Understand consumer perspective of consent, risk and choice. Understand the concept of birth cartography and its key elements and benefits.
Understand decision making from a consumer perspective, the concept of the fast birth pathway, and how it benefits birth preparation. Apply this to your practice. Understand the partner perspective and analyse the impact this has on outcomes. Evaluate decision making, and begin to create a birth map.
Understand the pathways from a consumer perspective, and apply this by analysing a holistic appreciation of individual care and evaluating circumstances to support consumers in creating an individual birth map for use during labour. Create communication tools to enhance practice, creating effective and efficient appointments. Understand the varied nature of the newborn phase and matrescence and how to apply education antenatally, create new methods and networks particular to own practice to enhance education and support within own community.
Learn how to play The Game of Birth and create a landscape overview particular to your practice within the context of individualised birth. We will Consolidate all the sessions, and take the opportunity to clarify or grow concepts
Catherine Bell
In becoming a mother, Catherine was frustrated with the 'need to know' nature of maternity, so trained as a birth doula and breastfeeding counsellor and educator to fill the knowledge gap and support other women. Combined with her Master's in Science Communication, this led to the development of Birth Cartography and the invention of The Game of Birth. Her book The Birth Map was evaluated in her PhD study into communication and decision-making in maternity services.