Chances are when you discovered you were  going to be a mother there was an incredible feeling and excitement and imaginings of that day when you meet your baby face to face and hold them to your heart.

Those wonderful positive feelings can turn to fear and overwhelm when you realise the birth is coming soon and feel underprepared.

Creating life and guiding it into this world requires you to navigate a somewhat unpredictable journey. Even though you feel sure about other things in your life, this is one experience which is truly the unknown.

That uncertainty can be scary.

Many mums describe their birth experience as the most amazing day of their lives OR so terrifying that they’re haunted for years to come.

As a first-time mother, feeling unprepared and fearful and clueless about the birth of your baby is a natural part of the pregnancy journey. Even if you’re already a mum, chances are your birth experience will be different this time, and you may want it to be different.

You want to feel empowered and informed so you can bring your child into the world in a calm and natural way, unaffected by drugs or anxiety over medical intervention.

Sarah

Thank you for giving me the confidence to navigate that journey. I was terrified and clueless about birth before doing the Active Birth Classes. I went into the experience however feeling empowered and knowledgeable...

Gina

I wanted to say that my second labour was very different to my first and I was able to use the positive affirmations, visualisations, different positions and 'birth hopes' (as opposed to fears) that we wrote down in one of the classes to help me feel a lot more in control, stay at home longer and have no episiotomy or forceps delivery.

Amy

I had a lot of fears about labour early in my pregnancy, replaced slowly over the course of it with confidence and excitement thanks largely to the active birth classes. They made a huge difference physically and mentally to prepare us for a great birth.

Take active steps towards a calm, confident birth.

What if there was a way to step towards labour and birth feeling confident and empowered? A way to support yourself with a swag of tools to take to labour and enable the mother to be in you.

Just imagine…

… Feeling more confident leading up to the birth.

… Releasing your fears and building trust in your own body.

… Staying present to your experience and your baby through labour and birth.

… Being able to receive information and respond mindfully as things change.

… Actively participating in the birth to enhance the process and reduce your pain.

… Applying proven safe techniques to trigger your natural instincts for birthing the baby.

Learning about Active birthing can take you from anxiety to anticipation. Being more aware of what's to come, and that you have the tools to handle it.



Sarah

I did it! I gave birth without medication, in control from the start until she arrived, and it was incredible.

Rebecca

It wasn't the birth I had planned, but the calmness, visualisation, breathing, affirmation and other skills I had learnt at yoga were all amazing in keeping me calm and feeling good. What could have been a really scary experience wasn't at all! I felt calm and OK with the chaos and like I had skills to draw on when needed.

Matilda

I honestly could not have asked for a better birth! I am certain it went so well because I felt prepared and well informed which allowed me to stay calm.

Rebecca

Two weeks on, my husband and I haven’t stopped talking about what an amazing experience the whole day was and now that I can re-live it (without the pain!), I love remembering how amazing and special the whole day and my entire birthing journey was. And I look forward to (yes that’s right!), hopefully birthing naturally again one day – (but not too soon!).

Introducing… Confident Birthing.

An online course that gives you clarity and confidence, empowering you for labour and birth.

Yogababy’s Confident birthing provides the best opportunity to learn and feel prepared, increasing confidence in yourself and your ability to navigate your birthing journey.

The course includes:

8 key area areas.

  • Relaxation & Mindfulness:
  • Releasing fears & Affirmations:
  • Optimal baby positioning & Pelvic floor
  • Visualisation in pregnancy & labour
  • Breathing for pregnancy, labour & birth
  • Vocalisation in labour & birth
  • Labour : first stage using active birth positions
  • Birth: second stage using upright birth positions

  • Lessons a super short (15-20 mins)

    Which means you can set your own pace. Do what you can in the time you have - match your mood to the task, or do a whole lesson at once if you can. Learn in your way.

  • Practice /experiential activities

    Designed so you know what to expect. This increases your chances of responding rather than reacting in the dynamic environment of labour rather. Fear can increase your pain.

  • Accessible anytime anywhere on any device

    Listen to the talks on the train, got a half an hour before the kids are up - jump into a practice, printout the techniques and take to the labour room (as many of our mums have done).

