We offer two options of group antenatal courses, both of which are held in Witney and will leave you feeling fully informed about labour and birth, your choices and options, and will give you a chance to meet other local parents due around the same time as you.

• Our Comprehensive Antenatal Courses run over six weeks, with 2 sessions on week 5 - an afternoon class for the mums-to-be and a separate evening session for the partners. Aim to start attending this course between 26 and 31 weeks, so you finish it by the time you are 37 weeks. This course is very popular, and often books up quickly, so ideally aim to get this booked by 18 weeks, to be sure of getting a place.

• Our Empowered Antenatal Courses run over 5 or 6 weeks. The standard course is 5 weeks long, but you have the option to add on another session to cover postnatal topics such as feeding and caring for your baby, safe sleep and realistic sleep expectations, and communicating with your baby. This is a brilliant session for first time parents, but may not feel needed by second time parents, which is why we offer it as an optional extra class. These classes are suitable to attend at any point in your pregnancy, but will probably be of most benefit to you to start between 24 and 28 weeks - the more time you can have between finishing the course and going into labour, to practice all the techniques you’ll learn, the more helpful you are likely to find the tools, as you’ll feel more confident using them.

• If you can't make it to one of the full length courses, or would just like a brief refresher if this is not your first baby, we offer the flexibility of having private classes in the comfort of your own home (or via video link if you’d prefer) at a date and time to suit you.

Find out more about each option by clicking on the pictures below.