Birth and Beyond - Face to Face Antenatal Classes (4 week course)

This course is for women and birthing people planning to give birth at The Royal London Hospital.

Please book ONE ticket per couple (You and your support person)

Please cancel your ticket promptly if no longer required, so that someone else can book a space.

We recommend you aim to participate in these classes when you are around 26-30 weeks pregnant.

Course content:

Session 1: Birth settings, preparing for birth, discuss breathing techniques and ideas for supporters if you have them.

Session 2: Physiology of labour and birth, coping with labour, positions that may help, when to leave home and how to travel

Session 3: Deviations from physiological labour, medical interventions, induction of labour, both medical and natural and your choices. Methods of pain relief available at home and in your birth place.

Session 4: What to expect in the postnatal period; postnatal care and recovery and care of the newborn, including safe sleeping recomendations.

Each class lasts approximately two hours, including breaks.

The course aims to be an interactive, safe space for you to ask questions and actively participate.

We look forward to meeting you!

Host or Publisher Royal London Hospital