Birth & Beyond

Birth & Beyond

Join us for Birth & Beyond, a comprehensive workshop designed for all pregnant women, focusing on empowering you through your journey from birth to postpartum. This unique event features a lineup of expert speakers who will equip you with the knowledge and skills to navigate this transformative experience confidently. We also have some amazing support services who will come with stalls to show you what Warrnambool has to offer in the birth space. 

We know there is a great divide between the medical and holistic models of birth, and we want to bridge that gap by bringing supportive professionals together, to provide positive preparation and recovery tips, and direct you to where you can go for help when you need it. Let's bring the village together to support all birthing people. 

What to Expect:

• Pelvic Floor Insights with Chloe: Learn about the pelvic floor's crucial role during pregnancy and birth. Discover effective pelvic floor exercises, the benefits of perineal massage, and techniques for optimal birth positioning, breathing, and pushing. A taster of Chloe's online course Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth. 
• Midwifery Wisdom with Sarah: Delve into the hormonal changes during labour, effective pain management strategies, and the principles of hypnobirthing. Sarah will also share valuable tips for support partners to enhance your birthing experience.
• Medical Expertise: Alex Umbers, doctor and co-host of podcast Pregnancy Uncut will be talking to us about the unpredictability of pregnancy and birth, and how to cope when plans change. 
• Breastfeeding Preparation with Leanne: Prepare for your breastfeeding journey with expert guidance on essential techniques and tips to set you up for success in those early days with your newborn.

Join us for this empowering event and connect with a community of mothers-to-be as you prepare for the incredible journey ahead!

We have some amazing stall holders with us to share free education and products to purchase. These ladies will encompass all the different types of support you may need during pregnancy and postpartum. 

Age of Aquarius Doula - Hayley is a qualified birth and postpartum doula, able to provide support and resources to empower decision making, offering birth prep, postpartum planning, mother blessing and placenta encapsulation services.

Bespoke Health Co - Tegan is a somatic health, fertility and sex coach, offering services in therapeutic yoni mapping and breast massage, sexology and fertility awareness method.

Perinatal Infant Psychology - Jenni is a Perinatal Psychologist with a masters in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, passionate about the emotional wellbeing of infants and how we as adults can support infant mental health.

Dear Mama Doula - Hannah is a postpartum doula who has recently created a local birth services directory after her own experience with not knowing where to go for help after her first born.

Rebalance the Mother - Haylee uses osteopathy, guided postures and therapeutic movement, and education to help mothers to grow a baby, to birth a baby and to rebalance them fully in the postpartum period and offers a range of service and appointment types.

This will be an intimate event with a total of 40 people joining us due to the capacity of the venue, and you can buy a ticket for just yourself or bring a support person. Tickets will sell fast so please purchase as soon as you can. 

All of our lovely speakers & stall holders are donating their time for this event, and the ticket cost is to cover the venue hire. We would love for you to support the Pavilion for hosting us by buying a hot drink or snack before or after, and we would love for you to donate to support our lovely speakers who all run small businesses and pour their heart and soul into supporting women in this space.