Survey Results
Calmbirth® Survey Results
Nearly 3,800 Australian couples completed a survey in 2013 after attending Calmbirth® Prenatal Education Programs.
Over half of the respondents had felt anxious, frightened or very frightened before attending a Calmbirth® course. This dropped to 2.6 per cent afterwards.
Revealed that nearly 50% of course participants required no analgesia compared to the population average of 90%.
Before Calmbirth Course
- Very frightened 8.1%
- Frightened 8.3%
- Anxious 39.8%
- Neutral 9.6%
- OK 20.4%
- Confident 13.2%
- Very confident 1.5%
After Calmbirth Course
- Very frightened 0%
- Frightened 0.3%
- Anxious 2.3%
- Neutral 1.8%
- OK 11.9%
- Confident 51.9%
- Very confident 30.4%
NSW 2018 average (source)
- No analgesia 8.6%
- Gas 39.2%
- Pethidine 9.3%
- Epidural 55%
After Calmbirth Course
- No analgesia 45.4%
- Gas 29.4%
- Pethidine 8.3%
- Epidural 24.2%