Teaching about hormones during childbirth is a crucial aspect of antenatal education. Why is it important for expectant parents to learn about hormones and their role during childbirth? Learning about hormones and their role in childbirth empowers expectant parents to make the right choices for themselves and their birth experience! With knowledge about the physiologicalContinueContinue reading “Teaching about hormones during childbirth”
Category Archives: Birth workers
Pricing yourself and your business
Pricing yourself and your business can be a tricky task, especially for new entrepreneurs. It is essential to strike a balance between generating revenue for your business and offering value to your customers. “Value-based pricing is a technique for setting the price of a product or service based on the economic value it offers to customers.”ContinueContinue reading “Pricing yourself and your business”
Why I don’t offer mates’ rates…
I don’t offer “mates’ rates and here is why: What are mates’ rates? I first came across mates’ rates as a child and it would usually be a trade business offering a service at a lower price than usual to their mates. Now that’s great and if you do pay taxes and get the moneyContinueContinue reading “Why I don’t offer mates’ rates…”
Teaching expectant parents about routines
Teaching expectant parents about routines is another important part of antenatal and early parenting education and preparation. It may not be so much about actually teaching your expectant parents about routines but rather helping them explore normal newborn development. Helping them to get their expectations in order. New parents are often asked by friends andContinueContinue reading “Teaching expectant parents about routines”
Teaching about Caesarean Birth
Teaching about Caesarean Birth in an antenatal setting. An important topic to cover with rising caesarean rates worldwide. Preparing expectant parents for the possibility of a Caesarean birth, sharing information about how to avoid a caesarean birth, educating them about their choices and birth rights are all part of what modern antenatal settings should beContinueContinue reading “Teaching about Caesarean Birth”
Teaching about pregnancy anatomy
Teaching about pregnancy anatomy in an antenatal setting. One of the first topics I cover during my childbirth preparation classes is “pregnancy vocabulary”. Pregnancy vocabulary During an in-person group setting, I often split up the group into two “teams”. Each team will have an A2 poster of either the pre-pregnancy cross section or the pregnantContinueContinue reading “Teaching about pregnancy anatomy”
Teaching about Safer Sleep
This weeks marks safer sleep week, so I am writing about teaching about safer sleep for your newborn babies. I know that greater awareness of safer sleep leads to a decrease in the numbers of babies dying. Sadly around 3 babies a week still die from sudden infant death Syndrome (SIDS) in the UK (Lullaby Trust).ContinueContinue reading “Teaching about Safer Sleep”
Teaching about Physical skills for parents who choose to have an epidural
Teaching about Physical skills for parents who choose to have an epidural and how to help them to improve their birth experience and overall comfort. When parents have an epidural, they are limited in their movements. Although they won’t feel their contractions, they can still benefit from massage and breathing techniques. The skin-to-skin contact canContinueContinue reading “Teaching about Physical skills for parents who choose to have an epidural”
How to use your birth ball
How can you use your birth ball for pregnancy, childbirth and during the early postpartum? What is it? A birthing ball is the same as an exercise or gym ball. The name “birth or birthing ball” refers to this specific purpose. A birth ball can help rotation while the you are sitting or when standingContinueContinue reading “How to use your birth ball”
6 ways to include solo parents in antenatal classes
When you’re used to facilitating your antenatal classes for couples, you might find solo parents attending daunting. So here are 6 ways or ideas on how to include solo parents in your antenatal classes. Language Watch your language. Take the solo parent’s lead. How do they introduce themselves to you and the group. Are theyContinueContinue reading “6 ways to include solo parents in antenatal classes”