The Birth Map Workshop - Mapping your birth and beyond

Birth is a beautiful and wild journey. We can prepare for it, but birth can't really be planned.
While we can't be sure which way each birth will unfold, birth often follows some fairly predictable pathways.
Instead of the one-way road a traditional birth plan represents, The Birth Map is designed to help parents prepare for all possibilities, guiding you with advanced consideration of all pathways, and supporting you to make informed and empowering decisions every step of the way.

During this four-hour workshop for expectant parents, you will be guided on the creation process of your own Birth Map, while exploring:

THE GAME OF BIRTH: The game is designed to go beyond the limits of birth plans and embrace the philosophy of communication and confident decision-making. We don’t have control over many aspects of birth, we can’t control or predict how long it will be, how we might feel or what detours may arise. What we can control, and take ownership of, is how we react and respond. We can understand various possibilities in advance and determine our options based on the pathways that open up. This game is about taking responsibility because with great responsibility comes great power. In taking responsibility, we replace fear with understanding. We identify our knowledge gaps and seek to fill them.

THE BOOK: The book, The Birth Map was written by Catherine Bell to provide the questions parents need in order to start the conversations they need to have. The mother can determine for herself which questions she needs to ask for her own journey, and build a more realistic understanding of what birth can look like with her chosen care provider.

COMMUNICATION & CONSENT: During the workshop, you and your partner will have the opportunity to deepen your communication and connection as you work together to prepare your Birth Map and learn more about self advocacy and consent in maternity care.

There is No One Way
There is ​Your Way
​Birth Cartography assumes nothing and prepares for anything
Your birth. Your way. No matter what.

INCLUSIONS:

Each couple to register for the workshop will receive:

-Attendance at the 4-hour workshop

-A digital copy of The Birth Map book

-Free access to the online member resources

-Map crafting supplies, paper, drawing materials

-A light morning tea

The workshop will be hosted by Michelle Daga, a childbirth educator, doula, nutritionist and herbalist with a passion for supporting healing, powerful and pleasurable journeys through pregnancy, birth and beyond.