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Looking for a trusted, professional source of parenting education? Want to access up-to-date, unbiased information about parenthood?
Our team comprises of enthusiastic, expert professionals who are ready to guide you. We are a modern alternative, drawing on the very latest evidence-based research. Together, let’s get ready to parent.
Live Online Classes
Free Baby-Care Class
Usually £69.00 Now FREE
- This FREE online Baby-Care Class, to give you all the knowledge you need for those first few days and weeks at home with baby
- This 2-hour live class will cover everything from cord care, to safe sleep
- Feel better prepared and more confident for your transition to parenthood
Ultimate Antenatal Class
£149 per couple
- Our famous Ultimate Antenatal Class offers expectant parents convenient class times (full-day or 2 half-days)
- Class recording to watch back when you want
- Feel at ease and confident about your parenting journey
Free Breastfeeding Preparation Class
Usually £69.00 Now FREE
- Learn from expert Lactation Consultants
- Ideal for those considering or planning to Breastfeed
- Tailored for those in their second or third trimester for pregnancy
Ultimate Breastfeeding Class
£69 per couple
- In advance of the big arrival, we are here to get you ready to breastfeed
- This 3.5-hour class is taught by practicing lactation consultants
- Get your breastfeeding journey off to the best possible start
Free Baby-Safety Class
Usually £69.00 Now FREE
- This FREE 90-minute online class is ideal for both existing and expectant parents
- Know what to do about common baby safety issues
- Giving you peace of mind
Ultimate Baby First Aid Class
£69 per couple
- This 3-hour class gives new parents the confidence to know what actions to take if faced with a medical emergency
- Everything you need to know about caring for your child if they are sick, injured, or require CPR
Free Hypnobirthing Class
Usually £99.00 Now FREE
- Learn relaxation, breathing techniques and more – proven to help ease the pain of labour and birth
- Get an introduction on how to best prepare for a calm and positive birthing experience
- This class is taught by the country’s leading Expert Midwife Hypnobirthing Instructors
First 6 Weeks at Home Class
Usually £69.00 Now FREE
- FREE 2-hour live online First 6 Weeks at Home Class with Q&A
- This class is ideal for expectant parents or for those who have just had their baby (or babies!)
- Be prepared for those first few weeks at home with baby
Ultimate Baby Development Class
£69 per couple
- Improve your knowledge of what is normal and what is not at the different stages of baby’s development
- Feel confident and learn how you can aid baby’s development
- Our expert covers everything you’ll want to know about baby’s progress
Free Starting Solids Class
Usually £99.00 Now FREE
- Learn how to start your feeding journey safely and confidently
- Let our Expert Dietician take you step-by-step through how to start your baby on solid foods
- Tailored for those whose baby is 3-5 months old
Free Perinatal Mental Health Class
Usually £69.00 Now FREE
- Free 2-hour class delivered by professional healthcare experts with experience in perinatal mental health
- Learn about emotional wellbeing from conception to one year after baby is born
- We’re here to support you
The Baby Growth Bundle
£199 per couple
- To give you confidence for the journey, we have developed a support bundle, that covers key milestones for your baby.
- It includes one of our most popular classes: Baby Development Class.
- And what’s better, you also get 1-to-1 email support throughout the first 12 months of your baby’s life, for all those ’not-so-silly’ questions!
1-to-1 Email Support
£149
- 1-to-1 Email Support from professional healthcare experts at your fingertips.
- Get your pregnancy and parenting questions answered at your convenience.
- Support and advice that’s personal to you – from sign up to when baby is 6 months old.
Private Health Insurance?
Get your 40% discount today
The Baby Academy is offering a special 40% discount to those with private health insurance. Simply complete the form below to get your special discount. Please note that our system does not allow adding this discount to bookings already made. This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount.
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All our online classes are delivered by trusted professionals, who are passionate about helping you build your confidence and prepare you for all stages of your parenting journey.
Sue
Chief Education Officer and Co-Founder at The Baby Academy
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Sophie
Midwife and Antenatal Instructor
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Lauren
Midwife and Antenatal Instructor
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Hannah
Midwife and Antenatal Instructor
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Faye
Midwife and Antenatal Instructor
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Lisa
Midwife and Antenatal Instructor
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Emily
Midwife, Antenatal and Hypnobirthing Instructor
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Rebecca
Midwife and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
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Kay
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
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Ros
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and Registered Nurse
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Lizzie
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and Registered Nurse
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Gemma
Pediatric Nurse
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Maeve
Pediatric Nurse
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Sue
Chief Education Officer and Co-Founder at The Baby Academy
Sue is Co-Founder of The Baby Academy, Midwife, Anteantal Instructor and a busy Mom of two. With over 15 years’ experience Sue has worked in all areas of Midwifery such as Birthing Suite, Antenatal wards, Postnatal wards and currently manages The Antenatal Education Department in a large Maternity Hospital.
