Relax, you're pregnant. Enjoy the journey

When you discover you’re pregnant, it’s only natural that you will feel some uncertainty or anxiety about what lies ahead. That’s why Relaxed Birth and Parenting is here to help. Our antenatal classes are designed to help you relax into the experience, and to help you prepare for birth and parenting in an informed and confident way.

Local weekly classes run all year round with Sarah Lambert who is a Relaxed Birth and Parenting Birth Educator and Doula, accredited by the Federation of Antenatal Educators. Classes allow time for sharing your experiences with other pregnant women, and discussing different aspects of birth and parenting preparation. We teach active birth, treating birth as a normal process not a medical condition, and the art of relaxation through yoga-based exercises, meditation and visualisation, breathing and massage.

In addition, our one-day birth preparation workshops for pregnant women and their birth partners complement the weekly classes and allow you and your partner time to focus on your journey towards birth and parenting together. Workshops give an overview of the birth process and will provide you with a toolbox of practical and emotional skills that will help you work as a team and ensure that you feel positive and confident as you approach your due date.

While you will find lots of support and information, what you won’t find in Relaxed Birth and Parenting classes and workshops, however, is a dogmatic approach. We won’t tell you the ‘right’ way to give birth, or how to be a ‘good’ parent. We simply encourage you to learn to trust your own wisdom, so that you can birth and parent in the way that is right for you and your baby. After all, it’s your baby, your choice. So, relax and enjoy the journey.

For further information and bookings, please contact Sarah Lambert on 07851 739 334 or email s.lambert@blueyonder.co.uk  to find out more about Relaxed Birth and Parenting, visit www.relaxedbirthandparenting.com

Pregnancy Yoga & Birth Preparation Classes

Thursdays 7.15pm – 9.00pm
Bristol Zen Dojo, 91-93 Gloucester Road, Bishopston

Wednesdays 7.30pm – 9.15pm
United Reformed Church, Henleaze, BS9 4BT

Additional classes cover the Bristol area, enquire for details.