The WOVE Birth & Parenthood Programme
WOVE Birth School
Preparation for birth. Support for what comes after.
A comprehensive, premium, self-paced digital antenatal programme designed to prepare parents not only for labour, but also for feeding, recovery, the transition into parenthood and the early weeks of family life. Complete it together, in your own time, from the comfort of home.
The WOVE Birth & Parenthood Programme
1. Understanding Birth
Explore the physiological process of birth, understanding how your body is designed for labour and the hormonal flow that supports it.
2. Preparing for Labour
Practical preparation for the different stages of labour, focusing on environment, movement, and emotional grounding.
3. Pain Relief & Choice
An evidence-informed overview of all pain relief options, helping you understand their benefits and considerations for your experience.
4. Birth Preferences & Informed Decisions
Learn to navigate clinical conversations with confidence, building preferences based on evidence, intuition, and your family's needs.
5. Induction & Intervention
Understanding the clinical pathways for induction and common interventions so you remain active in decision-making throughout.
6. Caesarean Birth
Comprehensive preparation for caesarean birth, focusing on the calm and professional nature of the experience and your recovery.
7. The Birth Partner
Empowering partners with practical tools and emotional strategies to provide deep support during labour and parenthood.
8. Feeding & Your Newborn
Gentle preparation for your newborn's arrival, including early feeding patterns, soothing techniques, and biologically normal infant behavior.
9. The Fourth Trimester
Preparing your home and circle for the early weeks of family life, prioritizing rest, recovery, and meaningful support.
10. Matrescence & Becoming a Family
Navigate the profound psychological shift of becoming a mother and a new family unit with compassion and tools for transition.
Our Philosophy
Education that holds you.
At WOVE, we believe antenatal education should be as much about the woman’s transformation as it is about birth preparation. Our curriculum is built on the concept of matrescence—the profound identity shift of becoming a mother. Rooted in Christian values and informed by evidence, we weave themes of compassion, dignity, and community gently through the programme, ensuring every family feels deeply prepared and held.
Rooted in Christian values. Welcoming every family.
What’s Included
Prepare Together
The complete WOVE Birth & Parenthood Programme will also be available in Spanish, providing the same core curriculum and resources to Spanish-speaking families globally.
- Self-paced video programme
- WOVE course workbook
- Birth preferences workbook & template
- Birth partner guide
- Breathing & relaxation resources
- Hospital & birth-centre prep guide
- Postnatal planning workbook
- Newborn & feeding resources
- Nesting checklist
- Relationship exercises
- Prayer & Scripture reflection resources
Birth education should not sit solely with the pregnant woman. We encourage couples to complete this programme together, ensuring partners learn how to support practically and emotionally while talking through expectations for postpartum life.
Your Educator
Nicola Knuckles is a mother of three, birth and postnatal doula, and student midwife. She brings a depth of personal and professional experience to WOVE, holding families through the physical and emotional transition of early parenthood.
Evidence-informed education. This programme provides preparation and tools but does not replace personalised medical advice from a doctor, midwife, or qualified healthcare professional.
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Prepare for birth. Prepare for parenthood.
Birth is one day in a much larger transition. WOVE Birth School exists to help families understand their options, prepare together and enter this next chapter with knowledge, practical tools and support.