How To Prepare For Your Birth And Navigate Your Journey With More Confidence

Welcome to The Motherhood Kit podcast where today Yamel is talking all about how to adequately prepare for your birth experience so that you can navigate your birth with confidence. Childbirth is a sacred rite of passage, and has the power to transform us in ways we’ve never imagined, allowing us to tap into a reservoir of strength, courage and resilience. 


Yamel herself was a teenager when she became a mother but, despite her youth, she threw herself into the preparation for her first birth, enabling her to be an active part of her birth experience.

As an Doula, RN,  and IBCLC, Yamel now helps other women prepare for their childbirth journeys, and in this episode she shares her insights with you. By adequately preparing for your birth, you can make informed decisions for yourself and your baby, and can step into your birth experience with confidence. 

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Click here to access Yamel’s Birth Plan template.

In this episode, Yamel covers: 

  • The importance of taking the time to research your birth prenatal provider, as this is an important element of your birth experience (and you’ll be spending a lot of time there in the lead up and for the birth itself) so take your time to visit and ask people for their experiences, to check it aligns with what you envisage for your birth

  • How knowledge is power, so take the time to research, read, listen to podcasts and educate yourself, so that you can have a fuller understanding of the decisions along the way and the conversations you’ll be having with the medical practitioners

  • The importance of taking a course to prepare for your birth, and in making sure it’s by someone qualified in the area. Click here to access Yamel’s Childbirth Preparation Course. 

  • What it means to be an active participant in your birth experience, and how this can empower you to advocate for yourself, and the importance of including your partner in the preparation process too

  • Tuning into your intuition and using positive affirmations within the preparation of your birth experience and in the birth itself

    And much more!

Yamel Belen