Private Birth Preparation Courses in Somerset & Online

Private and bespoke birth preparation to suit your unique needs and preferences: Your birth. Your questions. Your preparation.

A comprehensive birth preparation course for you and your birth partner, delivered privately and shaped around your pregnancy, your questions, your preferences and the way you want to learn.
You’ll learn how birth works, understand your options, explore practical Hypnobirthing tools for labour and birth, and build the confidence to make informed decisions – whatever your birth ends up looking like.

Private sessions in Somerset or online · £425 per birth team

Private preparation might be right for you if you…

  • want the full birth preparation course but would rather learn privately
  • have lots of questions you’d love the time and space to explore properly
  • have specific circumstances, preferences or previous experiences you’d like to talk through
  • don’t feel that a group course is quite your thing
  • want the flexibility to arrange your sessions around your life
  • want your birth partner to feel genuinely involved and prepared too
  • simply learn better when you can have the space to ask questions, talk things through and go at your own pace

You don’t need to know exactly what kind of birth you want.

You just need to want to feel informed, supported and ready for whatever your birth brings.

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Why choose private birth preparation?

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Completely tailored to you:

There isn’t a set script to get through. We can spend more time on the things that matter most to you, whether that’s understanding induction, preparing for a planned caesarean, exploring your birth preferences, working through a previous experience or simply getting your head around how birth actually works.

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Space to ask everything:

There are no silly questions and no need to worry about taking up someone else’s time. If something comes up, we can talk about it properly.

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Learn together, in your own space:

Your birth partner isn’t an observer. They’re part of the preparation too. You’ll have the time to understand your roles, practise practical tools and work out how you want to support one another.
Sessions can take place in the comfort of your own home in Somerset or online, at mutually convenient times.

I have two course options if you feel private antenatal support is for you…

Scroll down to read more about these course formats in detail.

The Complete Birth Preparation Course
£425

3 sessions of comprehensive birth education for birth teams who want to feel knowledgeable and prepared for their journey ahead. My ultimate birth preparation offering.

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Find out what’s included below!

The Hypnobirthing Essentials Session

£149

A focused 2-hour session for couples who want practical Hypnobirthing birth preparation without committing to the full course.

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The Complete Birth Preparation Course

Comprehensive preparation, with the space to make it completely yours.

This is my ultimate private birth preparation offering. Across three sessions, we’ll explore the things I believe every couple deserves to understand before their baby arrives.
We’ll look at how birth works, what your options are, what can help you feel safe and supported, and how you and your birth partner can work together throughout labour and birth.
We’ll also make plenty of space for the things that are specific to you.
Because preparing for birth isn’t about trying to predict exactly what will happen.
It’s about understanding enough to make informed choices, having practical tools you can draw on, and feeling confident that you and your birth partner can adapt if things don’t go according to plan.
You can’t plan every detail of your birth. But you can prepare for it.


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When is the best time to book?

I generally recommend starting somewhere around 20–34 weeks of pregnancy, but there’s no magic week.
Some couples love having plenty of time to learn, practise and think things through. Others prefer to have everything fresh in their minds a little later in pregnancy.
If you’re further along, don’t panic – it’s not too late.
And if you’re not sure when would be best for you, just ask me.

What you’ll learn on the Complete Birth Preparation Course:

  • Understand birth:
  • How labour and birth work – including the physiology, hormones and muscles involved
  • What your body and baby are doing throughout labour
    How your environment and the people around you can influence how you feel during birth
  • What can help you feel calm, safe and supported
  • Know your options:
  • Your choices around place of birth and pain relief options
  • Understanding induction of labour and cesarean birth
  • How to ask questions and make informed decisions
  • What to consider if your birth takes a different path from the one you had imagined

  • Hypnobirthing tools for labour:
  • Breathing, relaxation, visualisation and self-hypnosis techniques
  • Movement and positions for active birth
  • Massage and other hands-on comfort measures (TENS, water and birth comb)
  • Prepare as a team:
  • How to communicate your preferences and create flexible birth plans (A, B & C)
  • How your birth partner can support you practically and emotionally
  • How to work through decisions together
  • Prepare for a smooth postpartum:
  • Practical preparation for the early postnatal period
  • Things to think about before your baby arrives
  • Making sure you both feel supported as you become parents

What’s included?

  • 3 private sessions of comprehensive birth preparation, delivered in your own home in Somerset or online
  • You’ll also receive:
  • Your Hypnobirthing Course Companion: Your antenatal course handbook & birth planning journal
  • 12 relaxation tracks to support your practice at home
  • A beautiful welcome bag with hand-picked pregnancy and birth goodies, including a wooden birth comb
  • Birth planning support and an editable birth planning template
  • Other resources such as: Birth bag checklist and Book and podcast recommendations
  • Plenty of time during the sessions to explore your own questions, circumstances and preferences

  • And because preparation doesn’t stop when our final session ends…

You’ll also receive:

Invite into the Mama Circle

Join my private Mama Community for free events, connection and community

My on-going support

via email/Whatsapp until the birth of your baby

A pre-birth catch up call

A short pre-birth call to answer any last questions, talk through anything that’s changed and give you a final little confidence boost before your baby arrives

Your investment

£425 per birth team

This includes all three private sessions, your course materials, welcome bag, relaxation tracks, ongoing support and 37-week catch-up.

