Let’s talk about birth and antenatal education (York)

What’s on offer?

"Let's Talk About Birth and Antenatal Education" is a two-hour informal, interactive event for parents who have recently been through labour and childbirth. It is led by Clare Jackson, Ellen Annandale, Sian Beynon Jones and Emi Frane from the University of York. The event will share highlights from recent research on childbirth undertaken by the event leaders, including anonymised real-world examples, to illustrate how decisions are made about birth between midwives, women and their birth partners in midwife-led care settings. Participants will be able to share their own experiences of labour and birth and antenatal preparation by taking part in various activities, including online polls, word cloud generation, and small and whole-group informal discussions. 

The workshop aims to gather valuable feedback from participants on how our research findings could inform and improve antenatal classes. 

Please note that this event will include discussions of childbirth and may touch on sensitive topics that some participants might find upsetting. For this reason, we would not encourage children to attend the event. We strive to create a supportive environment for open dialogue while respecting individual experiences and emotions.

What’s it about?

The event will share key findings from a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded study on video/audio recorded interactions between midwives, labouring women and birth partners (in midwife-led units). You will have the opportunity to explore how these insights and participants' own experiences could enhance antenatal education classes.

Who’s leading the event?

The facilitators will be Ellen Annandale, Sian Beynon-Jones and Clare Jackson from the Department of Sociology, University of York.

Open to

Parents who have recently gone through labour and childbirth. Focusing on this group allows the workshop to tap into their fresh experiences while aiming to improve antenatal education classes for future parents. 

The event is not open to children because we will play data that might be distressing for children (women in pain), and the potentially sensitive nature of the discussions.

Of particular interest to

Parents who have recently gone through labour and childbirth.