FAQ

Each birth is a unique experience. Each pregnancy is different. Even if you are pregnant for the second or third time, you can still benefit from this course and complement your experience with more body awareness and communication skills.

The best way to prepare for your next birth is to make peace with your previous experience. It's essential to understand what happened to you, and by achieving that clarity, you give space for the next birth experience to be better. Our course will empower you with better body awareness and communication skills and help you accept your past and look forward to your future.

Understandably, you are afraid of pain. By repeatedly visualizing the birth process before you really give birth, the course will help you recognize why your body experiences pain signals during the different stages of labor. You'll come to realize what is normal pain and what kind of pain signals that something is wrong. If something isn't right, there is a reason why. Now communication with your birth partner and midwife is crucial so that they can take care of the safety of your baby and yourself. In this instance, the pain helps you understand and communicate.

Our course is a great addition to the birth preparation courses you might take at the hospital or with your midwife. GBE emphasizes body awareness, visualization and communication. It will give you a look at the birth process from the inside-out, which strengthens your confidence in the birth capacity of your body. Moreover, this course is individually accessible, and you can enjoy it whenever you want at your own pace. You can also watch it with your birth partner or friends and repeat it as many times as you like. GBE is based on medical facts and includes decades of birth preparation experience of the author, gynaecologists, and midwives.

Yes. You must do this course if you choose an epidural because while you are sedated, you can still follow your baby's journey through the birth canal. When you are asked to push, you will know what to do and why. Even if you can't feel it, you will be able to visualize your baby's journey and assist it in the right way.

Especially for a home birth, it is essential that you know what happens in your body. It is key that you share this course with your partner, midwife, and doula so they know how you visualize the process. It will help you to improve your communication during the different stages of the birth process. It's vital that your environment understands that you know what is going on and that a shared language supports and secures your home birth.

Yes, within your course access duration, you can repeat this course as many times as you like. It is recommended that you repeat the videos and especially the exercises at the end of each section. Repeating the course will help you absorb and visualize the lessons better. It can also help you with the after-birth and to understand how your uterus and pelvic floor regenerate.

Yes. It's always possible that a C-Section takes place, whether by choice or necessity. It is still beneficial if you can visualize the natural birth process before the C-section to complete the experience mentally.

Yes, GBE is a perfect complement to a Lamaze course. It will support your understanding of other birth preparation courses and improve your body awareness.

We think it is important that you enjoy your pregnancy and suggest you start looking at this course starting your 34^th week. However, we offer access to different durations, so you can start whenever you like.

Not specifically. In principle, natural birth with multiples follows the same process as a single birth. This course can help you visualize how your babies and potentially their placentas are positioned in your uterus. It will help you understand the instructions of the medical staff during pregnancy and labor.

The best way of doing this course is in a quiet environment. Your home or bedroom, for instance, would be great places to watch the videos. The course explores deep issues around birth and requires a safe place for you to concentrate and do the exercises. All exercises require you to sit on a chair or stool.

Yes! We recommend that your partner share the course experience with you. Leave it up to your partner how much of the course they want to see. For example, some people might prefer only to do the theory part and leave you to do the exercises by yourself.

Yes, GBE is for everyone. The course is tailored to your individual needs. The course includes important medical facts and empowers you with knowledge of the birth process. In addition, it will make you more comfortable by increasing your body awareness. If you can share your knowledge or body awareness with your birth environment, it will help you communicate during the birth process and make the safe arrival of your baby possible.

GBE is entirely online.

GBE is entirely online. Consider sharing it with your midwife.

GBE offers discounts to non-profit organizations and medical professionals.

No.

No.

GBE does not recommend medical professionals; however, many gynaecologists and midwives use them to complement their birth preparation courses.