Why choose an Online NCT Antenatal course?
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 you’ll learn
From early signs to the first weeks
Five evidenced-based sessions covering labour, birth, feeding, and life with a newborn - all shaped around the choices you want to make.
- Session 1: Getting ready for birth
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Connect with other expectant parents from day one
What happens in late pregnancy
Birth environments
Recognising the signs that labour has started
Stages of labour
Induction of labour
Pelvic floor health
Your baby’s arrival into the world
- Session 2: Understanding birth
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Vaginal, assisted, and caesarean birth
Pain management options
Perineal health
Supporting yourself and/or a birthing parent
- Session 3: Meeting your baby and recovery from birth
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The first moments with your baby
Physical recovery after birth
Practical baby care
Early days scenarios and safer sleep
Neonatal care
- Session 4: Feeding your baby
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Recognising feeding cues and patterns
Breastfeeding, formula and mixed feeding
How breastmilk supply works, positioning and attachment
Paced bottle feeding
Practical feeding skills and common challenges
- Session 5: Life with a new baby
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What happens after birth
Sleep patterns and bonding
Baby development and responding to crying
Postnatal wellbeing and support networks
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.
What parents have to say
Let's find your NCT Antenatal course
Online antenatal courses from £199, with flexible payment options and discounts for low income households. Looking for an in-person course? See in-person NCT Antenatal courses
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