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Highest Quality (priced affordably!)

Birth and Parenting Antenatal Education.

With Highly Experienced Educator, Nat Meade

-Like attracts like, spend time with other down-to-earth, friendly and curious humans!

-Have a few laughs - we learn in a relaxed and fun setting.

-Explore your questions deeply, we don't follow any powerpoints! We have real time conversations that match the groups' mood and individuals' needs

-Prepare effectively and realistically
(when you graduate, you are actually READY for birth!)

-Learn inside your body and your deep knowingess - not just up in your cerebral cortex!!!

-Enjoy face-to-face learning and real, connected honest interaction in Lake Mac

-Priced affordably and not-for-profit (thanks to our host venue, Mums Cottage)

Warm Regards, Natalie Meade
(GradDipC, GradDipPsyc, GradDipEd,
BSc (Hons), CCB, CH)

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Courses coming up!

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Topics and agenda

All courses are refined over 15 years of experience helping parents have a positive birth, including the highest chance at the hope of a natural, physiological, birth.

Hypnobirthing highlights
EmbodyBirth highlights
All the same good content of Calmbirth and SheBirths too!
Totally honest, practical, useful birth preparation.
Mental preparation, emotional preparation and real, down to earth, content.
Confidence in your bodies ability to birth (and the skills to work WITH your instinct).
Improved relationships, improved intimacy and improved communication.
Awareness of the use of breath as a powerful self calming and baby calming skill for birth, breastfeeding and parenting.
Mindfulness/self hypnosis/guided meditation/relaxation.
Tips to use during your birth.
Visualising, planning and preparing for a positive birth.
Education on how to build the optional birth environment.
Education about your birth choices, birth rights and how to navigate the laws and policies in a hospital setting to achieve control and fully informed decision making in your birth adventure.
You also get to take home fear release soundtracks, plus, many more useful birth resources.
(Note: Depending on the length of course you choose, not all of the above will be able to be covered!)

Timings

Generally Sundays to assist working Supporters to ATTEND!

Price

The course fee is priced as close ot the hospital chocies as possible.
Personal Mission: To bring the highest quality birth education, to families - affordably.

Pregnant? Do you feel emotions you wish you could share? I'm here as a birth doula to listen to you.

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Feedback about Natalies' Birth Education

Natalies’ Birth Education course enabled me to have a calm pregnancy and an empowering birth experience. My husband and I both learnt a great deal about natural birthing and nurturing parenting methods.

Amy and Rob - Newcastle, NSW

Natalie taught my husband and I amazing life skills that we have applied with our parenting technique and our work.

Ben and Gem - Central Coast, NSW

The classes definitely helped me to cope…In my birth I chose some minor interventions and I felt in control and happy about my choices!

Elisa - Sydney, NSW

Natalie gave me birthing confidence and confidence as a mother. The relaxation skills I learnt – I still use today

Emma - Nelsons Bay, NSW

Q&A with Nat

How often do you run a birth course?

Regularly, generally one per month. I've worked with over 1,100 families and love EVERY new group as much as the last!

Where are the courses held?

Currently offered Face to Face at Holmesville, Lake Mac!
If you are from other regions, states, countries, GREAT NEWS, I have now released my very own, online program where we can work together LIVE". [Read more about my exciting, new-release program, "Psyched For Birth"] https://www.hunterbirtheducationcentre.com/psyched-for-birth

What other services do you offer?

Birth Planning Support, Birth Counselling, Birth Trauma Counselling, one-to-one, private Birth Courses (for families needing very personalised and tailored care) and Birth Doula Support".

What if I am sick and miss an event or a session?

You will be provided private links/group video resources for any course material you miss.

Why is your face to face hypnobirthing so especially AFFORDABLE??

Myself and so many women MISS out on doing Hypnobirthing (or another great private course) for our FIRST birth. I want to change that! I strongly believe that the highest quality birth education should be available for all families at affordable amounts and I devote my community work energies to providing this for families of the Hunter Region.

Does your birth education cover the valuable parenting content that is included in hospital courses?

Here are the main topics advertised by the local hospital course:
1."Self-help strategies for labour and birth, including ways that the support person can offer support to the labouring woman including when to come to hospital" (YES, I absolutely cover this)
2."Making informed decisions about your care, unexpected events of labour and after the birth"
(YES, I absolutely cover this)
3.Breastfeeding, infant sleep, settling techniques, infant communication & other baby care topics.
(YES, I absolutely cover care of your baby and breastfeeding establishment and improving sleep outcomes for mother, baby and family)
4."Changes in the family relationships during the period of the transition to parenthood and offer some strategies to minimise distress"
(YES, I absolutely prepare you with a ton of skills for assisting the emotional journey and early parenting challenges of having a new-born baby and the changing dynamics ahead).

Highest Quality (priced affordably!) Birth and Parenting Antenatal Education.With Highly Experienced Educator, Nat Meade