1:1 Antenatal Education Course in Chelmsford, Essex or Online

Are you looking for a 1:1 antenatal education course on Zoom or face to face in your own home, taught by an experienced midwife?

Each course is four hours long, over two classes and includes -

Labour, Birth and Baby-care:

– Final stages of pregnancy and getting ready for birth
– Early signs of labour and coping at home
– When to call the midwives/come to the maternity unit
– Coping with labour: natural strategies and different types of pain-relief medication
– Birth partner’s role in labour
– Straightforward birth
– Induction of labour
– Ventouse and forceps birth
– Caesarean birth
– Homebirth
– What happens immediately after birth
– Going home and the early weeks with your baby/babies
– Practical skills – nappy changing, bathing, swaddling, umbilical cord care and more…
– How to deal with a crying baby
– How to encourage a good sleeping and feeding pattern
– Postpartum healing – how to deal with stitches and sore perineums.
– Your emotional health

Breastfeeding and bottle feeding:

– Getting started
– Establishing a good milk supply
– Positioning and technique
– Recognizing your baby’s/babies feeding cues
– How to encourage a good sleeping and feeding pattern
– How to tell if your baby/babies is/are getting enough milk
– How to manage common breastfeeding problems
– When to seek advice
– Expressing breast milk
– Bottle and formula feeding

Duration: 4 hours over two classes
Time: Weekday, evening? It’s up to you.
Location: In the comfort of your own home, within a 30 minute drive of Chelmsford OR 1:1 online via Zoom.

Investment £295 at home or £250 online