AH Midwifery
Home Birth
Home birth can be a safe option for low risk, healthy women. Research has shown giving birth at home resulted in fewer interventions, low rates of caesarean sections and increased satisfaction rates compared with women who gave birth in an obstetric unit (The Birthplace Cohort Study 2011).
The home birth service provided by the HSE is free of charge to the mother as long as the eligibility criteria is met.
If you are thinking of having a home birth, get in touch for further details or log onto https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/3/maternity/homebirth-services.html
Hypnobirthing
Hypnobirthing is a complete in-depth birth preparation course designed to release fear and build confidence during birth.
As well as understanding the changes your body goes through during labour, it is important to include the mind, and how you can utilize this in order to stay calm and relaxed throughout labour and birth.
AH Midwifery offers a face-to-face course to help you and your partner get ready for the arrival of your little bundle of joy.
A comprehensive 1-day course will leave you with bundles of information, feeling excited and prepared for labour and birth, knowing your options within the maternity services and using evidence-based information to make informed choices for you and your baby to have an empowering and positive experience.
Baby Massage Classes
Baby massage is beneficial for a range of reasons - it promotes bonding between you and your baby, helps with ailments such as colic, constipation, and many more, while also helping with your baby’s sleeping habits.
You will learn how to massage your baby, gain more knowledge in discovering baby’s cues, understand the development of your baby and how to adapt massage as your baby grows. Baby massage is a wonderful way to spend quality time with your baby, in a non-judgmental space for you and your baby to share, learn, laugh and relax.
Reflexology
Reflexology is a hands on therapy that views the feet as a map to the rest of the body. By stimulating particular areas of the feet, will encourage the corresponding area of the body to promote self healing.
Reflexology in pregnancy can be a relaxing and calming therapy, helping with various ailments in pregnancy, as well as preparing the body for labour.
Birth Reflections
Many women can have questions about their birth, maybe not fully understanding what happened, are searching for answers or simply wish to recap the whole experience. Birth reflections gives you space to go through your notes step by step, helping to give you clarity and explanations along the way.
If you wish to avail of this service, send me a message and I can walk you through the process.