Calmbirth

22/11/2025

21/11/2025

Don’t Miss the Final Courses of 2025!

With only two more Calmbirth courses at Nepean Blue Mountains Health left to book for 2025, don’t miss your chance to secure a spot in the next Calmbirth course on the 29th & 30th November.
Upcoming Course Dates:
• 29th & 30th November
• 20th & 21st December
17th & 18th January 2026
7th & 8th February
7th & 8th March

Book now by going to our link in the bio.

You don’t need to be birthing at Nepean Hospital to attend — you just need to be pregnant and between 24 and 34 weeks’ gestation.

What You’ll Learn in the Calmbirth Program:

• How your body, hormones, and mind work together during pregnancy, labour, and birth.

•Practical tools for labour: breathing techniques, massage, visualisations, active birth positions, and acupressure.

•How to feel confident and calm by understanding the birth process and reducing fear.

• How to work with whatever path your birth may take, including preparation for medical interventions.

• How to advocate for your birth preferences and communicate effectively with your care providers.

• How you and your partner can work as a team to create a positive, empowered birth experience.

Join the most recommended, evidence-based childbirth education program in Australia, trusted by leading obstetricians and midwives.

Spots are limited so book today to avoid missing out by going to our link in the bio.

21/11/2025

Don’t Miss the Final Courses of 2025!

With only two more Calmbirth courses at Nepean Blue Mountains Health left to book for 2025, don’t miss your chance to secure a spot in the next Calmbirth course on the 29th & 30th November.
Upcoming Course Dates:
• 29th & 30th November
• 20th & 21st December
17th & 18th January 2026
7th & 8th February
7th & 8th March

Book now: https://calmbirth.com.au/educators-profile/?edid=167

You don’t need to be birthing at Nepean Hospital to attend — you just need to be pregnant and between 24 and 34 weeks’ gestation.

What You’ll Learn in the Calmbirth Program:

• How your body, hormones, and mind work together during pregnancy, labour, and birth.

•Practical tools for labour: breathing techniques, massage, visualisations, active birth positions, and acupressure.

•How to feel confident and calm by understanding the birth process and reducing fear.

• How to work with whatever path your birth may take, including preparation for medical interventions.

• How to advocate for your birth preferences and communicate effectively with your care providers.

• How you and your partner can work as a team to create a positive, empowered birth experience.

Join the most recommended, evidence-based childbirth education program in Australia, trusted by leading obstetricians and midwives.

Spots are limited so book today to avoid missing out by going to our link in the bio.

21/11/2025

When we view birth as a normal and natural part of life and that it doesn’t need to be feared but rather embraced with knowledge and confidence, we can then start to experience birth more positively.

Birth needs to feel safe, private, and undisturbed. When you feel protected, your body’s natural hormones can work exactly as they’re designed to.

Birth uses all your five senses—sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste and when your birth environment includes all these elements of making you feel safe, calm, relaxed, supported, held and loved then you support the natural hormonal flow of oxytocin that helps your body soften, open, and birth with ease.

And just as important as your birth space is your mindset.
A calm, confident, informed and supported mindset can shape your entire birthing experience, helping you stay grounded, present, and connected to your body’s innate ability to birth your baby.

Birth is more than physical.
It’s sensory.
It’s emotional.
It’s mindset.
It’s primal.
It’s a natural and normal part of life.

And when you have your senses, your mindset and your birth space working harmoniously together your body will instinctively know what to do. To learn more book a Calmbirth course today by going to: https://calmbirth.com.au/calmbirth-classes/

21/11/2025

I LOVVEEEEE this visual representation!

When we discuss the journey of labour towards birthing your baby, we break it down into bite size bits

And we eat into the labour, one bite at a time

We use what we know is a rough expected time frame of dilation (even if it’s not individualised)

Then we break this down into 10 minute blocks, 3-4 contraction in 10 minutes

A strong contraction lasting 60 seconds

In that one minute, there is a BUILDING phase, a PEAK phase and a FADING AWAY phase

Mentally, we break this contraction up into those 3 parts

1. BUILD
2. PEAK
3. FADE

Those who have come to Calmbirth will know the conscious breathing techniques - how many of the big beautiful breaths do we need to get through an established labour intense, effort filled contraction?

For me, it was 6

6 BIG beautiful rhythmic focused breaths to get through

So it looks like this 👉🏾

2-3 breaths on the building phase when the contraction starts and increases in intensity

2-3 breaths at peak intensity

2-3 breaths as the contraction dials down, fading and we use our strong mindset to look forward to the resting phase

Instead of considering the possibly of a massive journey ahead - overwhelming our overthinking, analytical brain, we break it down one moment at a time, one contraction at a time, one breath at a time.

Because that we can absolutely do, and do it well. To learn more book a Calmbirth course with Calmbirth Educator, Amy Watson in Victoria by going to: https://calmbirth.com.au/educators-profile/?edid=189

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21/11/2025

This is a GREAT article that explains the difference between a homebirth and a freebirth...

They sound similar but come with very different potential risks.

21/11/2025

Two Calmbirth courses left to BOOK in 2025 at the RHW. Spaces are filling quickly!

