Antenatal education: Preparing for birth, preparing for a life
Raising emotional health from pregnancy
Togetherness antenatal education supports parents to build an attuned and connected relationship with their baby, giving them the best start for life.
Evidence-based, research-informed teaching and resources prepare parents for labour, birth and early parenting, building their confidence. The Solihull Approach model that underpins Togetherness also recognises and supports practitioner wellbeing.
Enhance your antenatal service with Togetherness
Training for antenatal and perinatal teams
Tailored foundation training to introduce early brain development, emotional health, parent bonding and relationships
Online antenatal courses
Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby: the online pathways for parents, carers and grandparents to help prepare with confidence.
Train to deliver our face-to-face antenatal groups
Training and resources to deliver structured face-to-face or ‘live virtual’ antenatal education to expectant parents.
97% of expectant parents who followed our antenatal classes felt more confident about giving birth.
According to our recent study of 2600 parents following antenatal classes in Northern Ireland.
Togetherness antenatal education brings together practical ideas with information about brain development and psychoanalytic theory to support emotional wellbeing of both parent and baby. Focused on supporting the parent-infant relationship, learning is designed to help build foundations for emotional wellbeing for life. We’re here for mums, dads, grandparents and all family carers but also to equip professionals with the tools they need to raise the emotional health of parent and child.
Deliver antenatal and postnatal classes that make a difference
Our trained practitioners have been delivering antenatal and postnatal classes in the community across the UK for more than a decade. The well-established, evidence-based antenatal course designed as a five-session group has been described as life-changing for families; building confidence and enhancing relationships.
A short follow-on training and comprehensive resource pack including the latest NHS guidance equips practitioners to deliver and tailor group sessions with confidence.
“Antenatal education is proven to improve parent wellbeing, build confidence and reduce anxiety as well as positively influencing intentions to breastfeed, give up smoking and reduce alcohol consumption. Critically these courses support relationships and introduce ideas about parenting that help get the best outcomes for children.”
Dr Hazel Douglas, Clinical Psychologist, Child Psychotherapist and Director of the Solihull Approach.
Training for antenatal and perinatal teams
Tailored foundation training in the Solihull Approach model for antenatal and perinatal and neonatal teams equips professionals to tune into patient and family wellbeing with greater knowledge about mental health. Facilitated group learning includes:
- Antenatal brain development
- The Solihull Approach model of containment, reciprocity and behaviour
- Practitioner wellbeing and the parallel process
- Relationships and foundations of emotional health
- Trauma
- Attachment and parenting
Training may also be extended to include group facilitator training. Practitioners can attend open group training or book closed group training for whole teams or departments.
“I’m stronger than I knew and understand the support I have now”
Expectant mother following antenatal group.