Experience the UK’s most trusted antenatal course from the comfort of your own home. 

Connect with your supportive course leader and other soon-to-be parents in live, interactive online sessions. 

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All online sessions are live and interactive. Nothing pre-recorded.

Feel confident, knowledgeable, and ready for life with your new baby.

Join other parents-to-be whose babies are due around the same time.

Now includes exclusive NCT x Mini First Aid newborn safety & baby health content

What a fantastic course! We really looked forward to the sessions and got so much out of it. We feel much better prepared for labour and caring for our baby and have met a lovely group of people in the process. It actually worked brilliantly online too.

What you'll learn

Planning for a positive birth experience

 Deciding where to have your baby, local options and care

 Changing hormones and going into labour

 Stages of labour & birth

 Induction of labour and when help is needed

 Caesarean birth and recovery

 Helping yourself & supporting through labour and birth

 Pain management options

 Meeting your baby & what happens immediately after birth

Getting to know and caring for your baby

 Your baby's experience moving from the womb to the world

 Understanding your baby's cues and how they sleep, wake and rest

 Learning what your baby's nappy tells you and how to change them

 Washing and bathing your baby

 Soothing and calming your baby

 Exploring where your baby sleeps and how to keep them safe

 Your relationship with your baby and how they develop and learn

Feeding your baby

 How to get breastfeeding off to a good start

 Understanding your baby's reflexes and cues

 Understanding how breastfeeding works

 Night feeds and sleeping

 Expressing

 How to tell that all is going well

 Different positions for feeding and how to try them

 Different challenges

 Where and how to get support

Wellbeing before and after birth

 Knowing what makes you feel good and keeps you well

 Physical and mental health after birth

 Relaxation techniques

 Coping with lack of sleep

 Changing relationships & adjusting to life as a family

 Sources of support for you and your family

 Making plans

Your family, relationships and finding support

 Becoming a parent

 Changing relationships

 Growing a support network

 Accessing professional help and support

 Negotiating advice and support from peers, family and friends

Plus bonus content and video on the NCT Parent Hub

 Yoga for Pregnancy

 Newborn safety and baby health, including:

 Baby's breathing

 Safer sleep

 Prams, slings and car seats

 Monitoring baby health

 Reducing the chance of illness

 Meningitis and sepsis

Same great experience as the in-person course

  • Trusted, evidence-based information so you feel prepared for labour, birth and the first days with your baby. 
  • Our friendly, knowledgeable NCT course leaders will take the time to answer all your questions.  
  • You’ll connect with other parents who are expecting at a similar time as you. 

Ready to book? Don't delay, our courses fill fast!