OMP Live Workshop — Optimal Maternal Positioning for Birth Professionals | Sydney
You already know how to support a textbook labour. This workshop is for the ones that aren't.
The posterior baby that won't rotate. The labour that stalls at 6cm for reasons no one can quite name. The mother who's exhausted and the clock that keeps ticking. Most of us were trained in what to recognise — far less in what to do with our hands and her body in the next ten minutes.
That gap is what Optimal Maternal Positioning fills.
What you can do during pregnancy to enable a labouring mother to optimise her pelvis, truly understanding and deconstructing maternal positions and movements, and when to use which maternal position and movement for each specific level of the pelvis, using alignment before mobility and creating space to enable the baby to complete its cardinal movements.
OMP LIVE — Sydney, Australia 📅 Saturday & Sunday, 10-11 October 2026 🕘 8:30am – 4:30pm both days 📍 6 Reserve St, Annandale NSW 2038, Australia 💰 AU$888
By 5:30pm on Day 2, you will be able to:
Read fetal position from maternal cues — not just palpation
Apply 12+ positioning techniques using a rebozo, peanut ball, swim rings, and birth rope — on a real body, with real feedback
Match technique to presentation: OP, asynclitic, deep transverse arrest, slow descent
Use the OMP decision framework so you stop guessing mid-labour
Teach two foundational positions to your own clients before you leave the room
This workshop is for:
Midwives and student midwives
Birth Doulas & Childbirth Educators
Alternative Therapists & Exercise Instructors working with pregnant women
Obstetricians and maternity physiotherapists
Any birth professional who wants to feel genuinely confident when labour stops behaving like the textbook
No prior OMP knowledge required.
What's included:
2 full days of hands-on, in-person training with Ginny Phang-Davey and printed workbook
6 months' access to the full OMP for Birth Professionals self-paced online course — available from the moment you register, so you arrive prepared
7 CPD hours endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives
OMP Ambassador badge for your website and professional profile upon completion
First step toward qualifying as a certified OMP Educator (pathway explained at the workshop)
What to bring: 2 pillows | 1 rebozo | 1 knee pad or yoga mat | 1 inflatable pilates ball | 2 swim ring floats | 1 firm birth ball (min. 65cm) | 1 peanut ball | birth rope | 1 small Pilates Ball
Taught by Ginny Phang-Davey Founder of Optimal Maternal Positioning™. Nearly two decades supporting birth, 1,500+ births attended, OMP framework now used by birth professionals across Australia, Singapore, China, the US, UK and Europe. TEDx speaker and International Birth Educator.
✅ Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives ✅ 7 CPD hours ✅ Minimum 20 participants required for the workshop to proceed ✅ Non-refundable
🔗 Full curriculum: www.ibirthprofessionals.com/ompworkshopbreakdown 🔗 Secure your place: www.ibirthprofessionals.com/omp-live-workshops