We’re Not Just a Birthing Course

If I was to go and ask 100 people to tell me what comes to mind when they hear the word ‘childbirth’ – what would they say? Pain. When you think about this, you realise the inherent problem we have as a culture when it comes to childbirth. Unfortunately, we focus on the pain. We make childbirth about the pain, and how to avoid as much pain as we can.

We need to create a different narrative, and a different reality for all women when they go to give birth. Childbirth is about having and welcoming a new baby.

We need women and their partners to understand that childbirth can be a very different experience. How? By choosing and adopting a particular mindset when having a baby.

You see, science tells us this:

• The body and the mind are connected.
• What you think, causes the body to create biochemistry which results in that feeling. This feeling communicates to your body how to respond to the environment, both real and imagined. Therefore, what you think about childbirth, will influence how your body responds to the birthing process.
• If you’re scared of childbirth, your body will create a stress response. This makes childbirth harder and more painful.
• If you feel calm and confident and relaxed about birth, free of fear, your body will respond to labour in a very different way. I call this the path of least resistance.
• What we fear, we fuel. What we resist, persists.

The Parenting Village is a magical container for parents to connect, reflect, learn and grow alongside one another, with magical results.

As a community of parents, we’ll come together every month to discuss different parenting concepts and techniques and how you can apply these in everyday life.

Together we’ll troubleshoot themes and reflect on them while forming a village of parents like no other. A community that will support you and be there for you every month — as you journey through the trials and tribulations of toddlerhood (and beyond!).