She Births Review

SheBirths course was great. We enjoyed learning together and practising the active birth tools... Our birth was total bliss. Bubs is now 6 months old and I am still on a hormonal high after his joyful entry into the world. Born into his dad's hand in the bath and passed straight to me for a big cuddle with mum. It was perfect and we felt super prepared. HIGHLY RECOMMEND this course and doing the work!

SheBirths was the best thing we did to prepare for birth and parenthood. The program was a beautiful balance of science, evidence and eastern influences to provide a well-rounded and informative experience. My husband and I, as a team, left feeling empowered and motivated to take on the birthing journey, and confident we had the knowledge and insight in to the tools and pathways available to us. I would recommend the SheBirths program to anyone wanting to be informed and empowered on their own pregnancy, birth and early parenthood experience. Nadine is amazing!

My partner and I had 2 private sessions with Nadine. I cannot recommend her and She Births highly enough. The information she shared with us was practical, empowering and enabled me to have a fast labour & water birth.
Nadine's depth of knowledge enabled me to feel confident in the strategies she taught me and her warm energy enabled me to feel comfortable discussing my deeper concerns and fears with her.
This course was not only helpful for me - it gave my partner better awareness of how he could be a helpful and nurturing support person.
Easily 5 stars for the wonderful work Nadine and She Births are doing.

Luckily for me I was able to do a face to face She births weekend course right before Covid restrictions set in with Kelly in Geelong. We had the best weekend learning and laughing with other like minded couples on the experience we were about to go through. I used the tools online - Yoga, visualisations and breathing techniques daily leading up to my labor and I feel as though it helped me feel ready. It was also crucial in getting my partner to realise the importance on birth preferences and feeling prepared. Thank you Kelly and She Births.

Cannot recommend She Births highly enough! The content and support provided gave us the knowledge and confidence to have the birth we wanted and we welcomed our little girl safely in the most magical way. If you can attend the weekend course, this would be my recommendation - if not the online course is very extensive along with Nadine's videos. Thanks team!!

Highly recommend She Births. We did the online version due to living in Brisbane but we would have loved to have had the opportunity to do a face to face weekend course as we know they are highly desirable and very limited in space but unfortunately we couldn t get down. We found that even though I had to have a C-Section that all of the tools we learnt in the course helped a great deal. I truly believe that they helped me overcome my fear of having the operation. It s not an easy thing to hear but at the end of the day you need to do what s best for your baby and I believe by doing the visualisations and learning the breathing techniques definitely helped calm me. There is so much information in the course about your body and all of the ways to release those special hormones to help keep you calm etc. honestly if my partner didn t tell me to do the darth breaths and his fantastic support and tools he learnt from She Births, there may have been a totally different outcome to me being here today. That s not to freak anyone out who is booked in for one but that s how well my partner connected with me throughout the delivery. The support I have had from Nadine has been second to none. If you aren t able to book in for a face to face due to the limited numbers etc I would definitely recommend the online course. It would be a waste to book in and not attend even if you are having a C-Section like I had as the connection the course brings to you and your partner is fantastic. Couldn t recommend it enough there is so much valuable information in the course and the inclusion of my partner was fantastic he learnt so much. Thank you Nadine and She Births xx

LOVED this online course. So helpful and in my opinion, the information featured helps you go into birth and early motherhood feeling well informed and confident.

I took the SheBirths program over 5 years ago for the birth of my first child, Nadine Richardson and the program she has created is excellent, evidence-based science this course covers so many aspects of becoming ready to give birth. And the community of the SheBirths Mamas that you meet is another incredible aspect.
As someone who now works with Perinatal Mental Health on a daily basis this all encompassing course is one I would recommend to women wanting to be active and empowered in their birth journey.

An experience I would recommend to any mom and dad to be. Very informative and giving you all the right tools to bring your baby into the world in as peaceful a way as possible.