Sophie
Midwife and Antenatal Instructor
Sophie is an experienced midwife, having worked in all areas of maternity care, in addition to clinical trials and maternity research. Sophie has worked with families from all walks of life and an exotic range of countries. She is passionate about educating and empowering new parents, in line with the latest evidence.
Lauren
Midwife and Antenatal Instructor
Lauren started her midwifery journey in 2008 and has worked in all areas of midwifery. She is a registered midwife, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), antenatal and hypnobirthing teacher. Lauren is a proud mama to two awesome little ones and a shining star in the sky. Lauren has had the privilege of teaching hundreds of expectant parents, lending a voice of passion and knowledge surrounding pregnancy, birth, infant feeding, and transition into early parenthood. She wants to ensure families feel supported, confident and empowered to make decisions that are right for them, setting the foundations for an informed and positive experience.
Hannah
Midwife & Antenatal Instructor
Hannah is an experienced Midwife, having specialised in the community for almost 8 years. She is committed to empowering women and their families through education and compassionate care. Being a midwife is much more than a job, it truly is a passion. Hannah feels privileged to enable families to feel supported during the most special time of their lives, ultimately ensuring they have an informed and positive experience. Hannah is a proud Mummy herself to three beautiful girls and has two lovely fur babies.
Faye
Midwife and Antenatal Instructor
Faye has nearly 10 years’ experience as a midwife working in all the areas of maternity, supporting hundreds of families throughout the journey of pregnancy, labour and birth. Faye achieved her Masters qualification in Advanced Midwifery Practice and now mentors student midwives at universities across the UK to become skilled, empathic and passionate midwives. Faye’s goal is to support parents by empowering them, with the knowledge and confidence to help them make choices that are right for their family.
Lisa
Midwife and Antenatal Instructor
Lisa is a practising midwife with over 10 years of experience. She is a mother of 3 children and a passionate advocate of women’s health. She has worked in all areas of midwifery but especially enjoys working on the labour ward, supporting families during the birth of their baby. In her spare time she sings in a band and loves performing!
Emily
Midwife, Antenatal and Hypnobirthing Instructor
Emily is an experienced senior midwife and a proud mum to 3 beautiful young children of her own! She has provided all aspects of midwifery care including antenatal, labour and postnatal care, and currently works on the midwifery-led birth centre in a busy UK hospital.
Emily is currently studying Advanced Clinical Skills and Tongue Tie Management at Masters level which will enable her to offer further support to parents and babies experiencing feeding challenges after birth. She holds diplomas in hypnobirthing, aromatherapy, baby massage and cognitive behavioural therapy and has a passion for empowering expectant parents to realise the strength and power of their bodies during pregnancy and labour.
Emily believes that antenatal education is a key component to preparing for a positive birth experience, and loves teaching all things bump, baby and beyond!
Rebecca
Midwife and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
Rebecca is a mum of 4 beautiful children as well as an experienced midwife and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She loves supporting families transition to their new life together with their new baby or babies. Rebecca is passionate about antenatal education and giving new families the information they need to make their own informed choices to get them off to the best start. She is privileged to share her extensive knowledge and expertise as a mum, midwife and IBCLC teaching at the Baby Academy.
Kay
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
Kay has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) for almost a decade and brings her experience of almost 30 years of Midwifery to The Baby Academy. Kay works in a busy NHS hospital as the Infant feeding lead. She provides evidence-based feeding support and antenatal education for parents and is deeply passionate about supporting parents to feed their babies. Kay has also worked for over 10 years as Senior Midwife in a birthing centre.
Ros
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and Registered Nurse
Ros has been a midwife for 12 years and qualified as a LEARCC Breastfeeding Specialist in 2014, then as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) later that year. Her qualifications led her to a role as the Infant Feeding Lead Midwife for one of the UK’s busiest NHS hospitals. Currently she works privately and voluntarily as an IBCLC, as a guest lecturer for medical students in their Lactation module and as a business consultant training employers how to support their pregnant and breastfeeding staff. Ros is passionate about sharing evidence-based information to help parents make choices to protect the health of them and their future generations.
She is also managing director of her own business and a dedicated mum to her 4 gorgeous children.
Lizzie
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and Registered Nurse
Lizzie is an experienced International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and has been a qualified Midwife for over a decade. She has worked in the NHS since 2008 in numerous roles as a Nurse, Midwife, Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife and Specialist Public Health Nurse. All of which adds to her being able to offer holistic and in-depth breastfeeding support. Lizzie’s main role at the moment is being a mum to her two gorgeous children. She also works privately as a Lactation Consultation for Baby Hive which she co-founded, and for the NHS as a Health Visitor. Lizzie cares deeply about giving families compassionate care, practical support and comprehensive information to support families in their individual breastfeeding journey.
