Mini Labour & Birth Antenatal Course: Feel Prepared, Calm & Empowered

Two transformative workshops. One complete labour & birth preparation package.

This two-part mini course brings together our most popular antenatal sessions, Positive Labour & Birth and Give Birth Without Fear, to equip you and your birth partner with essential knowledge, confidence, and practical tools for birth.

Over two relaxed Saturday afternoons, you’ll explore the physiology of labour, birth options, emotional readiness, and powerful techniques to work with your body, not against it. This course is ideal for those wanting focused, evidence-based support without committing to a full antenatal course.

Whether you’re planning a home or hospital birth, have had children before or are brand new to it all, this course will help you feel in control and calm, even when plans change!

What you’ll learn over the two workshops

Part 1: Positive Labour & Birth

Led by highly experienced midwives, this session includes:

• How labour begins and how birth setting can influence your experience

• How to recognise the signs of labour and when to seek support

• Anatomy and physiology of birth and what your body and baby are doing during each stage

• Fetal heart ausculationm what the options are

• Understanding your options, birth rights and making informed decisions

• Induction of labour and what to expect, pros and cons

• Pain relief choices from natural methods to medical options, the pros and cons

• Labour and birth positions and practical ways to support comfort and progress

• Using tools to support labour  with hands-on demonstrations

• Perineal care and how to avoid perineal trauma

• Recovery after vaginal or caesarean birth

Part 2: Give Birth Without Fear

This powerful and practical session focuses on your mind-body connection, the role of fear, and how your birth partner can support you through every step:

• Understanding fear and how it affects the body during birth

• The 4 tools to reduce fear and restore safety

• Hormones and the nervous system and how fear delays labour, and how to reset

• Contraction rhythm and how to work with your body through each wave

• Birth partner support and the tools to confidently support both physically and emotionally

• Navigating interventions and unexpected situations,  including inductions, opiates, epidurals

• How to use the tools in real time with practical demonstrations and partner exercises

Together, these sessions offer complete preparation for a safe, positive, and empowering birth, even in unpredictable circumstances!

What else do you get?

• Free Beyond Midwives Birth Preferences Template

• Free Information Booklets for each workshop

• Hot & Cold Drinks, Snacks & Fruit at each workshop

• Free invites to social and educational events

• Access to a supportive parents’ network (separate mum and dad groups)

• Direct mobile number access to your midwives for support before and after the course!

Our support doesn’t end when the workshop finishes! We’ll continue to be available for as long as you need us!

Flexible scheduling that works for you

This course runs across two consecutive Saturday afternoons, each from 1:00pm to 5:30pm.

Busy schedule? You can also mix and match dates across months if needed without missing a thing. Whether you attend over two weeks or space the sessions out, you’ll get the complete experience!

Why choose Beyond Midwives?

Expert care that goes beyond the classroom

Our courses are delivered face-to-face by highly experienced midwives. You’ll learn through real conversation, practical demonstrations, and genuine guidance tailored to your unique needs.

We keep group sizes small, so you feel safe to ask questions, explore concerns, and practise tools that can make a real difference when it matters most.

What makes us truly unique?

We’re the only antenatal course providers who offer direct mobile access to the midwives, so support doesn’t end when the session does. Whether you need a reassuring message, have a last-minute question, or want to discuss your options, we’re just a call or text away.

We believe support should continue throughout pregnancy and beyond! And with Beyond Midwives, it does!

Spaces are limited for each session to keep the group small and personal. Book your place now and feel confident, informed, and ready, no matter what your journey brings.