Ideal pattern for making a gift for a midwife, doula, antenatal educator, childbirth educator or similar or make one for yourself if you are a midwife, doula, antenatal educator, childbirth educator or similar.

The finished product is a great tactile and visual teaching aid for childbirth education.

I have created this pattern to enable you to make your own labour beadlines.

Also available: labour beadline kits and labour beadlines.

Why do you need a labour beadline?
It is a tactile and visual teaching aid for childbirth education, to enable your clients to deepen their understanding and knowledge about the labour and birth process.

You can use your finished labour beadline to:
* illustrate the different stages of labour
* with add-ons (pictures and cards) to make labour more visual
* to discuss what may be happening when
* to use with comfort measure cards (available from my online shop on www.pregnancytobirth.co.uk)

I have been using various labour beadlines in my antenatal classes for 10 years. I tend to show at least 3 different ones to clearly illustrate, that every woman and every baby have their own very special journey. In the past 7 years, I have sold many labour beadlines all over the EU. However, since BREXIT this has become tricky due to the various materials I use. Furthermore, I often use beads from charity shop finds which means I don't know of their exact composition and origin. In 2021 I had to stop offering shipping outside the UK :(

So that my fellow birth workers in the EU don't have to miss out, I have designed this pattern!

Happy crafting!