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Birth plans are important, but sometimes they can be too rigid, which inhibits conversation between you and your care providers and leave them open to being thrown out if the unexpected happens. A birth maps prepares you for a journey. It allows the time and preparation to make informed decisions based on the possibility that detours to the planned journey are likely and anticipated.

 

During a Birth Mapping Session we take the time to explore all of your wishes and preferences for your idea birth scenario. But of course, the unexpected can happen and often does during birth. Therefore, the map helps us to identify where we might divert from your original planned journey to a new route.

 

At every step of the way, you can consider your decisions, weight the pros and cons of the information available to you and make your preferences known to your birth companions. All in the calm and clear thinking pre-birth space.

 

Being able to plan and prepare for informed decision making will take some of the uncertainty out of your birth preparation, leaving you feeling empowered and confident. When things turn out differently to how you have hoped or expected, you can still have confidence in your decisions having had the time and space to consider each path fully in advance.

 

Birth Mapping sessions can be carried out in person or via Zoom. Following a Birth Mapping Session you will receive a copy of your own personal Birth Map containing all of the notes, decision points and preferences we discussed. You can then share this map with your birth companion(s), midwife and care providers.

 

If you would like to know more, please get in touch to set up a free 15 minute discovery call with me. I am more than happy to tell you more.

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