Private / Group Classes

Breastfeeding Basics Before Baby

Designed for pregnant women and their support person(s) prior to baby's arrival.

We can evaluate your individual breastfeeding goals, along with what to expect in the early days, fascinating truths about your ability to grow and nourish your baby’s physical, emotional and social needs.

We cover some troubleshooting you may need and how to read your baby's cues for sleeping and settling to sleep in the early days to arm you with the knowledge you need to get your breastfeeding journey off on a positive note.

• Understanding how breastfeeding works

• Positions for breastfeeding, the best fit & hold

• Signs of a successful latch

• Normal behaviours for breastfed babies & why they do what they do!

• Identifying possible breastfeeding problems and what to do

• Where to get help

• Support people’s role and their contribution to successful breastfeeding

• Diet, medications and alcohol with breastfeeding.

Private / Group Classes

Preparation for Birth, Breastfeeding & Beyond

These lessons are relaxed, directed by your main interests or concerns but cover all the vital formation that gives you the tools to make informed decisions throughout you pregnancy, birth and introduction to parenthood.

Topics:

* Your anatomy and why you are designed to birth your baby

* Early labour/Active labour/Labour hormones

* Non-pharmacological pain management techniques, optimal movement and positioning to help labour progress / Pharmacological pain management

* The support person’s role and how they are your advocate

* How your brain works in labour and reframing fear

* Vaginal examinations & Monitoring baby

* Waters breaking

* Augmentation of labour (interventions that speed up labour)

* The cascade of intervention & factors that impact your labour & birth

* Waterbirth

* The second stage of labour - pushing stage - and optimal positions

* Tearing vs episiotomy and how to decrease the chances of both

* The placenta, cord clamping & tying

* Stitches

* Vacuum & forceps birth

* Natural & Medical induction of labour

* Breech birth and ECV (External Cephalic Version)

* VBAC – Vaginal Birth after Caesarean

* Caesarean birth

* Obstetric emergencies

* Birth mapping & creating an informed, ideal birth “wishlist”

* Skin to skin with your brand new baby & the golden hour after birth

* Your first breastfeed & how your body has prepared to breastfeed

* Postnatal and the Days after Birth

* Hormonal changes in the hours/first days after baby

* Breastfeeding in the first few days & preventing/troubleshooting early breastfeeding issues

* Nappies – disposable, cloth and what to expect

* Baby bathing and newborn care

* Your amazing newborn and why they do what they do!

* Sleep & settling and normal newborn behaviour

I can provide you with written information to summarise all that we discuss which includes handy checklists for your homebirth or hospital bag preparation, birth mapping and more.

Group discounts available.

Private / Group Classes

Infant & Child First Aid

We highly recommend our workshop to parents, nannies, grandparents and babysitters.

Basically anyone who will be looking after your child.

Topics covered include:

• The crucial steps to basic life support

• How to manage severe bleeding

• Head injuries

• Identifying the symptoms of meningococcal

• Croup

• Fever and febrile convulsions

• Anaphylaxis and Epipen use

• Burns

• Choking

• CPR (the various techniques used for a baby, toddler and adult)

Our workshop complies with the Australian and New Zealand Committee On Resuscitation (ANZCOR) guidelines. Our trainers use their experience from the field to the classroom, to provide you with the necessary training, and teach you what you need to know when moments count.

Private / Group Classes

The Early Days Education

This course is designed to be relaxed and informative. We cover three main topics over about 3 hours:

• Postpartum & Early Parenting

• Your Newborn

• Breastfeeding

These sessions are held at the Motherhood Matters Clinic or via zoom.

Group discounts available.

We discuss postpartum and what that can look like for you, caring for your newborn and important information to get your breastfeeding journey off to a great start. I’m also happy to go into detail about caesarean section birth if you’d like to explore that topic too!

Parenting in the early days can come with a few challenges so we cover what to expect over the first few weeks and what is (or is not) normal. I can set you up with realistic expectations on infant feeding and the science of baby sleep to help you navigate all the conflicting information you will hear throughout your parenting journey!

I really enjoy these sessions, we do cover a lot and I can tailor my content towards your main areas of focus.