private antenatal classes

[MidwifeZoe]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this site so this is my first post!!

I am a qualified practising midwife and was wondering about starting up private antenatal classes and breastfeeding support on both a one to one and group setting.

Before I do this I wanted to get some feedback as to how much demand there is for this kind of service and if you would perfer group sessions or one to one.

I am also thinking of providing breastfeeding support postnatally in the first initial days postnatally when you are trying to estabilish breastfeeding.

Thanks in advance! xx

I think the breastfeeding support is a particularly good idea. I had my son in a comfy private hospital and, having had an emergency caesarian (which caused the health insurance to kick in- hurrah!) stayed in for a week. The best thing about this was that I got a lot of help from a knowledgeable midwife to get breastfeeding established.

If I had had a less difficult birth and gone home almost immediately afterwards I would have been quite happy to pay for similar help over the first few days.

Personally I thought ante-natal classes a complete waste of time and the questions of where to park and the range of pain relief options (the only useful bits)could have been covered in an hour or two rather than over a course of six or eight or however many endlessly tedious sessions it was. I would have paid for an accelerated version. I think people will also pay for sessions at times which do not interfere with their working day

Whether there is a market for what you are offering will obviously depend a bit on where; but in London I think you would find a huge demand.
Good luck!