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		<title>Antenatal Classes and Doula birth support in Melbourne, VIC</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Birthready.com.au, the website of Melbourne based independent childbirth educator and doula, Victoria Marshall-Cerins.
Read great birth stories&#8230;here
Upcoming Events
ACTIVE BIRTH WORKSHOP
Sat 4 &#038; Sun 5 Feb 2012: East Melbourne  **1 place remaining**
Book now, call 9808 7464 
More dates here
Come to our next workshop, dissolve your fear, and leave on an empowered and excited high! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="welcome">Welcome to Birthready.com.au, the website of Melbourne based independent childbirth educator and doula, Victoria Marshall-Cerins.</p>
<p>Read great birth stories&#8230;<a href="/about/birthready/">here</a></p>
<h2>Upcoming Events</h2>
<h5>ACTIVE BIRTH WORKSHOP<br />
Sat 4 &#038; Sun 5 Feb 2012: East Melbourne  **1 place remaining**</h5>
<p><b>Book now, call 9808 7464 </b><br />
<b>More dates <a href="/services/active-birthing/3/">here</a></b></p>
<p>Come to our next workshop, dissolve your fear, and leave on an empowered and excited high! One recent workshop participant left punching the air with confidence!(<a href="/services/active-birthing/">more&#8230;</a>) </p>
<p>This 2 Day workshop will enable you to SIGNIFICANTLY increase your chance of a normal or even natural birth. We will explore the amazing design of your body for birth and how you and your partner can optimise it to achieve a safe, satifying and calm birth experience. </p>
<p>The workshop covers a wide range of tools to support your goals for birth, including how to enhance your body&#8217;s own anaesthetic release, as well as relaxation for birth techniques like HypnoChildbirth.</p>
<p>The Birthready Active Birth workshop will provide you with:</p>
<p><strong>- a deep understanding of your body&#8217;s design for natural birth;</p>
<p>- practical approaches to maximising your capacity for a smooth and calm birth, including achieving deep relaxation for birth through HypnoChildbirth techniques;</p>
<p>- tools to increase the efficiency of your labour, dissolve your fear and enable you to work with your body;</p>
<p>- real birth support skills and techniques for partners to enhance your comfort and confidence to birth well.</strong></p>
<p>This is what previous Active Birth workshop participants say about their experiences:-</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I now feel <strong>empowered, excited and in awe of the process</strong>.&#8217; Lucille - First-time Mum-to-Be</p>
<p>&#8220;I found the workshop <strong>incredibly informative and empowering</strong>. I feel much <strong>less anxiety</strong> about the birth and have <strong>more confidence</strong> in my body&#8217;s ability to birth naturally and with minimal, if any, intervention.&#8221; First-time mum-to-be</p>
<p>&#8220;My <strong>confidence</strong> to &#8216;BRAIN&#8217; a situation to help my wife and baby has <strong>sky-rocketed</strong>. Thank You!&#8221; Craig - First-time Dad-to-Be</p></blockquote>
<p>Booking now for <strong>Sat 4 &#038; Sat 11 February 2012</strong> in East Melbourne<a href="/registration/">register online</a> or call us on (03) 9808 7464</p>
<h5>ANTENATAL STRETCH AND RELAX CLASSES - Box Hill, Thurs eve</h5>
<p>There is no other weekly antenatal class like this in Melbourne! Our weekly class combines gentle prenatal exercise and birth education, in one great class. (<a href="/services/stretch-and-relax/">more&#8230;</a>)</p>
<p>There is a strong supportive and social atmosphere in this class. We focus upon increasing your physical comfort during pregnancy through strengthening and toning muscle and building your confidence to achieve a satisfying and calm birth. </p>
<p>This weekly antenatal class combines gentle prenatal exercise, birth education activities, information AND guided relaxation! This antenatal exercise and birth class is ongoing and can be joined at any time during pregnancy. </p>
<p>This is what one class participants said about the class:</p>
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&#8220;I learnt so much during my short time in the group and I only wish that I had found your classes earlier in my pregnancy. I loved the combination of activities from the stretching to the relaxation, the birth education and just being with a group of supportive women all experiencing the highs and lows of pregnancy together. I also loved listening to other women&#8217;s birth stories. Every time I left one of your classes I felt more relaxed, more confident and more knowledgable about birth. So thank you very much for the fantastic support that you provided me.&#8221; <strong>Second-time mother, Mount Waverley</strong>.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Book your Introductory Class now <a href="/registration/">register online</a> or call us on 9808 7464</p>
<h5>DOULA BIRTH SUPPORT</h5>
<p>Support to enable you to achieve the best birth possible and to birth your way. Victoria provides caring support for you and your partner during your pregnancy and throughout your labor and birth. The support of a doula during labor and birth can dramatically increase your chances of achieving a normal or even natural birth. </p>
<p>Want to find out more about Victoria&#8217;s Doula service? (<a href="/services/doula/">more&#8230;</a>)</p>
<h2>Contact Details</h2>
<p class="contact">Victoria Marshall-Cerins<br />
PO Box 2059<br />
Forest Hill<br />
VIC 3131</p>
<h2>Ph: (03) 9808 7464</h2>
<p>Email: <a href="mailto:victoria@birthready.com.au">victoria@birthready.com.au</a></p>
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To learn more about how Birthready uses your information, see my <a href="/about/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a>.</div>
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