Workshops

Preparing for VBAC:Available as a 1-2-1 Workshop (4 hours) or 4 Individual Therapy Sessions

Booking: Call Ingrid Lewis 020 7274 3968 or email ingrid@aroundbirth.org

Vaginal Birth after C-section (VBAC)

Statistically less than 10% of women genuinely need medical assistance during the birth of their baby.  WHO recommends that no more than 10% of birthing women should have a C-section. Curiously the actual proportion of women receiving this type of surgery is 25% in UK, 29.1% in US and as much as 90% in the private sector in Brazil.

How can it be that C-sections are so much higher? The simple answer is that many C-sections are potentially unnecessary and thus avoidable if the woman is given adequate preparation, care and support.

C-sections are life-saving events and are a blessing where necessary. This workshop aims to help prevent the unnecessary portion of C-sections.

We can do much to heal this experience, to reconnect what has been cut in two to help you regain the confidence in your ability to birth. By identifying the potential physical, mental and emotional obstacles they can be addressed.

During the workshop we move together through all levels of experience, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual

Physical level: Getting to know the birthing body & being in charge.
Mental /Emotional level: Getting to know the birthing self & being in touch.
Spiritual Level: Being the birthing Self & birthing from within.

What you will learn:

• Care of the scar (scar-massage)
• Pelvic map (discovering your unique shape and how to maximise space)
• Dealing with fear effectively
• Maximizing space in a narrow pelvis using positive intervention methods
• Birthing from within – working with interceptors