Creating your best transition into life as a parent.
Support, education, guidance.
Creating your best transition into life as a parent.
Support, education, guidance.
From pregnancy to early parenting, have your own birth and relationship coach, educator and doula by your side.
You can plan, prepare and experience this time of life in a joyful and empowering way.
Meeting your needs to:
• Build trust and confidence in your innate birthing and parenting abilities
• Explore your health care options and make informed decisions
• Prepare you and your partner/supports for an empowering birth experience
• Nurture healthy relationships for your life as a parent
• Help you be resourced and ready to care for your baby
Welcome to Birthready
Building skills for birth and life.
Having attended every maternity hospital in Melbourne over 21 years and supported hundreds of women, men and families, I am passionately committed to enabling this to be a positive and empowering time of personal growth and change for you.
Explore Birthready Support Services
Developed over years, I am a source of information, education and support for both parents and allied health professionals. Whether you’re looking to attend a birth or parenting class, have doula support, get information and guidance through your pregnancy to parenting time, I am here to help meet your needs.
Group workshops
Receive evidence informed, unbiased information and support so that you can make the best decision for you and your family. You are in a safe place where all ideas are validated and all kinds of family structures cherished.
Pregnancy Support
Know your birth options and let’s get Birthready. Build the knowledge and skills to feel confident and informed to birth and parent your way! Mindfulness. Active birth and parenting. Team work and communication. Birth planning and more!
Doula Support
I help bridge the gap between the natural birth process, today’s model of care and what you want. Get continuity of care that is lacking so you can plan, prepare and experience this time of your life in a more joyful, safe and empowering way.
Parenting Support
Life coaching and counselling. Feel more confident, capable and purposeful as you find your best self as a parent and team.
Partner Support
From pregnancy to parenthood – Feel more supported, knowledgable, confident and able to care for yourself and the people you love. Explore what’s going to help you and your family transition well into parenthood.
Links & Resources
I have put together a wholistic combination of birth, parenting and relationship practices, information and personal growth processes. Have a look through them and choose what works best for you.
Explore Birthready Doula Packages
Birthready Doula packages are tailored to suits your needs.
Initial Meeting
First meeting is free of charge. Any time is the right time to engage a doula. Feel free to contact me to explore your options.
Antenatal
Discuss your needs and wants so you can plan, prepare and experience your pregnancy positively. We explore mindfulness, embodiment, active birthing, communication, birth choices, parenting preparation, relationship wellbeing and more.
Birth
I am on-call 24/7 from weeks 38 until birth! I give emotional, physical, practical support and advocacy during labour at home, enroute and at the hospital. Usually I stay until you have breastfed and have your immediate post birth needs met.
Postnatal
I visit to debrief your birth experience, talk through any concerns you may have, nurture you and help out practically. I am here in whatever capacity to help you feel supported and secure in your role as a new parent.
Don’t know where to start?
Call Erika today on 0407 685 933
Download my full services and fees information
Hear Erika share her wisdom on mindful birthing.
Sexylove Project Podcast with Caitlyn Cook
Birth Stories
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Sharing birth and life stories of parenthood
Birthready helps facitliate an evening of open discussion and peer sharing and learning for expectant and new parents, (women and men). In a friendly environment we support each other to share our birth and life stories, questions, ideas, wisdom and resources. We troubleshoot our challenges by hearing each others perspecives and explore ways to manage our challenges. This is a facilitated process that uses group discussion, movies, handouts, hands on practices and what ever comes up in the group to explore how we can be happier, healthier human beings during the pregnancy to early parenting time.
Time: 7 - 8.30 pm First Thursday of each month
Place: Birthready Ringwood
Bring: A plate of supper to share (Optional)
RSVP: Please book your place to confirm (I may need to reschedule if called to a birth)
Please invite others that may be interested
Cost: $20 per person
