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Birth Options Chat

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Making choices about your birth that are right for you
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Thinking about giving birth, making a birth plan, understanding your options, and navigating your care can be overwhelming, especially if what you want is not offered, or you are getting push back. 
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​Birth Options Chat is a service I offer to go through whatever you wish about your birth options. I am very experienced at helping people to navigate their care, understand what is being offered/not offered, and to work out what you want, and how to get it. This is my speciality. 

Whether you have been told 'no' to a home birth or a planned caesarean, or you want a waterbirth and want to know how to go about it, or maybe you'd like to talk through whether to accept an induction, a Birth Options Chat can boost your confidence, give you tactics that work (like knowing who to talk to and what to say) and give you clarity about what is right for you, your baby, and your situation.
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" It was really helpful to talk through some things and particularly about things we can ask for that we hadn't even considered."

"My partner and I had an antenatal 1-1 birth coaching session and also a postnatal birth debrief with Cathy. We found both sessions incredibly useful. We went through, step by step, any worries I had about the birth. This was particularly helpful in helping me to decide how I wanted to navigate hospital policy, such as routine cervical examinations and at what stage in the labour was right for us to make the trip to the hospital. My partner found the session very helpful in gaining confidence and knowledge for advocating for me during the labour as a birthing partner."
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Understanding your options​

If you don't know your options, you don't have any, the saying goes.

Maternity care can feel like a conveyor belt. Midwife appointments are rushed. Options for birth and antenatal care can feel limited. You can be find yourself in a situation where you would like to know more, and have space and time to explore your options.

Not all births go to plan but it is your body, your baby, so every aspect is your decision.
You can put yourself in the best position for everything to go as best as it can, and feel prepared to deal with whatever happens on the day, and feel that you are in control and making the right choices for you. 

Research shows that birth trauma is not about how much intervention you had, but more about how kindly you were treated, whether you knew what was going on, or not, and how involved you were in the decision making. 

Booking a Birth Choices Chat with me can go a long way to helping you feel confident in advocating for yourself, creating a positive experience, and giving you control. 

Birth Choices Chats last approximately 60-90 minutes, by video call, e.g. WhatsApp. If you are local to me I can come to your house or meet you somewhere.
The cost is £65 for the first one, and £55 after that. Reduced price for low income is available.

Book an initial free 30 minute chat below or email me cathy@chilledmama.co.uk to get started.
Book a FREE 30 initial chat
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"Catherine is an incredible woman with lots of knowledge to share. Her approach is in a relaxed way that makes you more in control and understand things better."
 
"Both this call and the previous one, with the follow up email, have been exactly what I wanted when having a bit of a brain boggle working out and trying to be clear on what I want in this  pregnancy, so thanks a lot!"
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