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Attention midwives who want better tools to offer their mums…

Get ready to discover Acupressure for
Glowing Pregnancy, Beautiful Birth & a Smooth Post Natal Period.

Learn how to teach your mums to cope with anxiety, fear, pain & so much more … naturally.

Join us for a combo of face-to-face lessons and online learning
Fully accredited by the Australian College of Midwives for 17.5 CPDs
Exclusively for Midwives working at the Royal Hospital for Women
Our course is called:

Ancient Secrets to Better Bumps, Births & Babies

ACM CPD recognition Midwife education

This program is unique and fun. It will give you quick results for many of the problems you are facing with your women. It usually costs $497 but we are offering it as a community service to you at the Royal for $97 plus face-to-face tutorials on how to use the points. This is the second time we have done this and we are delighted to be invited back.

You will learn:

  • Acupressure points to support your women through pregnancy with conditions such as: nausea and hip pain
  • Secrets of Chinese medicine and how this eastern science can help you and your women birth better
  • The biggest mistake that can hinder labour progressing
  • How to get women in touch with their bodies, especially when they find it hard or aren’t used to it
  • What the heck Chinese medicine has to do with motherhood and how it can turn things around
  • Two magical acupressure points for calming a mother when she’s in labour
  • The best point for diminishing pain during a contraction
  • Why the first month after a woman has given birth is one of the most important of her life
  • The biggest mistake that can affect a smooth start to breastfeeding
  • The best tips for looking after yourself to keep you feeling energetic, nourished and cared for

To sign up for the course simply click the link below and fill in your details. Use this coupon code to get $400 off your purchase. Once you enter your details and make your payment, you’ll receive an email with all the details on the course.

You don’t need to do the whole course, however you will need to pay the $97 to get access to any of it. We are in negotiation with the Australian College of Midwives regarding how many points you would receive if you did a smaller section of the course. The course has been designed to build on top of each unit as more information about Chinese medicine is delivered in each one. So you would benefit the most by doing all of it but of course that’s up to you. We will let you know what happens in terms of part point allocations for completing part of the course.

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This course is for you if you are:

  • Often seeing mothers panic when the pain of contractions kick in.
  • Frustrated with watching fear take over what could be a natural birth.
  • Wondering what tools to offer mums that can empower them to shift their experience of pain and birth.
  • Want more options to help mums involve their support teams to create ease and joy in the birth process.
  • Cringe at the thought of another mum facing a cascade of intervention that could have been avoided.
  • Interested in providing greater choice for your mums.
  • love to learn natural and effective techniques that work, are holistic and non-invasive.

Testimonials:

Chris Bartlett – Midwife – Victoria

“I said let’s try some acupressure. So we did and the baby descended and she had her baby in less than an hour”

I’ve been a midwife for over 30 years and I’ve watched more and more women end up with more and more intervention, more drugs, opt out for epidurals without even thinking about it and watched the forcep rates, vacuum rates and cesarian rates just go up and up. I’m always trying to get women to see another way. That’s why I wanted to do the Acubirth course.

After the course I felt enthusiastic but I also thought I might not be able to do it very well. However, I’ve noticed that it’s all in the practice of finding the points and using them. There are no side effects, it’s always worth trying because if it works for that woman, it’s like magic.

There was this woman who had been pushing for hours and her baby just wasn’t descending. I’d just taken over from someone else who’d had her in every position they could try but nothing was working. I said lets try some acupressure. So we did and the baby descended and she had her baby in less than an hour and they were looking at going to theatre at that point.

I believe you ladies really want what’s best for women and want to genuinely help them. That’s what midwifery is all about, passing on techniques that work, not holding information close to our chest. If we can help one more woman have a vaginal birth, then we’ve done our job.

 

THE COURSE INCLUDES FIVE STAGES…

1) AcuPregnancy. This stage of the course will:

  • Explain how Chinese medicine sees pregnancy and how this is relevant to your midwifery practice and improving the pregnancy experience for your women.
  • Teach you some precious acupressure points that are used to reduce common symptoms during pregnancy such as nausea, hip pain and constipation.
  • Give tips on foods to avoid in the lead up to birth so that the start of labour isn’t impeded.
  • Inform you of the latest in research in regards to acupressure and acupuncture for pregnancy.

  • Time of online lecture: 1.5hrs
    Time for pregnancy homework: 1hr
    Face-to-face element at RHW going through point location: 1hr

2) AcuBirth. In this stage of the course you will:

  • Learn how we see birth in Chinese medicine and how this will have a positive impact on your woman
  • Discover special acupressure points that will help diminish pain, establish regular contractions, stop vomiting and reduce panic.
  • We’ll take you through some real life examples so you can become accustomed to how they work in practice and the great results they can produce for your mothers.

  • Time of online lecture: 1.5hrs
    Time for birth homework: 1hr
    Face-to-face element at RHW going through point location: 1hr

3) AcuMum and AcuBaby. In this stage of the course you will:

  • Uncover why the first month after the birth of bubby is one of the most important in your woman’s life.
  • Learn some amazing acupressure points that help with her let-down reflex to ensure great milk supply, help encourage the uterus back to original size and a point to help relieve mastitis.
  • Discover some need-to-know points for baby that will help with jaundice and calming them down.
  • Find out how to improve their immune and digestive systems with special massage techniques that mum can easily learn from you.

