Need support after a difficult pregnancy, bad birth or challenging postnatal period? Join us to heal and find hope again.

Hi lovely, this support is designed with you in mind, especially if one of these sounds like your experience:

I am overwhelmed and alone in parenthood and I need some support.

l had a difficult or traumatic pregnancy, labour, birth or early postnatal period.

l felt scared and uncared for at a vulnerable time in my life.

l felt trapped / experienced things I didn’t expect or had unwanted interventions.

l was ill/ my baby was ill and separated from me.

I feel so disappointed about my feeding journey.

l am pregnant again and have memories from a previous birth that are causing doubt and fears.

l am preparing for birth after a previous caesarean and want to be free from that past experience.

l have had a challenging journey with conception, fostering or adoption.

“Your experience may have been very recently or years, even decades ago. If it’s troubling you, then it’s worth getting support and finding some freedom.”Aileen White, your host

This My Birth Recovery support over 6 weekly sessions aims to provide:

a safe community of mums where you can be heard, belong and explore what happened to you.

a wide variety of strategies to work through what happened (these will also be transferable to difficult situations you might experience in the future)

ways to let go of unhelpful feelings/experiences/beliefs, helping to then build your confidence and resilience over the 12 hours together.

time to consider how we can counter the classic birth horror story to be a transformational story of hope.

Available in person OR join us live online:

This hybrid support is available in person in our lovely relaxed lounge (pictured above) in Thanington, Canterbury AND online. We recognise lots of mums need support like this but can’t access it in person. We would love you to be in our circle where we will meet in person and with some of us live on a computer screen. We will keep the group small to ensure everyone is able to join in with the interactive activities and discussions.

Non mobile babies are also very welcome to join us in person or online.

Joining online:

Wherever you live, you can join us live for this support. We will send you the Zoom codes and materials you need in the post if you live in the UK (or send you a list of what you need if you live in another country). Where possible, create a place where you live that is quiet, perhaps play some soft instrumental music and light a candle to set the scene. Bring along some lovely food and a drink to make it a special time just for you each week.

Venue and travel:

We will meet each Wednesday morning at the home of My Birth Support CIC - 70 Thanington Road, Canterbury, CT13XE in the lounge (pictured above). There is also a bus service from Canterbury and Ashford that stops very close by. The venue is only 25 minutes walk from Canterbury east station or 10 minute walk from Wincheap Park and Ride. See the map below.

If you are travelling by car, the venue is on the A28 just off the A2 from the coast. It is approximately 20 minutes’ drive from Dover, Faversham and Whitstable and 30 minutes from Ashford, Folkstone, Herne Bay and 40 mins from Thanet and Medway. Parking is available on the drive or on the main road.

Course dates

This affordable six session series is over six Wednesday lunchtimes, so please feel free to bring a packed lunch. We will provide drinks and a light snack. The flow of the sessions will be:

Wednesday 7th October 10.30-12.30: What on Earth Happened?

Wednesday 14th October 10.30-12.30: The Story I’m Telling Myself.

Wednesday 21st October 10.30-12.30: Releasing Stuck Feelings.

HALF TERM BREAK

Wednesday 4th November 10.30-12.30: Who am I Now?

Wednesday 11th November 10.30-12.30:My Baby, My Family.

Wednesday 18th November 10.30-12.30:My New Birth Story.

In the sessions we will use and practise a whole toolkit of strategies to help you to process, deal with and let go of the difficult feelings and limiting beliefs following your experiences. These will include journaling, visualisation, relaxation and breathing techniques, EFT tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique), Rewind Technique (this is an NLP Neurolinguistic Programming tool), hypnotherapy, Compassion Focused Therapy and some CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy).

Course cost and grants:

This course is grant subsidised, thanks to grants from Kent County Council. For the 12 hours of support, refreshments and a gift bag of materials to use in and between sessions:

£120 - For all this at just £120 (£10 per hour) per person.*

£95 - We also have two grants subsidised places for those who genuinely can’t afford this at just £95.00 per person.

£20 - We also have two further concession places for those on Universal Credit at £20 for the whole series.

* If you book before 23/09/26 you will also get an early bird discount on the full course price by quoting "Earlybird" at the checkout.

Payment

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