Antenatal Workshop

Written by Tertia Alkema on January 15, 2011 in Courses, Workshops & Groups - 4 Comments

ESSENTIAL BIRTH PREPARATION ANTENATAL CLASS

TWO-DAY WORKSHOP

Pressured for time?

We have taken the most pertinent topics from traditional ante-natal classes to present to you.

Come and spend two interactive days with us to prepare you for your birthing.

We use a variety of teaching methods to ensure active participation.

These sessions aim to:

Equip you with information to make informed choices regarding method of birth and place of birth
Optimise chances of a good birth experience
What to expect during labour and birth and clarify what a woman’s needs are during labour
Demistifying Pain during Labour and Birth and Pain Relief methods
Signs of labour and when to contact your birth team
Body Movement and Positions for Labour and Birth & Perineal Massage
What your Birth partner and /or Doula can do for you
Your Birth plan and how to make difficult decisions during labour and birth
Provide guidance for birth partner
Breastfeeding Basics
The Early Days with your new baby

Additional speakers include: A Doula, an experienced dad and a new mom.

The cost is R1 400 for the two days for both you and your partner. This includes muffins for breakfast, scrumptious lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments.

The classes are held at Genesis Clinic, Cnr Jan Smuts avenue and Northwold drive, Saxonwold, Johannesburg.

You will receive complimentary gifts and each couple will be given handouts and selected resource information to use for their births.

Upcoming dates:

Next available dates:

2012

15 & 22 April 2012 Split over 2 weekends on Sundays)

26 & 27 May 2012

23 & 24 June 2012

28 & 29 July 2012

To book, please use the booking page for the AnteNatal Workshop on the right hand side of the webpage or contact us using the details on our contact link on the top bar of the webpage. Or just drop us an e-mail at info@motherinstinct.co.za.

If you decide to participate in one of our antenatal workshops you will qualify for a reduced rate on our Breastfeeding workshop. For more information, please click here.

Testimonials

The two day antenatal workshop held at Mother Instinct was a wonderful learning experience for me and my husband. The small classes were held in an intimate setting, (delicious, healthy food included!) and both instructors, registered nurse and midwife Elsabe Burger, and Doula Tertia Alkema were extremely knowledgeable, personable, committed and caring. My husband and I completed the workshop feeling empowered and inspired for the wondrous natural birth experience that awaits us. Jennifer Amosa

Hi Elsabe, Thanks to both you and Tertia. We had such a good weekend and feel a lot more confident about the whole birth of our princess. I’ll be sure to email you with our birth story in September and I’ll also def be around to come purchase some things from your wonderful shop (and to show off our baby). Thanks again for doing what you two do. You have such a passion for your work and it radiates through the workshop. Caroline Smit

Thank-You so much for the workshop, we both really enjoyed it and don’t feel as stupid anymore…and we are really really EXCITED about the whole journey of parenthood and are trying to truly be present in every moment. Drew is really happy, because he feels a lot more involved and knows how to be involved now! (plus he’s getting all the heartburn for me!! ha ha ha). I was quite pleasantly surprised at how simple and enjoyable the experience can be, most of the pregnancy/birth stories i have heard have been nightmarish, but i’m loving it all so far! and i’m certain that i’m going to enjoy every bit in the future, hopefully even the painful bits!! Candice Hamer

It was a fantastic class and we are both so psyched up and motivated for the birth after it! It was really very inspiring to have that affirmation and support as it confirmed our phillosophy on the birth process and how we feel about natural normalised birth.

I have recommended the workshop to all my friends and colleagues who are pregnant as we got so much out of it. Bridget and Giela

Hi Elsabe, Darren and I really enjoyed this past weekend and have really perceived enormous value in having attended. This was a huge relief as some of our friends had mentioned to us that they had found their antenatal classes to be a complete waste of time (by and large the free classes offered by their hospitals). Thank you for answering all our questions and providing us a really solid base on which to make informed decision regarding the birth of our little girl. I know I am certainly a lot less scared and much more excited about what lies in store for us. We will certainly stay in touch. Liesel

Hello to the Mother Instinct ladies!

I know it has been a really long time, but it feels like the weekend we spent at the Genesis Clinic working through all those fears and curiosities of pregnancy and birth was only yeasterday.

I just wanted to take the time to thank you for all the knowledge and patience that you brought to class.

We came on Saturday morning, confused about where and how Kim Holmes would give birth. In fact, pregnancy and birth seemed to be happening to us. Needless to say when we said goodbye on Sunday we felt empowered with a growing realisation: We can do this.

We have subsequently made many plans and ‘taken control’ of things, making the whole process feel like it should… a creative one.

I wish you guys many years of keeping up the good work! Thanks again, James.

4 Comments on "Antenatal Workshop"

Simone Kosmides January 25, 2011 at 3:29 pm ·

Hi

When are you running the next one?

Thanks

Simone
Tertia Alkema January 25, 2011 at 10:05 pm ·

Hi there
Our next workshop is this coming weekend, but we are fully booked. The next one after this, is on the 19th and 20th February 2011. If you would like to book, you can do so via our website or e-mail us on support@motherinstinct.co.za Hope to hear from you soon!
Tiisetso March 7, 2011 at 4:51 pm ·

Hi

How long are the workshop hour wise? i.e. what time in the morning do they start and what time to they finish in the afternoon?
Tertia Alkema March 7, 2011 at 5:34 pm ·

Our antenatal class runs over a weekend, Saturday and Sunday from 08:30 – 16:00.