Birth Map Course
A birth map is flexible and responsive, offering guidance through the twists and turns of labour — unlike a fixed plan, it supports informed choices no matter how your birth unfolds.
Our course offers a creative and grounded process for building your birth map. This course is for you if you are seeking to communicate clearly and make informed, values-based decisions.
Tickets include support partner space.
This is four hours of group-facilitated content delivered over two evening sessions at The Midwives House in Thornbury, Victoria - facilitated by Josie and a member of the Radiant Birth doula team. You will have a space to explore your needs, wants and values and to communicate this to those who care for you in pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
There’s nothing wrong with having a birth plan. But a birth map invites you into something deeper. It’s not just about outlining what you hope will happen. It’s about becoming informed, intentional, and prepared for the full spectrum of birth.
Birth mapping is a process of exploring your values, needs, and informed choices. It helps you consider both your ideal birth and the unexpected, guiding you to understand how you want to make decisions and how to communicate them clearly with your support team.
Birth is unpredictable. But when we birth map, we step into that unpredictability with clarity. We build a broader understanding of the options that may arise, such as induction or caesarean. We then create space for confidence, even if things shift. This is about expressing what matters to you, naming what helps you feel supported and safe, and ensuring your voice is at the centre - through every possibility.
Why a Birth Map and not a plan?
Session 1
A grounding session designed to help you connect with what matters most.
We’ll explore:
Your personal values and beliefs around birth
Decision-making frameworks that feel aligned and empowering
Roles of birth support people and how to prepare them
Tools and techniques for comfort, calm and confidence
Creating your vision for a supported, satisfying birth – whatever it may look like
Session 2
A practical and compassionate session that prepares you for the “what-ifs” without fear.
We’ll explore:
Common medical interventions: what they are, when and why they’re offered
Your rights and options in each situation
Birth pathways such as fast birth, induction, caesarean, assisted birth
How to stay centred and supported when plans shift
Creating adaptable preferences so your birth feels informed and empowered – no matter the outcome
Your Facilitator, Josie
Josie is a certified Birth and Postpartum Doula, and an Internal Pelvic Release Practitioner trained under Fiona Hallinan. She brings personal insight as a mother of two, professional experience across both birth and postpartum care, and a grounding in bodywork to support preparation for birth and healing afterwards. Josie also holds space for emotional integration, with a particular focus on birth debriefing and compassionate, attuned support.
Specifically Josie has completed the Birth Cartographer training with Catherine Bell and has used this process in her work with mothers, birthing people and families since she became a doula.
