'Your bump and beyond' antenatal education

'Your bump and beyond' antenatal education

Our popular antenatal education courses are facilitated by an experienced Antenatal Education Lead Midwife and specialist staff at selected Children Centres  Hillingdon Children's Centres.  

These sessions help prepare expectant parents by exploring practical strategies for pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period to gain knowledge, skills and confidence needed to navigate your journey into parenthood.  We aim to provide parents with clear, evidence-based information to support informed decision-making at every stage of care. This approach promotes a positive pregnancy and birth experience, which is a valued part of our maternity and child health services. 

Our antenatal education course is free to all expectant parents under care at Hillingdon Hospital and their partner/ birthing partner. To help you prepare for your new arrival, we offer a range of antenatal and postnatal sessions. Please express your interest from 20 weeks of pregnancy by completing the online form. The course start from 30 weeks of pregnancy as this gives you an opportunity to think about any questions or concerns you may have leading-up to the birth.  

See course topics/sessions

To learn more about Session 4 - Community support and services available for parents and to help your baby's growth and development, please book your place by contacting

  • Yeading Children Centre on 01895 250360  
  • Colham Manor Children Centre on 01895 250211

Our sessions are interactive, and include activities, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions. We share valuable resources during the sessions, and you are welcome to email thh.antenatal.education@nhs.net after the sessions with any further queries.

 

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Course topics

Session 1

Pregnancy and Early Labour

  • Meet the Maternity Team​​
  • Things for parent and baby hospital bag​
  • Natural Ways to Start Labour​
  • Early Labour​
  • Positions to assist with labour and birth​
  • How to cope at home during labour​
  • When to call Maty Triage

Session 2

Labour and Birth

  • Pain relief ​
  • Role of birth partner​
  • Stages of labour ​
  • Types of birth​
  • Induction of Labour​
  • Afterbirth - The Placenta​

Session 3

Postnatal Care and Early Parenting

  • Skin to skin contact​
  • Infant feeding​
  • Postnatal Care for  baby​
  • Postnatal Care for parent​
  • Mood Changes​
  • When and where to get help​

Session 4

Early Days - Community Support and Services

  • Brain Development
  • Crying & Safer Sleeping
  • Car Seats
  • Bathing your baby
  • Changing your baby's nappy
  • Relationship building
  • Dads Support
  • Where to go for support

Reviews

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"You are such a sweet soul Kavita. It's a pleasure to talk with you. Thank you for your valuable time and support."
"Kavita was very informative and detailed. I loved how interactive the session was. This really exceeded my expectations and cannot stress how great this session was even compared to baby academy! I wish I had signed up earlier!"
"I just wanted to say a big huge, thank you to Kavita for answering all the questions and being very patient. It was a very helpful and informative session. You did great and most of my questions were answered some grateful."
"Everything was clearly explained and the online classes were easy to book on."
"It was quite good! Kavita was very supportive and answered all the questions we had."
"I think the classes touched upon a lot of different topics that was helpful."
"We were pleasantly surprised at how useful this online class was and how we remained engaged throughout. Kavita did a great job."
"I was very anxious about my pregnancy with everything I have heard from family, friends and social media, but attending antenatal classes made everything so much clearer."
"I delivered a baby girl the day after the antenatal classes. Thank you Kavita for your guidance and support it really helped a lot in my delivery journey."
"The antenatal classes covered lots of topics, I loved that I could still contact Kavita after the classes to ask questions and get further information as my pregnancy care changed."
"I looked at TikTok and Instagram a lot for information to prepare myself, but the session was overwhelming, as there was so much more information I did not know. But I appreciate how everything flowed well and Kavita made everything easy to understand. Keep up the good work"
"The classes were intense with lots of information but all very relevant as it helped to reduce my anxiety and fear about labour. After the antenatal classes I received a link to the hospital padlet with lots of additional information from videos, podcasts and useful links."
"I am online a lot for work and all my training is online, so I was not sure about doing the antenatal classes online, but I had no choice as all the face-to-face sessions were fully booked. It was fantastic we got lots of valuable information while being comfortable at home, especially during this hot weather. I also appreciated being able to contact Midwife Kavita afterwards to discuss 1:1 about my pregnancy care pathway in more detail and she clarified a lot of my concerns."
"Thank you for the class. I found it very useful and feel a bit more relaxed about labour and becoming a mum."
"Our presenter kavita was very well spoken and very considerate . Also if u are attending mommies. Make the daddies go too bcoz birthing partner plays an equal role when especially making decisions."
"Hi I would 100% recommend these classes. Kavita the presenter midwife was super good. Listened to every one's queries patiently and responded well. It did make us feel aware."
"Yes, it made me aware of several different areas of concern and care. How to prepare myself mentally, emotionally and physically."
 "I felt well informed after attending these classes. Kavita creates a very relaxed environment where you feel comfortable to ask questions and discuss any concerns you have. The classes were brilliant and filled with lots of information. I would highly recommend these classes!"
"I attended a few different antenatal classes but these antenatal classes by Hillingdon Hospital was more helpful than I was expecting"
"Kavita was lovely and welcoming. She made me feel at easy and explained everything clearly allowing us to ask questions and get as much knowledge as we could. We can also contact her after the classes if we had more questions which is great and makes me and my husband feel less anxious."
"Thank you for the class. I found it very useful and feel a bit more relaxed about labour and becoming a mum."
"Our presenter kavita was very well spoken and very considerate . Also if u are attending mommies. Make the daddies go too bcoz birthing partner plays an equal role when especially making decisions."
"Hi I would 100% recommend these classes. Kavita the presenter midwife was super good. Listened to every one's queries patiently and responded well. It did make us feel aware."
"Yes, it made me aware of several different areas of concern and care. How to prepare myself mentally, emotionally and physically."
 "I felt well informed after attending these classes. Kavita creates a very relaxed environment where you feel comfortable to ask questions and discuss any concerns you have. The classes were brilliant and filled with lots of information. I would highly recommend these classes!"
"I attended a few different antenatal classes but these antenatal classes by Hillingdon Hospital was more helpful than I was expecting"
"Kavita was lovely and welcoming. She made me feel at easy and explained everything clearly allowing us to ask questions and get as much knowledge as we could. We can also contact her after the classes if we had more questions which is great and makes me and my husband feel less anxious."