Add-on workshop · 3 hrs · from 32 weeks
Stop reading about labour.
Practise it.
The Active Birth Workshop is a guided, hands-on experience designed for couples who want to feel what labour feels like, not just understand it. Predominantly practical. Partners essential.
You don't need to have completed a course to attend, but we highly recommend it. The workshop builds on the theory you learn in our antenatal classes — the more you already know, the more you'll get out of it.
Three hours of doing,
not listening.
Most antenatal courses teach you what to expect during labour. This workshop gives you the chance to practise it — to feel positions in your body, build muscle memory, and develop the physical partnership you'll rely on in the room.
You'll move through birth positions, breathing sequences, rebozo and counter-pressure, and a guided simulation of early, active, and transition labour. By the end, your body knows what to do — not just your head.
Recommended from 32 weeks.
How this differs from
our antenatal courses
They serve different purposes — and work best together.
Antenatal courses
Active Birth Workshop
Who it's for
Most valuable for those who already have the theory and want the physical experience to go with it.
You've done the theory — now you want to feel it. This is the natural next step after our antenatal course.
You've done your research independently and want the hands-on practice that online education can't give you.
You're aiming for an unmedicated or minimal intervention birth and want practical tools to manage labour.
You'll leave knowing exactly what to do with your hands, your voice, and your body — in every stage of labour.
Planning a vaginal birth after caesarean? The workshop helps rebuild physical and psychological confidence for labour.
You know the theory already. Come to refresh your body's memory and focus on what you'd do differently this time.
What happens in 3 hours
Brief check-in, intentions for the session, and a quick orientation to the space. No theory recap — we assume you've done your homework.
Parental self-care sequence, baby positioning awareness, and techniques to encourage optimal fetal position in the weeks before birth.
Partners learn three rebozo techniques — sifting, jiggling, side-lying support. Every couple practises on each other.
Diaphragmatic breathing → J-breath → birth breath. Practised in sequence with partners cueing the transitions. This is the toolkit you'll use from the first contraction.
Five labour positions with full partner support at each station — standing lean, hands-and-knees, birth ball, side-lying, supported squat. You move through each one and find what feels right in your body.
The centrepiece of the workshop. Your facilitator guides you through early, active, and transition labour in real time — you breathe through it, move through it, and use every tool you've learned. Partners get clear direction at every stage.
Figure-of-8, pelvic circles, forward lean — and how to use the birth ball from early labour through transition. Simple, practical, and one of the most effective tools available.
What SG hospitals allow, how to stay mobile with monitoring and IOL, and how to include your preferences in your birth plan. Practical and specific to our local hospital context.
Workshop pricing
Facilitated by our midwife team
Every workshop is facilitated by one of our registered midwives.
Common questions
Ready to feel prepared?
Not just informed — actually prepared. Book the workshop and spend three hours doing the work your body needs to do before birth.