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Introducing:

"Psyched For Birth"!

Welcome to a very unique, Online-Hypnobirthing, that - FULLY - psychologically - prepares you
for birth and parenting!

Prepare your ‘psyche’ (mind, body and soul), for a birth experience that's real, raw, and uniquely yours.

Embrace a fun, holistic, interesting, birth and parenting education!

Enjoy the stimulation of enlightening breakthroughs and, topics that will challenge your thinking - in a good way!

Improve your relationship (with partner, supporter or others) with life-altering relationship and communication work.

Gain a “ready-for-anything” mindset that eases anxieties AND leaves you excited and empowered for birthing your baby and parenting your child.

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You are here because you want to:

Receive a full, antenatal, holistic education

Understand birth FULLY – hormonally, emotionally, AND physically.

Experience enhanced teamwork, intimacy and trust with your birth partner.

Feel confident navigating birth decision making - especially during the tough, challenging, moments!

Explore the deep, enriching, psychological and mindset topics that are significant for birthing (but often overlooked or missed by other birth courses).

Participate in LIVE, fun, friendly, interactive classes, with personalised group conversations - from the comfort of your own home!

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You have arrived!


Imagine breathing a big sigh of relief as you give yourself permission to set aside the overwhelming podcasts and the huge array of reading materials and instead, work on a personal level, with a caring, wise guide, experienced at meeting you, wherever you are - right now.

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Let's get specific!

The Psyched For Birth Program was developed by Natalie Meade through 13+ years experience as a Hypnobirthing Educator, Birth Researcher, Birth Counsellor and Birth Doula,

Delivery

Delivered as an exciting and action packed, LIVE, one-month, intensive, you will spend precious time with your birth education specialist, Natalie Meade, and other expecting parents.

Qualifications

Psyched For Birth Program, created by, Natalie Joy Meade (GradDipC, GradDipPsyc, GradDipEd, BSc (Hons), CCB, CH)

Experience

Natalie is an educator who is not only passionate about working with humans, but a psychology and neuroscience educated, and when not working with clients within the Psyched for Birth Program, works as an experienced, successful hypnobirthing educator, birth doula and birth counsellor.

Main Goal

Especially catering for a realistic and effective birth preparation.

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You're in great company.


See what parents are saying about working with Nat:

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Wow I learnt so much, so many tips and tools. It was a paradigm shift for myself and my wife.

Arnie
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You gave me: trust in my body, you gave my hubby: confidence and in-depth understanding of birth.

Lisa
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It's the years of knowledge you have Nat that shine through. You have a calmness but confident way of giving and directing information about birth.

Zoe
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You taught my husband and I how to communicate with each other effectively. We didn't even know we were lacking in that area!

Sally Gosling

As baby grows, it is normal to have worries and fears...

Thoughts like...

⚠ I'm afraid of losing “control"
⚠ I am afraid of coping with the pain
⚠ I am afraid of babies head tearing me
⚠ Antenatal appointments feel stressful - maybe something IS “wrong”!?
⚠ I am afraid of loss and grief
⚠ I am afraid of birthing on my back, with interventions happening to me, out of my control, with no supporter nearby

You might try to ignore or supress these thoughts or you might successfully quieten them with the excitement of buying a lovely pram or cot…. But deep down, you know you have things to address.

You have a nagging feeling that you have not done the deeper work.

Life is about to change exponentially, and you quietly wonder, am I ready??

Your fears AND your supporters' anxieties, are VERY important - they contribute to physical tension in your body.

Let's work together to address and solve these major barriers to birthing.

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How will our work together look?

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Choose your Month

Each new group begins on the first Tuesday of each new month.

Check Available Months
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Zoom Room Action

Once your month begins, you'll jump into the zoom room with myself and your group and we will get together every Tues and Wed night for four weeks. This intensive approach is especially transformative and bonding for us all. Sessions are a nice, easy to manage, one and a half hours.
The time ZOOOOMS by - literally!

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The Vibe

From the moment we begin session one, my priority and skill as a facilitator is to ensure participants are bonded and comfortable together. We will have a 'circle vibe', (it will just look like a ‘rectangle-circle’ on Zoom!). Our Zoom experience transforms into an excellent learning format as participants enjoy many chances to share and explore - as an interactive group.

