The Birth Toolkit

The online antenatal course made for women like you who want to feel in control, confident and truly prepared for birth.

Start today for £87

  • Antenatal Education
  • Hypnobirthing
  • Midwife-led
  • Online self-paced course
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Bringing your baby into the world will be one of the most transformative moments of your life.

But it’s really normal to feel a bit (or very) nervous about what to expect, how you’re going to cope, and how it will all unfold.

Introducing..

The Birth Toolkit

Your one-stop-shop for everything you’ll need to know for your birth – it’s antenatal education, hypnobirthing & midwifery experience + expertise, combined into one. 

You know you want to feel more confident, calm, and in control about your birth, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin.

Perhaps you’re feeling overwhelmed by conflicting information, consumed by the many negative birth stories you’ve heard, and unsure of what your options even are. Or maybe your previous birth didn’t go the way you’d hoped, leaving you feeling more anxious and worried this time around.

This is exactly why The Birth Toolkit exists. To break things down, help you unpick confusing medical jargon, and to give you simple + practical tools with which you can shape your birth experience for the better.

Created by Esme, a former NHS Midwife, it’s the course that bridges the gap between general antenatal birth prep and the real-life experience of having a baby within today’s maternity system. It will give you a real insight into how birth works, what your body needs, and how you can set yourself up to have an empowering and positive birth experience, whatever that looks like for you. 

I need birth prep like this!

Midwife-led birth prep

Honest & realistic antenatal education taught by someone who understands the modern maternity system, the challenges you may face and how you can get the best out of it.

Ongoing Support

You’ll get access to The Birth Club – a private community where I share helpful resources, birth stories, and host live Q+As. It’s a space where you can ask questions & feel supported by others on a similar journey.

Lifetime Access

So you can revisit key information whenever you need and learn at your own pace. Pay once, and it’s yours forever.

What’s inside?

Here’s what you’ll get for just £87

A full antenatal education – 40+ short, easy to digest videos (2-10mins) covering all aspects of labour and birth that you need to know.

Practical exercises to support your body, help with your baby’s position, and help your labour to progress

Hypnobirthing tools – learn techniques to support your labour & birth at home, the birth centre or in hospital

Lessons on assisted births & possible interventions like forceps, ventouse, c-section and induction.

Insider Midwife tips & tricks to get the best out of your birth experience.

Relaxation Audios to keep you calm, grounded and focused

A Course Workbook – an interactive PDF with sections to fill in with your birth partner & extra info

Downloadable extra resources – e.g birth plan template, birth bag checklist, decision making tool

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You’ll enter your birth knowing about:

We cover things like: signs of labour starting, the different stages of labour, what to expect, when to call the midwife, optimal birth positions, and monitoring options you may be faced with so you feel prepared, reassured, and able to trust what your body is doing.  

Master practical techniques including breathing, movement, and comfort options, so you can stay calm and handle each contraction with confidence. Learn about all your options, medical and non-medical, so you feel confident making choices that feel right for you.  

Discover tools to reduce any worries, fears or uncertainty about birth and learn ways to stay feeling in control, helping you feel calmer, more confident, and mentally prepared for birth.

Understand how your body works in labour, from the role of your hormones and what contractions are really doing, to optimal birth positions and creating an environment that supports the physiological process of birth. With this knowledge, you’ll feel more confident working with your body and creating the conditions for a smoother, more positive experience.  

A confident and well-prepared birth partner can make all the difference. You’ll feel totally supported by them and they’ll feel confident to advocate for what you both want.  

You’ll learn the roles of midwives and doctors, how to work WITH them to have a satisfying birth experience, and how hospital policies and guidelines work – This is mega important stuff for you to know! Everything I teach you is based on my life experience working as a midwife, so I truly understand the ins & outs of how the maternity system works.

Explore things like inductions, forceps, ventouse, c-sections, & breech births. Understand your options, learn practical decision-making tools, and be clear on when things may be offered so you can feel informed and stay in control of your experience. ,

When should I start?