We both left feeling empowered for the birth of our first child, knowing that we understand the process and how to navigate it together instead of being blindsided on the day. We now know what is best for us and our child and how to advocate for ourselves.

Very excited about giving birth in a few weeks! Thanks She Births & Nadine.

The She Births course is soooo worth its value, and I can't imagine not having completed it.
If you're thinking about taking this course, go ahead and book it in!

Nadine is a warm, funny, down to earth and bloody intelligent facilitator and creator. She has brought together such a broad range of information made it totally accessible, and provides a really comprehensive selection of physical and psychological strategies and tools to help build a birthing couple's skills, knowledge and confidence.

I am yet to give birth but feel like I really have something to believe in and sink my teeth into with full faith - to work with by baby, my body and mind, my partner and the miracle of birth when the time comes!

Thank you Nadine and all of your team for all of your hard work, experiences, introspection in putting together this incredible gift for all of us.
You're gold :)

Will keep you posted!
Jess

SheBirths gave me complete confidence in my body s ability to give birth. It empowered me to go past my due date without feeling frustrated or feeling the need to rush anything. I trusted the process. I was deeply worried about birth prior to the weekend course but left the weekend feeling excited and ready for whatever birth had in store for me. Not only did I feel confident I also felt relaxed about how it would unfold. During the birth I was able to focus on the tools I had learnt and that allowed me to persevere for as long as it took for my baby to be born. I know that the knowledge, tools and community from shebirths helped me immensely.

Highly recommend She Births! We used the Online Course while my partner was pregnant with Orlaith. An amazing resource and very inclusive for soon to be fathers as a resource to offer practical ways to offer valuable support for your partner. Nadine even personally gave us a support call as a gesture to us! If you are able to get to a face to face weekend course, do it, but if you can't, the online course alternative is well worth the investment. Our baby had to be delivered c-section but we found the content very valuable regardless, pre-birth and post birth. Just wonderful!

I really enjoyed the She Births weekend course with Radha. I didn t have much knowledge about what to expect with my first birth and assumed that I would get an epidural from not being able to endure the pain of labour. After doing the SheBirths course I felt so confident, empowered and motivated to try for a drug free birth. I ended up having labouring at home until 8cm dilated and successfully had a natural birth. I look back on with such positive memories. Would highly recommend.

Thanks to the She Births program I had two incredible births - one at hospital and one at home. Without the knowledge, guidance and support of Nadine, the She Births resources, videos and meditations I would not have had such an empowering experience as I embarked on my journey as a mum. I would highly recommend to all parents to prepare them for birth and beyond.

My partner and I undertook a She Births full weekend course back in May, and gained so much from it. The course was changed to video livestream (due to Covid) rather than face to face, but Nadine is an incredible facilitator and did an amazing job of presenting the material online while involving us all and making it feel as though we were in the same room - it was a thoroughly enjoyable weekend! The course content was a great balance between theoretical knowledge and practical components. She Births provide excellent online resources for course participants via an App, with extensive information, podcasts, physical exercises for labour and birth, visualisations, birth stories and more. These were great for practicing all the skills learned in the course while leading up to the birth. I would highly recommend the course to all expecting parents, to create the best birth experience possible.

We spent a weekend in Queenscliff with the beautiful Britt. Instantly, she made us both feel calm and at ease whilst guiding us through the learning journey of She Births. Britt is so knowledgeable, engaging and warm. We soaked up every bit of information and guidance that she had to offer. The course has already brought us closer as partners and opened up a dialogue which will put us in good stead for birth and beyond. We will continue our learning from the amazing online resources which have been made available to us. I cannot recommend this enough! Thank you.

I was terrified of giving birth. I chose She Births so I could replace fear with scientific information, trust and peace.
The course made me an informed participant in the birth of my daughter. When complications arose I was able to move to my own preferences B & C and I believe having this consent enabled me to have an empowering birth experience as opposed to what it looked like on paper, traumatic.
Despite my daughter's tongue tie I was able to successfully breastfeed her and still continue to breastfeed her nearly three years on. I believe I was able to do his because of the information provided at She Births about the breast crawl and attachment parenting styles.