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Bonus Time

As a bonus, every session includes a special, optional, thirty-minute Q&A at the end for any couple/parent who is in the mood to ask questions, discuss/explore something important in their lives. All participants are always welcome to stay for as many of these bonus sessions as they choose.

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Never Miss a Thing

For anyone who needs to miss a session - all participants have access to prerecorded content to watch at their leisure. The Video content shows other pregnant families learning interactively with me, so it is interesting and engaging to watch.

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Ongoing, Steady Support

I am passionate about revolutionising birth for families to be healing and positive. Towards this goal, parents have fulltime access to communicate via their groups' private messenger thread. Stay in touch with myself (at anytime, as often as you desire) and the group, for homework reminders, ongoing questions, follow up recommendations and birth and baby updates!

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Rest assured, the Psyched for Birth program covers all the key areas:


We cover key birth, breastfeeding AND parenting wisdoms. "Psyched For Birth" gives you all that you need to be reassured, confident, and ready for the birth of your child.

Plus, we ALSO work at a deeper, more satisfying, and much more meaningful, level.

We expertly address the psychology of birth, we normalise, problem solve and explore, fears, worries and concerns, we educate you with solutions for some, and work through and/or, transform/embrace others.

Course Content:

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Session 1

Our first session together and we will cover the essentials of breastfeeding. Be prepared to be mind-blown about babies and boobs.
lus, learn how the body functions for birth – prepare to be wowed about the woman’s muscles.(1.5 hrs)

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Session 2

In session 2 we get "mindset ready for birth". We'll cover hypnobirthing, mental preparation and emotional preparation with real, down to earth content. (1.5 hrs)

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Session 3

It's session 3, you're a parent. A baby is now in your life. Let’s chat about this emotionally from a bonding and birthing perspective, and cover some essentials for greeting your child. We'll also look at hormone and neuroscience education for how to gift your child secure attachment development. (1.5 hrs)

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Session 4

In session 4 we'll get close up and personal with how birth works and how to work WITH birth. This also includes building the optimum birth environment and being able to adapt to anything. (1.5 hrs)

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Session 5

In session 5 we will focus on our birth partners & birth supporters. Let’s get real, as a group, about anxiety, stress and expectations of this important role.(1.5 hrs)

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Session 6

This session it's all about teamwork, relational work and, communication to get your birth needs met with care providers and supporters (as well as with yourself). We will do activities for improved relationships, improved intimacy, and improved communication.(1.5.hrs)

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Session 7

This session we will be setting the scene to help parents birth with confidence. You'll learn about your birth choices, birth rights and how to navigate the laws and policies in a hospital setting to have control and choice every step of the way, no matter what decisions or complications come your way. (1.5 hrs)

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Session 8

In session 8 we acknowledge mentally, physically, and emotionally where birth is challenging and ways to cope, ways to embrace birth, and most importantly, ways to enjoy birth!!! (1.5 hrs)

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You'll also get:

• Weekly access to materials for homework tasks (highly recommended, but not compulsory of course!)
• Unlimited, lifelong access to fear release soundtracks, baby bonding soundtracks, positive birthing affirmations and anxiety soothing soundtracks.
• All sessions include interactive, engaging, tools and exercises, taken 2-3 levels deeper – psychologically speaking, compared to other courses.

Psyched for Birth Course

A full birth and parenting course (online LIVE)

$595/family
  • Eight LIVE sessions with a connected group
  • Virtual Doula Support during your course month
  • Resource access for H/W and extra prep
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Full Birth Support Package

A full, virtual, birth-support package (online LIVE)

$1095/mo
  • Only available for two families per month

  • Psyched For Birth Course
  • Virtual Birth Doula support for you during your month of learning PLUS, during your early labour, labour, birth and six weeks postpartum.
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You're in great company.


See what parents are saying about working with Nat:

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Every little moment of the course was invaluable.

Indigo
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You understand that everyone is going to have a different journey and that the right decision for them will depend on a wide variety of factors, personal and medical.

Jo
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For my birth, I especially gained from the
breathing techniques,
positive affirmations, and
birthing positions.
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Lindsay Adam
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After the first 5min phone conversation I felt so supported already. I knew Natalie was the right person for me to start my healing journey.

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A little about me...

I love my wrinkles and grey hairs - they remind me how far I've come!

