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Hi, I'm Helen, and I'm a parenthood educator and facilitator.

Are you planning to have kids in the future, or just thinking it through?

When I was in your position, I felt overwhelmed and anxious. I knew I had a lot to think about, and decisions to make, but I didn't know where to start.

I wished there was someone who could guide me and my partner through how to make a plan that would work for each of us, and get us to the family life we actually wanted.

I wanted to be strategic and proactive in designing my future life as a parent. But, until someone* helped me to do it, I was a bit lost.

I created Preparental because I wanted to help future parents figure things out beforehand - not too late, when they are exhausted and stressed parents of a newborn or a toddler, wishing they lived somewhere different, had more family support, or wishing they had a different job or had done more financial planning.

I'll help you to follow a structured path (The 12 Steps) to plan and prepare, practically and strategically - including career planning, where to live, childcare planning, financial planning, and the principles of how to agree and establish roles as parents.

So you can organise your thoughts, reduce the overwhelm, make regret-free decisions, and actually start to feel excited about the idea of starting a family, rather than just anxious. And ultimately, so that you can have a family life that works for you, and that you can enjoy.

(*it was actually the adoption process, which is another story!)