Having a baby should be one of the most exciting times of your life! BUT how do you prepare for your labour and birth? In my 35 years of facilitating antenatal courses, I have realised that who you choose to help you prepare and plan for your birth journey is extremely important.
The courses I run are different from any other you can find in Yorkshire! How can I be so sure? Because I am the only trained Spinning Babies Parent Educator. I’m also an Independent Midwife and Hypnobirthing Specialist.
You will learn how your body and baby work together in labour. Techniques to help your baby make use of the available space (avoiding back-to-back positions). Deep relaxation techniques and tools for your birth partner in order to be absolutely great at supporting you!
I offer stand-alone Hypnobirthing and Spinning Babies sessions as well as combined courses.
Please contact me for a chat about which course will be best for you and your birth partner.
Amanda 07828315622
amanda@mycalmbirth.com
www.mycalmbirth.com
Do you sometimes feel tired, stressed and emotionally exhausted?
Do you dream of having a little bit of “me-time” when there won’t be any demands on you – at all!?
How do 1.5 hours a week spent relaxing, learning some stress relief techniques in a beautiful calm room sound?
Did you know that our emotions and stress levels directly affect our unborn baby? Taking time to spend relaxing will benefit both you and your baby.
I hold weekly pregnancy relaxation sessions in my home in Ilkley. I have a room devoted to comfort with sofas, cushions and lovely soft blankets. We start each session with a full body relaxing technique, followed by a chat about a labour/birth topic and finish with a beautiful pregnancy relaxation script.
We meet at 7 pm and finish at around 8.30 pm, refreshments are provided.
The cost is £8 per session and you can come as often or little as you like. If you book 5 sessions the price is reduced to £32.
Booking is essential, there is only room for 6 women.
I guarantee you will leave feeling better than when you arrived!
Amanda 07828315622
amanda@mycalmbirth.com
www.mycalmbirth.com
Soma is a new community hub offering a space for people to come and enjoy movement, breath and wellness on and off the mat. With a juicy timetable, you can expect something for all ages and abilities, all you need is an open mind.
Classes suitable for beginner/intermediate and experienced yogis, kids, families, pre and postnatal, additional needs and all other types of folk! We have an open door, open mind policy – so please come and check us out.
Namaste!
Find us on Facebook and on Instagram
Contact details are: info@soma-wellness.co.uk / 07494862632
At The Yorkshire Hypnobirthing School, we have a HUGE passion for positive births and making people feel empowered throughout their pregnancy and birth experience. The day that your baby is born is one of the most special and important days of your life and we want to be able to help support you by ensuring that you get the most out of your experience.We offer a variety of different hypnobirthing courses in order to help prepare you, your birth partner and your baby for birth. Hypnobirthing is about understanding the science behind birth itself, the different options for birth as well as learning different techniques to help you remain calm and in control prior to and throughout the birth of your baby. Hypnobirthing will provide you with more confidence to make informed decisions about potential options that are given to you during pregnancy and the birthing process and ask the most important question of all ‘Is this the best thing for me and my baby?’
We offer group and private classes throughout Leeds, Harrogate, Bradford and beyond.Contact Laura on 07305 953 547 or visit our website for further information.
For anyone with additional requirements or anxieties about pregnancy, we offer Baby Steps – talk to your midwife about attending this course.
Book now for Aquanatal held on Wednesdays Nuffield Health Leeds Fitness & Wellbeing Gym.
Lunchtime class 12.15pm
Non-Nuffield members welcome.
If you would like to book an individual class to see if works for you Call 07580 004021
These groups are all run slightly differently; however, you can rest assured you will always be welcomed by a friendly face and refreshments! All group leaders undertake breastfeeding training so that they can offer support and signpost if you need specific help. These groups are open to all breastfeeding mums.
These groups are run by trained breastfeeding peer supporters. Peer supporters are mothers who have themselves breastfed and have undertaken a training course. They are not able to give specific advice but can offer suggestions and sign-post to the most appropriate and timely help. Any breastfeeding mum is welcome!