As a doula and yoga teacher for a few years and now pregnant myself, I am more conscious than ever of the benefits of diving deep into knowledge and intuition to trust our bodies. The She Births course does that beautifully and I am actually looking forward to birth my baby! XX

Forever grateful for this preparation for birth. Priceless & invaluable, it gave me the tools to have a transformative, positive birth.

Most importantly it gave me peace of mind in the lead up to giving birth and a feeling that I could handle whatever would unfold during the birth.

For my first birth I took the CalmBirth course which I am also very grateful for and I had a positive first birth - however I was really only prepared for one kind of birth and I wasn t mentally prepared for if the birth didn t go to plan (I feel very grateful that it did all unfold how I hoped, but I look back now and realise I would ve found it very challenging if things took an unexpected direction during birth).

The empowerment I experienced from my second birth following the SheBirths online course continues to flow throughout my life years on, which is such a gift.

Also noteworthy is that it gave me practical information on ideal positions for final stage (the breathing down/pushing phase), and I am certain this was a big contributor to me not needing one stitch even though I birthed an almost 5kg baby (I didn t have this information for my first birth and I did things different and I did need stitches).

I also played the visualisation tracks/meditations throughout the birth and they were immensely supportive. I had played them most days during my pregnancy so when I was mid-birth and they came on my mind automatically was transported to a calmer, more trusting place of surrender.

Thanks Nadine & the SheBirths team. This knowledge is a gift that keeps on giving long after birth.

Me and my husband really enjoyed the course, although we would have preferred to do in person with Nadine (but due to Covid) this wasn't possible, we still really enjoyed the course and also the resources that you receive once you are a member which are really informative and helpful. Highly recommend this course especially if you are a yogi xxx

My husband and I cannot begin to express how grateful we are to have spent the weekend with Nadine doing the She Births course over Zoom - learning, laughing and happy crying! Nadine's knowledge and passion for childbirth, babies, children, health and well being kept us engaged and interested throughout the entire weekend. She Births has made such an impression on us, our journey as new parents and the steps we will take from today and over the coming weeks, months and years. Thank you Nadine and the She Births team.

My wife Kate and I both attended a SheBirths weekend in February 2021. The resources are invaluable and we left the course feeling way more confident about the birth experience. Not only did it provide an alternative approach to birthing backed up by theory, it was also very rich in practical tips which were particularly helpful on the D-Day. Highly recommended.

I assisted Nadine on the weekend course, as an acupuncturist who works with women during pregnancy. It was an amazing opportunity for me to learn more about labour and birth. She is an engaging and fun presenter and delivers content in a way that is easily accessible, supporting practice with theory and evidence, to best prepare the couples physically, emotionally and spiritually for the journey they are on - into birth and beyond. The mood was high, couples finished the weekend feeling SO much more confident and excited and on the same page with each other. I couldn't recommend it highly enough.

Can t recommend this course enough! Left feeling so much more prepared. Very insightful, Nichola was absolutely superb!

The She Births online course gave me the knowledge and confidence I needed to successfully deliver my son without any intervention in a beautiful water birth in a hospital setting. She Births gave my husband the tools and confidence to be a supportive birth partner throughout the entire experience. Would definitely recommend this course to all those expecting.

This is a fantastic course for expecting mums and dads to do. The weekend training and portal of online tools is so empowering, giving you the knowledge to make the best choices for you and your family during your labour and in the lead up. Well worth the time and money.

SheBirths is an incredible course! Both my husband and I felt extremely knowledgeable and prepared going into the labour after attending Nadines weekend course. We were well equipped with all the resources and techniques to help us through the labour and the delivery we had envisaged.

Utilising the visualisation and yoga techniques I learnt in the course enabled me to have the strength and be empowered to feel in control throughout every stage of the labour. My husband played a very active role and we worked in partnership together throughout the entire natural delivery.

