Exploring Active Birth

This workshop is ACM-endorsed and offers 13 CPD hours upon completion.

In a maternity care environment where medical interventions like epidurals, inductions, and caesarean sections are on the rise, this workshop brings the focus back to instinctive, natural birth. Learn how to effectively support birthing women with evidence-based, non-medical techniques that promote safety, confidence, and positive birth outcomes.

Whether you’re new to active birth or looking to refresh your skills, Exploring Active Birth Workshop is an invaluable opportunity to deepen your knowledge and reignite your passion for supporting natural childbirth. Learn from leading experts in active birth education and connect with like-minded professionals who share your commitment to woman-centred care.

What You’ll Learn:

• ✔ A deeper understanding of female physiology during labour and birth
• ✔ Practical techniques to support instinctive labour and reduce fear
• ✔ How to encourage trust in the natural birth process
• ✔ The benefits of upright and off-the-bed birth positions
• ✔ Non-pharmacological pain relief strategies that reduce reliance on interventions
• ✔ Real-world tools to implement active birth principles in hospital or clinical settings

This workshop is essential for any birth professional who wants to empower women, advocate for physiological birth, and reduce unnecessary interventions in maternity care.

Workshop Objectives:

• ✔ Understand the Why – Review the principles and purpose behind the Active Birth approach.
• ✔ Define the Role – Explore how caregivers can support and protect physiological birth.
• ✔ Empower the Experience – Discover strategies to uplift and empower both women and birth workers to achieve optimal outcomes.

Learning Outcomes:

• ✔ Revisit the Foundations – Reviewed the normal physiologic process of birth.
• ✔ Boost Confidence – Explored practical teaching strategies to help parents trust their ability to birth physiologically.
• ✔ Practice Techniques – Learned a variety of positions and self-help methods that enhance physiological labour and birth.
• ✔ Inspire Through Visuals – Engaged with visual aids and video content to strengthen teaching approaches in childbirth education.
• ✔ Create Change – Discovered actionable strategies to introduce physiologic birth practices into hospitals and prenatal programs.

Jane Palmer facilitates this program. Contact us for student and group discounts — or if your hospital or area health service would like to sponsor a program on this topic for the benefit of you and your colleagues.