Preparing for a VBAC: Online Course

All the information you need in one place!

Our online course is designed especially to empower you, while working closely with your Health Care Provider to give you the best chance possible to achieve a successful VBAC.

Easy to access, available on any of your devices. You could even use your phone in your appointments with a checklist of things to discuss with your Health Care Provider!

Only $149 AUD

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Features and Benefits

The program includes some great features that allows flexible learning and will support you every step of the way in your conversations with your Health Care Provider.

Unbiased

The program is designed to help you make the right decisions for you, and you alone. We offer information and strategies to cover many preferences and will not push you one way or the other.

Comprehensive

Covers all the challenges and choices required to prepare for a VBAC. The program will empower you to successfully navigate your way through the system and the options available.

Specifically Tailored

Your situation is unique. We have created a 'one-stop-shop' for women wanting to take a proactive step towards having a VBAC. Everything you need to know in one place.

Blended Learning

We all learn differently, so we have designed the program accordingly. There are a range of videos, worksheets, checklists and reading material to cater for all kinds of learners.

Any Time, Any Place

Learn in the comfort of your own home at a time that suits you. Life with kids and work is busy, so this program is designed with that in mind. Do a little bit at a time, or all at once, whatever works for you.

Support for Partners

Help for your partner or support person to prepare for their role in labour and birth. Content includes tailored information for the important people in your life at this special time.

How does the program work?

We use a wide range of media to suit many learning styles, including videos, audio downloads, checklists and templates.

We understand that many of you have laboured before, so you can focus on the areas that are more important to you.

The program is designed to help you work with your Health Care Provider, so we anticipate that you will use some of the downloads (printed or just on your phone) to discuss with them during your appointments.

In order to be prepared for labour, your Health Care Providers need to know what is important to you and you need to know what they've got planned for you.

These modules are designed to bring these two elements together so that you understand each other and you feel safe and ready for the birth of your beautiful newborn.

What will you learn?

⇒ What do we mean by Health Care Provider

⇒ How the 4 P's influence labour and how to work with them

⇒ Understanding what Feeling Safe means and why it is important

⇒ Understanding how fear affects labour and what you can do about it

⇒ Preparing for ongoing conversations with your Health Care Provider(s) about your specific choices in labour and birth

⇒ Why is labour different after you have had a caesarean section

⇒ How to prepare if you've had a previous difficult birth

⇒ Tools for communication and decision making

⇒ Tips for partners and support people

⇒ What to do if your baby is overdue

⇒ What are the stages of labour and what to expect in each

⇒ What is a posterior labour

⇒ How to help get your baby into the best position for labour

⇒ Understanding your own perspectives on pain and how this influences your choices

⇒ Strategies for managing pain in early labour

⇒ What are the pharmaceutical pain relief options and when's the best time to use them

⇒ Using different positions in labour to help with both pain management and labour progress

⇒ The benefits of using mindfulness and breathing techniques for birth

⇒ How you might use massage, heat and water in labour

⇒ How all these techniques can work together and when you might use them

⇒ Creating a birth plan that you and your Health Care Provider will actually use

⇒ Breastfeeding - setting up you for success

⇒ Tips for feeding your newborn with a toddler in the house

⇒ Tips from mums for coping with a new baby in the house

Frequently Asked Questions

When is the best time to take the course?

The best time to start would be somewhere towards the end of the second trimester because ideally you should be finished by about week 36.

The content is designed around your working relationship with your Health Care Provider(s) during pregnancy. There are also techniques that work better with practice, so with this in mind, you should allow at least 3-4 weeks to complete it.

However, it is also fine to start at 20 weeks and take your time.

If you are past 36 weeks and have just found the course, it is possible to work through all the material, but you'll need to find the time to do the work.

How long will it take to complete?

The course would only take a few days if you were to just race through everything but that wouldn’t get you the right outcome.

We have built in steps that require conversations with Health Care Providers, reflection and thinking time and practicing of various techniques. With this in mind, we recommend allowing at least 3-4 weeks to complete the course.

As a VBAC woman, you are likely to have a toddler in the house and you may also work outside the home. So there's no harm in allowing yourself as much time as possible.

What if I have questions during the program?

Once you have purchased the program you will have our email to get in touch with any questions.

If you have a question before you start, you can send us a message on our Instagram or Facebook pages, or use our contact page.

Remember, we aren't your Health Care Provider, and don't know your individual circumstances, so we will be unable to answer any medical questions relating to your situation.

How do I know this program is right for me?

Good question! Jodie, our midwife, has worked with hundreds of women having their next birth after a caesarean.

Not all of them have wanted a VBAC, but in many cases, the women in her care have sought extra information about how to increase their chances of success when planning a VBAC.

This course is based on those years of experience in helping women feel empowered and capable, and getting their bodies and their mindset to a point where they can let those good labour hormones flow.

What if I change my mind after I've bought the course?

Does it matter whether I'm having my baby in the public or private health system?

Not at all!

We have experience with both systems and have framed all our material to suit both.

Your relationship with your Health Care Provider(s) is really important. Regardless of whether you are working with an Obstetrician, Midwifery Group Practice or hospital midwives, our course will show you how get the most out of this relationship and communicate in a meaningful way.

Your Health Care Providers, public or private, will be with you on the day to help you feel safe and supported in your choices.

Is this program only for women in Australia?

How long do I have access for?

Excellent Value!

Videos, Worksheets, Guides, Checklists all for $149

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