There is no other program like this out there on the market – that explicitly brings together the opportunity to prepare for a subsequent birth after a distressing first experience. That’s why I took great care to create it!

This isn’t a childbirth preparation program or antenatal course for first time parents – it doesn’t teach about birth physiology or skills to manage labour. This course is created by a psychologist, drawing on psychological theories, principles and research to bring you the specific techniques that are relevant for women preparing to birth again after a traumatic or distressing prior experience.  

Unlike other birth-education courses, Better Birth is based on the research about birth trauma and how women have gone on to have positive birth experiences following a traumatic birth.

It’s important to know that an online program cannot replace psychological therapy. Instead, Better Birth aims to provide you with the information you need to work towards a positive birth experience, teaching psychological strategies and techniques which you can then apply as you need.

If you are currently struggling with frequent unwanted distressing thoughts about your past/future birth and the memories or associated feelings are affecting your day to day life, then individual therapy is likely to be best for you. I’d advise you to start by chatting to your GP about what you are experiencing and potential referral options.

If you are generally doing okay but would value some additional tools to deal with your last birth and invest in your capacity to cope better with the inevitable anxiety associated with giving birth again, an online program like Better Birth sounds right for you.

If you aren’t sure, you are so welcome to send me an email and I can let you know my thoughts as to whether this program will be suitable for your needs. I can also provide you with some additional options for individual therapy. 

I am a perinatal clinical psychologist with particular expertise on birth and birth trauma, and I created this program exclusively for those who have had difficult, distressing or traumatic births and are preparing to give birth again.

The Better Birth course is evidence-based. This means it is built on psychological principles and draws on the body of research about birth trauma. The modules have been carefully designed to equip you with skills and tools to manage anxiety whilst empowering you to plan for a positive experience.

Whilst I hope to gather evidence on the impact of ‘Better Birth’ from those who complete the program, I cannot yet make any claims about its effectiveness. This program is designed to support you to prioritise your psychological wellbeing in your next birth. I hope to provide you with the information, strategies and skills you need to manage anxiety in pregnancy, navigate the maternity system more effectively. 

Absolutely not. In this course, you won’t find one method of giving birth preferenced over another. We discuss how homebirth, freebirth, hospital birth and caesarean birth can all be important options for a trauma-free birth experience. 

A positive birth experience is all about a woman (and her partner) feeling empowered to make the choices that are right for them, being fully involved in the decision-making and receiving respectful care. So I believe you should be supported to birth in whatever way feels safest to you, based on your own concerns, preferences, needs and research.

Of course! We understand that you will probably already be aware that taking the step of trying for another baby can activate fears and concerns about giving birth again. The course is designed for women to complete at any stage: considering having another child, trying to conceive or at any point in a subsequent pregnancy. We suggest completing the program as early as possible simply to give yourself a better pregnancy experience, but please decide when feels right for you to complete the program. We can also discuss ways for you to remain connected with our community for the duration of your pregnancy if you feel this would be helpful. 

The program contains six modules, each broken down into easily-accessible video lessons. The lessons have been explicitly designed to complete within 10-30 minutes, so that you can watch or listen to them whenever it suits you.

You get access to everything right away, so you can head straight to the module that feels most relevant to you and start there.

You can email me any time if you have a question, or you can post it inside our private Facebook group.

When you join the program, you will have access to the online modules and private facebook group for twelve months.

You’ll also have access to anything new that is added to the program during that twelve month period – such as recordings of additional workshops offered via The Birth Healing Collective.

If you wish to remain connected for longer, you can easily extend your access for another three months for $97.

The online modules are designed to make it easy to learn my approach to birth after birth trauma at your own pace, but my support is an important part of this program.

I am personally available inside our private Facebook group, where I pop in multiple times a week to answer your questions and share additional resources that might be helpful. 

Please enrol mindfully. 

Because the program is digital and you get access to everything when you sign up, I cannot issue refunds after you access the program materials.

These are the Terms and Conditions of Sale for all programs, online courses and any other services (Services) sold by Dr Rosanna Pajak (35 501 090 287 ABN Number) trading as The Birth Healing Collective (The Birth Healing Collective, we, us) on our website, www.thebirthhealingcollective.com (Website). [AR1] 
Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as they apply to all transactions between us and can only be waived or varied in writing signed by us. By proceeding with a purchase with us, you’re indicating to us that you’ve read, understood and agreed to enter into a binding agreement with us on these terms and conditions. If you have any questions or concerns about our terms and conditions, Services or Website, or any purchase you make through the Website, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.
 
