This course has been carefully designed to give you confidence as you prepare for the most important role you will ever have .. "Motherhood".
These weekly classes each lasting 1hr 15mins run over a month (booked as a course of 4 classes in total). On completion you will invited to a free catch up session at the Mummy Magic Nest where you can share coffee n cake with all the other 'Magic Mummies' from the course. At the Nest you will also receive handouts to take home with you and have the opportunity to recap any of the massage techniques covered.
1. Introduction & Speed Bumping: Time to have a catch up with all the mums in your class and share any magic moments you may have had!
2. Topic Discussion
We will look at:
*The importance of relaxation in pregnancy, during the birth and in the days that follow.
*Your adjustment into parenthood and how you can help your baby transition from womb to world.
*How you can settle and soothe your baby and gain an understanding of why babies cry.
*The fascinating facts about your baby's brain development gaining an understanding about how these first few months will have a life long impact on their social and emotional development.
3. Daily baby massage routines to use with your newborn and remedial massage to help ease symptoms of colic, constipation and prolonged crying.
4. Techniques to calm, soothe and relax your baby using instinctive methods.
5. Guided relaxation to allow you to feel calm, tranquil and refreshed.
Of course no class would be complete without refreshments and time to make some new friends.
* You should ideally attend these classes after 30weeks of pregnancy.
* Book soon (see Contact/ Booking Page) to avoid disappointment, limited spaces available!
* This course is not limited to first time mums, as I found out myself, help and support may be required no matter how many babies you already have.
Cost: Special Offer of £60 for the course for bookings made before 1st July 2017!
This workshop is for all you birthing partners who are wondering what your role is during the labour and birth and for you pregnant mummies who are hoping that your birthing partner will support you and offer practical help.
This monthly evening workshop lasts 1.5 hrs and focuses on birthing partners and how they can support a woman in labour both at home and in the hospital. If you are planning an active labour and birth and want to feel supported throughout this amazing moment then this is the workshop for you.
*Information and Discussions: Fears and concerns, Signs of Labour, What to expect at each stage of labour and how to handle it. Advice on when to go to the hospital.
* Practical Help: Circuit training (but not as you know it) devise your own bespoke support training circuit that can be used at home and then in the hospital, including practical techniques that will support and offer comfort in labour.
* Handouts to take away with you and prepare, ready for practical support on the day.
* Strategies and confidence building to help extinguish any fears.
* Networking with couples who are also preparing for their special moment.
* Partner Power Workshop one evening a month, lasting 1.5hrs, for pregnant women and their chosen birthing partner.
* Limited spaces available, see contact/ booking page, please attend after 30 weeks of pregnancy.
Cost: £15 per couple!