  • Time of online lecture: 1.5hrs
    Time for Mum and Baby homework: 2 hrs
    Face-to-face element at RHW going through point location: 1hr

4) AcuMidwife, this stage is all about you. In Chinese medicne there is a saying: ‘To nourish the child, you first need to nourish the mother’. In this case, your women are effectively your children and you, looking after them as their midwife, are their mother. So, it is incredibly important that you know how to take care of you. In this stage you will:

  • Discover the most important key to make sure you are taking care of yourself
  • Find out how Chinese medicine can help you achieve balance and vitality in your life
  • Have the opportunity to get the answers on exactly what you’re after regarding your health and well being as you can ask questions.

  • Time of online lecture: 1.5hrs
    Time for midwife homework: 2hrs (as this part asks you to do 2 case studies and write them up on FB re putting into practice what you have learnt)
    Face-to-face element at RHW going through point location: 1hr

5) The final stage will be a huge opportunity for you to get any questions answered on any of the stages we covered – Case Studies and Revision. We will also revise some of the key aspects of the stages we have covered to make sure you are comfortable with the techniques and the information. You will go away feeling excited, re-viatlised and confident that you have new tools and tips to share with your mums that will change the face of their pregnancy, birth and motherhood experience.

Time of online lecture: 1/2hr
Time for case studies homework: nil
Face-to-face element at RHW going through revision of point location: 1hr

Throughout the course, you will be able to get your questions answered on our private Facebook group created by Rebecca & Naomi. We do this to help facilitate discussion and learning. It works beautifully. We understand some people don’t want to have an FB account so this means they can email their homework to Rebecca. We would encourage use of the group over this however, as you get to learn from each other. We have used other platforms in the past as not everyone likes to be part of FB but those platforms have died on us twice and it’s an admin headache to change everything when they tell you it’s not going to exist anymore! So now we stick with FB as we know they’re going to stick around – for better or worse!

We also ask you to sign a consent form so that we may share the learning easily and efficiently with other midwives. When midwives submit stories to us in the private group they always change names of the women in their care. That’s standard practice. Privacy is important to us. If someone doesn’t want to have their stories shared and has an objection… simply don’t be part of FB and send your homework to Rebecca and we won’t use those stories for sharing.

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Course Dates – Times – Place:

All stages will be held at the Royal Hosptial for Women, dates and location TBC. The online component of the course will be sent to you after payment

1) AcuPregnancy

2) AcuBirth 

3) AcuMum & AcuBaby 

4) AcuMidwife 

5) Case Studies & Revision 

Sylvia Jenkin – Midwife – Perth Western Australia

“She could feel the baby moving whilst I was doing acupressure. Within two hours her baby’s head was in the middle of her pelvis”

I would like to share with you one of my first experiences since completing the Ancient Secrets Acubirth Course. I met this beautiful lady during a night shift where she presented in established labour. Her first baby was born via caesarean as the baby was mal-positioned and “too big” for her petite size.

This time she desperately wanted to give birth naturally. When she came to hospital she already has been contracting at home for many hours. On arrival to hospital, her baby’s head wasn’t engaged in her pelvis, in fact it was very high and the chances of coming down were low.

I suggested we use acupressure and she was keen. I used SP6, BL 60, GB 21, BL 67 and LI 4 on a regular basis. She could feel the baby moving whilst I was doing acupressure. Within two hours her baby’s head was in the middle of her pelvis. After another two and a half hours, her baby was born naturally. We were totally thrilled, especially because this baby was bigger than her first born!

“I find that working antenatally a lot of women have pelvic discomfort or swelling, back pain etc and I find that the acupressure points a very useful tool to educate women, and it doesn’t take very long so I teach them then get them to go home and practice. So I’m finding them really good.”

– Helen (Midwife)

” Many thanks for your wonderful Acubirth workshop. I have been singing your praises ever since returning to Parkes.

My first night at work after your workshop, I had the most wonderful young woman who responded beautifully to the acupressure that I tried. I work in a small rural hospital, with an enrolled Nurse to help. I had your workshop book out on our desk. My Nurse kept going out to see what points I was using. As our mother responded very well, my nurse was really amazed.

Hopefully some of our other midwives will see themselves going to Sydney to do this workshop. Thank you again for an excellent, professional workshop.”

– Barbara Stokes, Midwife, Acubirth Sydney April 21, 2011

 

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This course was born from our passion to share these amazing tools with you, the midwives on the front line, to improve birth outcomes for women. We hope to see you there.

Warmly

Rebecca Mar Young & Naomi Abeshouse Benko
Your Eastern Birthing Mentors
Directors of Acubirth & Red Tent Health Centre

Acubirth for Midwives 
Rebecca & Naomi are highly experienced, registered Acupuncturists and Chinese herbalists who run on-line education programs for midwives. Together, they run the Red Tent Health Centre that focuses on natural health care for pregnant women in Sydney, Australia.

Red Tent Health Centre Pty Ltd
Shop 2, 66 Hall Street Bondi Beach
Sydney NSW 2026 Australia
P: + 61 2 9300 9522
rebecca@acubirth.com.au