
Antenatal Courses In Person
Our 5 week courses lasting over 6 hours led by a range of professionals will ensure you feel supported, empowered and connected with a community of other parents to be to begin your parenting journey with. Providing a wealth of information, you and your birth partner will leave the course feeling excited and confident about pregnancy, birth and beyond!
Our Course Content
Week 1
Come and join our antenatal educator for a 2 hour session which covers birth choices and preparation including, where to give birth, the birth environment and birth partner support. We cover preparing the body, birth preferences and include all hand outs for you to be able to create your own plan at home with your partner. This session will also cover birth physiology including hormones, signs of labour and stages of labour. There’ll also be plenty of time to get to know your classmates over refreshments.
Week 2
This one hour session will again be delivered by our antenatal educator and will cover managing your pain and possible interventions including methods of pain relief, induction of labour, instrumental birth and caesarean birth.
This content will be supplemented with all handouts and additional online content to include information on
The fourth trimester
Physical recovery after birth
Emotions
Support and visitors
Baby Feeding
Week 3
Pelvic Floor, Core and Functional Stretches
Our personal trainer, nutritionalist and pregnancy exercise specialist will support you with functional stretches and exercises to alleviate common pregnancy ailments and aches. Providing information on the changes that happen to the body and how best to support those changes. This practical session is often one of the most useful. Providing support for the lower back, pelvis and core, this session will leave you feeling lighter and calmer! Birth positioning is also a focus of this session along with breathing effectively for birth and labour
Week 4
Come and join Clare our counsellor and hypnobirthing expert as she takes you through an introduction to hypnobirthing and how best to plan for a positive birth. Clare will talk you through what hypnobirthing is and how it can best support you during your pregnancy, birth and beyond. The hypnobirthing script will be used to give an insight into how you can use hypnobirthing to effectively manage pain and relieve tension during birth. Clare will cover breathing techniques for labour and birth as well as including techniques for relaxation and creating your own positive affirmations to use during pregnancy, promoting a calmer, empowered birth.
Week 5
Our Baby First aid session is always an incredibly popular session! Providing information on caring for your baby, recognising signs of illness, common childhood illnesses, febrile convulsion, CPR, baby recovery position, sepsis and useful first aid kit essentials. This session will leave you with a clear understanding of how to support your baby and how to seek effective help.
Online Content
As well as 6 hours worth of face to face classes, your antenatal course is also supplemented by the following video content
Bringing your baby home and the fourth trimester
Baby Brain Development
Bonding and attachment
Baby Wearing
Breast feeding information
Common Childhood illnesses
Baby Proofing your home.
These videos will be sent out to you via email during the first session of the course and will be yours to watch and re-watch as many times as you need. The videos support the information delivered in sessions by the professionals delivering the course. Please do feel free to ask any questions you may have throughout the course, either via phonecall, email, or at the in person sessions.
When
2022 Courses
9th MAY 2022
13th JUNE 2022
Where
St Mary’s Millennium Centre, Meadow Lane, West Derby, Liverpool L12 5EA
Price
£120 PER COUPLE
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About us
Beautiful New Beginnings is Liverpool’s Independent Antenatal Course provider. We aim to empower parents with the most up to date information, connect families and build community. We want parents to feel confident, prepared and excited as they enter this brand new adventure.