Childbirth is a powerful experience. Learn the tools and strategies that can transform your fears into empowerment and a peaceful birth experience.
Join us and discover:
Doula-approved pain-coping practices and how you can incorporate them into your birth
Doula recommended positions that can help you experience a faster and smoother birth for both you and your baby
How to understand your fear triggers and how these triggers feed a monster called the “Fear-Tension-Pain” cycle that many birthing people experience during birth
Tried and true techniques to reduce your fears, tension and pain
Be confident and ready for the wonderful unknowns of birth!
This is our most popular workshop! Stemming from the philosophies of Dr. Grantly Dick-Read and his Fear / Tension / Pain Cycle, we will explore how movement, tension and our fears affect our reactions to pain in childbirth and the labour process itself. This workshop will give you tools on how to identify your fears, work with them and tame them - emotionally and physically. Presented by Carolyne Yeoman-MacDonald and The WOMB Birth Doula Team
**Please note that this workshop does not replace Childbirth Education Classes. We encourage you to also enroll in our Childbirth Preparation Weekly Series and Prenatal Breastfeeding Class. See our offerings here.
Our Instructor
Carolyne Yeoman-McDonald, Yoga and Doula Team Lead
Carolyne is our lead yoga teacher here at The WOMB. A muma of 3; 2 of which were home births. After her first birth, she made education in health and wellness alternatives a priority. When she had her second daughter in 2009, she became a certified yoga teacher and from there helped her parents open up Radiant Health Yoga Studio. She has been supporting people through breathing and movement ever since.
It wasn’t until she started teaching yoga that she realized her birth experience was few and far between- something that women hoped for but rarely experienced. It became more and more apparent that there was a HUGE lack of support, information and resources and no tangible place to send mums to when it came to pre/postnatal care, so she began a Prenatal Yoga Circle.
That was in 2013, that class became a place for mums-to-be to connect, move and share. It opened them up to their options, giving them insight on the hidden gems of practitioners that were available within the community.
Later that year she took a weekend course in Doula education and a year later completed her 100hr Prenatal Yoga Certification. It was there she met Dr. Sinead Dufour, who she admires and has continued to train with over the years.
In 2015 she received her Pelvic Floor Trainer Certification with Bellies Inc. She continues to train and educate herself in Pelvic Health, and other modalities such as Movement and Trauma, Mindful Strength, Shamanic Healing and Yoga and The Facial System.
Being apart of The WOMB is a dream come true for Carolyne. She is beyond excited to be working alongside Dr. Pam Thornton, a huge mentor and leader in pre and postnatal health.
In the end, it’s not necessarily the type of birth you have that has a lasting impression… to know you had options and freedom of choice, that you were supported in your decisions and most importantly that you were heard and you were respected , that you were treated with care and compassion. This is of the utmost importance and lasts a lifetime. EVERY woman deserves this type of care.
