Cesarean Recovery EMDR + Somatic Coaching Intensive
Walk into this birth like a participant, not a passenger
Without your last one writing the script
A one-week EMDR coaching intensive for mothers who had an unscheduled c-section. To resource your nervous system, release what's been holding you back, and move toward getting pregnant again or planning a VBAC feeling grounded, not panicked.
You're ready for this birth
to feel different
You want to think about getting pregnant again without the last birth pulling you under. You want to move toward your next pregnancy, or plan your VBAC, from clarity not fear. And you want to actually feel present in your life instead of holding yourself at arm's length from everything because last time, it didn't go to plan.
That's exactly what this intensive is built for.
BUT RIGHT NOW...
You're pregnant again. And instead of excited, you're overwhelmed
Maybe you're not even pregnant yet. Maybe the thought of getting pregnant again sits somewhere between longing and dread and you can't quite tell which one is louder.
Maybe you're pregnant again and instead of excited, you're overwhelmed. Every appointment. Every conversation about birth plans. Every kick that should feel like connection just pulls you into the what ifs of this next birth going sideways.
Maybe you just feel this low-grade weight when someone asks if you want another baby, and you give them the vague answer because the honest one is too complicated to hand to someone at a dinner party.
Maybe you thought you'd made peace with what happened. And then something reminds you of it and suddenly you're back there.
Heart pounding
You can feel yourself holding back. From trying again. From letting yourself want this. Because wanting it means admitting how scared you actually are.
You're scared that if you go through another birth and it goes the same way, you won't come back from it. That your body will prove you right about what it can and can't do.
You've tried talking about it. Journaling. Maybe even therapy. And it helped, to a point. But your body still reacts like you're back in that room.
HERE'S WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU
Your nervous system learned that birth was dangerous, and it hasn't had a reason to believe this time will be any different.
You need EMDR
That tightening in your chest when you think about your due date? That's not anxiety you need to manage. That's your nervous system doing its job.
This isn't about convincing yourself your last birth wasn't that bad, or white-knuckling through the rest of this pregnancy hoping the fear lifts on its own. It's about supporting your body to process the pain and fear from your last birth, so that thinking about this one starts to feel different. And eventually, even exciting.
If you're ready for this birth to feel different, you don't need more information, a better birth plan, or more time.
EMDR works differently
And the intensive format matters, specifically for you.
Most approaches to healing from birth trauma ask you to retell your story until it hurts less. This works differently.
Think of your nervous system like a filing system. When something overwhelming happens, the memory doesn't always get filed properly. It stays open, on repeat, setting off the alarm every time something reminds you of it. EMDR coaching and somatic mindfulness work together to help your nervous system finally file it properly. The memory doesn't disappear. It just stops running in the background.
Why an intensive? The intensive format exists because you deserve more than fifty-minute sessions stretched across months, or even years. We condense that work into one focused week, so that you stay in the work with momentum, instead of starts and stops that feel like they aren't getting you towards your goal.
JESSICA RITA, MA
EMDR CLINICIAN · SOMATIC PRACTITIONER · INTERNATIONAL CESAREAN RECOVERY COACH
I built this coaching intensive because I kept watching mothers outside of Canada fall through the cracks. The work I do isn't restricted by a license when it's delivered in a coaching format.
I know this personally. I planned a homebirth. Did all the prep. And then ended up with an emergency cesarean instead. The birth I had imagined and the one that actually happened, there was a big gap between them. And therefore a big gap between the motherhood I had envisioned, and the one I entered, which I had pictured as grounded and present, and arrived woven with anxiety instead.
I know what it's like to feel completely disconnected from the version of motherhood you thought you were stepping into. To feel the distance between who you were before the birth and who you are now. And I know what it's like to find your way back to yourself, not to who you were before, but to someone new who isn't still carrying that day.
That's exactly why this work exists. Not only to help you move toward your next pregnancy or your next birth feeling more confident, but to support who you get to be on the other side of it. Present. Grounded. Actually there.
WHAT I OBSERVE IN THE MOTHERS WHO DO THIS WORK
They arrive holding back from trying again, and afraid to want it and feel hopeful. They leave lighter, excited + more confident.
Not because the last birth suddenly makes sense. Not because they've rewritten the story into something easier to tell. But because what happened becomes something they can hold with distance rather than something that pulls them straight back into it.
Their nervous system finally has a reason to stand down. Something settles in the body. The fear that was running every decision starts to quiet.
They can think about the getting pregnant again without their chest tightening. They can imagine planning a VBAC and feel something other than dread.
They trust themselves again. Their instincts. Their body's signals. Their ability to make decisions from their own knowing, not their fear.
And they move toward their next chapter present. Not performing confidence they don't feel. Actually there.
Whatever happens, they're okay. If they need another cesarean, it's a decision they can meet, not a feeling of powerlessness and failure. And if they're planning a VBAC, they're doing it with genuine confidence. Not desperate hope.
WHAT WE DO TOGETHER
Four phases, moving
from root to ready.
Understand the whole picture
We map the beliefs that are running underneath everything. Not just about the birth, about yourself. About your body. About what you're capable of. We trace them back to where they started, so we're not just working with what's visible.
Resource
Before we go anywhere near the harder material, we build the inner foundation your nervous system needs. We find the beliefs you actually want to grow and help your nervous system feel them as a physical experience, not just words on a page. These are tools that carry you into your daily life, your next pregnancy, and the birth room.
Somatic coaching
We work with what your body is holding from the birth. Not by retelling the story, by working directly with the felt sense of it. Where it lives in your body. What it feels like when it gets activated. And how to support your nervous system to release what's been getting in the way of feeling confident and ready.
