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The empowering, evidence based online birth education program that will help you confidently prepare for a positive birth experience
As you prepare to birth your baby, you may be feeling many things; excitement, overwhelm and perhaps fear of the unknown.
This is normal and expected, as is:
If this sounds familiar, you’ve come to the right place.
Featuring 10 audio lessons with perinatal health specialists, you can listen from the comfort of your home when you’re relaxed and receptive to new information. The Birth Class is a conversation starter between you and your birth partner that informs, encourages and empowers you to journey towards labour with knowledge and confidence.
and so much more.
Let’s look at exactly what you’ll learn inside the program.
We begin our journey by walking you through:
Lauretta teaches on all things anatomy, including:
Together, we discuss:
Our prenatal yoga teacher and birth educator, Jodi, walks us through:
You’ll learn:
Beth and I explore:
What you will learn:
A wealth of wisdom on:
In the final audio, you’ll learn:
We’ve detailed the main points from each audio module (including illustrations of active birth positions and stages of labour) so you can sit back and listen without needing to take notes.
A simple step-by-step template so you can write a thorough and organised birth plan.
A beautiful guided relaxation that reduces stress and encourages deep rest.
A simple breathing practice to help you slow down and connect with your body, your breath and your baby.
An essential list that you can tick as you pack your hospital bag.
This simple outline takes your support person through early and active labour – what to expect, how to support and what to say when challenges arise.
The ideal addition for visual learners.
Meditations to release tension, foster trust and navigate a change of plans.
An illustrated guide to antenatal expressing – everything you need to know about collecting and storing colostrum.
I have only listened to the first 2 modules so far and the content seems valuable, just like the book. I downloaded the app so I can listen to it on my walks. However, I can't lock my screen or use my phone for anything else otherwise it turns off. The content so far seems valuable but I am disappointed with having to keep my phone in my hand with the screen unlocked the whole time and can't just put my phone in my pocket and concentrate on the content. It's more inconvenient then anything. If there is a way around this let me know :)
I was hesitant to purchase, having 2 births under my belt already, but I did still enjoy this and find value in the content. It was also good to learn about things I didn't experience in my previous births. I'm also hoping the tools I've learned here will help me with my third birth in the next week or two.
Thank you for creating a resource for mothers to listen and educate themselves around pregnancy, birth, becoming a parent and being a first time mother. I started listening to your podcast the moment we decided to start trying for our first baby. It helped me through my first pregnancy which resulted in a miscarriage and ultimately, my second pregnancy which gave us a beautiful and healthy little boy who is now thriving.
I felt empowered to plan a beautiful, physiological birth through listening to your podcast, reading your book and using the online birth class course. I went to each midwife appt knowing what I needed to ask for, what I needed to advocate for along with my rights. Although my birth resulted in a LARGE cascade of intervention from going 10 days over, spurious labour to raised blood pressure to a balloon catheter, induction, fetal clip, bradycardia, epidural, emergency c - section somehow, I still felt like I knew what was happening each step of the way (although it was definitely not the way I wanted it to be happening) as I was educated and empowered through the information and resources you have provided us with.
I’m still working through some mental and emotional trauma of a birth that went in the total opposite direction of what was in my mind. However, listening to other mothers who have been through similar birthing experiences is helping process it a little bit easier. Knowing I’m not alone is comforting. So not only have you helped me pre-pregnancy and during birth, your resources are also significantly helping me post birth also.
I gave birth to my second daughter at the end of March in Singapore. After a very long, but positive, posterior birth with my first daughter (in Melbourne) I was determined to have a shorter labour. As a long time listener of the podcast and at the recommendation of a friend I invested in The Birth Class to prepare for my second birth. It was such a great refresher put together in such an easy to absorb way. The highlights for me were module one, the birth plan template and the yoga nidra meditation - I thought of my Sankalpa frequently during the labour. The course absolutely helped me to calmly and confidently achieve my shorter, drug free, tear free birth - with the absolute highlight being catching my daughter myself! So pleased to have achieved my dream birth in the highly medicalised Singapore health care system. Thank you for this incredible resource, helping women globally achieve their birthing dreams.