Breastfeeding counsellors have all breastfed and had extensive training. They offer free support, information and practical help. They offer phone support and home visits.
Baby Buddy app (download from app store or visit website) Trusted source of information endorsed by your health professional and promoted to all parents in Leeds www.bestbeginnings.org.uk/baby-buddy-online
NCT Breastfeeding Helpline www.nct.org.uk 0300 330 0770 (8am-11pm)
La Leche League www.laleche.org.uk 0345 120 2918
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers 0300 3305453 www.abm.me.uk
Breastfeeding Network 0300 1000212 www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk
National Breastfeeding Helpline 0300 1000212
Adv. Health Improvement Specialist – Infant Feeding Sally – 07712 214867
Breastfeeding Clinic (HV referral only) Meanwood Health Centre – 0113 8433350
Hospital Infant Feeding Team (midwives) 0113 2065367
Peer Support Coordinator Cath – 07843339574 / Suzanne – 07956077800
Leeds General Infirmary – Delivery Suite 0113 3927445
St James’ Hospital – Delivery Suite 0113 2069103
Drugs in Breastmilk helpline druginformation@breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk
NCT BREASTFEEDING COUNSELLORS
Val – LS16 0113 2933176
Helen – LS20 01943 877212
Eleanor – LS20 01943 884096
Tracey – BD17 01274 597633
Also facilitated by NCT – Baby Cafe; cake and conversation alongside breastfeeding support from trained NCT
breastfeeding counsellors. Fridays 12pm – 2pm Gipton Methodist Church, Oak Tree Place, LS9 6SX
BREAST PUMP HIRE
Eleanor – LS20 01943 884096
‘feel empowered for life through a positive birth experience’
Inspired Birth offers a complete birth preparation program through hypnobirthing. Hypnobirthing teaches the physiology of birth, breathing & relaxation techniques alongside self-hypnosis to be used during labour. This knowledge & understanding help to remove any fear & allow for a calm & safe birth.
Call Ruth on 07738593175.
10% discount when quoting WHARFEDALE & CRAVEN MUMBLER
Calling all mums-to-be! Massage 2 Mummy, the UK’s leading specialist in pre-natal massage is now available in the Leeds postcode areas. Our highly trained professional therapists will soothe your aches and pains with a luxury pregnancy massage. For information and bookings, please call Sally on 07500 469781
MummyNatal Antenatal and birth preparation classes are now available to book in Guiseley. We aim to help you have a calm confident birth. The next session Tuesday 24th April at 8 pm at Guiseley Theatre. Please contact me to book your place, I’ll look forward to seeing you soon.
Karen 07788858752
If you’re expecting a baby make sure you have all the basics of pregnancy, birth and early parenting covered with an NCT Essentials antenatal course.
NCT Essentials is designed to answer all your questions and get you ready for the big day, and beyond. These courses run over 12 hours in total.
Providing you with essential information and emotional support on pregnancy, birth and caring for your baby. With around two-thirds of your course focusing on life as a parent, you will come away clearer about what is right for you and your new family.
The course covers essential, easy-to-follow themes.
The development of your unborn baby
Changes for you and your partner
Your health and wellbeing
Giving birth
Breastfeeding
Caring for your baby
Which people and services are there for you?
And of course yo, will learn about positions, pain relief and pushing!
All NCT Essentials antenatal courses are led by specially-trained antenatal practitioners and courses are held at convenient locations during evening and weekdays. (Don’t worry if you work in the evening because you are legally allowed time off work to attend our antenatal courses if they’ve been recommended by a doctor or midwife.)
VARIOUS PLACES & DATES DEPENDANT ON DUE DATE. PLEASE SEE WEBSITE FOR THE CORRECT CLASS FOR YOU. https://www.nct.org.uk/courses/antenatal/essentials-antenatal-course
With a relaxed and friendly style, every NCT Signature antenatal course is as individual as you are. That’s because every course is tailored to the needs of the small group taking part.
