Preparing for Parenthood Workshop
Coming Soon - 2027
When parents reflect back on becoming parents they often express how during pregnancy they felt cared for. With multiple midwife appointments there was always a professional to ask questions to & who was regularly checking in on Mum, baby & the whole family. There is huge focus on preparing for birth too - you are encouraged to write a birth plan & have access to many hypnobirthing courses which educate on how the body works during birth & the options you have available. Many new parents also attend NCT classes where the focus is on how to care for your baby. All of this support & education is amazing! But there is one clear area that parents continually feel let down by, where support is scarce & psychoeducation is not provided for & that is postpartum
That is why I have created the Preparing for Parenthood Workshop. An honest guide of what to expect from Postpartum, a space for you to create a postpartum plan that fits your families personal circumstances & discover practical, compassionate tools that are accessible & easy to do around the realities of parenthood. My aim to give a more honest picture of postpartum is not to scare parents to be, but to empower them. When parents are shown the 'normal' it helps to prevent guilt/shame occurring which in turn helps to prevent conditions such as postnatal depression. I also believe with knowledge comes power. All new parents should be made aware of the mental health conditions that can occur postnatally - the symptoms/signs of illness & when/where to seek help. All postnatal mental health conditions are treatable, so often the scariest part of them is the not knowing what is going on. Is this normal? Am I just tired? Do all new parents feel this way? Receiving this psychoeducation during pregnancy can really help minimise these questions during postpartum. You can’t fully prepare for your own lived experience of parenthood, but you can have psychoeducation & paths laid for support.
Subjects on the course will include areas such as - psychoeducation for postnatal mental health conditions (signs & symptoms & pathways for support), how to support one another during postpartum, establishing boundaries as a family, what to expect with postpartum hormones, education on Matrescence, regulating your postnatal nervous system (practical tools), your new identity - embracing & grieving, Mum guilt/the perfect mother, ways to cope with sleep deprivation, neurodiversity in motherhood, Postnatal depletion & many more. Groups will be limited to 10 couples per workshop. My aim is for new parents to leave the workshop having connected with a group of people who can relate to & who are experiencing the same stage of life as you & for you to have the tools & knowledge to go into the new chapter of your life with greater calm & confidence.
If you would like to register your interest for this workshop opening in 2027 please email me on 50minutesforyou@gmail.com. Price of the course to be confirmed.