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Positive Birth After Caesarean Coaching

Birthing on Your Own Terms

INTRODUCING

The Positive Birth After Caesarean Coaching Programme

 

Navigating the journey of birthing after a caesarean is not as simple as choosing between a repeat caesarean or a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean). It’s a deeply personal decision that deserves more time, care, and attention than the standard maternity system often allows. 

Imagine stepping into your next birth feeling deeply confident, fully informed, and completely prepared to navigate every step of the journey ahead.

Imagine having the time, space, and unwavering support to explore your emotions, process the story of your past birth, and craft a plan that aligns with your deepest values, beliefs, and desires.

Imagine looking back on your birth with pride and fulfilment, knowing you reclaimed your voice, made decisions that truly mattered to you, and wrote a story that reflects your courage, strength, and individuality.

Imagine walking in Sisterhood with someone who respects birth as a sacred rite of passage and not just a medical event.

This is the transformation that Positive Birth After Caesarean Coaching offers...

The Positive Birth After Caesarean Coaching Programme 

 

My 1:1 Birth After Caesarean Coaching Program is an 8 week, personalised and transformative coaching experience designed specifically for those birthing after caesarean. 

This program is for women who are ready to step off the conveyor belt of routine care and and take ownership of their birth experience. Whether you’re certain about a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean) or still exploring your options, this coaching experience will help you navigate your path with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

In this program, we will work closely together to:

  • Untangle Previous Experiences: Many complex emotions can be carried over from previous births—disappointment, trauma, or unanswered questions. Coaching provides a safe, supportive space to process and untangle these feelings, so you can move forward with clarity and peace of mind.

  • Craft a positive mindset: Your mindset plays a crucial role in your birth experience. Together, we’ll work on preparing you mentally and emotionally for success, helping you approach your birth with confidence and resilience.

  • Build Confidence: We’ll address limiting beliefs and doubts that may be holding you back, helping you reclaim your birth experience and approach it with clarity and determination.

  • Gain Clarity and Understanding: Gain a clear understanding of your options, your choices, and the path that aligns with your values. You’ll walk away with a birth plan that reflects who you truly are and what you want for your birth.

This coaching program is about much more than just planning your birth; it’s about transformation. By the end, you’ll have the tools, resources, and confidence to approach your next birth with clarity and a strong sense of ownership over your journey.

What’s included in the 1:1 Positive Birth After Caesarean Coaching Program:

  • Personalised 1:1 Coaching Sessions: 4 x 75 minutes coaching calls where we work through a set coaching programme 

  • Doula in your pocket: WhatsApp support throughout pregnancy to answer questions and provide reassurance

  • Exercises and tools: Exercises and tools to help you build a positive mindset, overcome past trauma, and step into your full birth potential.

  • Access to a wealth of resources and signposting to further reading

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Hi, I'm Lizzy

I’m a passionate birth doula, VBAC advocate, and proud mum of three. I’ve walked the path you’re on and I know first-hand the emotions, pressures, and complexities that come with birthing after caesarean.

If my friends and family were to describe me, they’d say I’m quietly confident, fiercely passionate, and a bit of a maverick—hence the name Rebel Birthing. I don’t believe in following the crowd. Instead, I’m here to help you carve your own path, on your terms.

Birth is more than a physical act—it’s a transformative, spiritual journey. For me, it’s been a catalyst for profound change, pushing me to question my beliefs, realign my values, and discover who I truly am. It’s this journey that’s inspired my calling: to help women like you reclaim their birth stories and step into motherhood with confidence and clarity.

With a career as a Policy Advisor, I’ve mastered the art of uncovering facts, navigating complex systems, and making them work for you. I bring this proactive, driven approach to my doula practice, ensuring you can make the choices that matter most to you.

If you’re ready to move beyond the cookie-cutter maternity care experience and step into a birth that feels aligned, intentional, and uniquely yours, I’m here to guide you every step of the way.

Beyond Mainstream Hypnobirthing: Rebel Birthing's Unique Approach to Birth Empowerment

Honesty and Realism: Embracing the Truth of Birth.  

I won't promise a 'pain-free' birth or set unrealistic expectations. Instead, I'm here to provide honest and realistic guidance, rooted in science and research, ensuring you feel empowered, informed, and supported, no matter the twists and turns your birthing journey may take. 