ECOMMERCE
While we take every care to make sure our Website is accurate and up to date, we’re only human and from time to time, mistakes may occur (for example, a pricing error or inclusions error).
Please note that when you submit an order through the Website, no agreement is formed until we process and accept your order and send you a confirmation. If there’s been an error leading to your order (such as a pricing error), we may choose not to complete the order, but we’ll be sure to contact you to discuss your options (for example, placing an order at the correct price).
 
PAYMENT
You agree to pay us the purchase price for the Services listed on the Website (subject of course to the proviso above, in the case of accidental errors and omissions). Prices are listed in Australian dollars (AUD) and are inclusive of GST, unless otherwise stated on the Website. 
The payment structure for all Services includes full-fee upfront payment and split payment options. [AR2] Please see our Website for further details or contact us for further information on our available payment options.
We currently accept payment via credit card, . [AR3] We may offer other ways to pay from time to time, such as through other third-party payment gateways or processors or electronic funds transfer into our nominated bank account. Please ask us for more information.
In making a payment, you warrant to us that you’ve read and agreed to the terms of any other third-party payment gateway or processor we use on the Website from time to time, which are available on their website. You understand that these services are provided by third parties and are made available to you on our Website for convenience only.
We’re not responsible for any issues, loss or damage arising out of those facilities. If you have an issue with a third-party provider, please contact them directly.
We may vary our prices from time to time. You agree and acknowledge that we may do so at any time on notice, and that such notice is given by us posting the updated price on our Website or otherwise notifying you.
If you fail to make a scheduled payment, or if any such payment is returned or denied for any reason, we may terminate this Agreement or suspend or cancel your access, at our absolute discretion, unless or until payment is received.
 
LICENCE
In order to purchase access to an online course, you must first create an online account.
As a purchaser of an online course, we grant you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license to access the course and all associated intellectual property in accordance with these terms, copy and store the online course content contained therein in your device’s cache memory and to print pages from the online course for your own personal and non-commercial use. 
We don’t grant you any other rights whatsoever in relation to the Website or the online course. Specifically, you are prohibited from re-using the content contained in the online course for commercial use.
The Birth Healing Collective can revoke this license immediately and without notice if you use the content other than in accordance with this license. 
 
RISK
Risk in the Services supplied under this Agreement passes to you once the Services are made available to you; that is, once the email with your login details has been delivered. 
 
DISCOUNTS
We may offer discounts from time to time. Please note that discounts are not available in conjunction with any other offer (for example, if we have two promotions on offer at the same time, you can only apply one discount to a purchase, not both).
Discounts are available for the stated time, or else for a period of seven (7) days from the date that the offer was first made (whichever occurs first).
 
We reserve the right to revoke any discount offer at any time without notice. 
 
ACCESS
Once we’ve received your payment and confirmed your order, you’ll receive an email with your login details to access the Services. 
If you have any technical problems accessing your online account or accessing the material which forms part of the Services, please contact us for assistance.
 
CONDUCT
You agree to follow our rules for participation in the services. You understand and agree that you must treat our members with respect and to refrain from conduct which is otherwise illegal, discriminatory, harassing, threatening, sexist, defamatory, vilifying, bullying, trolling, misleading or deceptive.
Failure to comply with this clause amounts to a breach of this Agreement and The Birth Healing Collective may suspend or limit your access to the Services or terminate this Agreement. 
 
EVENTS BEYOND CONTROL
The Birth Healing Collective will not be liable for any loss caused by any failure to observe the terms and conditions of this Agreement, where such failure is occasioned by causes beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, by fire, flood, other extreme weather event or natural disaster, riot, strike, act of war, terrorist attack, nuclear event, pandemic, epidemic, widespread contagion, quarantine restriction, critical infrastructure failure, severe disruption to virtual infrastructure, restriction or prohibition or any other action by any government or semi government authority, or major injury or illness of key personnel. We may choose to cancel your order, or otherwise to complete your order once things have returned to normal. If we expect a major delay, we’ll contact you to discuss a suitable solution.
 
ADVICE, INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
We may give you advice, recommendations, information, instruction or assistance in relation to the Services and in material provided to you through the Services, believing it to be accurate, appropriate and reliable at the time but we don’t give any warranty of accuracy, appropriateness or reliability. 
The information, advice and instruction we give are general in nature and is not intended to constitute or substitute for professional or medical advice. You should seek appropriate professional advice suitable for your personal circumstances if necessary. 
We won’t accept any liability or responsibility (including liability for negligence) for any loss suffered because of your or any other person’s reliance on information or advice we provide on our Website, unless otherwise required by law.
 
