Antenatal Hypnobirthing classes for new parents and their partners
In-person, down-to-earth childbirth education classes covering everything about your birth and the early days of parenthood, including evidence backed hypnobirthing techniques for a calm comfortable birth.
Classes take place in Cambridge City Centre, just a few minutes from the train station, in Mill Road.
Birth Prep (4 sessions) £240
Postnatal Prep (2 sessions) £120
Full Course (6 sessions) £300
Classes cover
Birth Basics
The 'nuts & bolts' of birth physiology. Understanding how your body works through the stages of labour, the hormonal changes and more
Your Toolbox of Techniques
Learn ways to a calmer, easier birth experience. We cover hypnobirthing techniques as well as movement, massage and positions for labour.
The Postnatal Period
Includes breastfeeding, newborn care and general survival tips.
Our approach to antenatal education is unique.
Listen to Tracy talk about BirthSense classes
Our classes include a rigorous mix of evidence-based theory and practice delivered with positivity, honesty and humour. We aim to inform you, entertain you and sometimes, to challenge you!
There are no awkward ice-breakers or getting to know each other segments. Our 10 years of experience tell us that when you facilitate a warm, welcoming and interactive learning environment, friendships develop organically. Instead, our focus is on helping you to acquire essential knowledge and develop genuinely useful skills which will actually make a difference to your experience of pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Want to know more?
We hope most of what you need to know is covered here but you are very welcome to get in touch with your questions.
See our FAQ page for more infoAsk a questionBonus Features
In addition to all the course content, all participants get:
- Access to all course material including slides, videos handouts etc
- 17 different hypnobirthing relaxation MP3’s
- Access to a padlet with links to over 100 useful articles, videos and recommended services/products and exclusive discount codes
- A dedicated whatsapp group for each cohort
- Ongoing support from your course leader AND a Rosie Midwife who is in each whatsapp group to answer any clinical questions.
What Will You Learn?
The BirthSense course combines the very best elements of modern antenatal education with the most effective hypnobirthing techniques to bring you a fully comprehensive birth and early days parenting course covering everything you need to know. You can choose to attend a 4 session course focusing on birth preparation or a 2 session course focusing on the postnatal period or, for maximum value, do all 6 sessions!
Our course is a one stop shop, truly covering everything you need to know, no matter what kind of birth you are planning to have. There’s no toxic positivity no hidden agenda and absolutely no judgement. Whether you are hoping for an unmedicated water birth at home, or are planning to take all the drugs they will give you, this course will leave you feeling better informed, more prepared and more confident as you prepare to meet your new baby.
Session 1: Birth 101
- The physiology of labour
- The role of the limbic brain and how to hack your birth hormones
- The stages of labour
- Options for pain relief
- Top tips for an easier, quicker more comfortable birth
Session 2: Hypnobirthing
- What is hypnobirthing and how does it work?
- Developing a positive mindset
- Using MP3’s and affirmations
- Acheiving a deep state of relaxation
- Language and the importance of suggestions
- Breathing techniques
- Visualisations
- How your birth partner can help
Session 3: Active Birth
- Encouraging baby into a good position
- Movement and positioning for an easier birth
- Massage and counter pressure for labour
- Choosing your environment – home, birth centre or hospital
- Water birth
- What to expect from your care providers; options, choices and
- informed decision making
Session 4: Navigating your options if the plan needs to change
- Induction of labour
- Caesarean birth
- Assisted Birth
- How to make a genuinely useful birth/care plan
- How your birth partner can advocate for you
Session 5: Breastfeeding
- How breastfeeding works; establishing a good milk supply
- How to attach your baby to the breast; the fundamentals of a comfortable latch
- How to know if your baby is drinking well and getting enough milk
- Laid back breastfeeding
- Expressing
- Common challenges in the first few weeks
- Where to get help and support
Session 6: Early days parenting
- The fourth trimester; getting things off to a smooth start
- Bottle feeding
- Infant sleep – what’s normal?
- Reducing the risk of SIDS
- Soothing your crying baby
- Managing your mental health as new parents
Bonus Features
In addition to all the course content, all participants get:
- Access to all course material including slides, videos handouts etc
- 17 different hypnobirthing relaxation MP3’s
- Access to a padlet with links to over 100 useful articles, videos and recommended services/products and exclusive discount codes
- A dedicated whatsapp group for each cohort
- Ongoing support from your course leader AND a Rosie Midwife who is in each whatsapp group to answer any clinical questions.
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Cambridge Antenatal and Hypnobirthing - the original BirthSense course
Previously taught at the Rosie Hospital, BirthSense classes now take place on Mill Rd in central Cambridge, just a few minutes from the train station.
It doesn’t matter whether you expect to have your baby at home, in the Rosie’s amazing birth centre or at the friendly maternity unit at Hinchingbrooke we’ll cover all your options.
See all our upcoming antenatal classes in Cambridge
Cambridge – Sept/October course 2025
Mondays 7pm – 9:00pm
Session 1 Monday 8 Sept
Session 2 Monday 15 Sept
Session 3 Monday 22 Sept
Session 4 Monday 29 Sept
Session 5 Monday 6 Oct
Session 6 Monday 13 octSessions 1-4 cover birth preparation and sessions 5 & 6 cover the postnatal…
Spaces still available
Cambridge – Nov/December course 2025
Mondays 7pm – 9:00pm
Session 1 Monday 3 Nov
Session 2 Monday 10 Nov
Session 3 Monday 17 Nov
Session 4 Monday 24 Nov
Session 5 Monday 1 Dec
Session 6 Monday 8 DecSessions 1-4 cover birth preparation and sessions 5 & 6 cover the postnatal…
Spaces still available
Cambridge – Jan/Feb course 2026
Mondays 7pm – 9:00pm
Session 1 Monday 5 Jan
Session 2 Monday 12 Jan
Session 3 Monday 19 Jan
Session 4 Monday 26 Jan
Session 5 Monday 2 Feb
Session 6 Monday 9 FebSessions 1-4 cover birth preparation and sessions 5 & 6 cover the postnatal…
Spaces still available
Cambridge – Feb/March course 2026
Mondays 7pm – 9:00pm
Session 1 Monday 23 Feb
Session 2 Monday 2 March
Session 3 Monday 9 March
Session 4 Monday 16 March
Session 5 Monday 23 March
Session 6 Monday 30 MarchSessions 1-4 cover birth preparation and sessions 5 & 6 cover the postnatal…
Spaces still available
Cambridge – April/May course 2026
Mondays 7pm – 9:00pm
Session 1 Monday 20 April
Session 2 Monday 27 April
Session 3 Monday 4 May
Session 4 Monday 11 May
Session 5 Monday 18 May
Session 6 Monday 25 MaySessions 1-4 cover birth preparation and sessions 5 & 6 cover the postnatal…
Spaces still available
Class location
Address
St Barnabas Church, Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 2BD