Weekend workshops take place monthly over 2 days for Mums to be & their Birth partners.  
The workshops cost €375

2017 Workshop Dates & Booking  www.gentlebirth.com/berniecreanerburke

Please contact Bernie on 087 6411022 or bernie@blissfulbumpsnbabes.ie 

Over the weekend you'll learn the following and more:
  • Physiology of the normal birth process
  • Fear Vs Relaxation in during birth - keeping adrenaline at bay
  • Sports psychology techniques for pregnancy and birth
  • The neuroscience of a gentle birth - rewiring your brain from fear to confidence
  • How to 'hack' your hormones in labour - undisturbed birth
  • Breathing techniques
  • Comfort measures for labour and birth (what you and your partner can do at each stage)
  • Use of the birth ball and other tools in labour (including waterbirth)
  • Bonding with your baby before birth
  • Routine procedures in Irish hospitals and how to avoid unnecessary interventions
  • What happens on admission to hospital?
  • Becoming a confident birth partner
  • Labour support tools for special circumstances
  • Creating an effective birth plan and how to communicate your intentions and preferences
  • Informed decision making
  • Relaxation techniques for mums and partners for pregnancy and labour
  • Protecting your baby and your body during the 2nd stage (pushing stage).
  • Birth positions
  • Recovery tips
You can come to a workshop anywhere between 14 - 41 weeks, it is only too late when you have had your baby! 

All GentleBirth mums are also invited to join our private Facebook group where you will have the support of thousands of mums, mums to be, midwifes, doulas, GentleBirth instructors, pre-natal yoga teachers, acupuncturists, aromatherapists to name a few!  A whole world of knowledge and experience is available for you! 
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