The Hormones of Labour - the template for a physiological Birth. We use the hormonal template as a way to understand both the experience of the woman and the action that is driven by the hormones. It offers a fascinating insight into Labour and leads to a deep understanding about how the hormonal template plus [...]
Directed Breathing, Touch, Massage and Acupressure for Pain Relief and Positioning for Labour and Birth. In this session we are learning some of the key natural pain relief methods for the Labour Process. Drop in £30 per couple. The partner comes at no extra cost to those booked onto the course. [...]
Fear and Pain are inextricably linked in Childbirth - one exacerbates the other. This class shines the light of awareness on the biological, personal, social and institutional fears we have around childbirth and on the nature of Fear itself. The second part of the class examines how the body/mind system experiences and processes pain and how [...]
The Second Stage of Labour has a very different feel and purpose to it. This is the time when the baby moves from the open womb into the birth canal and journies to be born. It is characterised by the fetal ejection reflex which brings with it a totally different [...]