WELCOME TO BIRTH RIGHT

I am so pleased you have landed here where we are changing minds/changing lives.

You can purchase my books here:   Birth Right

and Doulas why every pregnant woman deserves one

About Susan Ross – a Life Devoted to Changing Birth Outcomes

I always knew I wanted to be a nurse.  That calling led me to complete my general nursing at Dubbo Base Hospital. This hospital based training was an amazing hands on experience.  It was here I learned my first great lesson – the power of listening.  I was young, often without the words, but presence taught me more than textbooks ever could.

Midwifery training followed in Sydney.  I did NOT enjoy Midwifery.  Our treatment as students was harsh.  The treatment of pregnant/labouring women was shocking, and felt deeply misaligned with my values.  I had no intention of ever working in this space.

Life, however had other plans

Where Wisdom Lives – Learning ‘to be’ with Woman

Following graduation I returned to regional NSW, and took a position in a small country hospital.  This experience would certainly further my general nursing skills.  But to my surprise, it was in this small country hospital I fell in love with supporting birthing women.

With no reliance on machines, ultrasounds, epidurals or even doctors, women simply arrived, and birthed, often smiling.

The greatest teachers were the nurses’ aides, women with immense lived wisdom and intuition.  They showed me something I’d never been taught in formal training – you don’t need to do anything.  You simply hold the space, be present, trust the woman, trust the natural process.

This small country town reshaped my understanding of birth forever.

From the Bush to London and Back Again

From small town NSW to London,  where I lived, loved, travelled & worked.

Two years later I returned home to Dubbo Base Hospital, carrying both clinical experience and a deeper appreciation for human connection.

Sydney soon called again, with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  I was selected as one of only six students accepted into a full-time, salaried program specialising in infant bonding and attachment, community health and child and family therapy.

This training was life-changing.  It profoundly shaped my understanding of early emotional development and the long term impact of our earliest experiences.  Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Australia was investing in preventative health and community based care.  It was an inspiring time to be doing meaningful work with great outcomes.

A Career Spanning Birth, Babies and Belief Systems

Over the years I have worked across almost every facet of maternity and family care including:

• Family Planning clinics
• Birth Centres
• Delivery Suites
• New-born Care
• Early Discharge Programs
• Community Health
• Child & Family Therapy

My professional training also includes clinical Hypnotherapy, NLP and Time Line Therapy, deepening my focus on the unconscious mind and belief formation.

Birth Right Training Academy

I founded the Birth Right Training Academy because I am passionate about changing how women, and their partners view pregnancy, birth and parenting, helping them uncover the origins of their unconscious beliefs and understand how these beliefs shape not only their own experiences, but the emotional and neurological foundations of their unborn baby.

Birth Right Training includes:  Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator and Head First Birth Coaching.

Birth Right also includes:  Hypnotherapy sessions specialising in releasing fears, anxieties, rewiring old outdated programs that are holding you back from achieving your goals.

Head First Birth Coaching is a specialised training ground for coaches, therapists, psychologists, midwives, doulas, conscious practitioners and anyone who wants to understand the power of prenatal imprinting.

because the first imprint matters

Beyond the Work

Outside of my professional life I love singing, writing (including 2 published books), immersing myself in local jazz and propagating plants – sowing seeds and watching them grow & blossom.  There’s a theme here, if you’re paying attention.

Above all my family comes first. Being Mum to two beautiful sons is a privilege and an honour I never take for granted.

If you’re here, you likely sense that birth is more than a physical event, it is the beginning of a human life story.

You will receive one-on-one support and mentoring throughout your training.

 

What’s On Offer

Study with Birth Right

• Three Certificate Courses – Childbirth Educator,  Birth Doula and Postpartum Doula.  These certificate courses are different – understanding and working with the MIND – the most important organ in birthing.
• Head First Birth Coach training – coming soon
• Mentoring – support and nurturing throughout your study and beyond

 

For Pregnant Women & Partners

 

Head First Birth Coaching | I help parents heal past or present trauma and transform pregnancy anxiety into confident parenting inside to outside, creating a baby who feels safe, secure, loved and welcomed.

Discover your own birth imprint, and any attachment or early childhood wounds, which may cause unconscious transference to the unborn baby.

 

 

Birth Trauma Resolution

Pregnancy/Birth Trauma isn’t just about the mother – it ripples through generations, affecting babies, partners and family dynamics.

Ready to transform YOUR birth story? 

Let’s explore how specialised trauma resolution can create the confident, connected parenting experience you deserve.