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Antenatal Parenting Classes
Antenatal education, or parent education aims to prepare expectant parents for pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
At Private Midwives we provide this information over 3 sessions that can be held over a video call or face to face.
We know that you are all really busy and making time to attend “classes” can be a challenge. We also know that sometimes, you feel a little embarrassed to ask questions in front of others. So, all our private antenatal classes are just for you and your partner or close family. No strangers.
Having this information means you can be more prepared – physically, emotionally, and practically. This can give you more confidence.
It also means you can start to think about your options and choices. You can be better prepared and have a greater understanding of what is happening and why.
What is involved with each session?
Session One:
Preparing for birth
- What is a birth plan?
- Optimal fetal positioning, Birth ball
- Perineal Massage
- Colostrum harvesting
- What to pack and what not to pack
- Thinking about location, comforts, waterbirth, movement
- Nutrition in early labour/prelabour
- Braxton hicks, coping in the latent phase
- Stages of labour
- When to call your midwife
- Role of birth partner
Session Two:
Birth
- Recap on stages of labour
- Pain relief options – tens, water, epidural, massage, movement, injections
- Positions, movement, massage
- Spontaneous birth
- Instrumental birth
- Caesarean birth
- VBAC/HBAC what to consider
- 3rd stage, cord clamping (who, when, how)
- 3rd stage potential problems
- Perineal trauma and stitches
- Skin to skin with baby
Session Three:
Feeding & Postnatal
- Formula feeding – making up feeds, equipment
- Colostrum harvesting
- Breast feeding – positioning and attachment, frequency, problem solving, tongue tie
- Skin to skin
- Maternal nutrition and rest
- Emotional wellbeing in the postnatal period
- Baby screening – NIPE, hearing, NBBS (link)
- Jaundice
- Cord care
- Safe sleeping
You can access our parent education in one of two ways
Lasting around 2hrs per session
Sessions are £175 each
Book all 3 sessions for £500
If the content here isn’t quite what you are looking for, you can book a tailor made session just for you, to cover the topics you want to talk about.
Already Booked With Us?
If you have booked our Silver, Gold or Platinum care package, all of your parent education is included during your antenatal appointments and is spread throughout your care with us.
All sessions are held at a time convenient for you. At the end of each session will be time for questions. Typically, each session is 2hrs.
Sessions can be arranged for any stage of pregnancy and can be spaced out to suit your needs. We advise completing before week 36 of pregnancy.
More On Antenatal Care
Client Information Booklet
If you would like to know more information of what you can expect from us before making a booking please have a look at our client information booklet
See the Resource Library
Take a look at our resource library for guides on planning your birth, antenatal & postnatal plans of care, water births and much more.
Private Midwives Awards
We have been awarded the Winner of the Best Midwifery Service 2024 at the M&A Today Globabl Awards
We're also delighted to have been announced as the winner in the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion category at the Gamechangers Progress Champion Awards 2023 for both the UK and Ireland.
Thanks to all our midwives, office staff, our clients, our voters and nominators. We couldn't do any of this without you.
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Copyright © 2021 Private Midwives
The Heath Business Centre,
Runcorn, WA7 4QX
Website development by Arise Media