Individualised Support: Your Journey, Your Narrative

Recognising the uniqueness of each individual's birth intentions, I am committed to respecting your values, beliefs, and desires. No topic is off limits. Together, we'll craft a judgment-free space, allowing you to shape your own narrative and journey without limitations. Suitable for all types of birth including caesarean births, inductions and homebirths

Passion for Women's Rights: Empowering Through Awareness

With a fervent passion for women's rights within the maternity system, we'll delve into the birth culture we live in. Together, we'll unravel the intricacies, empowering you to make choices unapologetically. Your rights matter, and I am here to guide you on your journey towards unapologetic decision-making.

Breakdown of the Programme

4 x 75 minute calls spread over 2 months. This can be condensed if you get in touch later in pregnancy. 

Session one - The Logic of Hypnobirthing

The power of the mind - How it can negatively impact birth and how you can get it to work more helpfully. 

The science stuff:  How your body is designed to birth a baby.​ We will deep dive into the muscles of the uterus, changes to the cervix and the birth hormones.

Session two - The Hypnobirthing Techniques

Breathing: The importance of breathing during labour and how you can use your breath to relax and release tension during surges. 

Relaxation: a two-fold tool for reframing how you feel about birth and to help enter a state of relaxation during labour. 

Physical preparation: optimal position of baby, how how to prevent tearing, how to plan a positive and gentle caesarean 

Session three - Before Birth

Induction of Labour: The due date fallacy, understanding when induction might (or might not) be appropriately, and exploring how to have a positive induction. 

Taking responsibility for your birth: How to make positive decisions that are right for you and your baby, how to navigate the maternity system, how to deal with pressure and understand risk and research.

Session Four- The Birth

Birth options: Exploring where you might give birth and the risks and benefits of each option.  

The role of the birth partner: How to protect the space, advocate and support the hypnobirthing mum. 

The birth: Understanding the stages of labour and what to do in each stage, comfort measures, introducing further hypnobirthing techniques 'down breathing' and back stroking. 

The Golden Hour: How to maintain the optimal birth environment and the ins and outs of birthing the placenta. 

Birth preferences: The role of birth preferences, the importance of writing them down and what things do you need to consider. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Hypnobirthing is for 'natural' births?

Many women do come to Hypnobirthing because they want to maximise their chances of having a physiological birth, and it is true Hypnobirthing Mums are less likely to have medical intervention. However, the journey of birth can take us down many unexpected roads and Hypnobirthing will equip you to navigate any bumps in the road.

Hypnobirthing will serve you we regardless of the ultimate mode of birth- it really is for ALL types of births. 

Will I have a 'pain free' birth

I won’t make empty promises that Hypnobirthing will guarantee you a 'pain free' birth. However, Hypnobirthing mums are less likely to reach for pharmacological forms of pain relief. The tools you learn in hypnobirthing can help to manage the sensations of labour.

The 'Hypno' bit is off putting...

I understand you might be sceptical, as it might conjure up images of me waving a pocket watch in front of you and making you cluck like a chicken. But I can assure you I will do no such thing! 

Yes, hypnobirthing does incorporate breathing, mindfulness, visulisation and guided relaxation. But really Hypnobirthing is best thought of as the 'phycology' of birth. 

Just as athletes now see the value in preparing physically and mentally for a race, so too can you take steps to psychologically prepare for birth. You will learn all about the mind-body connection and how you can use this to your advantage to best equip you for giving birth. 

Do I need to bring my birth partner?

Your booking allows you to bring a birth partner and I would actively encourage you do. Hypnobirthing values the role of the birth partner and they will also leave the course feeling empowered, confident and calm about birth, understanding how they can best support you during your birth journey. 

However, you can absolutely do the course without a birth partner. 

When is the best time to do the course?

The secret to Hypnobirthing is practice, practice, practice! I would advise starting the course around 20 weeks. However, it is never too late to do the course!

How long is the course?

The course is a full antenatal course and takes approx 12 hours. The course is split into 4 sections.

How do I book?

Please contact me below for further information

Booking enquiries

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WhatsApp - 07934899071

My in-person offering is within an hours drive from Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 - this broadly covers Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Birmingham, the Black Country (as well as some areas of Warwickshire, Shropshire and the Welsh Border). Session can take place either in your own home or at my Studio space in Malvern

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