Know Your Birth
Childbirth is a life-changing experience, it is my goal to allow you to make informed decisions that is best for your family/whanau to allow for the smoothest transition into parenthood. Know Your Birth has midwife-led, engaging, educational and interactive sessions that involve you and your support person.
Course Details
Know your Birth courses are midwife-led, relaxed, engaging and interactive sessions that involve you and your chosen support person. Your course booking will consist of 5 weekly sessions, 6.45pm-8.45pm.
Know your birth sessions focus on:
1. Informed consent and Labour and Birth physiology
2. Birth preparation & Medical Interventions
3. Pain Management
4. All things newborns
5. Feeding your baby
We will have a 15 min supper during the session. Night one supper will be catered, we will create a roster of who can bring supper to the following sessions.
Payment needs to be paid for at the time of your booking to secure your spot.
I recommend that you are 24-32 weeks when starting the course weekly sessions.
Please note, if you have already commenced the course, you will not be offered a refund unless you are unable to attend the course due to medical reasons - eg bed rest or premature birth, in which case you will get a partial refund.
There may be circumstances where a course cannot run if there are limited numbers booked, in this case, you will be informed 1-2 weeks out from the starting date and offered another location, refund or a private session.
Further questions about the course?
Feel free to email: knowyourbirthnz@gmail.com
Papakura Course Dates
Course located at Red Hill Community Centre, in the room upstairs on Tuesday nights. From August 2026 onwards, your facilitater will be Sandy Stephenson.
2026:
Course 5 - July 14th, 21st and 28th, & August 4th and 11th. * Book this course if you are due Sept/ Oct/ Early Nov 2026.
Course 6 - Sept 15th, 22nd and 29th & October 6th and 13th *Book this course if you are due late Nov/Dec.
Course 7 - November 10th, 17th and 24th & December 1st and 8th. *Book this course if you are due Jan/ Feb/ Early March.
2027:
Course 1 - Likely to start end of Jan.
Pukekohe Course Dates
Located at Pia Event Centre/Indian Hall - 55 Ward Street, Pukekohe, on Monday nights. From August 2026 onwards, your facilitater will be Hannah Young.
2026:
Course 6 - July 13th, 20th and 27th, and August 3rd and 10th. *Book this course if you are due Sept/ Oct/ Early Nov.
Course 7 - September 14th, 21st and 28th & October 5th and 12th. *Book this course if you are due November/ December
Course 8 - November 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th & December 7th. *Book this course if you are due January/ Feb/ Early March
2027:
Course 1 - Likely to start from end of Jan
Private in-home Session
There will be limited capacity for in-home private sessions from August 2026, please email your details knowyourbirthnz@gmail.com to enquire. Hannah will be running the private sessions.
Once a time is organised, you can provide payment. This 4 hour comprehensive session will be suitable for those by choice, would suit their lifestyle/ time restraints and/or do not want the community aspect of group classes. This comprehensive session will include everything that the night classes cover - informed consent, labour and birth, pain management, interventions, babies and more. Timing of this session will be negotiated. Payment is required prior to session. South Auckland only; ie Manurewa, Papakura, Pukekohe areas.