It was an extremely positive and memorable experience that we couldn t have done without SheBirths.

Highly recommend !

Such a fantastic weekend course with Nadine. All based in science, yet still supported with the spiritual side. Amazing techniques, particularly for birth partners as well. HIGHLY recommend to any one looking for an all round birth course. 10/10!

Extremely poor, do not recommend. This company is heartless, and all it seems to care about is getting your money. We lost over $1,000 to this organisation with no offer of refund.

My partner and I were informed just before the course that she would be required to have a c section. This meant that this program is redundant, as it's intent is to help achieve a natural birth.

When we contacted She births asking if it would be ok if we got a refund they pointed us to a section of their website around refund policy that they have sole discretion about whether to provide one.

Given we cannot utilise this service this seems like an extremely harsh position to take. No understanding whatsoever.

I would suggest to anyone else thinking of taking this course to think twice about how much they actually care about their potential clients, given the way we have been treated.

EDIT:

See below response from she births for more untruths. Further proof about why you need to be careful with this organisation. I will be contacting fair trading to discuss my options:

1 - there were multiple attempts to contact: this is just not true. We reached out to let you know we would not attend because of my partners condition

2 - provision of online access: the online content is not required and we do not wish to continue using your service. If we request a refund we should be granted one

3 - 75% of course content is useful: not sure how this is possible given that the whole purpose of your course is to birth naturally. At the very least then why isnt there an offer of a 25% refund?

The She Births weekend course really gave us the empowerment of understanding our choices, what's happening with our baby and my body to make whatever experience childbirth had to throw at us, a better one.
Our She Births experience ended up being a virtual one, as Covid-19 had just started to make an impact. However Nadine was very professional and organised a last minute online course which was very well delivered and enjoyed in the comfort of our own home.

Highly recommend the course !!!!!! After my partner Dean and I attended the She Births workshop via online video conference, we were both pleasantly surprised how accessible and interactive the experience was. Dean was most hesitant before joining as the thought of missing out on face to face interaction was a concern for him. However once we were all connected online, (we hooked the computer up to our TV) we could speak and interact freely with one another, sharing and listening to thoughts, feelings and questions. After the weekend was finished we were quite thrilled to have completed the course in the comfort of our home and still felt like we were connected with Nadine and the other She Birth participants. We have plans to meet face to face with the people in our workshop group once the pandemic challenges settle down.

My husband Adam and I can not recommend She Births enough. We did the course with Nadine on the weekend in Byron. Adam feels after doing the course he is so well equipped to support me in birth and hold space. Birth is such an important right of passage that we are so excited to enter in with love and respect. I loved every single bit of content but especially the breathing techniques and active birth techniques Adam and i can continue to practice leading up to birth. All the info is holistic, genuine and real which we loved. The bonus breast feeding info blew us away to! Nadine is an incredible space holder and listener. Thank you so much xxx

Incredibly helpful, informative and empowering for both myself and my husband. I would recommend this course to any mothers-to-be and their partner who want to step confidently and calmly into childbirth.

The She Births program is like the opening of palms.
A warm chamomile tea in winter. A nappy explosion (minus the poo) of societal rebellion against fear inducing birthing stories and instead opening up to the possibility that birthing can actually be an extraordinary and positive experience and awakening.

I learnt so much about myself through this program. I had a very long history of fear associated with the birthing process and She Births put my mind at ease and I went into my own birthing journey so informed and confident.

The course offers a beautiful balance between evidence based education and knowledge on the process coupled with empowering birthing stories and a supportive online community there to cheer you on and answer questions.

I looked at several programs and I chose She Births because of it's scientific and evidence based approach combined with the ancient wisdom of yoga. It was the yogic breathing and practical tools that She Births offered that helped me get into labour after 3 inductions and 24 hours of nothing happening. Highly Recommend!