I enjoyed listening to all the modules in the birth class! The modules on breathing & sound in labour and Rhea Dempsey about hormones were particularly helpful for my partner and I.
Lifetime Access
There’s no time limit on The Birth Class. Listen as many times as you like in this pregnancy and come back to it in the years to come.
Convenient Audio Format
Listen on your babymoon road trip, when you’re relaxing in the bath or on your morning walk around the neighbourhood. You’re one-touch away from preparing for a positive birth experience.
Affordable Access to Expert Advice from Perinatal Health Specialists
A unique opportunity to listen to a range of pregnancy and birth experts so you can make informed choices that are best for you.
Hi there, I’m Sophie — host of the top-rated weekly podcast Australian Birth Stories (17 million downloads and counting), creator of educational programs for pregnancy and motherhood, and mother to 3 boys under 10.
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....
I feel that it’s never too early to start educating yourself on the process of labour, and birth. Even if you’ve done it all before.
Generally, it’s a good idea to begin some form of education for you and your birth partner by about 20-24 weeks with the aim to have your labour preparation finished by 34 weeks. This gives you time to process what you have learned and think about how you will implement it on the day your baby arrives.
In saying that you have lifetime access to The Birth Class so you can grab it now and listen as many times as you like.
The breathing exercises and meditation are for pregnancy so you can start them as soon as you like.
Ideally, you should start birthing classes towards the end of your second trimester and aim to have them completed by 34 weeks.
Birthing classes teach you about the physiological process of birth which helps you to understand exactly what the body does in labour. With this understanding comes trust in the body’s natural ability to birth. Alongside this education, we teach a range of breathing and sound techniques and mindset tools you can use to navigate labour and birth, skills that are beneficial for birthing women and their support partners. Beyond this foundational knowledge, we discuss the range of pain relief options available for labour (both pharmacological and non-pharmacological), the risks and benefits of inductions and interventions, and what you can expect from a caesarean birth. We also discuss the hours after birth and how they’re affected by the type of birth you had and how you choose to feed your baby.
Research shows that a positive birth experience – regardless of where and how a woman is birthing – is dependent on two things: the birthing woman being able to make informed decisions and those decisions being supported and respected by her care provider.
Birthing classes give you accessible evidence-based information, language to confidently discuss your birth preferences with your care provider and practical skills to navigate labour and birth. If you want a positive birth experience, birthing classes are essential.
Childbirth classes encourage you to get prepared for birth. They start the conversation between you and your birth partner about your priorities and intentions for birth, they help you understand the process of birth and give you skills so you can approach labour, birth and postpartum with calm and confidence.
It’s a really great idea to understand what happens in your body during labour so you can understand the role of contractions and therefore welcome the pain of labour as good, positive, productive pain. It’s also beneficial to understand your pain relief options so you can make confident and informed decisions in labour. Labour and birth are unpredictable so discussing your preferences for all eventualities is a pro-active step to a positive birth experience.
Our online birth education course, The Birth Class, is $269 and gives you lifetime access to eight audio modules featuring a range of perinatal specialists who discuss everything from the role of hormones in labour, the process of a c-section, breathing and sound skills for labour, achieving a VBAC and what you can expect from the hours after birth.
You and your partner can listen where you’re most comfortable and when you’ve got the time and energy to absorb the information and consider how you want to plan for your birth. It’s a personal and intimate form of education that doesn’t involve uncomfortable group workshops or the time pressure of weekend classes. Listen in your own time – in the car, in the bath, on a Sunday morning when you’re in bed drinking tea – and listen as many times as you like. Online birth education starts available conversations between you and your birth partner that will ensure you go into labour with trust in the prices, an understanding of your options and practical skills to navigate all possible scenarios.
This audio series will be available for you to listen to conveniently via the web or through the free Kajabi app which is Apple and Android compatible.
The confirmation email will come to the email account you use to purchase with. Please check your Spam / Promotions folders, and if you can’t locate it, get in touch sophie@australianbirthstories.com so we can help you out!
Due to the nature of an instant access digital product, all sales are final.
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,
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