LINKED WEBSITES
In the Services, we may link to and from other websites that we think share our ethos and that we think you will find helpful. Those websites will have information collated and presented by third-party businesses, organisations and individuals. Please note that we may include these links for your convenience, however we don’t necessarily endorse or support the views, opinions, standards or information expressed on them. For your own safety, please make sure you check the protocols and standards of the linked websites before using them.
Of course, because the linked websites are run by third parties, we can’t warrant or represent that any of the information on them is up to date, complete or correct. While we do our best to make sure we link to reputable websites, we can’t accept responsibility or liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense you or anyone else might incur because you’ve used or relied on material on the linked websites, so please make sure you use caution and common sense while browsing online, especially if you’re making purchases.
 
AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW
The Services come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law, which forms Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (ACL). 
Nothing in these terms excludes any right, guarantee or warranty you’re entitled to by law, however we do exclude all other guarantees, conditions and warranties to the maximum extent permitted by law. We also specifically exclude liability for negligence. 
Wherever possible, our liability for breach of any condition, warranty or guarantee is limited, at our option, under s64A of the ACL to replacement of the Services or the cost of having the Services replaced, or such other remedy that we see fit.
We won’t be liable for any consequential loss or damage or other direct or indirect loss or damage, except where we are unable to limit or exclude such loss under the ACL (for example, we are unable to exclude or limit liability for consequential loss arising out of a breach of a consumer guarantee).
 
DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Except as set out above, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all terms, guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions which are not expressly stated in these terms and conditions. 
Please note that we will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (unless such loss or damage is reasonably foreseeable resulting from our failure to meet an applicable consumer guarantee to which you are entitled under the ACL), loss of profit or opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out of or in connection with the Services, Website or these terms and conditions (including as a result of not being able to use or access the Services or Website), whether at common law, under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, pursuant to statute or otherwise.
We make the Services available to you, however you use the Services at your own risk. Everything in the Services is provided “as is” and “as available” – we don’t make any representations or warranties of any kind.
If for any reason you are not a consumer of Services for the purposes of the Australian Consumer Law, we exclude all liability to you, however arising, including by negligence.
 
CANCELLATION POLICY
Students wishing to cancel their enrolment must submit notification of withdrawal in writing within 14 days of the confirmation of enrolment. It is recommended students contact The Birth Healing Collective within 24 hours of submitting a cancellation request to confirm receipt. The Birth Healing Collective accepts no responsibility for and will not be liable for non-receipt of messages or transmissions. [AR4] 
 
REFUND POLICY
Refunds will only be provided in accordance with our obligations under Australian Consumer Law. We are not required to provide a refund if you change your mind about the course that you chose to enrol into.
However, while course fees are non-refundable, students may have extenuating circumstances that prevent them from undertaking their course. Where evidence can be successfully provided to support the student’s circumstances, course fees may be refunded or partially refunded as per the following:
* A full refund is permitted if the enrolment is cancelled prior to the commencement date and if access to resources has not been provided yet.
* A 50% refund is permitted if the enrolment is cancelled within 7 days of the course commencement date and if the resources have not been accessed yet.
* No refund will be provided after 7 days of the course commencement date.
* No refund will be provided where course modules have been completed, or work or assessment has been saved or submitted.[AR5] 
 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All content in the Services and Website is subject to copyright and is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through international treaties. Unless we say otherwise, all rights (including copyright) in the Services and website (including text, graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips, code, scripts, design elements and interactive features) are owned or controlled by us and are reserved by us. 
You acknowledge and agree that all intellectual property rights owned by us or to which we are entitled before and after this Agreement will remain our sole property and that nothing in this Agreement transfers any ownership in our intellectual property rights to you.
If you would like to share our website or social media content that’s freely available for re-use or is in the public domain, you are permitted to do so, as long as you attribute same to us and link back to our website. This includes images on our website and social media profiles, unless we explicitly cite a copyright notice indicating otherwise. If you’d like to share, re-publish or otherwise use our website or content in a way that you aren’t expressly authorised to do by these terms, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.
You are expressly prohibited from producing, publishing, or otherwise distributing any of the Intellectual Property (such as our course content), save as to any licence of the Intellectual Property or part thereof granted under this Agreement.
 
