“I cannot recommend this course highly enough.”
I currently teach Private Mindful Natal® antenatal, hypnobirthing and postnatal courses in Brighton & Hove, around East Sussex and West Sussex or on Zoom. You can choose from:
Full Course - 6 hours total, across two or three sessions
Short Course / Refresher - 2.5 hours total in one session
Power Hour - 1 hour total on Zoom
If you’re looking for Mindful Natal® Group Courses in Brighton & Hove, my wonderful fellow Mindful Birth Natal® Teacher Stephanie Phillips is running monthly group courses, which you can book here.
What can I expect from a Mindful Natal® Private Course with laura?
Mindful Natal® courses with the Mindful Birth Group are for all births choices and all paths to parenthood - we are the first fully inclusive course provider that offers live support from the 1st to the 4th trimester.
The FULL PRIVATE course
(choose for planned vaginal birth or planned caesarean birth) includes:
6 hours of live learning (split into 2x 3hr sessions or 3x 2hr sessions)
A printed Mindful Natal® course guide
Affirmations card pack
Relaxation audio albums x2
Editable birth preference sheets
A special goody bag for relaxation and oxytocin
A bespoke 30 minute call in your due window (37-42 weeks) to chat anything through
Full access to PregnaHub® - on demand and Live access to exercises classes, prenatal yoga and pilates, midwife support and hypnobirthing relaxation sessions. Access until one year post-birth.
WhatsApp support from me for any questions about your personal pregnancy situation, right up until you meet baby.
The ultimate in bespoke and personalised support, hand-holding and continuity of care.
Investment: £525
Choose a format that suits you best, either in person or on Zoom. You can either sign up to the PregnaHub® for a 7 day free trial (then £10 a month), or you get included for free as soon as you book one of my courses. If you just want to read more about what’s included, I’ve listed it at the bottom of this page.
The short course / Refresher course
(choose for planned vaginal birth or planned caesarean birth) includes:
3 hours of live learning (held in 1 session in person or on Zoom)
A printed Mindful Natal® course guide
Affirmations card pack
Relaxation audio albums x2
Editable birth preference sheets
Full access to PregnaHub® until baby is one - on demand and Live access to exercises classes, prenatal yoga and pilates, midwife support, relaxation/hypnobirthing sessions and a curated, evidence-based on-demand library of pregnancy and birth planning topics.
WhatsApp support from me for any questions about your personal pregnancy situation, right up until you meet baby.
Personalised support for your journey and preferences.
Investment: £325
The power hour
(choose for planned vaginal birth or planned caesarean birth) includes:
1 hour of live learning on Zoom
A relaxation audio album
Enough time to cover 1-2 topics together to help prepare you
No PregnaHub access, but you can subscribe for £10 a month with a free 7 day trial
Investment: £99, or £198 for a 2-hour session
What does The PregnaHub® include?
Live Pregnancy Yoga, Pilates and Aerobics classes- 4 passes per month
Monthly Pregnancy Relaxation classes (live and recorded)
Ask The Midwife chat- Ask any questions to reassure and guide you
e-Learning zone with on-demand videos covering:Newborn feeding (colostrum harvesting, breast, bottle and pumping)
Baby sleep
Baby first aid
Twin and multiple pregnancy & postnatal support
Introducing baby to siblings
Introducing baby to pets
Carriers and slings
Bringing baby home- what you need to know / prepare
Bonding with baby
Baby massage
Parent mental health
LGBTQ+ pregnancy & postnatal support
NICU support if ever needed
Weaning
Choosing childcare
The cost of all my sessions is for you and your birth partner, and I recommend you book your course for around 22-30 weeks of your pregnancy if you have the time, but any time is ok! You can access The PregnaHub® as soon as you book a course with me until your baby is one.
What is included in the content of the course?
vaginal birth preference:
We cover everything you need to have a calm and confident birth experience, however birth happens:
Taking out the unknowns and using Mindful Birth hypnobirthing:
The science behind the mind body connection and the hormones and muscles of birth
What you can control vs what you can’t control and how to overcome feelings of anxiety
Learn how to stay calm and in control for all births using mindfulness and hypnobirthing tools and techniques
The stages of labour
Optimising your birth space
What to pack in your birth bag
Your options:
Birth place options
Your birth team including your birth partner/s and care team options
Comfort measures and medicated pain relief options
Induction methods and what your options are
Assisted birth including forceps, ventouse, episiotomy
Unplanned caesarean abdominal birth
Navigating unexpected turns
Making informed decisions about your birth
Writing birth preferences for all scenarios
Postnatal recovery
What to expect and how to prepare
How others can support you
ABDOMINAL BIRTH PREFERENCE:
We cover everything you need to have a calm and confident abdominal birth experience:
Taking out the unknowns with Mindful Natal® support:
The science behind the mind body connection and the hormones of parenthood
What you can control vs what you can’t control and how to overcome feelings of anxiety
The day you meet baby, a step-by-step walk through on what to expect and how to prepare
What to pack in your hospital bag
How to stay calm and in control using mindfulness tools and techniques
Your options:
Making your environment oxytocin friendly during pregnancy, the birth and postnatally too
Navigating unexpected turns including going into labour before the planned birth date
Writing your birth preferences and communicating them with your care providers
Postnatal recovery
What to expect and how to prepare
How others can support you
You can read more about the Mindful Natal® courses I run by following this link onto the Mindful Birth Group website (the link below will open in a new tab)
