Zan Maeder

I offer...

Birth Support

Tailored in person/virtual support for your pregnancy and birth. ​This support can be tailored to what fits best for you. We can focus on learning:

• birth physiology
• labour and birth practices
• the role of the birth partner and
• what you might expect after bub's arrival.

We can also hold space for the all the feelings around:

• birth or parenting
• birthing after trauma
• pregnancy loss, stillbirth or loss of an infant
• concerns around discrimination

preparing for a birth different than the one you hoped for, and providing support to other children who are becoming siblings... In the busyness of life, this is an intentional space centering you. ​I'll also be on call for two weeks either side of when bub is expected to arrive for phone support and to attend and support you physically and emotionally during your labour and birth. And I'll visit you twice more after baby has arrived to provide support with birth recovery, debriefing and newborn care. Available in person to those birthing in Adelaide, or virtually for folks in other places.

Birth debriefing

A chance to make sense of your birth experience (including for partners) At any point following your birth or your partner's birth I can provide a face to face or virtual space for re-telling the story of birth, making meaning, reclaiming your agency, attending to trauma and unpacking the social expectations around birth and parenting which might be getting in the way for you. This may be in a single session or across multiple conversations. This service is also available for birth practitioners supporting others' births.

Conception and fertility support

Virtual or in person support for your infertility or conception journey For many of us, conceiving a baby is not a straightforward project. If you know that natural conception is not an option for you, I can support you to  plan for conception, unpack concerns or dilemmas, and talk through pathways (at home insemination, assisted reproduction technology, surrogacy...). I can also provide support throughout your journey, be alongside you for the highs and lows, debriefing, rallying professional and community support. You do not have to go it alone.

Birth mapping

Support to talk through and get clear about your birth plan At any point during your pregnancy, we can talk through your concerns and hopes for birth, help you clarify your decisions and options for birth preparation, and foster strong, supportive, communicative relationships with those supporting you. Using Catherine Bell's Birth Mapping framework I can support you to create a comprehensive outline, beyond the traditional birth plan, of what you will need from your care team under any of the possible pathways your birth journey could take. This could be over one or more sessions, in person or virtually via video chat.