The Birth Class
by Australian Birth Stories
The empowering online childbirth education program
that will help you confidently prepare for birth.
Join The Birth Class
You’re inching closer to one of the most transformative experiences of your life — the birth of your baby.
As a mother-to-be, there’s a chance that — along with the joy and jittery anticipation of meeting your little one — right now, you may also be feeling:
Overwhelmed with information, opinions or conflicting ideas about birth.
Nervous about pain, the unknowns of labour, or feeling out of control.
Like you’re not yet equipped with the practical guidance you need to feel fully prepared physically, mentally and emotionally...
Does any of this ring true for you?
If so, you’re in the right place
Introducing
The Birth Class.
The access-anytime program that helps you confidently prepare for your best birth possible.
Over 9 value-packed audio lessons — and from the comfort of your own home — The Birth Class walks you through everything you need to know to feel positive, calm, capable and READY throughout your birth experience.
In The Birth Class, you’ll be guided through every aspect of birth, covering topics such as:
- Physiological childbirth
- The stages of labour, including the third stage of labour and what to expect AFTER you give birth
- How to harness the body’s natural hormones throughout the birth process
- Optimal maternal positioning and how to prepare your body in pregnancy for your best possible birth
- How to use breath work and sound as a pain management tool
- Steps to take to avoid a ‘cascade of interventions’
- Active birth positions — and why they are essential
- All you need to know about Caesarean sections, including ways to prepare for a VBAC
- How to set yourself up for breastfeeding success..
And so much more
Your
Virtual Birth Team.
Let’s look at exactly what you’ll learn inside the program:
Module 1: Physiological Childbirth
with Doula, Rhea Dempsey
Module 2: Optimal Maternal Positioning (OMP)
with Midwife, Lauretta Hamilton
Module 3: Active Birth
with Women’s Physiologist, Laura Callea
Module 4: The Power of Breath and Sound in Labour
with Yoga Teacher and Birth Educator, Jodi Wilson
Module 5: Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC)
with Midwife, Edwina Sharock
Module 6: Pain Management and Birth Interventions
with Midwife, Beth Ryan
Module 7: Breech Birth
with Obstetrician, Dr Andrew Bisits
Module 8: Caesareans
with Midwife, Luka McCabe
Module 9: Breastfeeding
with Midwife, Amberley Harris
Module 10: What to Expect After Birth
with Midwife, Beth Ryan
A must-listen for anyone expecting a baby.
You'll also receive these incredible bonuses:
The Birth Class
70-page Workbook
With written content, images of active birth positions and diagrams depicting the stages of labour (so nothing takes you by surprise). Transcriptions of the audio interviews so you can relax and listen on the go.
Yoga Nidra Meditation
25 minutes Audio
To help you feel as relaxed as possible leading up to, and during, your labour.
Breath for Birth
5 minutes Audio
Relax, tune in and regulate your nervous system as you’re guided through this powerful breathing technique.
Your Hospital Bag Checklist
2 pages
All the essentials you’ll need for a hospital birth.
Printable Birth
Preferences Template
8 pages
Designed to help you clearly communicate your birth wishes and preferences to your care provider.
You'll receive:
Lifetime access
This program is yours for life. Turn to it again and again over the course of your current — and any future — pregnancies.
Convenient audio format
Tune in from the comfort of your own home, or take with you on a walk or in the car. All the information you need for an empowered birth experience, available any time.
Affordable access to the wisdom of 9 specialists
Access the insight of 9 leading industry specialists for less than the cost of one consultation.
Total value: over $1500
Your investment: $249
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This course is EXCELLENT!
For anybody preparing for a baby (in whatever way that looks for you) — this is absolutely awesome.
MIKKI
I just wanted to say a huge thank you not only for the amazing podcasts but for creating The birth Class.
I birthed our beautiful girl almost 2 weeks ago completely drug and complication-free. Even if my birth went completely different I would have felt the same way — completely confident in my body, all because of your incredible work. No one knows what the journey ahead looks like with a newborn but after listening to the birth class modules, my partner and I had a lot more confidence in ourselves. Thank you so much.
BEC
Been listening and working through your birth class and podcast I'm now 37 weeks pregnant and feel so relaxed and ready for labour and giving birth.
You've given me so many tools and knowledge to take to the hospital with me, I live in regional NSW and have very limited resources available without a massive drive. Your work has been so valuable to me and I can't thank you enough. Love,
PARIS
Thank you so much for your amazing course The Birth Class.
Over the last 9 months as I was preparing for my third birth I was really looking for as many resources as possible to educate myself on my options for this birth. I decided to purchase The Birth Class when I was 32 weeks pregnant and my husband and I spent the last 8 weeks of my pregnancy listening to it during our weekend drives up to the beach. From active birth positions, the importance of rest between contraction and breathing techniques, the class was great at preparing my husband and I... The TENS machine I used with this labour was AMAZING and I’m so cross I didn’t use it with my first 2 births. I also used the purple line in labour to avoid internals in the hospital and it was great and I avoided any internal checks in birth suites. Thank you once again my third child’s birth story is something I will always cherish and feel immense pride about. Love,
SARAH
Sophie, I had my baby girl on Monday, Sept 6th, after a day of labour at home on my own.
I walked around the block, bounced on the fit ball in the sunshine and listened to Australian Birth Stories on my EarPods for a few hours while I breathed through contractions. At 5pm we called my Mum to pick up our toddler and then called the birth suite. My waters broke on the living room floor and my partner and I had a harrowing drive to the hospital, where it turned out I was 10cm dilated! Willa was born 7 minutes after we arrived, with no intervention. This was such a different birth from my first, who was induced 10 days after my waters broke at 36 weeks. Thank you for creating The Birth Class, it helped me dance and move through my contractions. You provide such a wonderful resource with no judgement, which is so important.
SAM
Meet your host,
Sophie Walker.
Hi there, I’m Sophie — host of the top-rated weekly podcast Australian Birth Stories (5 million downloads and counting), creator of educational programs for pregnancy and motherhood, and mother to 3 boys under 7.
I have a Masters in Public Health, and for as long as I can remember, I’ve been deeply interested in babies and birth; a fascination that only amplified when I became pregnant with my eldest son, Niko.
Despite planning for a drug-free birth centre birth, what unfolded was a lengthy 36 hour labour with a hospital transfer, induction, epidural, episiotomy, forceps, and a postpartum haemorrhage.
With my second son, I was determined for a different outcome.
Knowing that being informed would be one of my greatest assets, I set about preparing and empowering myself mentally, emotionally and physically whilst I was pregnant, and was thrilled to experience the beautiful, unmedicated birth centre birth I desired.
Not long after Louis joined our family, there was a birth of another kind — the launch of my much-loved podcast, Australian Birth Stories, through which I have the honour of sharing a vast array of birth stories from women across the country each week. ABS has been spotlighted as on of the top Australian podcast by iTunes in 2019 and is regularly number #1 in the Kids and Family section on iTunes.
The podcast has now led to a suite of resources that dive even deeper in supporting women on their pregnancy and motherhood journeys.
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Confidence comes from knowing you’re doing everything you can to prepare your body for birth...
No matter how your experience unfolds on the day.
My intention is that this program leaves you feeling encouraged, excited and informed; demystifying the birth process, and freeing you from any fears or confusion you might be feeling as you get ready to meet your baby.
You’ve got this — and your virtual birth team and I have got you covered.
To your beautiful birth,
Join The Birth Class now.
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With lifetime access to nine audio modules, an illustrated 70 page workbook, birth preferences plan and hospital bag check list
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