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Free Online Antenatal Course!

It’s not often in life that we get something free that’s also high quality and incredibly useful. Today, however, is an exception! Aimed at parents-to-be, those due to give birth imminently, and those who have recently had a child, the Complete Antenatal Course is currently available for zero cost. That’s despite it having an RRP of £175 and containing 8 hours of fabulously informative content. Access to the entire course is attainable quickly, without needing to add any kind of payment method. Other than there being some brief commercial interludes from the course’s sponsor, there are genuinely no strings attached. So, if you’re interested in learning about everything on the journey from pregnancy, through labour, to breastfeeding, infant care and first aid, this is for you. What’s more, the video format allows you to dip in and out at times to suit you. Read on to learn how to gain easy access to the Complete Antenatal Course today.

How to Get Free Course Access

To get access to the Complete Antenatal Course, visit this link and sign up free. We managed it in just moments and did not have to enter any payment details whatsoever. In no time at all, we had full access to the course. Easy!

Free? Is There a Catch?

There is no catch other than there being a couple of unobtrusive commercial clips from the course provider’s commercial sponsor (Joie) — but that’s really it!

About the Course Provider

The free antenatal course is provided online by NowBaby, who provide online courses and in-person antenatal education to expectant parents in the UK. NowBaby works in partnership with the NHS antenatal clinics too, and has done so for over two decades. Their website states that courses are provided by experienced midwives and healthcare professionals, however parents are urged to do their own due diligence as we cannot make guarantees about third parties. That said, we’ve looked through the modules in the 8 hour course and were thoroughly impressed. The course is easy to access and is available free — assuming, of course, that no premium upgrades are chosen when applying. If required, though, parents can choose to upgrade so they have access to speak with midwives or take part in Q&A sessions during the course.

Course Content

Presented by experienced midwives and healthcare professionals, the course is provided in convenient video modules that you can peruse at your own leisure. You’ll have received a login during the sign-up process, so will be able to log in and out at will. We also found the course remembered where we’d got to in the previous session, thereby making it easy to continue where we left off.

The course has 10 modules, which are each divided into convenient sub-sections — it’s all very convenient and user-friendly. The modules and sub-sections covered include:

Pregnancy

  • Choosing your care provider
  • The antenatal appointment schedule
  • Diet in pregnancy
  • Self care in pregnancy
  • Possible pregnancy complications
  • Informed choice and consent

Preparing the Mind & Body for Birth

  • What affects the birth experience
  • Birth place choices
  • What to pack in your birth/hospital bag
  • Birth preferences (birth plan)
  • Hormones and labour
  • The birth zone
  • Perineal massage

Labour & Birth

  • Optimal foetal position
  • Signs leading up to labour
  • Am I in labour?
  • The first, second, and third stages of labour
  • Transitional labour
  • Optimal cord clamping
  • Skin to skin
  • Birth partners
  • Assisted births

Pain Management

  • Hypnobirthing
  • Water
  • TENS machines
  • Entonox (gas and air)
  • Opiods
  • Epidurals

Induction of Labour

  • What is an induction of labour?
  • Induction – decision making
  • Methods of induction
  • Starting the process
  • Pain relief

Caesareans

  • Possible reasons for a caesarean
  • Giving birth
  • Going home after a caesarean

Postnatal Recovery

  • Blood loss
  • Breast changes
  • Perineal tears
  • Emotional and mental health
  • Common postpartum concerns

Newborn Care

  • The Golden Hour
  • Newborn checks
  • Dressing your baby
  • Swaddling
  • Top and tail cleaning
  • Bathing your baby
  • Newborn sleep
  • Nappy changing preparation
  • How to change a nappy
  • Jaundice
  • Baby poo

Breastfeeding

  • Breastfeeding introduction
  • Anatomy and physiology of breastfeeding
  • The benefits of breastfeeding
  • Establishing breastfeeding
  • Responsive feeding
  • Expressing/pumping
  • Cluster feeding
  • Breastfeeding problems
  • Final words on breastfeeding

Infant First Aid & Medical Conditions

  • Introduction
  • Breathing
  • Colds & snuffles
  • Coughing & wheezing
  • Choking
  • Periodic breathing
  • Basic life support
  • Vomiting, reflux & constipation
  • Dehydration
  • Poo colour
  • Newborn screening introduction
  • NIPE examination
  • Growth and centiles
  • Newborn blood spot test (heel prick)
  • Baby hearing test
  • Taking a temperature
  • Fever after vaccination
  • Fever medication
  • Plagiocephaly or Head Shape Syndrome

That’s some scope, isn’t it? We thought it was fabulous and packed with high-quality content, hence sharing it with you today. If you give it a try, we’re sure you’ll feel better informed and equipped for your parenting journey. We hope that it empowers you during every stage of pregnancy, through birth, and well into parenthood. Our very best wishes to you and your little one.

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