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. Our antenatal courses have been super popular across Buckinghamshire for 7 years now and we are now expanding to Gerrards Cross at a new venue!

Why choose our antenatal course in Bucks?

The course is 16 hours long which is all birth and postnatal prep. 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 combines interactive sessions, social time, and activities on various topics, all designed to cater to different learning styles. You get ongoing support by WhatsApp when needed, and can book a postnatal support visit in the early weeks. 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. 

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 a £120 deposit 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:

October 2026 Antenatal Course

• Sunday 4th October
• Saturday 10th October
• Sunday 18th October
• Saturday 24th October
• Plus a Zoom session - date TBC

December 2026 Antenatal Course

• Saturday 5th December 
  
• Saturday 12th December 
• Sunday 13th December 
• Saturday 19th December
• Plus a Zoom session - date TBC