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BIRTHCARE WITH KATIE
Courses
Everything you need to feel ready
Free tools, practical guides and midwife-led courses to help you feel calm, informed and ready for birth, including specialist support for pregnancy after trauma.
You don't have to piece this together alone. Whether you're looking for a free starting point or something deeper, everything here was created by an NHS mental health midwife who genuinely understands where you are.
In-person antenatal course · Glossop
The Birth Prep Course
Midwife-led, hypnobirthing-informed birth preparation for you and your birth partner. Four relaxed Tuesday evenings to understand your body, learn practical tools, and feel ready for the birth of your baby.
4 evenings on Tuesdays
6:30–8:30pm - 2 hours each
Dates year-round - Best at 24-30 weeks
8 couples - Small group
£185 Per couple
FLAGSHIP COURSE - NOW OPEN
Birth Without Fear
Essentials for a Better Birth
A complete, self-paced course for anyone pregnant again after a difficult or traumatic pregnancy, birth or postnatal experience.
Created by an NHS Mental Health Midwife, this course combines CBT, Compassion Focused Therapy and hypnobirthing, adapted specifically for pregnancy after trauma. Practical, effective tools designed to work with your nervous system rather than against it.
4 modules · 17 video lessons - self-paced, lifetime access
20 worksheets - including trauma-informed birth plan template
9 guided meditations - for vaginal and caesarean birth
Early access price - £72 or 3 × £25
Early access · £72
WHATS INSIDE
Four Modules Everything you need
1
Finding Safety Within
Understanding fear after trauma and how to start building calm
2
Reframe & Cope Ahead
Break the fear cycle and build a flexible plan for any birth
3
Your Birth Toolkit
Breathing, meditations, anchors and your safe birth space
4
Your Birth, Your Way
Rights, communication and your trauma-informed birth plan
17
Lessons
20
WORKSHEETS
9
MEDITATIONS
DIGITAL PRODUCT
A gentle guide to feeling
calmer in pregnancy
For when the anxiety is louder than everything else, and you need something you can do right now.
The Better Birth Anxiety Workbook is a compassionate, evidence-informed toolkit that helps you ease anxious thoughts, settle your nervous system, and feel more grounded and supported throughout this pregnancy and into birth.
No waiting list. No appointments needed. Something you can open tonight.
Reframe anxious thoughts - evidence-informed exercises drawn from CBT and CFT to help quiet the spiral
Settle your nervous system - breathing techniques and grounding practices you can use anywhere, anytime
Build genuine confidence - not by ignoring your fears, but by understanding and working with them
Prepare for birth thoughtfully - space to explore your feelings, your wishes, and what you need from your care team
Digital Workbook
A gentle guide to feeling calmer in pregnancy
For when the anxiety is louder than everything else, and you need something you can do right now.
The Better Birth Anxiety Workbook is a compassionate, evidence-informed toolkit to help you ease anxious thoughts, settle your nervous system, and feel more grounded throughout this pregnancy.
No waiting list. No appointments needed. Something you can open tonight.
Understand your anxious thoughts - and why they make complete sense given what you've been through
Reframe - not bypass - evidence-based exercises drawn from CBT to help quiet the spiral
Settle your nervous system - grounding techniques and breathing practices with an explanation of why they actually work
Manage acute anxiety and panic - practical tools you can reach for anywhere, anytime
This workbook is also included as a bonus inside Birth Without Fear, the complete course for pregnancy after trauma.
You're here because
This birth matters to you
Maybe it's your first baby and you have no idea what to expect. Maybe you have done this before and want it to feel calmer this time. Maybe you are excited, maybe you are nervous, and probably a little of both.
Wherever you are starting from, you want to walk into your birth feeling prepared and informed, not braced and guessing. That is exactly what this course is for.
WHO IT IS FOR
This course is for you if…
Maybe it's your first baby and you have no idea what to expect. Maybe you have done this before and want it to feel calmer this time. Maybe you are excited, maybe you are nervous, and probably a little of both.
Wherever you are starting from, you want to walk into your birth feeling prepared and informed, not braced and guessing. That is exactly what this course is for.
You want to understand what is actually happening in your body, not just be told to breathe
You want practical tools you will actually use on the day
You are planning any kind of birth, including a caesarean, and want to feel ready for it
You are having your first baby, or you want a calmer experience than last time
You want to understand your choices and how the maternity system really works
You are planning any kind of birth, including a You want your birth partner to know exactly how to support you
Everything you get
What's included
The course workbook
A beautiful workbook to keep, with prompts, tools and space to make it your own.
Relaxation & breathing audios
Guided audios to practise at home through pregnancy and use on the day.
A small, friendly group
Just eight couples, with plenty of time to ask the questions you have been wondering.
Support through pregnancy
A way to reach me with questions between sessions and after the course.
Evening by evening
What you'll learn
Four two-hour evenings that build on each other, taking you from understanding your body to feeling ready for the day itself. This is a hands-on, visual course, with models, illustrated resources and real practice, not just slides.
