The Preparing for Birth courses prepares participants with the knowledge, training and practical skills to support women and birth partners, in face to face consultations or virtual telemedicine consultations, to:
- Prepare for a normal physiological approach to birth
- Prepare women and birth partners who may have planned hospital interventions, such as caesarean section, and how to fill the hormonal gaps.
- Prepare for unexpected outcomes in birth and how to manage the hormonal gaps in labour.
The course contains both theoretical and practical components designed to provide participants with opportunities to develop knowledge and skills. The practical and videoed components are structured to provide learning experiences, which complement the theoretical component, and assist participants to develop competency.
Module 1 will focus on Preparing for Birth- Practical Techniques: Learning Telemedicine to promote positive birthing outcomes for pregnant patients.
What You Will Learn
- Introduction to the Covid-19 era of telemedicine
- Brief intro – research around hormonal connection using telemedicine consultations.
- General mindset of birth: A physiological approach to birth – the importance of a positive birth experience
- The hormones of birth – how do they work together for childbirth
- How fear can affect our birthing hormones and therefore affect labour
- Introducing the ‘Toolkit for birth’ – (breathing, massage, acupressure, visualisations, yoga/movement, relaxation/meditation)
- First technique: Tui Na massage technique – how oxytocin can be stimulated by massage
What You Will Get
- 1 hours and 31 minutes of Video Footage PLUS course notes
- 1.5 CPD points
- 5 years access