About Calmbirth®
Seeking a comprehensive, evidence-based childbirth education program? Calmbirth® is your solution!
Developed by childbirth educator Peter Jackson, Calmbirth® equips you and your partner/support person with essential skills for a confident, positive and calm birth. Learn about birth physiology, techniques and create a toolbox to feel informed and empowered.
Join Nurture and Nest for a Calmbirth® course today and start your journey to a positive birth experience!
A woman will birth best when she feels SAFE, UNDISTURBED and RESPECTED. Calmbirth’s goal is to educate and improve the birthing outcomes for all women and their families, not just physically, but emotionally as well.
Karen Mclay (Calmbirth Director)
The Calmbirth® Program
Calmbirth® is a 12 hour face to face antenatal program. The Calmbirth® program includes psychological and emotional preparation for childbirth. Calmbirth strives to: Reframe birth & empower women to work with their bodies, partners and caregivers to create the best birth.
You will learn how to retrain your response to stress by instilling confidence in you so that you can work with birth on all levels. It teaches you to be proactive in your birth as opposed to reactive.
The program includes fear release techniques through guided relaxation, as a means to facilitate emotional subconscious healing of fear and anxiety about childbirth, to help you move past any negative emotions around birth.
Classes are run once a month on two consecutive Sundays.
Why Calmbirth®?
Calmbirth is evidence based and clinically proven, highly acclaimed, most recommended and trusted childbirth education program run by trained midwives, doulas and birth professionals.
Calmbirth® is the pioneer in quality and evidence based Childbirth Education in Australia and has stood the test of time teaching approximately 50,000 couples since its inception in 2004. Calmbirth® continues to be leaders in childbirth education, training, research and cultural change in maternity care, and for future generations of birthing families. It’s also one of the first childbirth education programs to be evidence based and clinically proven to significantly:
Reduce the rates of medical intervention
Reduce the use of pain relief and epidurals during childbirth
Reduce the impact of perinatal anxiety and postnatal depression in women after childbirth, and;
Enrich their birth experience as positive, irrespective of how they birth.
Calmbirth® is also the ONLY childbirth education program that requires ALL its educators to be practising midwives, doulas or trained birth professionals with close to over 100 registered Calmbirth Educators in Australia, New Zealand and France.
“You are constructing your child's body with your own cells, and even more, you're constructing their consciousness with your thoughts, emotions, and intentions.”
Dr. Joe Dispenza
WHAT ARE THE
Calmbirth® Goals?
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Calmbirth® aims to give expecting couples clear, research-based information and practical tools so they can approach birth feeling calm, informed, and empowered.
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The program emphasizes how a person’s mental and emotional state can influence the physical experience of birth, helping couples foster a positive mindset throughout the process.
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Calmbirth® supports the whole person — addressing emotional, psychological, and physical aspects of childbirth for a more balanced and supported experience.
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A key focus is involving both the birthing person and their partner, helping them feel connected, prepared, and confident in their roles during labor and birth.
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The program is designed to be accessible and inclusive, aiming to support diverse families and birthing choices in a respectful and supportive learning environment.
Contact Us
I’d love to hear from you. Whether you’re preparing for pregnancy, navigating birth, or settling into postpartum life, I’m here to support you. Please fill out the form below or reach out directly with any questions — and I’ll be in touch soon.