Group Course Dates: Various dates available, please select the date to start that suits you from the list below!

Times for sessions: 9.15am - 12.45pm

Sessions per course: 4 x In Person, 1 x Zoom Session

Our popular, well rounded antenatal classes cover everything you need to know from pregnancy, to different types of birth experience and the postnatal period - including caring for and feeding your baby! Plus meet a group of friends all meeting their baby around the same time as you. Sophie is a midwife and founder of The Village Midwife and has been teaching parents across Buckinghamshire for 6 years now. 

Why choose our antenatal course in Bucks?

The course is 16 hours long which is all birth and postnatal prep. You have the option to book a discounted first aid course at The Village Midwife HQ as well but we often have medics/teachers do our courses who don’t want to do it again so it’s not a compulsory part of the course. On top of this, I know lots of other courses have far fewer hours than this spent on birth and postnatal prep but with my experience both as a midwife and a mum, I honestly wouldn't be able to reduce the time I spend on these topics any more without cutting out anything essential!

The antenatal course is made up of 5 sessions total, which includes:

2 sessions focusing on birth options in every eventuality, including:

• what happens in different birth scenarios

• pain relief options (pharmaceutical and holistic)
• caesarean preferences
• induction of labour
• the birth partner's role in each scenario
• an active birth workshop, including how to use a rebozo scarf and exercises to make pregnancy more comfortable
• all about postnatal physical recovery and how to help yourself with this
• Plus a visit from an experienced specialist women's health physiotherapist to discuss issues during pregnancy and the postnatal period.

An evening midweek Zoom session where we:

• watch birth videos (both vaginal births and caesarean births) in a safe environment

• discuss them - helping you visualise how you use the techniques we talk about on the course

The other 2 in-person sessions are all about the postnatal period with your baby. These include:

• infant feeding (all methods including breastfeeding, expressing and bottle feeding)
• common feeding issues that may come up,
• baby care including nappies, bathing, dressing baby, burping baby, tummy time etc
• all about the fourth trimester
• how to write a postnatal plan to support yourselves
• postnatal mental health for both parents
• plus we have new parents in to discuss their recent experience of the postnatal period with their baby
• I also teach about slings and carriers and how to use them safely once you have your baby and everyone practises with a stretchy sling!

One of the main differences between ours and other courses is the course length and the wide variety of the topics covered, but also it's taught by a midwife which some other antenatal courses locally aren’t. As well as online resources and videos we also have a thorough (and very visual) handout of information to take home which clients cover with notes during the sessions and often read through a few times before they have their baby. Our course is also a mixture of me chatting to you all, social time in the breaks, activities during each session on different topics and also discussion to suit lots of people’s different ways of learning. As I'm a midwife you get ongoing support by WhatsApp when needed and I can also pop round to help with feeding in the early weeks - plus we have a postnatal course which is really fantastic for new parents (and their babies!)

For more information, visit our website at: The Village Midwife | Modern, Midwife-led Antenatal Courses

Pricing: 

To book your place on the course you will need to pay £120 for your ticket now and the remaining balance of £200, is due closer to the start of the course. You only need to book one place on the course whether you are single or in a couple - one place per pregnant person!

Dates:

• April 2026 antenatal course: Suitable for due dates in May, June or early July (SOLD OUT)

Sunday 12th April: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Saturday 18th April: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 26th April: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Saturday 2nd May: 9.15am - 12.45pm. Plus an evening Zoom session, Thursday 16th April 7.30-9pm

• June 2026 antenatal course: Suitable for due dates in July, August or early September

Sunday 7th June: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 14th June: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 21st June: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 28th June: 9.15am - 12.45pm. Plus a midweek evening Zoom session on Wednesday 18th June at 7pm

• August 2026 antenatal course: Suitable for due dates in September, October or early November

Sunday 2nd August: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 9th August: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 16th August: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 23rd August: 9.15am - 12.45pm. Plus a midweek evening Zoom session on Wednesday 5th August at 7pm

• October 2026 antenatal course: Suitable for due dates in November, December or early January 2027

Sunday 4th October: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 11th October: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 18th October: 9.15am - 12.45pm, Sunday 25th October: 9.15am - 12.45pm. Plus a midweek evening Zoom session on Wednesday 14th October at 7pm