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Calmbirth Refresher Course

If you’ve done Calmbirth before and are now preparing for another baby, our one-day or two-evening refresher course helps you to pause - to take a moment and spend some time preparing for your next birth!

Because every pregnancy, baby, and birth is different

The Calmbirth refresher course allows you to reconnect—with your partner, your body, and your goals for this birth. Whether your last experience was positive or challenging, this course gives you the space to debrief, reflect, heal, reset, and prepare again.

This is our second birth and the second time using Calmbirth. We were so impressed with how well it worked for us the first time that we were keen for a refresher. Even the second time around we found the refresher so valuable for re-affirming the Calmbirth information and techniques and we’re going into our next birth feeling empowered, prepared, and excited.

You’ll revisit:

  • The Mind-Body Birth Connection and the stages of labour.
  • Calmbirth techniques to prepare and work with all births.
  • Your personal goals and options for this birth.

You’ll leave feeling re-inspired, re-centred, and ready to birth again.

Course Details

Cost
$350
Private Course
$670
Recommended Time To Attend
Between 24-34 weeks. However, if you have left it until later it is still highly beneficial for you to come along.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The investment you will be making for your birth is $595 for the Calmbirth course in a group setting, be it with a private Calmbirth Educator or at a hospital that offers the Calmbirth course. This investment includes the attendance of two people, morning and afternoon tea which will be provided for you both throughout the course, and the take home resources you receive upon the course’s conclusion.

A Private Calmbirth course is $895

  • Calmbirth one-day Refresher course: $350
  • Private Refresher course: $670
  • Calmbirth one-day Caesarean Birth course: $440
  • Private Caesarean course: $695

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No, accommodation is a separate expense.

The Calmbirth course is a 12 hour course that is split up over a weekend, or consecutive weekends, or over four consecutive weeknights.

The Calmbirth course is a comprehensive childbirth preparation course that covers everything you need to know on a physical, emotional, and psychological level. It is also interactive with activities and time for Q&A.

Recommended time for attending a Calmbirth Course is between 24-34 weeks. However, education at any stage is hugely beneficial so please come along.

Whilst the space can be confusing and on paper we can both sound the same, don’t be mistaken as Calmbirth is the Blueprint for all other antenatal education. You MUST be a midwife or birth professional to teach our course. We are the trusted leaders in childbirth education as we have the longevity, credibility, and experience behind us.

We are Australia’s most recommended course by midwives and obstetricians. We are in major maternity hospitals both private and public. Calmbirth has a therapeutic component that is embedded in and throughout the program that no other childbirth education program can replicate.

Whilst the space can be confusing and on paper we can both sound the same, don’t be mistaken as Calmbirth is the Blueprint for all other antenatal education. You MUST be a midwife or birth professional to teach our course. We are the trusted leaders in childbirth education as we have the longevity, credibility, and experience behind us.

We are Australia’s most recommended course by midwives and obstetricians. We are in major maternity hospitals both private and public. Calmbirth has a therapeutic component that is embedded in and throughout the program that no other childbirth education program can replicate.

Calmbirth has been researched extensively by independent researchers that have shown to:

  • Enrich couples’ birth experiences as positive, irrespective of how they birth.
  • Provide couples with more personal psychosocial coping strategies, and a positive reframing of their childbirth experiences, reducing the chances of birth trauma, anxiety, and depression disorders.
  • Improve self-efficacy, decision-making, and health literacy, lowering the rates of unnecessary medical interventions.

We always recommend that you bring your birth support person that will be with you on the day you give birth, for some it will be their partner, for others it will be their mother, or friend.

Yes. Rebates are available depending upon your cover from the following Health insurance companies:

The following health funds do issue a provider number for Calmbirth Educators:

  • Australian Unity
  • BUPA
  • GU Health
  • HCF
  • Manchester Unity
  • NIB
  • West Fund

The following health finds offer rebates without requiring a provider number:

  • AHM
  • CBHS
  • Defence Health
  • Teachers Health
  • Peoplecare
  • RT Health

*This may vary depending on Educator, if you are unsure, please double check by contacting the Educator directly.