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About Birth and Babies - Antenatal Classes in Norwich, Norfolk & Suffolk

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Antenatal & Hypnobirthing Classes. All the info & support you need for birth & early parenthood. We’d love to support you on your journey to parenthood!

We’re professionally trained and experienced antenatal teachers offering group and private 1-2-1 antenatal and hypnobirthing courses created to prepare expectant parents fully for birth and early parenthood. We offer 16h face to face group antenatal courses which include 14 packed hours of antenatal education and follow up support throughout your journey and a 2 hour postnatal reunion once all the

babies are born. All courses provide plenty of time for discussion, answering your questions and socialising with the others on your course to facilitate that all important support network. We also set up closed WhatsApp groups to share ideas and so we can provide support and reassurance along the way. We provide infant feeding support and work closely with local Lactation Consultants to ensure timely referrals. We're proud to be multi-award winning and 5* rated across a number of independent review channels. Our aim is to educate, empower, support, reassure and connect expectant parents across Norfolk and north Suffolk. Please visit our website www.aboutbirthandbabies.co.uk for more information and to see our full list of courses, or contact us via this Page. We look forward to hearing from you!

21/08/2024

Free feeding support happening Thursday!

13/08/2024

We often get asked about how to access donor milk and for women with a plentiful supply, how they can donate. Please support this service and share - it’s so important!

A council is working with a charity to supply donated milk to mothers and newborns who need it.

03/08/2024

Would you like to train as a breastfeeding peer supporter? Please read on!

We're looking for volunteers to join our team of breastfeeding peer supporters.

To become a breastfeeding peer supporter you need to:

• Have breastfed for a minimum of 6 months
• Commit to 8 hours of volunteering a month, for a minimum of 12 months
• Have time to complete the online Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Peer Supporter Course which will be fully funded

If you're passionate about breastfeeding and would like the opportunity to support other parents, please send an expression of interest to peersupportcoordinator@nnuh.nhs.uk by 12 August 2024.

22/06/2024

Yesterday was International Yoga Day!🙏🏻 Research shows that carrying out yoga regularly during pregnancy has multiple benefits. If you’re pregnant and would like to try pregnancy yoga I can highly recommend Debbie from BabyFit. She’s super qualified, experienced, knowledgeable, kind and fun! If you don’t know if you’ll like yoga why not sign up for a trial class this Thursday 27th June?

Just a quick reminder on International Yoga Day that yoga has been shown to be effective.

A systematic review and meta-analysis examined the characteristics and effectiveness of pregnancy yoga interventions.

“Twenty-nine studies with 2217 pregnant women were included for meta-analysis.

Pregnancy yoga interventions reduced anxiety, depression and perceived stress.

Yoga interventions also reduced duration of labour and, increased odds of normal vaginal birth and tolerance for pain."

"Twelve or more yoga sessions delivered weekly/bi-weekly had a statistically significant impact on mode of birth, while 12 or more yoga sessions of long duration (> 60 min) had a statistically significant impact on perceived stress.”

We do need better evidence, because the quality of the evidence isn't high. But this is partly because most research funding goes to pharmaceuticals, interventions and things that make money for companies and governments.

The researchers concluded that, “The evidence highlights positive effects of pregnancy yoga on anxiety, depression, perceived stress, mode of birth and duration of labour.” (Corrigan et al 2022).

One caveat: do make sure you're with a properly qualified pregnancy yoga teacher, not someone who is good at Instagram but has only done a weekend yoga course.

You can find a directory of online and live classes at , whose teachers have in-depth yoga AND childbirth education training.

And happy yoga day!

07/06/2024

Do you have a baby on the way? Have you considered your place of birth yet?

30/04/2024

Its Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week and All on the Board are providing reassurance and raising awareness in their usual compassionate way.

If the information on here resonates with you know, know you’re not alone and that there is support out there for you. Speak to your community midwife.

It’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.
Please know that you are not alone and that there are people and organisations to help you.

28/04/2024

Just came across this photo of my son!🤦‍♀️ A little reminder you always need to be one step ahead!

24/04/2024

More evidence around the importance of continuity of care which seems to be happening less and less sadly.

11/04/2024

Weekday drop ins available throughout April if you’ve got questions or concerns about your child’s health and development.

Every weekday in April between 10am and 11am one-to-one video calls are available with a clinician at NHS Norfolk and Waveney Children & Young People's Health Services

If you have any questions or concerns about your child's health and/or development, just join the virtual waiting room at https://www.justonenorfolk.nhs.uk/drop-in from 10am daily for this online drop-in.

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Thursday	7am - 10pm
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No doubt you want the best start for your baby and a brilliant birth experience. How you give birth matters. An empowering, confident start can have a lifelong impact on the physical and emotional health of mum and baby.

The key to a positive birth is having access to accurate information, feeling that you have rights and choices and that you are being consulted and listened to.

About Birth & Babies can help! We provide award winning antenatal and hypnobirthing classes to prepare expectant parents practically, emotionally and physically for birth and life with a newborn baby. Courses are usually held in our carefully selected venues around Norwich and Bungay, however during social distancing we’re offering online courses. These are not pre-recorded sessions. They’re very much live and interactive via Zoom with the opportunity to discuss topics with other expectant parents in small groups using Breakout Rooms.

Whichever route you follow, you’ll receive evidence-based information, the opportunity to clarify learning and ask questions, time to interact and discuss topics with others expecting a baby at a similar time. We know how important it is for you to create your ‘village’ for friendship and support, particularly at this time. We’re committed to helping you achieve that.

Couples expecting their first baby can choose from attending a full antenatal course or a combined full antenatal and full hypnobirthing course.

We also offer 1-2-1’s for those whose lifestyles mean they are unable to attend a course (whether in-person or online) or who don’t like the idea of being part of a large group.

Refresher classes are available for those expecting a second or subsequent baby. Our next class is planned for July. We’ll hold this in one of our popular Norwich venues if we are able to, otherwise it will take place online.

Our classes are 5* rated in independent reviews and we won ‘Norfolk’s Best Pregnancy Class/Service’ in 2018 and 2019.

We are all NCT trained antenatal teachers and have over 40 years of combined experience plus additional qualifications in antenatal education, hypnobirthing teacher training with KGHypnobirthing and breastfeeding peer support training. You can therefore be assured of our credibility and experience. Combine all this and we’re truly THE local experts in antenatal education!

In 2014 we took the exciting (and slightly scary) decision to set up About Birth & Babies and created a new antenatal course as we wanted:

1. the flexibility to offer courses that combine core topics with what our clients tell us is important to them rather than following a prescribed list

2. our courses to be more accessible to more people. We understand that it’s an expensive time having a baby and you have to prioritise. We don’t have large overheads so local expectant parents can benefit from our extensive knowledge and expertise and attend a comprehensive antenatal course at an affordable price

3. to be able to offer different formats in locations requested by clients

4. the freedom to work closely with other local independent pregnancy and parenthood specialists in order to fully support women and birth partners

When you choose About Birth & Babies, you’re supporting a small local business with teachers who are hard-working dedicated and committed to providing you with information and support to have the best birth experience possible.

We’d love to support you along your pathway to parenthood. Please contact us via this Page or visit our website www.aboutbirthandbabies.co.uk

Very best wishes

Sian and Ann