A 6 WEEK HYBRID ANTENATAL EXPERIENCE | ONLINE & IN PERSON | ABERGAVENNY
You don't need more information. You need to feel ready.
The Supported Antenatal Course is a 6-week hybrid online & in-person immersive programme to prepare you and your birth partner for your birth, your baby, and the first weeks at home. Sessions held live in Abergavenny, with a small group and 1-1 WhatsApp doula support throughout.
STARTS JANUARY 2027 · LIMITED SPACES · SPECIAL BONUS FOR WAITLIST MEMBERS
You've done the research. You've booked the class. You still feel underprepared.
You want to get educated about birth so that you can feel fully prepared for any scenario that unfolds but you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the well meaning advice. You want to avoid sitting in a draughty village hall being talked at for hours whilst your partner quietly falls asleep and you forget everything they've said as soon as you walk out the door.
You want a space where you can learn without the overwhelm.
A space where you feel confident to ask questions.
A space where you feel supported and not left to figure it out on your own.
You want you and your birth partner to feel prepared and confident in the lead up to your birth, working as a team so that when labour starts you don’t go into panic mode and all the learning goes out the window.
HERE'S WHAT I NOTICED
Traditional antenatal classes will tell you what happens during birth. They won't prepare you for it.
I kept seeing parents finish traditional antenatal classes feeling overwhelmed with information. They could explain a contraction. They could list the stages of labour. They knew, in theory, what to do with a baby. And yet they still felt anxious about the birth, full of unanswered questions, and unsure how to actually use what they'd learned as soon as labour started.
The problem isn't the content. It's the format. You can't absorb the deep, body-level preparation birth deserves in two intense Saturday sessions and a handout. You need time, repetition, support between sessions, and a community of people doing the same work alongside you.
So I made something different.
Not a course where you get talked at intensely and walk away drained. A supported experience that continues between and beyond the sessions, where the learning gets to land, where your fears get to be unpacked properly, where your birth partner has time to actually become your teammate, and where you have me on text whenever something comes up.
HELLO BY THE WAY
I'm Laura, antenatal educator, doula, yoga teacher, and a mum of three boys.
A little note from me
I remember walking into my first birth totally underprepared, uneducated and uninformed. I was totally disconnected from myself, not even understanding the sensations of labour, the system I was birthing into and how that was affecting my birth plan. At times I felt incredibly afraid and unsupported.
From that experience it taught me everything, I learned a lot and that’s why I teach antenatal education today and have created an experience that will allow you to avoid similar experiences to mine.
My why is to show up to support you through this experience so that you can walk into birth owning your experience.
Introducing my brand new 6-week immersive programme - The Supported Antenatal Course: Prepare for Birth & Prepare for Baby
So what does this programme look like in real life:
You’re going to join a community of other like-minded parents to be for 6 weeks where you’ll get to connect, share your experiences and not feel alone. I will be teaching you everything you need to know about birth and the early weeks via online and in person sessions making it accessible for you and your birth partner.
This isn’t surface level education, we will be delving deep on the topics, uncovering your fears, beliefs about birth as well as all the practical, emotional and mindset shifts that need to happen to ensure you are fully prepared for any scenario.
We’ll be nailing down your ultimate birth vision as well as exploring all the ways birth may unfold. If you are taken down the route of induction, csection, interventions, we’ll be exploring these in detail so you know what these scenarios look like in real life so that on the day if these are presented to you, you’re already clear on the benefits, risks and how you ultimately feel about it all so that you can make confident decisions in the moment if required.
You’ll also hear from expert guests so you don’t have to do 3 different courses all at once, this programme will cover it all.
In addition, during our time together I am so excited to offer you my 1-1 WhatsApp doula support package.
Whilst attending my 6 week programme you’re going to get me in your pocket for the ultimate supportive experience, so that nothing is left unsaid.
