Courses / Education for Parents

Birthing Sense has produced a 3x DVD Series that makes sense of your pregnancy, birth and early parenting experience.

Leanne became frustrated with the number of new parents who were unable to attend regular prenatal education sessions, or attended a one-off ante-natal class.

Mother of 2 and a member of Australian Breastfeeding Association for 10years, Leanne has been the primary producer, photographer and editor for a Project that brings all of the professionals to you.

She has gathered informative interviews from independent Midwives, Early Childhood Nurses, Doctors, a Naturopath, Dietician, Physiotherapist, Yoga Instructor, Genetic Counsellor, Massage therapist, Veterinary assistant and Parents to offer their suggestions about Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting over 3 DVDs to give new parents the opportunity to have a birth class in their own home, in their own time, and with as many support people as they choose- and to revisit the education as many times as they feel they need to.

Through the sale of the Birthing Sense Birth Education Series, Leanne has had a vision to help support you through ABA, as well as many of the young fistula women in third world countries.

This is the web-site for America's Mr Dad. An author of many best-selling books and popular in many well known publications, Armin Brott has been described as the 'superdad's superdad'.

Realistic, positive and humorous, his work is well worth checking out.

He also does a podcast at:
http://www.mrdad.com/daddycast-guest/index.php

If you have iTunes you can subscribe to the podcast directly using the following link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=1792360...

A great DVD from a "blokes" perspective of pregnancy and the early days of being a Dad. Funny, informative... and hopefully they've removed all the beer ads from it by now!

A good gift for Dads-to-be.

"They say necessity is the mother of invention, but for Troy Jones, filmmaker, necessity was the father of Being Dad – The Birth DVD. About to become a dad for the first time, and way behind in his reading, film crew in tow, Troy teamed up with Australia’s leading obstetrician, some financial planning mates, a nappy changing expert, a male nurse and 60 dads around Australia to uncover the mysteries of pregnancy and birth. The resulting DVD, a ground breaking, hilarious and emotional documentary film has been lauded by critics and commentators alike."

Baby massage and parenting skills
Moira Forrest is the heart of LUV-BUB. Her passion is to foster parental confidence and promote positive parenting practices. She teaches infant massage and parenting skills, educating families and health professionals on the benefits of positive touch and communication.

She is also a brilliant childcare nurse (Balmain location).

"Beer and Bubs" is a brilliant initiative for any Dad who wants to play an active part in helping his partner during the birth and not just stand there wondering what to do (or panic and say the wrong things...). What better venue for blokes to chat about this stuff than at a pub with a beer at hand...?

If you are a Dad-to-be, even if it's not for the first time, check this out... definitely recommended!

Check out the doula services too. A doula is someone who can be at the birth to support the woman. Definitely helps. Men just can't know what it's like, no matter how empathetic we think we are.