Homebirth Preparation Workshop
A full day built entirely around homebirth for women and their partners who have chosen to birth at home and want preparation that speaks directly to that setting.
Not general birth education. Not adapted from a hospital curriculum.
Built for homebirth, by a Midwife who has supported families for over 17 years.
UPCOMING DATES
Sunday 14 June · 10:00am - 6:00pm · $500 per couple
Sunday 16 August · 10:00am - 6:00pm $500 per couple
Sunday 22 November · 10:00am - 6:00pm· $500 per couple
The Gathering Space · 160 Flinders St, Paddington
Small Group - Max 4 families.
New dates open as interest grows.
If the next date is full, join the waitlist to hear first.
WHO THIS IS FOR
This day is for families who have chosen homebirth and want preparation built around that choice, not a hospital curriculum with homebirth mentioned briefly at the end.
Pregnant women planning a homebirth
Partners and primary birth support people
First-time parents and those with previous births
Those who've done general classes and want homebirth-specific depth
This day assumes homebirth as the intended setting. It is not designed for families still deciding where to birth.
WHY HOMEBIRTH NEEDS ITS OWN PREPARATION
Homebirth labour unfolds differently, often at its own pace, less structured, and more dependent on the family's own steadiness than a hospital setting. Labour may begin slowly, progress unevenly, and ask more of patience than urgency. Without the external rhythm of a hospital holding that time, families carry more of the emotional and practical weight themselves.
This day doesn't try to remove that uncertainty. It builds the shared understanding and mindset needed to move with it, so both of you can stay grounded in what is actually unfolding, rather than scanning for what should come next.
WHAT THE DAY COVERS
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How homebirth actually unfolds
The physiology and real timeline of labour at home. Early labour, its long arc, normal variation in progress, and what your midwife is watching and assessing throughout.
We don't work from idealised timelines. We work from what labour at home actually looks like, including the slow parts, the uncertain parts, and what steady progress can feel like when it doesn't match what you expected.
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Decision making, safety and shred responsibility
Homebirth is not a choice between the perfect birth at home and transfer to hospital. There is a lot of ground in between. Midwifery support, clinical assessment, small interventions that allow labour to continue safely at home, decisions made together as things unfold.
This session looks at how that ground is navigated. How safety is held. How decisions are approached as labour progresses. How transfer is considered calmly, as a normal part of responsible homebirth care rather than as defeat.
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The role of your support person
Labour at home asks something specific of partners and support people. Not just presence, but a particular kind of steadiness. Practical, attuned, and able to stay grounded when things feel uncertain or intense.
This session looks honestly at what that means. What is actually useful in early labour and what isn't. How to read the room as labour progresses. What to do when you don't know what to do. Partners and support people leave this day with a clearer sense of their role and more confidence in how to hold it, without needing to manage, fix, or perform.
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Birth and the early postpartum period
The birth itself is not the end of the preparation. This session looks at the emotional and physical reality of what comes after. Recovery, feeding, the particular texture of the first weeks at home with a new baby.
What the postnatal period actually asks of women and families, what support looks like in that time, and why caring for the mother matters as much as caring for the baby. For many families, having a realistic picture of the weeks after birth is as useful as anything covered about labour itself.
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
By the end of the day, you and your support people will have a clearer sense of how homebirth typically unfolds, and what is being asked of you across labour, decision-making, and the early postpartum period.
You can expect to leave with:
✓ A more realistic understanding of labour patterns and timelines at home.
✓ Greater clarity around decision-making, safety, and shared responsibility.
✓ A clearer sense of how support is held practically and emotionally throughout labour.
✓ More grounded expectations of the emotional and physical demands of birth and early postpartum.
✓ A stronger sense of preparedness rooted in understanding and lived experience.
You leave feeling steadier and better oriented, more able to meet birth as it unfolds rather than trying to manage how it should happen.
FACILITATED BY JENNIFER HAZI
Jennifer is a Registered & Endorsed Midwife in private practice, with over 17 years of experience supporting women in pregnancy, homebirth, hospital birth, and the postnatal period.
She has supported families across Sydney and brings both clinical knowledge and deep respect for physiological birth to this work.
This day is educational, not clinical. It is designed to sit alongside your individual midwifery care, not in place of it.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
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FORMAT
Full-day, in-person. 10:00am – 6:00pm
Small group · Max 4 couples. Discussion, explanation, and reflection throughout
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WHO ATTENDS
Pregnant woman + primary support person (partner, friend, or chosen support person)
Both attend together for the full day
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INVESTMENT
$500 per couple
Limited to 4 couples per date
HOW THIS FITS ALONGSIDE YOUR CARE
This day is educational, not clinical. It does not replace your midwifery care and is not a substitute for individual clinical guidance.
It is designed to sit alongside your care relationship, to help you ask better questions, hold more realistic expectations, and arrive at birth with a clearer shared understanding of what you have chosen.
Many families find it most useful at around 28–34 weeks, when birth is coming into focus and the questions are getting specific.
UPCOMING DATES
Sunday 14 June · 10:00am - 6:00pm · $500 per couple
Sunday 16 August · 10:00am - 6:00pm $500 per couple
Sunday 22 November · 10:00am - 6:00pm· $500 per couple
The Gathering Space · 160 Flinders St, Paddington
Small Group - Max 4 families.
New dates open as interest grows.
If the next date is full, join the waitlist to hear first.