Your Birth Your Baby Antenatal Course

11/12/2023

Christmas offer 🎄 £50 off any 2024 Your Birth Your Baby antenatal and hypnobirthing course booked in December! For full details and dates see www.yourbirthyourbaby.co.uk
Merry Christmas 🎄

11/12/2023

After the 12 hour in person YBYB course, there is also an additional ‘Catch-up and Questions’ group session. This live online evening session (which takes place at a time to suit all within a month of your chosen course end date) has evolved so I can be sure to further realise the many advantages of an interactive, face-to-face midwife led course versus a more impersonal ‘one size fits all’ prerecorded course. Having this extra 3 hours built into the structure of the course (now a grand total of 15 hours of contact time) gives me the flexibility to provide meaningful time to respond in detail and in real time to any questions throughout the course and to address and discuss individual needs in a more responsive way. This in turn means a more personalised experience for each and every member of the small group who attend the Your Birth Your Baby Antenatal & Hypnobirthing Course. As an added bonus it’s lovely to ‘meet’ each other again and catch up on how your hypnobirthing practice is coming along!

23/11/2023

Upcoming dates include THIS WEEKEND Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th November which is my last course of 2023! Still time to book if you’re quick! Get in touch today and book your free hypnobirthing discovery call at www.yourbirthyourbaby.co.uk

21/11/2023

A few places still available so come and join us this weekend in Hale at Broussa Day Nursery on Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th November 10am-5pm. Feel informed, confident and self-empowered during this exciting and sometimes overwhelming time.
Whether this is your first, your only, your next or your last baby, how you approach your preparation for birth and early parenting is a significant and very personal decision.
In choosing YBYB, you get not only a qualified midwife, but also a certified hypnobirthing teacher, an expert antenatal educator and a proud mum of 4, all rolled into one! www.yourbirthyourbaby.co.uk

19/11/2023

10/11/2023

Well said and SO real.

If you're expecting a baby think:

More support

Less stuff

Babies don't need much stuff. Parents need a lot of support.

If you know someone expecting a baby and you're wondering what to get them, think about practical things that would make a new mum's life easier. A meal voucher, a cleaner for a month, a voucher for an IBCLC, a few hours of your time to help out.

One of my friends travelled across London for 4 Mondays in a row to help out at bedtime when my husband started back working on Monday evenings. It was the most valuable thing anyone did for me. Another came to visit regularly and when I was feeding, disappeared and loaded the dishwasher each time. My neighbour dropped a home made shepherd's pie, big enough for the whole family when I had my last baby. I have been booked by friends and grandparents to give support to a new breastfeeder many times. Its so lovely.

So

MORE SUPPORT LESS STUFF!

09/11/2023

08/11/2023

There is real pressure on our maternity services meaning inevitably that there may be less time/opportunity to discuss your thoughts and feelings about different aspects of your pregnancy & birth in a more holistic way. By investing in a quality complete antenatal course with continued support available in the lead up to your birth and beyond, you can feel more heard and be better equipped. Knowing your options, understanding those options and feeling confident in making choices together that are right for you and your baby can increase your feelings of satisfaction and control in a birth that you have starred in rather than endured.
Underpinned by a solid evidence-base and coming from the perspective of someone who has worked with women within ‘the system’, YBYB can help you to reduce your risk of becoming a passive passenger on the conveyor belt of routine care practices, and in doing so, help to stack the odds in your favour of becoming a knowledgeable and respected participant in your care.

So YBYB promotes a non-biased understanding of intervention by giving women the knowledge and power to choose what is right for them at any given time, not what fits neatly into someone else's preconceived idea of 'the perfect birth', whatever that is? It is NOT the remit of any birth educator to reduce your options by making assumptions about any choices you may make.

Birth does not have to be zen, calm or quiet. Birth is powerful and intense - you may feel fierce and strong and roar like a lion, or calm, capable and in awe of what your body is capable of.
There is no right or wrong.

A positive birth can only be defined by you. Whether you have a drug free home water birth or a calm planned caesarean (or indeed anything in between) you can't fail at birth.

07/11/2023

Last course of 2023 - Hale 25th/26th November 💜 complete antenatal and hypnobirthing course. 12 hours face-to-face plus live online group catch up session after the course. Get in touch with me, Jo, for your free hypnobirthing discovery call at www.yourbirthyourbaby.co.uk

07/11/2023

Upcoming dates including a new November weekend in Hale on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th. My last course of 2023! Book your free hypnobirthing discovery call at www.yourbirthyourbaby.co.uk

03/11/2023

✨SAFE COLD WEATHER CARRYING✨

Whether you're out and about this week for Halloween, bonfire night or just out having an autumnal stroll it's important to remember these safety tips whilst Babywearing.

Any questions, just ask! 🥰🍂🍁🎃🎇

🍁Always keep airways clear and baby’s face in full view

❄️Avoid materials such as scarfs and thick jumpers around baby’s face

🍂Avoid overheating by NOT using bulky, padded items, like snow suits and coats. These can also make it more difficult to get a good position in the carrier.

❄️Layer up using thin layers for you and baby

🍁Always remember that the sling or carrier is an additional layer or more, depending on what you use

❄️Your body heat will also keep baby warm

🍂Protect their extremities with hats, leg warmers, booties, over sized socks

❄️Remove or add layers as you move from indoors to outdoors

Don't forget to tag us in your Babywearing pictures! We love to see what you're all getting up to. 🥰