Resource Centre
Uplevel your birthworker skills! These resources will provide you with an easy step-by-step process that not only builds your foundation of understanding, but shows you how to help your clients have better outcomes in their births and lives.
'Talking with Fearful Partners' Masterclass
Often the topic of partners who are uncomfortable with birthing outside the hospital is polarised between a woman either sacrificing what she wants, or cutting an unsupportive partner out of her birth. But it doesn’t have to be either of these things. This pre-recorded masterclass will help you understand how to have conversations with fearful partners, and you will discover the tools to facilitate partners to shift from fearful to supportive.
Often the topic of partners who are uncomfortable with birthing outside the hospital is polarised between a woman either sacrificing what she wants, or cutting an unsupportive partner out of her birth. But it doesn’t have to be either of these things. This pre-recorded masterclass will help you understand how to have conversations with fearful partners, and you will discover the tools to facilitate partners to shift from fearful to supportive.
'Navigating vs Using the Maternity System' Masterclass
Through extensive experience accompanying women who birth in the medical system, I’ve come to know that the industrialised maternity system cannot be navigated with any sense of certainty. In this pre-recorded masterclass discover the nuance and confidence to use the hospital system sustainably - for both women and birthworkers.
Through extensive experience accompanying women who birth in the medical system, I’ve come to know that the industrialised maternity system cannot be navigated with any sense of certainty. In this pre-recorded masterclass discover the nuance and confidence to use the hospital system sustainably - for both women and birthworkers.
'Radical Breastfeeding Support' Masterclass
In a world where women face ever increasing hurdles to breastfeeding their babies, often birthworkers contribute to the confusion by trying to fix perceived problems with suggestions that overwhelm rather than help. When women understand that breastfeeding is robust, and they know how breastfeeding works, they are then able to follow their own intuition to make the adjustments they need, if in fact they need anything at all. In this pre-recorded masterclass you’ll be able to check in with your own beliefs about breastfeeding to see if the type of support you are offering is helping or harming.
In a world where women face ever increasing hurdles to breastfeeding their babies, often birthworkers contribute to the confusion by trying to fix perceived problems with suggestions that overwhelm rather than help. When women understand that breastfeeding is robust, and they know how breastfeeding works, they are then able to follow their own intuition to make the adjustments they need, if in fact they need anything at all. In this pre-recorded masterclass you’ll be able to check in with your own beliefs about breastfeeding to see if the type of support you are offering is helping or harming.
'Breastfeeding Beyond Babyhood' a masterclass for birthworkers supporting mothers breastfeeding older children
Do you feel confident helping women initiate and troubleshoot breastfeeding their babies, but as the months pass into toddlerhood and new frustrations arise, you feel less certain? When women struggle with toddlers demanding to feed constantly and grow angry when they're told no, fingers twiddling no matter how often they are asked to stop, and night feeds that feel like nobody is getting any sleep - do you feel out of your depth?
You know that when women complain or search for support they usually end up with unhelpful advice such as to night-wean or are pacified with the offer of a ceremony, and you wish you held more useful knowledge and tools to be able to guide women towards a more easeful breastfeeding relationship with a toddler or older child.
So - how do we support women to continue to breastfeed in a way that works for them? Let me show you! In ‘Breastfeeding Beyond Babyhood’ a masterclass for birthworkers, we'll cover some essential advice for mothers breastfeeding into the toddler years. With simple, real life guidance, you can feel confident supporting women breastfeeding an older child. And you’ll also consider how you can incorporate these support skills into your birthworker services, to build your offerings for current and future clients.
Do you feel confident helping women initiate and troubleshoot breastfeeding their babies, but as the months pass into toddlerhood and new frustrations arise, you feel less certain? When women struggle with toddlers demanding to feed constantly and grow angry when they're told no, fingers twiddling no matter how often they are asked to stop, and night feeds that feel like nobody is getting any sleep - do you feel out of your depth?
You know that when women complain or search for support they usually end up with unhelpful advice such as to night-wean or are pacified with the offer of a ceremony, and you wish you held more useful knowledge and tools to be able to guide women towards a more easeful breastfeeding relationship with a toddler or older child.
So - how do we support women to continue to breastfeed in a way that works for them? Let me show you! In ‘Breastfeeding Beyond Babyhood’ a masterclass for birthworkers, we'll cover some essential advice for mothers breastfeeding into the toddler years. With simple, real life guidance, you can feel confident supporting women breastfeeding an older child. And you’ll also consider how you can incorporate these support skills into your birthworker services, to build your offerings for current and future clients.