you with all the knowledge, confidence and tools you need to have a positive birth experience.

  • To work together and feel supported by your partner to birth your child in any birth situation

  • Calmbirth® teaches your partner how to support you emotionally, and how to be your ‘guardian of space’ during pregnancy, labour and birth.

  • Calmbirth® empowers you to make informed decisions with your caregivers about birth choices.

  • Calmbirth® helps you feel safe, calm and confident to birth your baby irrespective of how you birth.

  • Calmbirth® teaches you about the prenatal bonding, the importance of skin to skin and postnatal bonding, self care and ways to nourish the new mother, and awakens you to the concept of conscious parenting.

  • Calmbirth® teaches you how to nurture your connection to your unborn child and ‘plants the seed’ for ways to strengthen that connection in your transition into parenthood.

  • Calmbirth® teaches you self empowerment – how to be an active participant in your birth and gives your birth support partners the tools to support you. It teaches you how to access your inner resources and gives you the confidence to use them to assist you in pregnancy, labour and birth – embracing birth as a natural part of life.

 

The Calmbirth® program is suitable for first time or subsequent births; for couples who’ve had a challenging birth experience and would like their other birth experience to be different; as well as for couples who know they’ll be having a caesarean. Calmbirth® embraces and accepts all pregnant couples regardless of their age, culture, socio-economic or sexual orientation.

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Offered over two full days, this comprehensive approach to childbirth education will leave you feeling ready to embrace labour and birth with confidence and self-determination.

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  • 14 hours of Calmbirth® education

  • Morning tea and afternoon tea provided

  • Calmbirth® bag full of resources

  • Exclusive access to Calmbirth® audio tracks

  • Email support throughout, and until your birth

  • Access to the Bloom shop and library

  • Exclusive post-course resources

  • Invitation to regular Bloom mornings for course-attendees; find your mother's group with like-minded parents

 

See group course dates above or send us an enquiry if you have any questions.

Calmbirth® Philosophy

Calmbirth® has stood the test of time since its inception in 2004, and continues to be leaders in childbirth education, training, research and changing birth culture in Australia and birthing conscious parents. The Calmbirth® program is TRUSTED by both our pregnant couples and by midwives, GPs, obstetricians and other allied health, and that’s why Calmbirth® is highly recommended by our peers.

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It is also one of the first childbirth education programs to be evidence based, clinically and scientifically proven to:

  • reduce the rates of medical intervention

  • reduce the use of pain relief and epidurals during childbirth

  • reduce the impact of perinatal anxiety and postnatal depression in women after childbirth, and

  • enrich their birth experience as positive, irrespective of how they birth.

 

The ideal time to attend a Calmbirth® course is between 24 and 34 weeks' gestation. This, however, is not a strict guideline; if you are feeling particularly anxious, we suggest coming earlier on, and if you have left it a little late to book, you are still welcome to attend after 34 weeks. We feel that the ideal time frame of 24 to 34 weeks gives couples enough time to reflect on and practice what you will learn in the Calmbirth® course, using the tools and techniques to help you prepare for your birth.

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