Our aim as antenatal teachers is to promote, support and protect natural, safe and healthy birth through education and advocacy. Millions of pregnant women and their birth partners have prepared with Lamaze and many have achieved their desired childbirth outcomes using the Lamaze approach.
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Full Antenatal Class ~ group class
This is a comprehensive class which includes everything you need to know from late pregnancy, through to labour and birth and then newborn care, bonding and breastfeeding.
This class includes:
- An overview of pregnancy
- How labour and birth unfold
- What is normal birth?
- The role of birth partners
- Natural pain relief options
- Communicating with your Midwife and making informed choices
- What happens when you require medical assistance during labour
- Medical pain relief options
- Why and how to keep birth normal
- Creating your birth preferences
- Movements, positions and breathing techniques for coping with contractions
- Massage and relaxation techniques for remaining clam
- Visualisations for birth
- Importance of skin to skin at birth for the bonding process
- How to care for your new baby
- Routines – how and when… and why?
- Calming techniques for your baby
- The attachment and bonding process
- Benefits of breastfeeding for mum and baby
- How breastfeeding works
- Useful positions for breastfeeding your baby
- How your birth experience can affect breastfeeding
- Where to go for extra breastfeeding support
- Assistance during the first few weeks
Only £160.00 per couple including a comprehensive course handbook with worksheets and refreshments
This class takes place between 10am – 4pm at Pangbourne Village Hall, Pangbourne, Berkshire, RG 8 7AN on the following dates:
Saturdays 14th & 28th January, Saturdays 10th & 17th March, Saturdays 12th & 19th May, Saturdays 14th & 28th July, Saturdays 8th & 15th September and Saturday 10th & Sunday 25th November
Please contact us for a booking form.
Alternatively, this class can take place on a one to one basis in your home ~ please contact us for our availability.
Birth Refresher Class ~ group class
If you are expecting your second or subsequent baby and would like a
refresher class then this is for you. This class provides space to debrief your previous birth experience(s) in a safe and relaxed atmosphere where you can address what happened and why. The class also prepares you and your birth partner for your next birth experience with confidence and practical tools which will ensure you are fully in control.
This class includes:
- Debriefing your previous birth experience(s)
- Understanding what happened and why
- Closing the previous birth experience
- How labour and birth unfold
- What is normal birth?
- The role of birth partners
- Understanding pain and natural pain relief options
- Communicating with your Midwife and making informed choices
- Why and how to keep birth normal
- Creating your birth preferences
- Movements, positions and breathing techniques for coping with contractions
- Massage and relaxation techniques for remaining calm
- Visualisations for birth
- Understanding pain and natural pain relief
Only £90.00 per couple including a comprehensive course handbook with worksheets and refreshments
This class takes place between 10am – 4pm at Pangbourne Village Hall, Pangbourne, Berkshire, RG 8 7AN on the following dates:
Saturday 11th February, Saturday 28th April, Saturday 16th June, Saturday 11th August, Sunday 7th October and Saturday 8th December
Please contact us for a booking form.
Alternatively, this class can take place on a one to one basis in your home ~ please contact us for our availability.
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Birth Preparation Class ~ one-to-one
These
classes help you to prepare well for your labour and birth experience and provide birth partners with the practical tools to be able to support you.
This class includes:
- An overview of pregnancy
- How labour and birth unfolds
- The purpose of hormones
- The role of birth partners
- Pain and natural pain relief
- Communicating with healthcare professionals
- Creating birth preferences
- Movement, positions and breathing techniques
- Massage and relaxation techniques
- Visualisations for birth
Only £90.00 per couple including a comprehensive course handbook
This is a 6-hour class which can take place over two 3 hour sessions and one full day at a time and date to suit you and in your own home ~ please contact us for our availability.
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Homebirth Class ~ one-to-one
Our Homebirth class is for those wanting to explore why and how to have a homebirth. The class looks at the pros and cons of birthing at home along with practocal tips for a successful homebirth experience.
Lamaze Homebirth Class includes:
- Benefits of homebirth
- Planning a homebirth
- Hiring or buying a birth pool – how to decide
- How to be confident about staying at home
- What happens if a transfer to hospital is required
- How to be well supported whilst birthing at home
Only £30.00 per couple ~ this includes a comprehensive course handbook
This is a 2-hour class which can take place at a time and date to suit you in your own home ~ please contact us for our availability.
One first time mum’s experience of homebirth:
“I initially decided to birth at home after seeing the postnatal ward at my local hospital. I realised my husband would have to go home overnight and I would be left to be solely responsible for our precious new baby alone without him. I also saw women walking to get breakfast and sitting in the TV room and thought I didn’t want that place to be a part of my earliest memories with my new baby. Our decision was not based upon the birth at all. However, I am confident I wouldn’t have had the birth I did had I gone to hospital. We were so relaxed and dozed through most of it – between contractions of course and we just breathed deeply through them. Our midwife arrived and I felt ready to push – I tried a few positions and within 45 mins she was born in one contraction, on the bathroom floor. For us, it could not have been more perfect. No hurry - we sat and adored her for 45 mins, birthed the placenta, had a bath and got back in our bed – all three of us. We then toasted her birth with champagne and our midwife shut the door on the way out.”
Newborn Care & Bonding Class ~ one-to-one
This class explores the importance of the first hour after birth through to the early days and weeks of life with your new baby. This is a practical look at what you will need and how to provide the care your baby needs, along with the benefits of early bonding for mum, dad and baby.
This class includes:
- Importance of skin to skin at birth for the bonding process
- How to care for your new baby
- Routines – how and when… and why?
- Calming techniques for your baby
- The attachment and bonding process
- Assistance during the first few weeks
Only £30.00 per couple ~ this includes a comprehensive course handbook
This is a 2-hour class which can take place at a time and date to suit you in your own home ~ please contact us for our availability.
Breastfeeding Class ~ one-to-one
This class gives you the confidence to know you can breastfeed. We aim to empower both you and your partner through understanding how breastfeeding works and and learning to believe in the breastfeeding process and the benefits of breastfeeding for both mum and baby. This class includes:
- The attachment and bonding process
- Benefits of breastfeeding for mum and baby
- How breastfeeding works
- Useful positions for breastfeeding your baby
- How your birth experience can affect breastfeeding
- Where to go for extra breastfeeding support
- Assistance during the first few weeks
This class is designed for expectant parents ~ both women and their partners will benefit from understanding how breastfeeding works.
Only £30.00 per couple ~ this includes a comprehensive course handbook
This is a 2-hour class which can take place at a time and date to suit you in your own home ~ please contact us for our availability.