All of the workshops below will run for one day and are offered in Edinburgh and London regularly throughout the year. Please use the title in bold when booking. Underneath the title are some of the areas explored during the workshop. To find out when the next one is hit the dates link to your left - if you want us to bring one to you get in touch - see contact us :)
Birth Art sessions
- for everyone and anyone not just those working with parents
- particularly good for those working with parents to unpick their own story
- interactive and varied
- using all sorts of art medium - we've sewn, used pastels and made a giant labyrinth on the grass to walk amongst many other things
- you do not need to be "an artist" or "artistic" its just about using a different side of your brain to be creative and see what happens
- see here for more on birth art and what it is
Going Deeper .... New Beginnings
- How do you deal with things that don't go to plan? Long pregnancies, breech presentations, augmentations, episiotomies and more
- Loss
- We'll revisit our cherish yourself activity
- Support and where you find it from
- The day ends with a blessingway for the beginning or continuation of your journey supporting families around birth
Breastfeeding support
- language
- advice vs information
- your breastfeeding experience
- how does it work?
- trouble shooting
- knowing when you're in further than you should be
- boundaries
- nurturing the mother
- what can you do to support?
'Unpacking’ workshop
- Birth – whose is it?
- What is it?
- What is your family’s legacy
- How was your own?
- Birth stories
- Listening skills
- Keeping your own birth out of others’
- Exploring why you want to do this work
Antenatal support workshop
- Birth stories
- Alternative therapies
- What do they want from you?
- What do they want from their birth?
- Their past
- How did they meet etc. Getting to know them
- Info
- Views on birth
- Sorting out care
- AIMS and support groups
Birth potential (factors positively/negatively influencing birth)
- Hormones, sphincters - creating and protecting the birth space - what can we share on this? Covering labour, birth, placentas and the first few hours
- Waterbirth
- Homebirth
- Partners and supporters - their role as physical, spiritual and emotional caregivers
- Fear
- Care givers - midwives, doctors, doulas
Ethics and assertiveness (advocacy)
- Non-mothers
- Unassisted birth
- Exploring actual birth scenarios
- Boundaries
- Arguments
- Your family and your needs
- Obstetrics V midwifery (making reality)
- Birth Crisis
Breastfeeding and post-natal care
- Processing the birth
- Debriefing with notes
- PTSD/PND
- Nutrition / cooking for the family
- Support to access her own continuum
- What happens in other cultures?
- Co-sleeping/slings
- Women’s body care
- Perineums/nipples
- Gentle birth/gentle mothering
- You are not a bf counsellor or midwife so what are you?
"Intelligent tea drinking" / doula tools
- Doing nothing
- Language
- The power of the smile, just sitting knitting and the whisper
- How to support a woman accessing her own wisdom and birth skills
- Aromatherapy
- Homeopathy
- The shawl
- The ethics of documenting the birth for the parents
- Self-care during the birth
Self care
- Back-ups
- Business
- Support
- Contracts
- Debriefs
- Places/ways to connect/escape
- Your family
- Child care
- Your birth stories
When it all goes "wrong"
- Still birth
- Loss
- Panic and pain
- Interventions
- Challenging staff
- Fear
- Meconium
- Breech
- Lack of support
- Prematurity
- Breastfeeding
- Dealing with/supporting loss (not saying ‘I know’)
- Colic
Setting up
- Our journey
- Advertising
- Local midwifery protocols
- Networking
-
Doula UK
- Scottish Doula Network
- Fees
- Undercutting / ethics
- Teams
- Charity work
- Legalities, rights, responsibilities
- Insurance
- Lists and networks of local doulas
- Events to launch new doulas and to meet existing doulas
Birth Stories - Process your own birth story
- How do you feel about your birth
- Connect and journey with your emotions
- Be heard
- Mourn and celebrate
Please note if you have had more than one birth you will need to focus on one birth only per workshop - otherwise it gets confusing! |
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