The Second Birth Brunch | Sunday 29 Nov | Cartlands Tearooms, Kings Heath

Second time round is a strange one. You already know what contractions feel like, the corridors, the timing app, the moment your waters go, or what c-section recovery actually takes out of you. What you don't always get is space to think about it properly, with a toddler needing dinner and someone needing picking up from nursery, and feeding and sleep this time round are a whole different kind of figuring out.

This event is a hypnobirthing refresher built for second and subsequent pregnancies. We start from what you already know, and there's time to talk through what you'd like to be different this time.

What we'll cover

🤍 Breathing techniques revisited, and adapted if last time breathing alone didn't carry you through

🤍 How fear and tension interrupt labour hormones, and what that looked like for you last time

🤍 Positions for labour and birth, especially useful if you were induced, augmented or ended up on your back last time and want more choice this round

🤍 BRAIN, the questions to ask before agreeing to anything offered, with your own history in mind

🤍 Faster labours, and how to recognise you're further along than you think

🤍 Your birth partner's new role, there for you and also managing things at home

🤍 Time to talk through your last birth, including if it didn't go to plan

To take home for your plan

The event is about the birth itself. You'll also leave with prompts for the other things worth thinking about before the baby arrives, so you can work through them in your own time. These include feeding again after a gap or feeding two, sleep with a newborn alongside an older child's routine, questions to ask your midwife about VBAC if that's relevant, and who has your older child when labour starts.

What's included

🤍 90 minutes, in a small group

🤍 A downloadable guide afterwards, with the hypnobirthing exercises from the evening and your planning prompts

The Brunch

Afterwards we move into the tea room for the Cartlands Breakfast Tea, included in your ticket. Fresh orange juice, buttermilk crumpets, warm scones with clotted cream, macarons, patisserie and fruit, with tea, coffee or herbal tea. Tell me about any dietary needs when you book and I'll pass them on to Cartlands.

Who this is for

Mums only for this one. For anyone due from late December 2026 onwards. Partner sessions can be booked privately if this is something you would like