Newcastle Baby 2023
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What is the BEST irth<br />
ourse in Australia?<br />
I am a private birth educator with thirteen<br />
years’ experience and I am not going to<br />
waste your valuable time telling you about<br />
‘one private birth course’, over ‘another’.<br />
ALL private courses have the same key<br />
concepts, philosophies and helpful tips<br />
and tools and they are all very, very good!<br />
However, in your quest to perhaps decide<br />
hospital or private course? I’m going to help<br />
you to find an answer, and the place to start<br />
is to ask yourself a few questions…<br />
What is the purpose of education? Is it to give<br />
you predominantly, empowering information<br />
about your ability to birth, and how to birth<br />
and help you switch on the mumma bear<br />
and your instincts? Or is it to mould you into<br />
being a “good patient”? To align with your<br />
care provider’s preferences?<br />
What are your personal feelings about<br />
birth? Do you believe that birth is a natural<br />
process and that as modern women we can<br />
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