Session One – 8:30 – welcome 10 minutes, icebreaker
9am – 10:30 – The Trouble with Consent and the Benefits of Birth Cartography
Understand consumer perspective of consent, risk and choice. Understand the concept of birth cartography and its key elements and benefits.
30 minute break
session two – 11 – 12:30 –Informed Decision Making, General Considerations, The Partner Perspective and The Fast Birth Pathway
Understand decision making from a consumer perspective, the concept of the fast birth pathway, and how it benefits birth preparation. Apply this to your practice. Understand the partner perspective and analyse the impact this has on outcomes. Evaluate decision making, and begin to create a birth map.
45 minute lunch break
session three – 1:15pm – 2:45 – The Vaginal and Caesarean Pathway and Beyond the Birth
Understand the pathways from a consumer perspective, and apply this by analysing a holistic appreciation of individual care and evaluating circumstances to support consumers in creating an individual birth map for use during labour. Create communication tools to enhance practice, creating effective and efficient appointments. Understand the varied nature of the newborn phase and matrescence and how to apply education antenatally, create new methods and networks particular to own practice to enhance education and support within own community.
30 minute break
session four – 3:15pm – 5pm – Putting it into Practice
learn how to play The Game of Birth and create a landscape overview particular to your practice within the context of individualised birth. We will Consolidate all the sessions, and take the opportunity to clarify or grow concepts.
Kelly Harper (verified owner) –
As an experienced doula, I appreciated the way Catherine presented the concepts in this training. The sections were broken down well into theory and practise so that I feel confident incorporating this information into my work with my clients. As an online workshop, the day was ran well, with sufficient breaks and keeping to time.
Suzy Volokh (verified owner) –
As a Childbirth Educator and Matrescence Coach, this training was invaluable. The words preferences and wishes never sat well with me so to hear Catherine talk about the power of language and how important it is for Birth Mothers to reclaim their power, I knew I was in the right training. The birth Cartography training has given me a tool to deeply support my clients in making informed decisions and facilitate healthy conversations with their caregivers. Thank You Catherine for brining this to the world
Marian Piper (verified owner) –
Catherine provides a different approach to birth preparation through the Birth Map. As a midwife I recommend the learning program Catherine offers to empower, engage and facilitate women during their pregnancy and birth. Thank you for a wonderful day of sharing knowledge and exploring The Birth Map to enhance my practice and benefit women in their birthing journey
Lisa Griffiths (verified owner) –
Catherine has created something brilliant! Even after spending thousands of dollars on my doula training, this is by far the most helpful thing I have done for my doula business!
A beautiful day and highly recommend this for anyone who is considering it!