Week 1
Understand Your Body, Feel Ready for Birth
Once you know what your body is doing and why, birth stops being the great unknown.
How labour works: your uterus, your cervix, and the hormones driving it all
Why your body is built for this
The fear–tension–pain cycle, and how to break it
Getting your mindset and your language working for you, not against you
Your first guided relaxation to take home and practise
Week 2
The Practical Tools for a Calm, Confident Birth
Hands-on relaxation, breathing and comfort tools you'll practise with your birth partner, and actually reach for on the day.
Deep relaxation and birth visualisation
Breathing techniques for every stage of labour
Building your anchor together with your birth partner
Massage, comfort measures and positions that help labour along
Perineal massage, how and when to start
Relaxation and breathing audios to take home
Week 3
Know How Birth Unfolds, Stay in Control
As a midwife, I'll take you through exactly how birth unfolds, and how to feel in control of every choice along the way.
Who's who in your maternity team, and how the system really works
Informed consent, the BRAIN decision-making tool, and understanding risk
A step-by-step walkthrough of labour and birth, from the first surges to your baby in your arms
What monitoring means, and the options you have
Every pain relief option, honestly, with no gold medal for going without
Week 4
Ready for Whatever Birth Brings
From your birth preferences to going overdue, the unexpected, and your first days at home, the parts most courses skip.
Your birth partner's role, and how to advocate for you
Writing birth preferences that actually get read and respected
When things take a different path: induction, sweeps, assisted birth and caesarean
Going past your dates without losing your calm
The first days after birth: bleeding, feeding and boundaries
Final preparation, your hospital bag, and walking in ready
Dates, venue & booking
Choose Your Course
New courses run through the year, each is a fixed block of four consecutive Tuesday evenings, so you can pick the dates that best suit your due date. When you book, you are booking all four evenings, for you and your birth partner.
THE COURSE
Four Tuesday Evenings
6:30–8:30pm, one fixed block
VENUE
Little Wild Patch
Glossop Market Hall, 2 Market Arcade, SK13 8AP
GROUP SIZE
Just 8 couples
Small and personal
THE COST
£185 per couple
Covers both of you, all four evenings
HEY, I'M KATIE
A midwife who helps you feel ready
I'll help you understand what's really happening in your body, know your options, and feel calm and in control, whatever kind of birth you're planning.
I'm a midwife with over 20 years of experience supporting women and their families through birth. Alongside my work as an NHS mental health midwife, I'm a trained hypnobirthing instructor and antenatal educator.
That combination is what makes this course different. You get both the clinical, evidence-based knowledge of what is really happening in your body, and the practical, psychological tools to feel calm and in control. I created The Birth Prep Course to give families the kind of thorough, honest preparation I wish everyone had access to. I cannot wait to meet you both.
Registered NHS Midwife · 12+ years supporting birth
Antenatal Educator & Hypnobirthing Instructor
Perinatal Mental Health Specialist
Trained in CBT, CFT & trauma-informed care
Proudly accredited by Love Your Birth, using their beautiful images and illustrated resources throughout this website and in person courses.
SUPPORT AFTER A DIFFICULT BIRTH
Pregnant again after a difficult birth?
SUPPORT AFTER A DIFFICULT BIRTH
Birth Without Fear Online Course
Support for Birth After Trauma
If last time left you frightened, dismissed or shaken, you deserve support built for exactly that.
I'm also a mental health midwife, and I have a course made specifically for this.
FREE PODCAST
Building Birth Confidence
Episodes for anyone who has ever dreaded what's coming, and needed someone to say: you're not alone in this.
Each episode is short, direct, and written for one person: you. No cheerleading. No pretending everything will be perfect, or telling you to not worry, it will all be fine. Just honest, trauma-informed support from an NHS midwife who has sat with thousands of people feeling exactly what you're feeling.
BIRTHCARE WITH KATIE
Building Birth Confidence
For people navigating pregnancy after a difficult or frightening birth experience.
01
COPING TOOLS
A compassionate introduction to managing pregnancy anxiety and birth fear after trauma, packed with practical psychological and physical tools, from breathing techniques to visualisation, to help you feel calm, grounded, and confident.
04
PLANNING TOOLS
Creating a Birth Plan That Empowers You
A practical guide to creating an empowering birth plan after trauma, covering everything from environment and pain management to advocating for yourself with your care team.
14
BODY TRUST & EDUCATION
A gentle, informative exploration of how the uterus works during labour, why fear disrupts it, and how to rebuild body trust after trauma, including a short guided visualisation to reconnect with your body.
06
BIRTH TOOLS
A reassuring deep-dive into labour pain that reframes it as purposeful rather than frightening, breaking down the fear-tension-pain cycle and offering practical tools to help you feel calm and in control.
05
COPING TOOLS
A reassuring guide to navigating the uncertainty of birth after trauma, offering practical psychological tools, from reframing thoughts to mindfulness, to help you build resilience and feel more at ease with the unknown.
"You don't need to be fixed. You need someone who understands why you feel the way you do, and knows what to do about it."
Katie · NHS Mental Health Midwife · Perinatal Trauma Specialist
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