Prepare your nervous system for the birth you want
We turn toward what you actually want. We imagine your next pregnancy and birth together, work with whatever comes up in your body when you do, and anchor the confidence and clarity your body needs to carry into that next chapter, so that the fear stops making your decisions.
HERE'S WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything you need to
do this work properly.
01
1:1 Intake Session
80 minutes
We map your goals and build your treatment plan together, where the memory lives, what triggers it, what you most want to walk into this birth feeling. You'll leave with a custom workbook for the week ahead. This session is about building safety. This time, you're not alone in the room.
02
3× 1:1 EMDR Coaching Sessions
5 hours each · Mon / Wed / Fri
Sessions run as two 2.5-hour blocks with a lunch break in between. We open with resourcing, building the inner foundation your nervous system needs before we go anywhere difficult. From there, we work with how the birth is living in your body right now, the fear, the dread, the way it's showing up in your day to day, and we support your nervous system to release what's been holding you back. We're not managing symptoms. We're preparing your body for what you actually want.
03
1:1 Integration + Follow-Up Session
80 minutes · 2 weeks after
We close the loop. We check what's shifted, what still needs attention, and prepare you for the birth ahead. You'll know what you actually want, not just what you're trying to avoid.
04
Between-Session Messaging Support
Throughout the intensive
Processing doesn't stop when the session ends. You have direct access to message me if something surfaces, shifts, or feels like too much. You're not navigating the in-between alone.
05
Custom Nervous System Regulation Audio
Made for you
Designed specifically for you, not a template, not a generic meditation. Built around your specific triggers to support your nervous system between sessions, and carry you into your labour, delivery, and postpartum.
BY THE END OF OUR WORK TOGETHER
You will.
Think about getting pregnant again without being pulled back into the fear of the last birth
Move toward your next pregnancy from genuine openness, not dread
Plan your VBAC from genuine confidence, not desperate hope
Know what your nervous system is responding to, so you can work with it in the moment rather than be ambushed by it
Have the language and confidence to advocate for yourself with your care providers
Make your decisions about your next birth from your own knowing, not your fear
Feel the spaciousness to be present in your life, your relationships, and as a mother
Walk into your next chapter present. Baby planning or VBAC planning, be ready and excited for it.
THE INVESTMENT
One week to change how you walk into this next birth
CESAREAN RECOVERY EMDR + SOMATIC COACHING INTENSIVE
$4,000 CAD
1:1 Intake Session, 80 mins
3× 1:1 EMDR + Somatic Coaching Sessions, 5 hrs each (Mon/Wed/Fri)
1:1 Integration + Follow-Up Session, 80 mins
Between-session messaging support
Custom nervous system regulation audio tracks
This price increases to $5,000 after June 21st. You don't need to complete your intensive before then, but you can submit your deposit and book your week for July or August. You just need to confirm your spot before June 21st with a deposit to lock in the $4,000 rate.
This offer is available worldwide. No license restrictions. Wherever you are, you're welcome here.
QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT BE ASKING
Before you decide.
No, this might actually be the ideal time. Working with what your nervous system learned from the last birth before you're pregnant means you get to step into your next pregnancy differently. From the beginning. Not playing catch-up once the fear is already louder.
This work isn't about convincing you to have a VBAC or to get pregnant again. It's about making sure that whatever you choose, you're choosing it from clarity, not fear. Whether you're planning another cesarean, a VBAC, or just trying to feel okay about the idea of trying again, you deserve to move forward without your last birth writing the script.
Talk therapy works on the story of what happened. This works on where the fear is actually stored, in your body. If you've done therapy and you can talk about your birth without falling apart, but your body still reacts when you think about getting pregnant or planning a VBAC, heart racing, chest tightening, dread, that's because your nervous system is still running the last birth as a threat. This work is designed specifically to reach that.
That's exactly why the intensive format matters. We don't open things up and leave you hanging. The consecutive sessions mean we move through the harder material together, with momentum, and close the loop before the week is done. You're not doing this alone, and you're not doing it in a way that leaves you more activated than when we started. Within each session, we have five hours together, enough time to open something, move through it, and bring your nervous system back to a place of genuine regulation before you leave for the day.
Three days, each one five hours of processing time with a lunch break in the middle. The hope is that in between those days, you have spaciousness to care for yourself. To rest, to integrate, to be with what's moving through you. Think of it like a retreat you clear space for, not something you fit around a full schedule.
No. This is coaching. It draws on EMDR coaching and somatic mindfulness techniques, but it is not clinical treatment and does not replace therapy. We are working towards future goals, and if you are in acute mental health crisis or require clinical trauma therapy, please seek support from a licensed mental health professional. If you're in Canada and want clinical EMDR therapy, the EMDR Birth Trauma Intensive may be the right fit.
Although there are no gaurantees, EMDR is one of the most researched and effective treatments for trauma, evidence-based, not experimental. I can't guarantee your specific outcome. What I can tell you is that if you're here, reading this, something is already telling you that you're feeling called to do work on this. I'd love to have a conversation about whether this is the right fit, so that you can make a clear and informed decision before you commit to anything.
IF YOU'VE READ THIS FAR, YOU ALREADY KNOW
You're not looking for more information.
You're not looking for more information. You're deciding whether you're allowed to want this. Whether it's too much to spend on yourself. Whether you can trust that it will actually work.
I can't make that decision for you.
But I can tell you this: you don't have to keep approaching the idea of another pregnancy from the place you're in right now.
You don't have to keep holding yourself back from wanting this.
You don't have to keep pretending you're fine when your body is telling you something different.
Your next chapter is still ahead of you. Let's make sure you're ready for it.
Jess x
Cesarean Recovery EMDR + Somatic Coaching Intensive is a coaching offer available worldwide. It is not therapy and does not replace clinical mental health treatment. This offer is not covered by extended health benefits or insurance.
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