With 34 days left till Christmas and with the November courses SOLD OUT make sure you don’t leave booking a Calmbirth course till the last minute as there is only one spot left in the next Calmbirth course at the RHW on the 13th & 14th December and only a few spots left for the last course on the 20th & 21st December. You don’t have to be birthing at the RHW Hospital to do a Calmbirth course there, you just must be pregnant and be between 24 & 34 weeks. To BOOK go to: https://calmbirth.com.au/educators-profile/?edid=6

22nd & 23rd November (SOLD)
29th & 30th November (SOLD)
13th & 14th December (1 Spot left)
20th & 21st December (filling)

2026
17th & 18th January
24th & 25th January
7th & 8th February

To BOOK go to: https://calmbirth.com.au/educators-profile/?edid=6

What you will learn:

You will learn how your body works, all the physical & hormonal stages of pregnancy, labour and birth, how to support the beautiful physiology of your body in labour (& how your partner can too!) through mindset and practical tools.
You will learn how to feel CONFIDENT in working with labour (because once you understand it, there’s less fear and more trust!).

You will learn to understand the different possibilities that your labour and birth path may take (and how to work with them). As Calmbirth prepares you for medical interventions and all birth scenarios.

You will learn how to advocate and communicate with care providers about all your birth choices and rights and be empowered by the latest evidence based information to have the birth you want.

You will also learn how to have a positive birth experience and how to work together as a team to achieve it by being equipped with active birth positions, breathing techniques, acupressure for pregnancy, labour and birth, visualisations, and massage techniques.
Rebates are also available from major health care funds.

21/11/2025

As the year comes to a close and the rush of Christmas shopping, festive gatherings, and catching up with loved ones begins to build, why not take a moment to pause, unwind, and nurture your mind and body with the Calmbirth Calmparent Guided Relaxations? You can also gift someone special a little self-care and reset with their own relaxation bundle this Christmas.

This series of Calmbirth Calmparent Guided Relaxations has been thoughtfully created to support new parents as they recover from birth and ease into the transition of parenthood. The intention behind these relaxations is to strengthen the mind–body connection during the early postnatal period, helping you deepen your skills in relaxation, recovery, and healing—while also encouraging meaningful connection with your baby and with each other.

Although designed for the postpartum journey, these relaxations can be enjoyed by anyone who feels they need a moment of calm and restoration.

To purchase, head to our link in the bio.

21/11/2025

As the year comes to a close and the rush of Christmas shopping, festive gatherings, and catching up with loved ones begins to build, why not take a moment to pause, unwind, and nurture your mind and body with the Calmbirth Calmparent Guided Relaxations? You can also gift someone special a little self-care and reset with their own relaxation bundle this Christmas.

This series of Calmbirth Calmparent Guided Relaxations has been thoughtfully created to support new parents as they recover from birth and ease into the transition of parenthood. The intention behind these relaxations is to strengthen the mind–body connection during the early postnatal period, helping you deepen your skills in relaxation, recovery, and healing—while also encouraging meaningful connection with your baby and with each other.

Although designed for the postpartum journey, these relaxations can be enjoyed by anyone who feels they need a moment of calm and restoration.

To purchase, head to : https://calmbirth.com.au/shop/public/audio-tracks/calmbirth-postnatal-relaxation-audio-bundle/

20/11/2025

Returning to Yourself in Motherhood — Free Live Online Conversation with Dr Oscar Serrallach and the MotherCare Team
🦋 Because motherhood changes everything… and you’re not meant to navigate it alone.

Returning to Yourself in Motherhood — Free Live Online Conversation with Dr Oscar Serrallach and the MotherCare Team
🦋 Because motherhood changes everything… and you’re not meant to navigate it alone.

Most mothers are left without the guidance, support, or community needed to feel steady, nourished, and well.

This live online webinar is a chance to slow down, exhale, and explore what wellbeing can look like for you — in real life, not in theory.

You’ll meet the MotherCare team, including our circle holders Caroline, Steph and Jane, learn how the Mothermorphosis program supports mothers through the early years and beyond, and join a gentle, non-judgmental conversation about what it truly means to care for yourself.

No pressure.
No performance.
Just real talk, real support, and a space where you can be yourself.

We’ll explore:
• Why mothers’ wellbeing is the foundation of family wellness
• The maternal nervous system — and why it matters so much
• Why so many mothers feel isolated or unseen (and how to shift this)
• What Mothermorphosis offers and how it works
• Stories from mothers who’ve already journeyed through the program
• Open Q&A — you’re welcome to ask, share… or simply listen

You’ll love this session if you’re seeking:
✔️ More steadiness and clarity
✔️ Support that feels real and human
✔️ Community where you don’t have to “hold it all together”
✔️ A gentle way back to your own wellbeing

You’re welcome exactly as you are — camera on or off, baby in arms, PJs encouraged.
🩵 We can’t wait to meet you.
Registrations via link in bio 🔗

If you can’t make the live time, reserve your spot anyway to receive the recording. You’ll also be added to Dr Oscar Serrallach’s mailing list - unsubscribe anytime.