May She Flourish
Antenatal classes designed by a psychologist and delivered by a team of experts in Christchurch
Antenatal. Postpartum. Beyond
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Antenatal Classes
NZ’s only antenatal classes designed by a psychologist and delivered by a team of experts. Trusted by midwives and GPs, focused on postpartum prep and infant wellbeing, delivered in person and live online.
Individual Support
Whether you're a mum navigating the challenges of motherhood - the mental load, identity shifts, and relationship changes to name a few. Or a mum-to-be wanting to feel prepared for what's ahead this space is for you. Available in person and online.
Kia ora,
I'm Stacey, a Therapist, Registered Social Worker, and Certified Matrescence Practitioner. I'm also a mum of two.
Despite my training, and what I thought was solid antenatal preparation, I was not ready for the reality of becoming a mother. Nobody told me what it would actually feel like. So when it got hard, I thought that meant I was failing.
I wasn't. I just didn't know.
That's what my antenatal classes are built around. Not just labour and birth, but the full reality of early parenthood: the mental load, the identity shift, the nights that break you a little. Knowledge doesn't stop it being hard. But it stops you thinking something's wrong with you when it is.
My work doesn't end at birth either. Whether it's antenatal prep, 1:1 postpartum support, or something further down the road, I want you to feel informed, and not alone in any of it.
What is Matrescence
“Matrescence is the process of adapting to a series of changes associated with becoming and being a mother.” — Matrescence NZ
Matrescence is the process of becoming a mother. Not just the birth, not just the newborn days, but the ongoing transformation of who you are — your identity, your relationships, your sense of self, your body, your emotions. It's a word that many mothers have never heard. But the moment they do, something shifts. Suddenly there is language for what they have been living. And with language comes relief.
If you have ever felt like you lost yourself in motherhood, you were not lost. You were transforming.