This will be your private space to delve deeper into your preparation, to ask me any questions. Got a question after your midwife appointment? Text me. Something doesn’t feel right? I’ve got you. That’s what makes this different. I’ll be there walking you through any decisions you need to make, signposting you to the most up to date relevant research and evidence-based information so that you can make truly informed decisions for your birth and baby.
Forget waiting for days for a midwife appointment worrying uncontrollably in between. I’ll be there to offer you support where needed.
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE
Six weeks, six shifts. Here's the journey we'll take together.
Each week is a 1.5-hour session held online and in person here in Abergavenny, plus practice and support running quietly in the background between sessions. You'll move through this in order with me, each week building on the last. The integration only happens when you show up live, which is why this course is built around a small-group, online and in-person attendance.
WEEK ONE - ONLINE
Understanding your Birth Fears, Beliefs & Decision-Making.
So that you stop approaching birth from a place of fear and start feeling informed, empowered and emotionally prepared.
WEEK TWO - ONLINE
Labour Physiology & Hormones
So that you understand what’s happening physically and emotionally during labour and can work with your body instead of fearing it.
WEEK THREE - IN PERSON
Active Birth Preparation
So that you and your birth partner have practical tools to support labour progression and coping strategies.
WEEK FOUR - ONLINE
Pain Relief, Interventions & Birth Variations
So that interventions don’t feel frightening or unknown and you can make informed decisions confidently.
WEEK FIVE - ONLINE
The Fourth Trimester.
So that you feel emotionally and practically prepared for the transition into parenthood.
WEEK SIX - IN PERSON
Feeding, Recovery & Baby Care
So that you leave feeling calmer, more prepared and more confident caring for your baby and yourself.
THE SUPPORT THAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
This isn't a 6-week course. It's a 6-week container.
The sessions are the bones. What happens between them is the magic. There are two layers of support running quietly alongside everything we cover in class:
1-1 WhatsApp doula support for the full 6 weeks
For the full duration of the course, you have me on WhatsApp. This will be your private space to delve deeper into your preparation, to ask me any questions that come up along your journey.
Unsure about something discussed at your midwife or consultant appointment? Message me. I can help you understand your options, find reliable information and prepare the questions you want to take back to your maternity team.
I'll walk you through decisions as they come up. I'll signpost you to up-to-date evidence-based information.
I'll give you reassurance when you need it and a gentle "let's check on this" when something deserves a closer look.
For six weeks, you have a doula in your pocket.
Forget waiting for days for a midwife appointment worrying uncontrollably in between. I’ll be there to offer you reassurance and information where needed.
You want to go into birth feeling ready for anything, not overwhelmed by information.
Confident in your decisions and supported in your wobbles: not just in the sessions, but in all the between moments and not forgetting the wonderful community you’ll build with other mums to be and their birth partners, building connections, sharing all the highs and lows and building friendships for life so that you don’t walk into this alone.
That’s what makes this different.
The Telegram Space - Your Group - Your Community
You will connect with your group in between sessions on Telegram.
All the topics I teach and cover will be in here, week by week with recaps and with a recording of the online sessions for you to watch back when you need to.
This is also your space to build your friendships, share the highs and lows with. Swap tips with and pass on your recomendations for everything pregnancy, birth and baby related.
Somewhere to drop the 3am question that's keeping you awake. Somewhere to share the small win when something finally clicks. Somewhere to swap birth-bag tips, hospital observations, and that "has anyone else felt this?" reassurance.
Many of the parents I meet tell me the friendships they made in their antenatal groups surprised them most. They came for the education and left with friends for life.
That's what this space is built for.
THE DETAILS
Everything that's included.
LENGTH
6 Weeks
SESSIONS
1.5hrs
FORMAT
Online & In-Person
COHORT
Small group
STARTS
Jan 2027
WHERE
Abergavenny
Feel prepared for birth, not just informed about it.
Join The Supported Antenatal Course and learn practical tools you and your birth partner can actually use when labour begins, from breathing, movement and positions to making confident decisions if birth doesn’t go to plan.
STARTS JANUARY 2027 · LIMITED SPACES