Antenatal classes

We provide a course of antenatal classes for expectant women and birthing people.

Antenatal education is the foundation that provides expecting parents with strategies for dealing with pregnancy; labour and parenthood, to help women and birthing people make informed decisions, which helps them to approach pregnancy and birth as positive experience. It is an important and valued element of our maternity and child health services, for all parents.

The topics covered in our antenatal classes are:

A journey through pregnancy
Preparing mind and body
Labour and birth
When things goes off the normal course
Welcoming your new baby
A pathway to parenthood.

Due to our antenatal classes being very popular and in high demand by services users at Hillingdon Hospital and hospitals throughout the UK, it is online, but interactive and everyone is encouraged to ask questions. There will also be opportunities after attending the antenatal classes for parents to meet face to face.

Partners and Birthing partners are welcome to the classes too.

Our antenatal classes are free to anyone booked to have their baby at Hillingdon Hospital. We also offer private classes to women and birthing people from other hospitals who are interested in attending our antenatal classes.

If you're booked to have your baby at Hillingdon Hospital

For those who are booked at Hillingdon Hospital, after your 20 week anomaly scan you can ask our clerical staff in the antenatal clinic or email thh.antenatalenquiries@nhs.net to book onto either a full day Saturday from 9am – 4pm (this is including breaks) or Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-8pm.

'Welcoming our baby' private classes

For women and birthing people having their baby at other hospitals in the UK, you can contact us from 25 weeks of your pregnancy at thh.welcomingourbaby@nhs.net to have your antenatal classes at Hillingdon Hospital. These classes will be held when you are about 28 weeks pregnant or later. The classes are six evening sessions held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-8pm.