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Childbirth Education Course/Antenatal Classes in Brisbane

Welcome to Embracing Birth childbirth education and counselling servicing Brisbane parents.

This service is a complete ante-natal and prenatal birth and parenting education program that supports the development of a greater confidence in each person's own ability to birth and parent.

The services are endorsed by the
Childbirth Education Association and in parts inspired by the work of "Birthing from Within."
These services have been created in response to a need for new parents to participate in birth education/antenatal classes that offers:

a space to share their fears & concerns

an understanding of self care/nurturing as a vital part of birth/parenting preparation

learning of simple, practical tools for every type of birth

a session just for men to discuss what is important to them as they prepare to embrace their role as a father

developing ways to lovingly embrace each unique birth and parenting path no matter how it unfolds
The services are designed to offer different understandings than most traditional childbirth education including the courses that offer a particular way of birthing. The core of these understandings include:

there is no right way to birth, every woman finds her own way

birth education needs to share skills that can be practiced to build confidence in ability to birth

birth outcome is not a marker of ourselves as women or mothers

men now are a vital part of the birth team and need to be supported to embrace how to support their partner more

Embracing Birth Services:

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The next course begins on
30th June & 1st July


Course numbers are limited to 12 participants.

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TESTIMONIALS
"My husband and I gained so much knowledge about birth from the session and it was our third child. My experience of birth this time was wonderful. I felt an overall commitment and then contentment that I did the best I could do at the time. My husband was also very supportive and we both discussed this and feel it was your teachings and support that gave us other information and processes we were not taught in any other childbirth classes. "

Elissa Robards
"Sharon was able to guide us in fostering open-communication between my husband and I.  We went into our birth as a rock-solid team and I trusted Mitch completely because he had been trained by Sharon. In our other births I didn't want to listen to Mitch because I didn't trust that he knew what he was talking about.  By not trusting Mitch I was really going into each birth un-partnered and unprotected."

Angela Murphy
"If we could recommend one thing to anyone who is apprehensive about giving birth, we would recommend a course with Sharon. We gained the confidence to enter labour feeling calm, free of anxiety and ready for anything.  She taught us many practical things that antenatal classes never did and empowered us to simply follow the path through labour as it lay in front of us. Speaking as someone who was scared and anxious of giving birth, Sharon gave me the skills and mindset to not only be calm before childbirth, but also to get through what would inevitably was a very difficult labour."

Cara Downes
YOUR PRESENTER
Sharon is committed to offering birth preparation and counselling that embraces a balanced, honest and non- judgemental approach. She brings the learnings from birthing her own seven children as well as from working with women and men for the last 17 years. more