It all adds up to calmer, conscious birth experience that makes you happy to remember.

Anthea

Thank you so much for your wonderful teaching and for helping me be empowered for a wonderful birth experience.

Kathryn

I just wanted to thank you for your wonderful classes. When I first booked in, I wanted to learn about the physicality of birth - what my body would be doing, how I could best work with it, and what would work best for the baby. What I learned was so much more.

Michelle

I couldn’t have got through it so well without your teachings and your voice continued to remind me what I needed to do.

Felicty

I found practising visualisation and breathing in class and at home built my confidence in myself and my body 'to do what it does' and things came to me naturally.

Rebecca

I believe that the skills we learnt in your classes with my first pregnancy, and refreshed at the Active Birth workshop last year helped us have an amazing, empowering experience in a situation that might have otherwise been very frightening and stressful.

Your instructor

Over 20 years experience in the field of pregnancy and birth

Senior Educator Suzanne Swan

Jenny

Thank you so much for all of your support and guidance over the last few months - it not only helped so much with the birth, but kept me calm and happy throughout the final phase of the pregnancy.

Purnima

Suzanne taught us the techniques to keep calm, focused and be able to normalise the surges throughout the birth… I’m very grateful to Suzanne for teaching me and helping me to have exactly the labour I had wanted.

Haidee

Thank you for your wonderful classes, and for all that you do to help birth be instinctive, beautiful and calm.

Anna

Thank you for your part in this Suzanne. Your beautiful spirit. You teach woman to trust our bodies and how to draw on our power and strength in vulnerable and gentle ways. Everything we need!

Tamsin

I found the breathing and vocalisation really good when I was in transition, and the positive empowered thinking, to remind myself I could do it when it was all getting intense around the pushing, really helped me get in a good head space. Thank you for everything Suzanne, and for all your support and confidence in me.

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Yogababy Confident Birthing

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Increase confidence in yourself and your ability to navigate the labour and birth journey.

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Bonus material

When you register for Confident Birthing you will also recieve

  • 8 weekly Yogababy classes

    These classes will guide you to deeper relaxation and support the preparation of your body and mind, all in the comfort of your own home.

  • Acccess to the Yogababy Facebook Group

    Feeling supported is so important at this critical time. Connect with other mums to be just like you and mums who have experienced birth the Yogababy way.

  • Live monthly Q&A sessions

    Direct access to Suzanne each month via Zoom to ask questions and share your experiences. Connect virtually with other mums completing the online program.

Set yourself up with the skills for confident parenting…

This isn’t simply about your whether you choose a home birth or a hospital birth. This is about empowering you to trust yourself to make the best choices when the moment arrives. Turning towards your fears and towards labour and birth is that first step towards becoming a confident parent.

For 20 years, Yogababy has helped over 20,000 mothers.

Take that first step!

Release your fears about birth and discover how to trust your body to guide you.

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Read more amazing birth stories here!

Thanks for giving us the skills, knowledge and confidence to give our baby the best welcome into this world possible.

Clare

I had an amazing birth. Our midwife was wonderful. I achieved my goal of having a drug free natural birth. I utilised the relaxation and visualisation techniques we practiced at yoga. And I found my voice!! Thank you.

Anthea

Thank you Suzanne for all your wonderful classes. Our family is now complete and I am a very blissed out mummy cuddling my beautiful daughter at every opportunity (occasionally I let her sleep in the bassinet!)

Sarah

Overall, I am so happy with my birthing experience. I got a lot of what I hoped for, spontaneous labour, no epidural, vaginal delivery - but of course birth never goes how you expect it and there was some intervention involved which I am totally ok with.

Anthea

The labor was only 4 hours and was intense but with the skills you taught me I managed to get through it with no drugs and no intervention. Despite the intensity that I felt in the contractions, the room was calm and I was allowed to birth the way that best suited me.

Purnima

I really think coming to Suzanne's Active Birth Yoga classes had a big influence on me (and my husband). I wasn't sure if I would have the composure to use all that I had learnt during the birth itself. However, a strange calm came over me during labour, I went deep into myself and felt like I had shut the rest of the world away, at one point I was humming my favourite song.