Live course

IVF Conception from the Conscious Baby's Perspective

with Karen Melton
Thursdays, 22 & 29 September 2025 19h - 20h30 UK time
Monday, 8 September 2025 19h - 19h30 UK time
From the viewpoint of pre- and perinatal psychology, consciousness is present from the moment of conception and we continue to be conscious and sentient throughout our time in the womb, during birth, and into early infancy. Conception is a profound and sacred event, and pregnancy is where our deepest life patterns are formed. Given this, what are the implication of fertilisation happening not only outside of the parents’ bodies and in a medicalised environment but also without their presence?

With 2% to 3% of children now born through IVF  and a rising trend in various forms of assisted reproductive technologies, it is important to look at this way of coming into the world from the perspective of the baby.

In this course, Karen Melton will help us gain an insight into the impact that medically assisted conception can have on the child’s experience and development. We will learn how IFV children as well as their parents can be supported on their journey. Karen will show possible ways of bringing more warmth and human connection into this procedure and how parents can stay connected with their incoming child despite the ‘technical’ circumstances under which it is brought into existence.
Karen Melton is a somatic pre- and perinatal psychology practitioner using body-centered approaches, including cranial sacral and energy psychology, to support babies (unborn and born), kids, adults and families.

In this course, Karen will show:

  • how we can understand IVF from the inside experience of the conscious incoming child
  • how to support parents through IVF, and why its important
  • how to activate retroactive healing for IVF
  • how to support babies through IVF and mitigate trauma through conscious early parenting
  • How trauma is inherited epigenetically and via family ritual, belief, behaviours and lore
  • how to parent through IVF, and why its important

Karen Melton

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IVF Conception from the Conscious Baby's Perspective

Monday, 8 September 2025 19h - 19h30 UK time
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Session 1

Coming into the world through IVF

Thursday, 22 September 2025 19h - 20h30 UK time
There are many differences between IVF and natural embodied conception. In this session, we will consider how IVF may affect the conscious baby and discover what we can bring to the experience to support their needs, both during and after IVF.
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Session 2

Parenting throughout IVF and beyond

Thursday, 29 September 2025 19h - 20h30 UK time
In this second session, we will learn how parenting can start right at the beginning of the IVF process, allowing the parents to stay consciously connected with their incoming baby. For those in the midst of IVF or with born children conceived with IVF, retroactive conscious early parenting is a resource that can be helpful at any stage.
Why this course?
  • Entry/intermediate level
  • Power Point Presentations
  • Demonstrations
  • Practical Exercises
  • Q and A with presenter
  • Two 90 minute sessions
  • Life time access to recordings
  • Certificate of Attendance on request

who can this benefit

  • Pre and Perinatal Therapists and Educators (PPNE)
  • Therapists and other practitioners working with people of childbearing age who may have IVF
  • Parents considering, or going through, IVF
  • Cranial Sacral and other bodywork or somatic practitioners
  • Parents who already have a born child through IVF, including families who used a surrogate

learning outcomes

  • Understand IVF from the inside experience of the conscious incoming child
  • How to support parent through IVF, and why its important
  • Understand your child's experience and stay connected to prevent isolation and overwhelm
  • How to parents through IVF, and why its important
  • Learn retroactive healing for IVF
  • Support your baby through IVF and mitigate trauma through conscious early parenting

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Do you live in a low income country compared to the UK? Contact us for possible scholarships.

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