Build Your Knowledge and Confidence for Birth & Beyond
Welcome to The Birth Ready Company!
We are Carla & Emma - Doulas, Hypnobirthing teachers, and total Birth Nerds!
Our passion for informing families to have empowered and positive birthing experiences informs everything we do. Our carefully curated, fully comprehensive course will arm you with all the information you need to get Birth Ready!
Whether this is your first pregnancy or your fifth, there's always more to learn and always room for self-confidence in birth to grow.
On completion of our course, both you and your birth partner will feel confident and empowered as you embark on your birth journey together. You will possess all the key skills and information you could need.
Our 5 week, in-person course covers...
Last Weeks of Pregnancy
Early Labour Signs
Stages of labour
Early Days of Baby
Safe Sleep & Travel
Top Tips for Newborns
Releasing Fear
Building Trust
Managing Pain
Induction & Interventions
Biomechanics of Birth
Positioning & Movement
Physical Support
Infant Feeding
The Fourth Trimester
Baby Wearing
PLUS Optional Hypnobirthing Add-On Session Covering:
Guided Meditation & Visualisation
Breathing Techniques
Importance of Relaxation
Anchoring & Affirmations
How Your Hormones Benefit You in Labour
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"Both Carla and Emma have so much insight and knowledge to share. As someone who hasn't been on this journey before, it's been reassuring to have that space to ask questions and explore different subjects around labour and birth. Your warmth and enthusiasm was inspiring and made us really glad we chose your course. Having plenty of resources to look into outside of the course was really helpful."
Imogen & Sam
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"Emma and Carla were incredibly friendly, approachable and easy to talk to. The course was really helpful and engaging, feel much more knowledgeable and informed. Thanks for all your support."
Stephanie & Scott
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"Emma and Carla were really great at informing and educating during the course and the course overall has made me feel more mentally prepared and ready for birth and labour. It’s amazing to know that if I have any problems or questions I can reach them throughout my pregnancy or post birth for support."
Laura & Matt
Course Cost
£175
5 week in-person antenatal course
Course fee includes:
- Course access for you and one birth partner*
- Refreshments and snacks during sessions
- A carefully curated course Client Kit
- Access to our client area, packed full of links, resources, a directory of local businesses and all the course materials
- WhatsApp group chat for your course
*Birth Partner does not need to be your partner or baby's father, it could be anyone you choose to have supporting you in labour such as a friend or family member.
£50
Optional Hypnobirthing Session add on
Session fee includes:
- Zoom session access for you and one birth partner*
- Access to our specific Hypnobirthing section full of further resources, meditation tracks, breathing exercises and more
*Birth Partner does not need to be your partner or baby's father, it could be anyone you choose to have supporting you in labour such as a friend or family member.
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About Us
Hi I’m Carla and I have a job I love!
I have 2 children, 1 grandson, a dog and a long suffering husband who’s used to holding the fort (rather well I must say) while I disappear for days/nights or just a few hours to support parents in one way or another.
In my doula journey I have witnessed the remarkable strength of women, and partners who gain in confidence to calmly provide support to those they love. Pregnancy, birth and a baby’s arrival can all be completely unknown territory to new parents and the job of a doula is to teach skills, provide knowledge and help everyone to trust their instincts above all else. It’s my passion… can you tell?
I’ve met the most amazing, warm and wonderful people clients and doulas, midwives and alternative practitioners… setting off on a days work is always an exciting and happy day.
I love seeing the boost in confidence antenatal sessions provide and can't wait to bring this to more local families
Hi, I'm Emma and I'm so lucky to have a job that truly feels like soul work!
I'm mum to two wonderful boys, and married to my amazing husband. I couldn't do this job without the support of my family who are so very understanding when it's time for me to whizz off to support a new family at its very beginning.
Through birth work and breastfeeding support I have met and walked alongside so many incredible women and their families. The strength and beauty of the female body in labour is something that will always be awe inspiring to me, and something that feels like the greatest honour to witness and be trusted to support.
Empowering new families through pregnancy, birth, and into postpartum is such passion work for me; and a job which feels like it truly makes a difference!
Understanding your rights and options in labour is so important and, alongside learning skills to prepare for labour and birth, I believe sets the foundations for a positive and empowered experience. Knowing you have ownership over your experience, and having the power of choice can be the difference between a traumatic experience and a positive one
FAQ
Why Choose Us?
At The Birth Ready Company we believe in you and your ability to birth your baby. We are passionate about supporting and empowering you to shape your own birth journey and have ownership over the whole process as you transition to parenthood.
Our information, tools, and skills will arm you with everything you need to have a positive birth experience.
We have a wealth of experience supporting parents through pregnancy, labour & birth, and postpartum, so when you book with us you can rest assured you'll receive evidence-based information, tools, and skills which we not only teach to our Doula clients, but also use ourselves in practice while supporting birth.
What does the course cover?
Our fully comprehensive course will prepare you from the last weeks of pregnancy through to the early weeks of parenthood, covering topics including;
- Releasing fear & building trust
- Early signs of labour
- Pain management
- Induction and interventions
- Biomechanics of birth
- Positioning and movement
- Infant feeding
And so much more!
You can read more about the course content in our Course Content section
How much does it cost?
Our course costs £175 for a 5 week course.
We have aimed to price ourselves competitively whilst also ensuring the cost fairly reflects the time, energy, training and commitment it takes to run the course.
There is an optional add-on for a one-off Hypnobirthing session which can be added when you book your course, this costs an additional £50
How big are the classes?
We have a maximum class size of five couples, making a total of ten people, plus the two of us. This enables you to meet and connect with other local couples with similar due dates, but keeps the sessions small enough that we can all get to know one another and there is plenty of time for discussion and questions without feeling overwhelmed.
If for any reason the course you book has no other couples booked on, we will contact you to offer a choice of a one-to-one course, or rebooking on an alternative course to enable you to meet others (we know this is an important part of booking an in-person class).
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