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You've probably seen stories in the media, heard stories from others or got lost in a birth story well, 3hours deep and starting to question your life choices.
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The internet is not a place to rest your mind for pregnant women.
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Or, you may have gone the other way and, other than attend your midwife appointments, have read, or looked at nothing about birth.
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Either way, you're probably working out that there's a lot more to birth, and the maternity system, than you initially thought.
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Maybe you want something more than being led down a path that leaves you feeling a little squirmy in the stomach and like you've just seen a dog take a wizz on your beach towel.
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Options your not been told about​
Your rights through this whole journey
How to voice your own opinion and decisions without being fobbed off
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" I want to feel prepared, not just for what might happen- but whatever happens"
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That is exactly what I want for you.
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But the problem?
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Nobody tells you that you can say NO
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No to fasting yourself when monitoring daily will do.
No to not having someone else's fingers up your vagina 'just to see if you've started labour yet'
No to laying on your back, just because some pompous King once upon a time decided he liked to perv on women giving birth.
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You get to question everything, and get real answers back. Not just the generic statements that many like to give. You can ask for the numbers, and how they influence you specifically.
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Most women don't know this until it's too late, things have happened. You're already in the room, things are happening.
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I'm Amy, and I prepped for birth, I did the yoga classes, I did some antenatal classes, but all of that was forgotten after I left the room.
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I still thought I'd go with the flow and everything will be ok. What will be, will be. Except, it wasn't anything like I wanted. I wanted to be taken seriously, instead I was told, repeatedly, to go home because I wasn't far enough along yet to be admitted, even though the pain was pretty awful.
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I wasn't aware of all the choices, the opportunities to question what I was being told that will 'have to happen'.
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I tell you what they won't, because you deserve to know.
Here's some side- effects from my Birth & Beyond course
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You'll begin to notice the subtle words, the 'just's' in appointments and your instinct to question, why? will kick in
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You'll start listening for facts, not generalised comments to make your decisions
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You'll begin to work out what sounds good for you, and what doesn't
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You may just get a t-shirt made with the words, 'finger me and I'll finger you back'
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(OK, the last one is optional, but why not eh?!)
Me and my partner attended a fantastic antenatal class with Amy. Amy is a super friendly, lovely person with a calm energy, who helped prepare us for what to expect during labour and birth. I would highly recommend attending antenatal classes with Amy. She helped give me the confidence to speak up and advocate for my wants during my labour and birth.
Leanne
A room full of women who
will not let you be hard on yourself.
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The women in this class become your people. They share how they really are — not just the Instagram version. They swap the recommendations that actually work. They tell you, with complete sincerity, that you are doing an incredible job and that you are everything your baby needs.
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No competitive tiredness. No parenting hot takes. Just warmth, honesty, and a shared appreciation for the fact that you all turned up, baby in tow, to do something for yourselves.
Your Body, Reframed
It fed your baby. It carried your baby.
It is your baby's safe place.
This body you're feeling so disconnected from? It has done something extraordinary. It's still doing something extraordinary. And it deserves more than frustration — it deserves understanding, movement, care, and a little bit of credit.
Mum & Baby Yoga is where you come to meet this new version of yourself. Not to fight it, or rush it back to what it was — but to work with it. To get strong again. To feel at home in it again.
Wednesdays 09:45-11 (stay til 11:30 for a cuppa and chat- included in the price)
Chellaston Community Centre
Termly block bookings
Each block price varies depending on the number of weeks
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You're welcome as you are, but please bring a blanket for baby to lie on