Ideally you should start your course around 5 months pregnant, but don’t worry if you didn’t find us until now! Taking Skillful Birthing anytime throughout your pregnancy is important and valuable.
Skillful Birthing is designed for both the birthing individual and their support partner to attend together, ensuring a shared understanding and mastery of essential skills for the big day. It’s not just about individual knowledge; our focus is on equipping both partners with the techniques and skills to act synergistically, creating a harmonious and empowered experience as you bring your extraordinary baby into the world.
YES!! Skillful Birthing will prepare you for meeting the mental, physical and emotional aspects of your labour and delivery. Dr. Cheryl’s knowledge based and hands on skills based methods will help you understand your body, how to work with your baby, and how to handle what may come at you for your amazing home birth experience. You and your partner will enter your home birth feeling empowered and with more confidence.
Many of our pregnant moms are second, third- or fourth-time mama’s looking for a better birth experience. If you have had a less than desirable first birth experience, we highly suggest you take Skillful Birthing! We look forward to walking through this birth with you, equipping you with the skills you did not have for your previous birth(s).
Embark on the journey to a better birth with our comprehensive blueprint. Skillful birthing takes physiological birth to a new level. You do not need to just let it happen! You can be an active participant in the labour and delivery process, working with your baby for your desired outcome. Skillful Birthing will teach you each step of the labour and delivery process and the skills to handle them naturally
Skillful Birthing was born out of a desire to help women navigate labour with ease and to decrease fear about the process. We will help you decrease your fear, learn to control the discomfort and give you the skills to help your baby navigate the process. Rest easy mama, if you are scared, this is the course for you!
Yes! Dr. Cheryl has weekly Q and A sessions that you can join to ask her any questions you like about what you are learning in Skillful Birthing. You can also submit videos to her of your skills practice for one-on-one evaluations. Have fun taking the quizzes too! You will get lots of resources to put what you are learning into practice.
Skillful Birthing is very hands on. There are sections of listening and understanding where you need only a chair, and sections of practicing skills yourself. You will be advised of any props you need ready for each lesson such as pillows, exercise ball, blanket etc. You will also have to make sure you have the space you need to lie down, sit, stand and move around to practice for some lessons.
You can work through Skillful Birthing at your own pace. It is designed to be flexible with your schedule and allows you to take it at your own pace. However, we suggest that you set aside time each week to complete the modules so that you can practice each week’s lessons before proceeding to the next lesson. Most people complete Skillful birthing in 4-5 sessions/weeks.
It’s time to rewrite the narrative of childbirth. Join Skillful Birthing and embark on a path to a more comfortable, empowered, and joyous birthing experience. Because your journey into parenthood deserves nothing less than the best!
