Great News!

In-person classes AND................I am now working as a homebirth midwife with the HSE FREE homebirth scheme and with Private Midwives Ireland in north Dublin and the surrounding counties.

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Antenatal & Hypnobirthing Classes

Birth can be a positive experience.

In my work I have the privilege of working alongside couples as they go through a life changing process - becoming parents to a new baby. This work highlights the importance of the couple attending classes. Being informed can make a huge difference in the birth experience for both the birthing woman and her partner. In my classes my aim is to assist couples to become informed and empower themselves in preparation for birth and their roles as parents.

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​When to go to the hospital

Use of the birth ball

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Who am I?

I am a midwife - (supporting women to have a good birth experience both in their own homes and in hospital),  an antenatal teacher, a hypnobirthing teacher, a mother (my name is Sarah McCann and I'm a bit of a 'birth junkie!')

....I am currently working as a community midwife with the HSE. The HSE have a scheme which offers low risk women a homebirth. This is a free service. The woman has 5 antenatal visits in her home with a midwife and then 5 postnatal visits with the same midwife. A second midwife attends the birth alongside the primary midwife who is known to the woman. This is a great scheme to be involved in - Evidence has shown that continuity of care like this leads to better outcomes for both mother and baby......... absolutely loving this work.

I have experience in all 3 Dublin maternity hospitals. I trained as an antenatal teacher with the parent support group - Cuidiu and I have been teaching antenatal classes for 18 years. I trained as a hypnobirthing teacher with Judith Flood on a Royal College of Midwives approved hypnobirthing course and I have been teaching hypnobirthing  since 2015. I am also a mother to 4 grown ups!

I am passionate about birth and assisting women to have a positive birth experience. In order to have this I believe that women and their partners need to prepare, have access to evidence based information and trust their care providers.

Partial or full refund

As I am a midwife many health insurance policies allow for a partial or a full refund for my classes, depending on the policy.

Interesting articles, audio clips etc.

Some lovely feedback about my hypnobirthing course: "This course has made a huge difference to my outlook on the birthing journey. I thought it was something to get over and done with, a necessary evil, but now it feels much more like an experience that will be challenging but fulfilling. The role of the partner was really informative and I feel reassured that my partner will have sucn an integral role to play. That's very comforting to me. Thanks Sarah"

​I've been asked countless times to do recordings of the scripts that I read out in class and finally........Thanks to my son Ross - he recorded me reading the scripts and has uploaded them. Thank you to Judith Flood for permission to upload the recordings  of her scripts.  You can find them at  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe2y35RE5KyyQtxwwCjBNUg