Now! Whether you’re 8 weeks or 38 weeks, the sooner you start, the more time you’ll have to absorb all the info, practise the techniques, and build your confidence for birth. It’s never too early or late!

Sign up today and have lifetime access so you can move through the course in a way that feels right for you.

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The Birth Toolkit

Sign up now and immediately start feeling more prepared for your birth! 

£87

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Meet Esme..

As a former NHS midwife, qualified hypnobirthing teacher, and mum of a gorgeous 2 year old, my knowledge and courses cover so much. 

Before creating Birth With Esme, I spent years supporting 1000s of families across every birth setting – from high-risk obstetric units to homebirths in the community. That experience gave me a deeeep, real world understanding of how birth actually unfolds, the decisions us women are faced with, and the huge lack of realistic preparation & support there is for having a baby within the modern Maternity System. 

Over time, it became clear to me just how powerful it is when women feel informed, prepared, and supported during pregnancy and birth. How your birth experience can be totally transformed when you know what your options are, what questions to ask, and how to stay in ‘the driving seat’ of your experience. Birth can be unpredictable, yes, and there are elements that will be out of your control, however, going into your birth with the knowledge, tools and confidence to navigate whatever path your pregnancy and birth may take IS the secret to a positive experience. 

This is exactly what The Birth Toolkit will give you. 

No fluff. No, ‘if you just breathe you’ll be fine’. Here you’ll get honestly. You’ll get realistic. And you’ll also gain a hugeeeee amount of confidence in your body, your instincts, and your ability to advocate for what YOU want.

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Frequently Asked Questions

As soon as you sign up for the course you have lifetime access, and you can dip in and out as you like. Some people like to start early in pregnancy to have all the information for their whole pregnancy, but signing up even at 40 weeks, and binge watching it all, will 100% still be beneficial!

You can access via your laptop/phone/tablet – as long as you have internet connection!

Drawing on my time working as a midwife and more than 10+ years of supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, I’ve gained a deep understanding of what really matters, and have created this course to reflect that. Anyone can create an online antenatal course or call themselves a ‘birth expert’, there’s no regulation. So making sure you’re choosing a trusted, reputable course is so important.

Having supported women both within the NHS maternity system AND through my work as a private antenatal educator, I have a unique perspective on how parents can successfully navigate the current maternity system and advocate for what YOU want. This course doesn’t sugar coat things. It’s honest, realistic and 100% the information you need.

The course contains x43 bite sized-videos. You can either binge them all in one go which would take around 6hrs, or dip in and out and watch them over time. You can go back and re-watch certain topics whenever you want to.

Yes – I highly recommend them to join the course. Your birth partner is the one person who will be with you throughout your pregnancy and birth, so it’s important you feel prepared, supported and are a team. Birth partners play a vital role during labour, and being part of the course will help them feel confident, informed, and ready to support and advocate for you.

Yes, definitely! This course is for everyone. When you’re classed as ‘high risk’, you may face more challenging decisions, be told ‘you’re not allowed’ or be offered more interventions. So it’s even more important you understand your options clearly, know the right questions to ask, and can make choices that feel right for you and your baby – this is exactly what the course will help you do.

Yes, although some statistics mentioned are UK based, the course content can be applied to any birth setting and maternity system. People have done this course all from over the world – Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, France, Switzerland, the US! The course will give you the tools and confidence to know what questions to ask your healthcare providers so you can get the best care possible, wherever in the world you’re having your baby.

Disclaimer: This course provides helpful information on pregnancy and birth. It does not constitute medical advice or an alternative to appropriate medical care, nor is it in any way a guarantee or promise of expected, imagined or actual outcome of labour or birth. It is not a substitute for the advice or the presence during birth or any part of pregnancy or labour of a qualified medical practitioner, midwife or obstetrician.