I went into my first birth just assuming that a midwife would teach me and guide me to allow birth. But it was too late when I presented - already panicking and fighting against my own body. In hindsight, I had a lot of factors that could easily have been resolved with great, private, birth education.

That birth wasn’t joyful or necessarily “positive” and I quickly realised the hospital/government course had not prepared me at all!

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Years later, as a psychology graduate, counsellor, and hypnotherapist, I came across Hypnobirthing training for my own professional development and was MIND BLOWN at the content I had MISSED out on.

From that moment onwards, I threw myself passionately into specialising as a Private Birth Educator - honing and refining Hypnobirthing for my clients needs.

Fast forward 13 years and I've enjoyed educating over 1,000 families as well as attending many births as a Birth Doula, and active committee member of the Doula Network Association.

Further, I have deeply enjoyed building and running a local, successful, Birth Community Project! #newcastlebirthmovement

Now, for 2024, I am excited to release my own unique, radically awesome, online Hypnobirthing: “Psyched For Birth”!

I want a spot
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Nats' University Qualifications

(GradDipC, GradDipPsyc, GradDipEd, BSc (Hons), CCB, CH)

Nats' Professional Development:

You're in great company.


See what parents are saying about working with Nat:

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You are a genuine soul, a woman of true wisdom and passion for what you do.

Zoe
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I love how honest and open discussions are. You always open my mind to thinking about things in different ways, from new perspectives and challenges my current beliefs, which I find so valuable.

Melissa Milford
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Your dedication, knowledge, tack, care and diligence were exceptional, and I dare say that your course was single-handedly responsible for adding joy to our lives in my very hormonal and stressful months of pregnancy. My husband and I particularly loved and looked forward to our Sessions with you.

Moonmoon
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Highly qualified, highly supportive highly informative, respectful, considerate, highly empathetic, genuine care overall. Excellent emotional support

Christina Tuakoi

Will this be for me?

Psyched For Birth is for women and supporters who say:

✅ Yes, I like to hear helpful, realistic truths

✅ Yes, I would enjoying falling in love with birth and womens' birthing bodies

✅ Yes, I want to hear about empowering, amazing feats of instinct

✅ Yes, I desire the latest evidence based, birth knowledge and tips, tools, and learnings.

✅ Yes, I want permission to let go, birth messy, and be loved and accepted during the process.

✅ Yes, I have a partner or supporter who is scared and “doesn't want to see me in pain”.

✅ Yes, I wish to experience birth as POSITIVE, no matter what interventions may or may not be in the journey

We are not for:

☹ Participants who would prefer to avoid the necessary, but challenging, topics
☹ Participants not ready to explore their fears
☹ Women searching for a one-size-fits-all solution.
☹ Partners stuck on the idea that their woman is weak and needs rescuing
☹ People that can't bring open-mindedness and curiosity to the group setting

LOVING THIS, Book my Spot

Final ponderings...

If you are still reading and have any final questions, I am here. I am responsive and I make time for clients - birth is important!

Perhaps you are very interested. But like myself, for my first birth, you may be telling yourself that you don’t want to spend too much money right now. Or maybe your medical care provider has gently, or not so gently, nudged you towards their hospital provided course/s.

I wonder if this might be a moment to step into your birthing power….?

‘Stepping into your birthing power’ is how I describe the moment when a woman stops trying to please others, stops following other’s suggestions and goes with exactly what she needs, wants, and desires on an intuitive level.

Maybe, you found this page for a reason :)

Want an enjoyable, life changing and transformative birth course?

Choose what month you want to get intensive about your birth prep, book your spot and I will see you in the “Psyched For Birth” zoom, room, soon!

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Let's chat details:


To engage for one month of intensive learning and support, the program investment is $595 (includes pregnant woman, supporter and baby).

Your course fee includes your eight group, zoom, sessions. Your bonus eight Q&A sessions and your homework materials access + soundtrack access.

PLUS, access to my virtual support via email, text and phone calls - UNLIMTED - for the entire month we are working together! Call me for light chats, AND emotional flip-outs! We will debrief, re-boot and get you back to enjoying pregnancy!

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Birth Educator to the stars!
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Respect and honour to the Awabakal and Worimi people as the original and wise custodians of this land. Honour to those who have birthed and breastfed their babies on this sacred land for more than 65,000 years.