Gemma
Pediatric Nurse
Gemma is a Paediatric Nurse with many years of experience working in one of the UK’s leading Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units where she primarily cared for children undergoing heart surgeries and transplants. After discovering her passion for teaching during her time in Intensive Care, Gemma moved to community work. She works as a Senior Nurse delivering clinical training and undertaking assessments of Nurses and Healthcare Assistants to deliver high standard care to children with complex health needs in their own homes, instead of them being in hospital. Gemma enjoys empowering people with skills and knowledge to ensure their babies and children are kept safe. She strives to break down her teaching into simple, relatable pieces of information so that it can be easily understood and remembered.
Maeve
Pediatric Nurse
Maeve is a Paediatric Nurse specialist with almost a decade of experience across some of the UK’s biggest trusts. Most recently she has specialised in Plastic Surgery where she primarily cares for children who have encountered a traumatic injury requiring surgery. Prior to her time in Plastic Surgery, Maeve spent many years working in Paediatric Cardiology both in High Dependency and Intensive Care units caring for children pre and post-cardiac surgery. Alongside her main nursing role, Maeve has taught aspiring nurses in her role as a Visiting Nurse Lecturer. It was during this time that she realised her love for teaching which she has carried through her career and now to The Baby Academy where she hopes to empower parents to feel confident and safe in their new but most exciting role as parents.
What our customers say about us
Ellouise Marsh
2026-06-08I’ve completed the free Baby Care and Breastfeeding classes with The Baby Academy and have found both incredibly informative and reassuring. I can’t remember the name of the lady who led the Baby Care class, but she was absolutely amazing, and Sophie, who led the Breastfeeding class, was equally excellent.
Both sessions were free, yet the level of information given was outstanding. The midwives didn’t stop for the full hour and a half, and they shared an abundance of practical, evidence-based advice. There was also plenty of opportunity to ask questions specific to the topic, which I really valued.
After each class, the PowerPoint slides are sent out, which is really helpful for revisiting the information afterwards. I feel genuinely grateful that The Baby Academy offers these classes for free, supported by sponsors, as they provide such high-quality education accessible to so many people.
The practitioners running the sessions are clearly exceptionally skilled in their field and bring a lot of passion to what they do. I was initially worried that my second class might not live up to the first, but the consistency in delivery and structure across both sessions really demonstrated the excellence of their training and commitment to quality.
I have the Ultimate Breastfeeding class coming up, and I also plan to attend the antenatal class. I would highly recommend The Baby Academy to anyone preparing for birth and early parenthood.
Alice Dearn
2026-06-01All classes were ran by kind, thoughtful and very knowledgeable professionals. The classes were broken down into a clear structure which was easy to follow and the time to ask questions was useful. Myself and my partner finished all classes feeling more informed and supported than before so thank you! We have now signed up for the paid first aid course and I’m keeping an eye out for more dates for the mental health and weaning courses. Additionally, support for any queries via email was prompt and helpful so an all round great team of true professionals. I’ve already recommended Baby Academy to my cousin who is pregnant and will continue to do so with other friends/family. Thank you again!
K D
2026-04-18I am a first time mum due in 9 weeks..
Without this company, I would have been so unprepared and unaware!
I have not been able to book anything with the NHS, so these courses have been a saviour; I now feel I have a good base.Factual & Informative. Great demonstrations. Open question section is super helpful (get in there quick of you have a question).
Sessions led by knowledgeable, calm, experienced and friendly midwives, who are happy share their own experiences to help.
I have attended the Baby Care & Breastfeeding Prep classes so far, and I am booked on to attend the Birth & Labour and Hypnobirthing soon.
A big thank you to the team at The Baby Academy 🙏
Maria-Teodora Cotofana
2026-04-29Attended quite a few of their free classes. Loved the fact that the sessions were live and I was able to ask questions which were promptly answered. Gave a lot of clarity and created a better understanding of the new period coming as I am a first time mum. Gave me more confidence overall in what I should do in cases of emergency but also just simply in the day to day life. I really enjoyed the free classes and my partner attended all of them with me and he also agreed the classes were really useful even for him to understand what he would need to do but also what I will be going through during this period of change and how he can support. These classes were the best we have attended so far, am really lucky to have had those for free and also to have such a supportive partner. I definitely recommend the classes to future mums and friends
green turtles
2026-04-29We have attended 4 free baby academy classes (baby-care, hypobirthing, breastfeeding) and 1 ultimate baby care training - all midwives that presented/did online training were excellent (please pass on my thanks to them and also IT Live Support when there are sometimes online glitches)- good pace for the course, good content, good level of information for first time mummy&daddy-to-be making our journey of preparing for the baby less daunting and more exciting! The information pack that comes after the training are very useful/helpful. Looking forward to see more of your classes. Keep up the great work! We can see that you are all proud of your work for the expectant parents community! Appreciate it 🙂 Many Thanks!