Molly O'Brien has become a full time freelance teacher after a 20 year career as a full time clinical midwife in the NHS. Her career has been characterised by a passion to use and develop midwifery skills that help women keep birth normal.

Fed up with saying “it’s not magic - it’s science”  to colleagues asking her to "work her magic" with women, she decided she had to teach her accumulated skills. The course began as  in house teaching at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital and has evolved into an information packed mix of practical techniques, anatomy and physiology and salutogenesis. It's aimed primarily at midwives but of value to antenatal educators, doulas, physiotherapists and all other birth professionals and has already travelled regularly to venues in Spain and once as far as  Chile as well as UK presentations.

It teaches skills that have the potential to transform practice, especially when working with obstructed Labour. Molly examines the physiology of the pelvis, the biomechanics of birth, It teaches skills that have the potential to transform practice, especially when working with obstructed Labour. Molly examines the physiology of the pelvis, the biomechanics of birth, approaches to diagnosing labour dystocia more effectively and techniques to create more space for the baby's journey through the pelvis.

The online course offer the same information as the face to face course but are split 40/60 between live zoom sessions and prerecorded and written material. This course is being run on one day as a morning and afternoon session and is aimed at people who find it difficult to manage two consecutive days

Your registration is not valid until we receive payment - please pay in full on registration either using the paypal button when you register or bank transfer - details will be sent as soon as you register

This is a Southampton Midwives organised course - there are few tickets remaining @ £100 for Southampton midwives and students and £110 for the public - please note venue costs need to be paid directly to the organisers on the day

 We are dealing with booking and payment to take a bit of the load off the organisers back - When you register you will receive an acknowledgement with prices please ignore them!

We prefer payment to be made by bank transfer to:  Optimal Birth Ltd, Account Number: 73889668, Sort Code: 608371 - if you can pay when you register it makes my life a lot easier and would be appreciated.

Event Location

Boorley Green Community Centre, 121 Wallace Avenue, Southampton SO322RQ.

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Important note: The cost of the venue has been paid directly by Jen. If we collect that element of the cost we'd have to add VAT to it - I know VAT is the most horrible tax on the planet! Please pay her directly. It works out at £8 per person

Molly O'Brien has become a full time freelance teacher after a 20 year career as a full time clinical midwife in the NHS. Her career has been characterised by a passion to use and develop midwifery skills that help women keep birth normal.

The course began as  in house teaching at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital 2018 and has evolved into an information packed mix of practical techniques, anatomy and physiology and salutogenesis. It's aimed primarily at midwives but of value to antenatal educators, doulas, physiotherapists and all other birth professionals.

It teaches skills that have the potential to transform practice, especially when working with obstructed Labour. Molly examines the physiology of the pelvis, the biomechanics of birth, It teaches skills that have the potential to transform practice, especially when working with obstructed Labour but it is also a advocacy for midwifery skillls and asks burning questions about some aspects of current obstetric practice. 

Since it's humble beginnings she's taught this course in over 100 different trusts all over the UK and Ireland - several times over in quite a few of them - been face to face in Spain, Portugal, Chile, Ireland and Belgium and online in the USA, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bermuda, and she has an active social media group with over 6000 members on Facebook..

Note: this course is split into two 4 hour sessions - they will run from 9-30am till approximately 1-00 pm on both days

Molly O'Brien has become a full time freelance teacher after a 20 year career as a full time clinical midwife in the NHS. Her career has been characterised by a passion to use and develop midwifery skills that help women keep birth normal.

Fed up with saying “it’s not magic - it’s science”  to colleagues asking her to "work her magic" with women, she decided she had to teach her accumulated skills. The course began as  in house teaching at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital and has evolved into an information packed mix of practical techniques, anatomy and physiology and salutogenesis. It's aimed primarily at midwives but of value to antenatal educators, doulas, physiotherapists and all other birth professionals and has already travelled regularly to venues in Spain and once as far as  Chile as well as UK presentations.

It teaches skills that have the potential to transform practice, especially when working with obstructed Labour. Molly examines the physiology of the pelvis, the biomechanics of birth, It teaches skills that have the potential to transform practice, especially when working with obstructed Labour. Molly examines the physiology of the pelvis, the biomechanics of birth, approaches to diagnosing labour dystocia more effectively and techniques to create more space for the baby's journey through the pelvis.

The online course offer the same information as the face to face course but are split 40/60 between live zoom sessions and prerecorded and written material. This course is being run on one day as a morning and afternoon session and is aimed at people who find it difficult to manage two consecutive days

Your registration is not valid until we receive payment - please pay in full on registration either using the paypal button when you register or bank transfer - details will be sent as soon as you register