Feeling your best self though Birth and Beyond
BUMP
BIRTH
BEYOND
How Anna’s Birth Services can help
Led by an experienced registered health professional, qualified antenatal educator, recognised birth doula, and accredited traumatic birth recovery practitioner; Anna's Birth Services is dedicated to supporting you to achieve your optimal antenatal and postnatal well-being.
Whether you want to release fear and build birth calmness and confidence or shift troublesome symptoms following a difficult or traumatic birth experience, Anna has the expertise, experience and compassion needed to support you on your journey; leaving you to flourish with your new baby.
Kia Ora and Hello!
I'm Anna.
I am a mum, a part time registered health professional in primary mental health, a qualified antenatal educator, former birth doula, and accredited traumatic birth recovery practitioner. I am passionate about, and dedicated to supporting you to achieve your optimal antenatal and postnatal wellbeing.
Maybe you’re pregnant and want to release birth fear and increase birth confidence; helping to to approach your birth feeling calm and equipped. Maybe you’re a parent who has had a difficult birth experience and want to let go of burdening emotions that aren’t serving you anymore. Maybe you are navigating anxiety, grief, or loss. If any, or all of these resonate, I have the qualifications, expertise, intuition, experience and compassion needed to support you to feel your best self; enjoying parenthood and flourishing with your new baby.
I live in beautiful windy Wellington/Pōneke in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Read on to find out more about me and what I offer. Reach out with any questions you may have. Not sure what you need? That's ok. Let's have a free, no obligation chat.
Ngā mihi
Anna
Mind and Body Birth Prep
My Mind and Body Birth Prep course uses the number one bestselling hypnobirthing method in the UK - KGHypnobirthing. Designed by Katharine Graves, one of the leading figures of Hypnobirthing worldwide, it is a complete and comprehensive antenatal training programme which is simple, logical and profound.
The course is centred on releasing fear and building confidence in the natural process of birth through practising relaxation techniques and techniques to get into a good headspace for birth, as well as being well informed so you can make the best choices for you, your baby and your care. Anna’s Birth Services is your go to, for an internationally taught, safe, gentle and effective method of birth preparation.
Well-Being
How we feel and how we are cared for during pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood has a significant and long-term effect on our emotional and mental health, and how we parent. It is a momentous time, and we deserve to feel our best selves.
Troublesome trauma symptoms (for example panic attacks, flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, avoidance, sadness, anger), navigating grief and loss or managing anxiety are unsurprisingly common for parents. The waters of navigating fertility, pregnancy, loss, birth, and the emotional recovery in the first year are pretty choppy! I am here to steady you as they calm.
Claire's review of
Mind and Body Birth Prep
"I’m so glad we did your KGHypnobirthing course! I think it prepared Mon and I for a really positive birth experience. It helped me feel prepared for what might happen during the labour and confident that I could do it. The midwife commented on how calm I was throughout the birth and I honestly believe it was because of your course, so thank you! I will recommend your course to anyone I know who is expecting a baby. Thank you so much".
Kimberley's review of
3 Step Rewind
"The 3 Step Technique itself is remarkably simple- so much so that I didn’t know if it would work. While working with Anna I came to realise that my birth trauma had touched so many different aspects of my current life and thinking that I didn’t even realise. Within a fortnight after completing the technique I was completely in awe of how different my mindset was- I was no longer controlled by thoughts of fear, pain and failure"
Mark's review of
Mind and Body Birth Prep
""I left the weekend feeling calmer, more prepared, and much better equipped as a partner. It made me realise that birth isn’t something I just stand by and watch, but something I can be part of in a supportive and positive way.
Thank you again for running such a thoughtful, engaging, and empowering course. I’d highly recommend it to any expectant parents, especially to other dads or partners who might be unsure about how they can help"
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