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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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