The secret is - great pregnancy, birth and postpartum stories don’t just happen, they are the product of thoughtful and intentional preparation.

Our Services

  • Christchurch antenatal classes

    Group Antenatal Classes

    Our holistic in person antenatal course is the whole package! Everything you need to know for an empowered pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey. Join our community today.

    *In person classes are based in Christchurch city, NZ.

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  • tens machine hire

    Tens Machine Hire

    Powerful + effective pain relief for every stage of labour. Portable, easy to use, drug free and ALL natural pain relief It’s a MUST!

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  • birth pool hire

    Birth Pool Hire

    The dreamiest birth pool is here. Designed in NZ by a midwife, mama + photographer this is the pool you have been waiting for!

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  • Online Course

    Bring authored to you! Wherever in the world you are, our online course will equip and empower you for your best pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey. Pop your email in at the bottom of the page to keep in the loop!

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  • Absolutely amazing. This course saved my pregnancy from what was a fairly rocky start, and absolutely made my birth the incredible experience that it was. I went from being someone who was highly anxious and who insisted on a hospital birth wanting only doctors around me, to being able to have an intervention-free vaginal birth with just my midwife and husband present. It was the most incredible experience. Had I not done Authored, I would not have felt the empowerment I needed to write that experience for myself. Thank you Jess.

    Bianca

  • I loved this course. It gave me more confidence to be ready to meet the challenges that childbirth would bring. Although my labour did not go as planned. I think it gave me the tools to cope and meet whatever twists and turns my labour took. I was terrified of childbirth when I registered for the course, but I went in to the hospital without fear. Thank you Jess

    Kelly

  • I felt so in control of the labour itself thanks to the positive mindset you encouraged during our classes :) have so appreciated your support and kind words in the postpartum period too. You’re the best !!

    Sarah & Sam

  • The authored classes were great and I felt fully prepared for labour and birth. I definitely would recommend them to others thank you

  • This course was the first info about birth/PP that my partner had experienced so having it shared in such a positive way was really helpful. It opened up conversations I wouldn't have thought to have (what happens during birth as well as thinking ahead to postpartum). I felt prepared for a homebirth with techniques in my toolkit and my partner felt like he had a job to do. Being given info about hospital birth and knowing how to advocate for myself so I felt prepared should our homebirth plan change.Jess was so open and honest and we felt informed and prepared for reality without being fearful of the experience. I recommend this course to anyone, it's so worth it (with the added bonus of cookies!!)

    Rebecca

  • Thoroughly enjoyed our classes with Jess. We joined the class with very little knowledge and had a whole lot of fear about the birthing process. Jess’ teachings set us up for a very positive birthing experience despite it being very different to our birth plan!

  • The plan did not go as we dreamed but we were prepared and knew what was happening the whole time so was a beautiful outcome

  • The first day we started class Jess asked us to use one word to describe how we felt about pregnancy and birth, I said “confusing”. I left the course feeling completely empowered with an in-depth understanding of all my different options for birth and the power to back myself when making my birth plan. During labour I even referred to the course notes on my phone when I had to make a call on pain relief or interventions. My partner could also be such a big part of the labour as he learnt everything with me and how he could support me the entire time - birth was such an empowering experience for me, and it’s only because I took this course! I am so grateful I am now part of the authored community, and looking forward to all the activities we have coming up!

    Becca & Tim

  • I really enjoyed this course! It was really helpful in preparing for birth. I came away from each session feeling excited and empowered. The other members of the group were fun to connect with too. The timing of it during the week suited well and having it once a month too

  • Was terrified of birth, went into this course and felt more empowered and comfortable with birth! It really prepared me and changed my mindset to birth which really made my birth a positive experience. Duncan learnt so much about it all as well- it prepared him for labour and ways of how he could support me. Thanks so much! I really believe this course helped me have a positive birth, going in with a good mindset and lots of knowledge. (Not going into birth scared!)

    Alexia & Duncan

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