Pregnancy and Postpartum Education Package – Private sessions on the Central Coast
Nurturing support for you as you prepare and transition into parenthood
UPDATED package April 2025. If you have previously booked the Parenting Preparation Package and would like to upgrade to the longer antenatal session, please email me to modify your booking.
The Pregnancy and Postpartum Education Package provides you with 4 1/2 hours of education to help you feel more prepared for breastfeeding, caring for your baby and your transition to parenthood. The package includes:
- 1 x 3-hour Preparing for Baby Education Session (Includes a full-colour booklet)
- 1 x 90-minute Postnatal Education consultation (in-home or via Zoom).
- Phone/email/text support from the time of your Antenatal Session to one week following your Postnatal Session.
Cost: $450
Additional in-home postnatal education sessions or calls can be scheduled if further support is needed.
Please note that these sessions do not replace the clinical support of your midwife, lactation consultant, or GP. If physical assessments or feeding plans need to be implemented, I will refer you to an appropriate practitioner.
Breastfeeding and Newborn Essentials Antenatal Session
The 3-hour Preparing for Baby session covers essential breastfeeding, newborn care and postpartum information.
You will learn:
- Health benefits of breastfeeding for you and your baby.
- Breastfeeding essentials: The first feed, expectations for the first 72 hours and beyond.
- Strategies to reduce nipple trauma, mastitis, and engorgement.
- How to know your baby is getting enough milk.
- Partner support during breastfeeding.
- Information about expressing.
- Breastfeeding challenges, how to recognise problems and where to seek support.
- The early weeks’ expectations, newborn needs,
- Caring for your baby- sleep, settling crying.
- Physical and emotional needs of babies.
- Cue-based parenting- how to know what your baby needs
- The science of infant sleep
- Dads/Partners- bonding with your baby
- Considerations to prepare for a gentle and nourishing 4th trimester.
More detailed discussion and individualised strategies will be explored in the postnatal session.
In-Home Postnatal Education Session
Your postnatal education session will be tailored entirely to your individual needs, providing you with the reassurance you need in the early days and weeks after your baby’s birth. This session is best scheduled within the first few weeks and no later than 6 weeks after the birth.
While each session is unique, common areas of support:
- Birth Debriefing and emotional support
- General feeding questions
- Caring for your baby – becoming confident, understanding your baby’s needs, settling techniques
- Holistic sleep strategies
- Baby Massage
- Supporting your well-being as parents
To book please email or call so we can arrange your antenatal session. Day and evening sessions are available.
UPCOMING AVAILABILITY
APRIL FULLY BOOKED
MAY
- Tuesday 20/5, 10 am – 1 pm
- Friday 23/5, 4.30 pm – 7.30 pm
- Friday 30/5, 4.30 pm – 7.30 pm
JUNE
- Saturday 21/6, 2.30 pm – 5.30 pm
It is highly recommended to book well in advance, as sessions frequently book out.