Birth  Education

Lamaze Certified Educator & Doula

Sasha Murray

Private In Home

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Group Classes Available

Cost $ 380 per couple for group classes

$450 per couple for private classes

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Sasha is a Lamaze International qualified childbirth educator as well as a birth and postpartum doula. This gives her a unique ability, as she is not only trained as an educator but spends many hours in the birth space by couples sides as they labour and bring their babies earth side.

The curriculum in this course is extensive, evidenced based and has been specifically selected to help you navigate the wonderful journey of childbirth under your chosen model of care.

Learn skills to manage and cope through labour and postpartum, taught in an intimate and casual setting. Private in home and group classes available. Keep scrolling for a look at topics covered.

Childbirth & Labour Essentials

12 hours over 2 days

Pregnancy and Birth Prep

    • Your body & your baby

    • Rights as a birthing woman

    • NSW birth stats

    • Modules of care

    • What is happening the last few weeks of pregnancy?

    • Birth is a normal event

    • 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 & birth keepers

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

    • Setting your birth intentions

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

    • Recognising labour signs

    • What to pack for the hospital

Labour and Birth

    • Healthy birth practices

    • Birthing environment

    • Continuity of support

    • Stages of labour - or lack there of!

    • Birth plans and birth maps

    • Advocating for your choices

    • Cultural vs evidenced based practice

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

    • Natural pain management

    • Medical pain management

    • Endurance vs suffering

    • Tools for your support person/people

    • Keeping your labour and birth calm

    • Abnormal signs

    • Eating and drinking throughout labour

    • Time to push - things to know

    • Birthing positions and water birth

    • Birthing the placenta

    • APGAR score for newborns

    • Vit k and Hep B

    • Golden hour after birth (inc skin to skin)

    • Emergency situations

    • Instrumental delivery

    • Caesarean birth

Postpartum/postnatal

    • Being prepped for rest and recovery

    • What to expect -first few hours and days

    • Breastfeeding - getting of 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

    • 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

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