LabourFlow™

If your goal is general birth preparation, here are our recommendations:

Relatively ache free:

• Session 1: 36 weeks

• Session 2: 38-39 weeks

A few moderate aches:

• Session 1: 34 weeks

• Session 2: 36 weeks

• Session 3: 38-39 weeks

Our Midwife Bodyworker Gabrielle has learnt these life changing techniques from the one and only Fiona Hallinan from the Pelvic Space through the ‘Internal Pelvic Release Work Mentoring Program’ and is so excited to offer this work as part of your birth preparation.

The internal work is complimentary to our external work. For best results and comfort during the work, we recommend at least one external session first so you can build rapport together and address external tension before delving into this incredible intravaginal work.

• Session 1: External 34 weeks

• Session 2: Internal 36 weeks

• Session 3: External or internal 38-39 weeks

A VBAC goal can bring with it big stories from the previous birth both physically and emotionally.

For this reason we love to offer you all three styles of our release work (external work including scar release work, internal pelvic work and nervous system work). You can read all about the three styles of work we offer on our ‘How We Can Help Page’.

We lean heavily into your intuition of your body, so if you are not drawn to one of the styles of work that is totally okay! We are here to support you and work together to curate the perfect session to help you get your VBAC outcome.

• Session 1 Optional: External/Scar 32 weeks

• Session 2: External 34 weeks

• Session 3: Internal 36 weeks

• Session 4: Nervous system/External 38-39 weeks

Whether your baby is breech, transverse or oblique, there's always so much we can do to investigate why they are choosing those positions and what they may need to help them choose head down instead.

The work also serves a very important part of improving the success rate of an ECV if that is something you plan on having.

• Session 1: As soon as you find out (preference for 33 weeks minimum as most babies turn on their own prior to this. BUT if your intuition is telling you to help baby out, then absolutely book a session earlier, your intuition is key!)

• Session 2: One week following

• Session 3: To decide timing after session 2.

*We have found that the following mummas benefit from an earlier first session at 28 week session, to help baby chose head down early on:

• Septate uterus.

• Bicornuate uterus.

• Previous breech baby.

• Twins with Baby A non-head down

We recommend starting the work early to give Baby A the best chance of choosing head down before turning becomes much trickier and decreases your vaginal birth options.

• Session 1: 28 weeks (if twin A isn’t head down) or 32 weeks (if twin A is head down).

• Session 2: 34 weeks

• Session 3: 36-38 weeks

Already know that an induction is the likely way of your labour starting? Then positional work prior becomes even more important.

The absence of early labour means your baby is missing out on some very important positional work, so we need to be more diligent with supporting their pre-labour position.

• Session 1: External 34 weeks

• Session 2: External 36 weeks (optional internal work if interested)

• Session 3: External 38 weeks

If any of the below concerns emerge any time in the pregnancy, book a session with us ASAP. Follow up sessions can be discussed based on your unique needs.

• Over 40 weeks and no labour signs.

• Mobile, high head or not engaged at the end of pregnancy.

• Baby found not head down or not centred in pelvis.

• Pre-induction to optimise pre-labour position.

• Stuck in early, spurious or prodromal labour with no progress.

• Water’s broken but no contractions.