Biomechanics for Birth explores how movement, posture, and alignment during pregnancy can support your baby’s position and progress through the pelvis during labour. By applying simple biomechanical principles in late pregnancy and labour, you can help create more space in the pelvis, encourage optimal foetal positioning, and relieve common discomforts such as back and pelvic pain.
These gentle, practical techniques support the body’s natural physiology and can help labour progress more efficiently. Movement, positioning, gravity, and supportive partner techniques may encourage baby’s rotation and descent, reduce the likelihood of interventions, and help you feel more comfortable, confident, and empowered throughout labour and birth. Some techniques have even been successful in helping breech babies turn before or during labour.
As a Birth Doula, I have seen these approaches increasingly recognised and encouraged by local birth professionals, including teams at Leeds General Infirmary, the Lotus Suite, and home birth services. Learning these skills before labour can help you feel prepared and supported wherever and however you choose to give birth.
In this workshop, you will:

Learn key biomechanics principles and practices for birth
Explore optimal foetal positioning and ways to encourage it
Practice movements and positions to support labour progression
Learn partner techniques for comfort, counter pressure, and emotional support
Gain confidence in creating a supportive birthing environment

What to Expect
The workshop combines demonstration, discussion, and hands-on practice in a relaxed and supportive environment, with plenty of opportunity for questions.
We’ll work with a variety of props including yoga mats, birth balls, rebozos, bolsters, chairs, and visual aids such as a model pelvis to make learning practical and easy to understand.

Please Bring
Your own birth ball (inflated)
A rebozo or scarf
Provided
Spare birth balls
Spare rebozos
Tennis-style massage balls

Partners and birthing partners are warmly encouraged to attend, as there will be partner-based activities throughout the session, although attending alone is absolutely welcome.
This workshop is open to all pregnant women from 28 weeks onwards.
Investment: £75 per person, including a free place for your birth or birthing partner.