All sessions are led by licensed experts, to prepare you both physically and emotionally for the arrival of your beautiful baby.
NCT Signature courses are longer than NCT Essentials courses, with a focus on the arrival of your baby – labour and birth alone making up around two-thirds of your course. With time to explore all your questions, hopes and anxieties in a safe and supportive space.
A typical format is:
Pregnancy and birth choices
Body awareness, relaxation, breathing and massage
What happens in labour, role of a partner and how your baby is born
Pain relief
More complex pregnancies and medical procedures, including caesareans
Home births and water births options
Looking after a newborn and feeding your baby
Early parenting and lifestyle changes
Courses are held locally during evenings and weekends to suit your busy schedules.
Couples, singles, friends and family partners welcome.
VARIOUS PLACES & DATES DEPENDANT ON DUE DATE. PLEASE SEE WEBSITE FOR THE CORRECT CLASS FOR YOU. https://www.nct.org.uk/courses/antenatal/signature-antenatal-course
Post-natal yoga is tailored specifically for the needs of the new mum and will help you regain strength and energy after the birth of your baby. It is a gentle way of building strength again in the pelvic floor, the abdomen and back muscles and legs, and also helps relieve aches and pains associated with pregnancy, childbirth and the continuing care of your new child. Specifically, yoga can be really beneficial in alleviating pelvic, back and shoulder pain and aching joints. Relaxation techniques will help reduce fatigue and make you feel more energised, calm and relaxed, allowing you to enjoy connecting with your baby.
EveryBody Yoga, Various locations in Wharfedale. 07919 991 379
Pregnancy in Mind: Supporting parents during pregnancy and the first year after birth.
For anyone experiencing anxiety, depression, or other emotional health issues – talk to your midwife about attending this course.
Pregnancy in Mind has 2 core elements:
an antenatal group intervention delivered by professionals during the middle trimester of pregnancy
a peer support programme delivered by a team of volunteers and a volunteer manager that takes place both in pregnancy and across the first year after birth.
A regular practice of gentle yoga throughout your pregnancy is a wonderful way to keep your body healthy and supple without over-exertion, alleviate the common ailments of pregnancy such as back and pelvic girdle pain, increase energy, improve sleep and ultimately connect with your baby.
Pregnancy yoga is suitable for mums-to-be from 15 weeks onwards.
In a pre-natal yoga session, you will learn
1-2-1 or small group sessions available.
Everybody Yoga, Various locations in Wharfedale. 07919 991 379
A class run by Guiseley Children’s Centre.
Call 0113 3782861 For more information & to book.
An Antenatal class run by Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust for all first-time parents. Contact your local Children’s Centre to book a place. 
Here at The Mother Hut, we have no other objective than to get you feeling positive and prepared for the birth of your baby. Hypnobirthing is becoming more recognised all the time as a way to birth your baby in a prepared and relaxing way.
Whether it’s a home water birth or a Caesarean, we have your back!
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Hypnobirthing course
Wednesday’s 7.00-9.30 pm,
Burley in Wharfedale. Venue depends on numbers.
The cost is £250 per couple.
Call Susan on 07860 191652 for more information.
Pregnancy relaxation classes every Wednesday morning 10.30-11.30 am at the Ilkley Fitness centre.
£30 for a 4-week block.
Call Susan on 07860 191652 for more details.
Come to Yoga to empower you to:
Help to reconnect with your inner-self and innate abilities to give birth.
Yoga can…
• Keep the body supple without straining
• Boost energy
• Relieve stress and anxiety
• Promote relaxation and restful sleep
• Relieve pain in labour and childbirth
• Relieve common minor ailments during pregnancy
• Help bonding with the unborn baby
Suitable for those over 14 weeks pregnant.
Ilkley Yoga Centre, 7a Railway Road, Ilkley, LS29 8HQ.
07961 898738
