Alex Schirn

Hello! I'm Alex. I believe everyone should be given the chance to have the birth they want, however that may look for them. I support families through pregnancy, helping to educate and empower you to make the choices that work for you and helping to create a birth plan to help support these choices. I also offer hypnobirth and birth education courses for which I give a discount to my clients. I am trained in biomechanics for birth and can work with you to suggest techniques during pregnancy to help avoid labour dystocia. I provide 90 minute 'empower' sessions where we can meet for a walk or at your house to discuss anything you'd like about pregnancy and birth. If you don't feel you need a full hypnobirth or birth package this is a great option if you'd just like to talk things through! During birth I am there to ensure the birth space is calm, safe and protected. Supporting both the birthing person and birth partners helping to advocate for your choices. I am also trained in biomechanics for birth and so can help with techniques to support a physiological birth if baby’s positioning is affecting birth. Postnatally I support families during the precious 4th trimester. Having a baby can be a time when lots of friends and family like to offer 'helpful' advice, having someone who is impartial and non-judgemental can mean you're getting evidence based information as well as the support and experience of a professional. I offer a postnatal planning session before you have your baby to ensure you've planned for your postpartum time and have things in place to help achieve the things most important to you. Rest is so important in the early weeks after giving birth, there's so many ways I can help make sure you get the rest you need. Some of these ways are, cooking meals and preparing healthy snacks, taking baby for a walk so you can rest, have a bath, sleep (or whatever you need), light household chores.  I also offer feeding support, be that breast or bottle!