Calmbirth

My husband and I attended the course feeling very unequipped to deal with birth, however, after two days of knowledge, wisdom, and positivity, we can say we are looking forward to this rite of passage. Thanks so much Karen for such a wonderful and needed experience x

We were very disappointed in the course. We were expecting more structure, some practical hands on exercises, and more knowledge. There were too many examples or stories to fill the gaps. If the course was more focused on the facts and core information, the course could easily be covered in one day or two half day sessions which would be more useful and time effective.The course had multiple meditation sessions which took about an hour in both sessions and put us to sleep. These sessions maybe helpful for those who have never meditated before and need guidance, but they could be pre-recorded and given to the attendees as additional material.Facilitation of the online course wasn't tailored for online learning, which lead to attendees being disengaged. We noticed a few couples losing interest and playing on their the phones.The facilitator wasn't very well prepared. They were constantly reading from a script and there were a lot of dead silences and repetitive moments.Overall, the course is way overpriced for the content covered and has left us with gaining little information and the need to find another suitable course to educate us.Would not recommend to first time parents.

Best thing you can do for yourself in the lead up to the birth of your baby. Calm birth will make you feel happy and powerful about the upcoming labour.

Some good take away lessons and especially good for first time parents to be. Its not a hippie retreat where you sit down, hold hands and sing cumbaya, thee are many factual and helpful techniques and general information conveyed here. I think it could be fine tuned and easily completed in one day with a more factual/direct approach. All the facts are there but woven into a steady stream of“name dropping”, feel good / course promoting testimonials and meditation seances. I’d rate this at 4 if it was completed with same core content in one day.

2 children born drug free, calmly, smoothly, quickly. I attribute that to our Calmbirth training and my wife, who was truly amazing. Highly recommended.

Calmbirth gave my wife and myself the skills to be able to get through the 35 hour labour of our first child. The weekend in mittagong was professionally run and covers the science of childbirth in combination with meditation / breathing techniques to achieve a calmer birth experience.

Ok info for an idealised birth, but probably a day and a half longer than it needed to be. Any birth other than ideal however only the breathing exercises really apply. Nice person doing it though.