PROMOTION 
You grant us permission to use and reproduce your name, business or trading name and logo (if applicable), photograph or likeness, including any trade marks, as well as evidence of services delivered and results achieved to promote our business.
We love it when you post about our products on social media. If you do share images or videos (or any other depiction whatsoever) of our products on your social media (Posts), you provide to us your express and unconditional consent to share your Posts on our social media. We will of course provide appropriate attribution to you (through tagging you or other appropriate means) when reposting your Posts.  
 
CONFIDENTIALITY
You acknowledge that you may have access to certain confidential information of The Birth Healing Collective, including (but not limited to) technical information and know how relating to the Services, the Website and The Birth Healing Collective (Confidential Information). You agree to treat as confidential the Confidential Information and not use or disclose the Confidential Information during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, other than in connection with performing this Agreement or with our prior written consent.
In the event of a breach or threatened breach by you of this clause, you acknowledge we will be irreparably harmed, and monetary damages will be an insufficient remedy. Accordingly, you consent to enforcement of this clause by means of temporary or permanent injunction and other appropriate legal or equitable relief in any competent court. 
This clause survives the expiry or termination for any reason of this Agreement.
You agree the restrictions set out in this clause are reasonable and necessary to protect our goodwill and reasonable commercial interests.
 
RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES 
The relationship between the parties is that of independent contractors and nothing in this Agreement is to be construed as constituting an agency, partnership, joint venture, relationship of employee and employer or franchisor and franchisee or any other form of association between the parties.
 
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
If a dispute arises between the parties, the party claiming the dispute must not commence any court or arbitration proceedings (except where they seek urgent interlocutory relief), unless they have first complied with this clause.
The party must inform the other party in writing of the following:
·       the nature of the dispute;
·       the outcome they desire to resolve the dispute, and
·       the action they believe will settle the dispute.
On receipt of the notice by the other party, both parties will make every effort, without delay and in good faith, to resolve the dispute by mutual negotiation within fourteen (14) Business Days.
If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute in that time, the parties must agree on selection of a mediator (if the parties are unable to agree, they agree to request that the President of the Law Society of Western Australia appoint a mediator) and will be equally liable for the fees and reasonable expenses of the mediator and the cost of the venue of the mediation (to be paid in advance). The parties must each pay their own costs associated with the mediation, which must be held in Perth, Western Australia.
The existence of a dispute or the commencement of proceedings does not affect the obligation of the parties to continue to perform their obligations under this Agreement.
This clause survives termination of this Agreement.
 
INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE
You can seek independent legal advice on these terms and contact us to negotiate changes or amendments to these conditions before proceeding with your order. If you don’t do so, we’ll take it that you’ve read, understood and agreed to be bound by these conditions, and that you consider the conditions fair and reasonable and not against public policy.
 
VARIATION
We may make permitted variations to these conditions at any time by updating this document and giving notice to you by posting a copy on the Website, or otherwise notifying you in writing. The variations will take effect thirty (30) days after the date of posting. Your continued access and use of the Services will indicate your acceptance of the variations. 
Permitted variations will be limited to those reasonably required by us to protect our legitimate business interests and which do not seriously impact the benefit you receive under this Agreement.
 
SEVERANCE
If any part of these conditions is found to be void or unenforceable by a Court of competent jurisdiction, that part will be severed, and the rest of the Agreement will remain in force.
 
ASSIGNMENT
The rights of each party under this Agreement are personal. You may only assign, charge, transfer or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of their rights under this Agreement with our prior written consent, which can only be withheld on reasonable grounds. We may assign, charge, transfer or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of their rights under this Agreement on giving you notice in writing.
 
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The contents of this Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersede any prior negotiations, representations, understandings or arrangements made between the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement, whether orally or in writing.
 
WAIVER 
A party’s failure or delay to exercise a power or right does not operate as a waiver of that power or right. The exercise of a power or right does not preclude its future exercise or the exercise of any other power or right.
 
TERM 
This Agreement commences on the date that it is accepted by you and will remain in force until each party has fulfilled their obligations under this Agreement, unless terminated earlier in accordance with this Agreement or general law.
 
TERMINATION
We may terminate this Agreement at any time on thirty (30) days’ written notice to you. All disclaimers and limitations of liability will survive termination. Any accrued rights or remedies to which either party is entitled will not be affected.
 
JURISDICTION
As we’re based in Western Australia, these conditions will be governed by the laws of that state/territory. If we do end up in court, you agree that the non-exclusive venue for resolving any dispute will be in the courts of Western Australia, Australia.