I am a registered midwife who is very passionate about keeping birth normal. I work in a public hospital and regularly care for women who have very extensive birth plans regarding their wish not to use any drugs for the birth. Most do not have any skills to implement their plans! For this reason I have started my own private childbirth classes in West Gippsland. Drouin/Warragul venue. I cover relaxation techniques, visualization, breathing, role of support people , importance of the hormones and the birth room environment, exercises to promote your baby into a good position for birth. My classes are a fraction of the cost of the calmbirth/hypnobirth ones and are based on real life experiences from attending 100's of births and having had my own three children. My main message here is for people to seek out quality private birth classes if you want real skills to implement your birth plans. Email me on francesj@dcsi.net.au if you want more info. Thanks.