You can secure your course with a £50 deposit, with the remaining balance paid before the course begins.

If you’d prefer to discuss a payment plan, just get in touch – I’m always happy to chat about what’s possible.

Ready to prepare together?

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The Hypnobirthing Essentials Session

Looking for something shorter?

The Hypnobirthing Essentials Session

Sometimes the full course simply isn’t right for you.

Perhaps you’re further along in pregnancy, you’ve already done another antenatal course, or you know that you want a shorter session focused on the practical Hypnobirthing tools and birth education you’ll find most useful.

The Birth Hypnobirthing Essentials Session is a personalised 2-hour session for you and your birth partner in the comfort of your own home, or online.

£149 per birth team

We’ll focus on the things that are most relevant to you, including birth physiology, practical comfort measures, breathing and relaxation tools, and ways your birth partner can support you.

It’s much shorter than the Complete Birth Preparation Course, but still completely personalised. If you have got something specific you would like to explore further, such as preparing for a homebirth/HBAC/VBAC/birthing outside of guidelines, I endeavour to take into careful consideration your unique circumstances and personal preferences and make the most of our time together.

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Already attended other Antenatal classes?

“I had a lot of anxiety around birth, and Mollie truly helped to put my mind at ease. My husband also felt he learned so much about birth and how to support me. We had previously completed an antenatal course, but we genuinely felt we learned more from Mollie in the short time we spent together than in the many hours of antenatal classes.” – Daisy

What you’ll learn on the Hypnobirthing Essentials Session:

  • The science behind what ACTUALLY happens in birth; physiology, hormones and muscles
  • How to optimise your birthing hormones to boost your birth to the max
  • Creating a birth environment to support and promote physiological birth
  • How to relax deeply and quickly using breathing techniques, visualisations and self-hypnosis
  • Practical techniques to support your body’s natural birthing power for a more comfortable birth
  • Non-medical comfort measures for birth including water birth, massage, TENS machine and birth comb
  • How to be an AMAZING birth partner with practical and useful tools and support
  • How to breathe your baby out

What do you get?

  • 1 session (2 hours) of private, bespoke antenatal education covering the need-to-know elements of Hypnobirthing. Delivered either in the comfort of your own home or online, at a time to suit you and your birth partner. 
  • Your Hypnobirthing Course Companion: Your antenatal course handbook & birth planning journal – written by me to go with your course
  • 4 Hypnobirthing Relaxation tracks to download and support your Hypnobirthing practice
  • A beautiful welcome bag with hand-picked goodies to support you in pregnancy and birth, including a wooden birth comb (natural pain relief tool)
  • Additional resources: birth plan editable template, birth bag checklist, book and podcast recommendations

Plus these bonuses!

Invite into the Mama Circle

(my private FB group for my Mama Community – for free events & community meets)

My on-going support

via email/Whatsapp until the birth of your baby

A pre-birth catch up call

at approx 37 weeks to go over any questions you may have, or simply for a positive birth boost!

Investment for the Hypnobirthing Essentials course is £149 per birth team

Travel: if you live outside of Taunton then please note that there may be additional charges for travel expenses, depending on the address – please get in contact with me to discuss this further.
 
You can pay the full amount upfront, or simply secure your place with a £50 deposit today. I appreciate everyone’s circumstances are unique, therefore I am always happy to discuss the option of payment plans or paying in installments if needed. Please do get in touch about a private course below.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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Both – and that’s the point.

And in case you needed more info about what Hypnobirthing is: it isn’t about guaranteeing a particular type of birth. It’s a set of practical tools that can help you understand what’s happening in your body, stay calmer, work with your physiology and feel more confident during labour.

And perhaps most importantly, these tools don’t become irrelevant if your birth takes an unexpected turn. Breathing, relaxation, movement, visualisation, communication and informed decision-making can be useful whatever your birth looks like.

No – this course covers common interventions, induction of labour and cesarean birth. If you find yourself being classed as ‘high risk’ in your pregnancy, Hypnobirthing can give you the practical tools to support yourself in different environments and scenarios, and can even decrease the need for unnecessary medical intervention; which can be more likely in a ‘high risk’ environment. 

Then you would still benefit from good birth preparation. Good birth education and Hypnobirthing can hugely benefit all kinds of births in all birth places – it’s not just for those having low risk births.

Ideally you do the course together, because birth preparation works brilliantly as a team – but you can absolutely attend without a partner.

Learning and preparing together in this way can bring you closer together as a team, and can be a true highlight of your pregnancy. It gives you a dedicated space to discuss your thoughts, opinions, and wishes for birth and beyond, and also give you the opportunity to open up more important conversations following on from the course.

If you don’t have a partner you are of course welcome to do the course alone. However you are welcome to have a friend, relative, doula or someone else to support you through the course too.

If you’re looking for deeper preparation around birth, choices, physiology, confidence and practical tools, then this course is for you. My experience as a former Midwife brings a more nuanced approach to birth and navigating the maternity system. Some parents-to-be choose to do my course instead of NCT, while some choose to do both. 

If you are very keen to make new parent friends, my Group Hypnobirthing classes are a brilliant way to meet likeminded people. If you are looking for more personalised, nuanced information and support, then my Private Hypnobirthing courses would suit you.

If you are very keen to make new parent friends, my Group Hypnobirthing classes are a brilliant way to meet likeminded people.

You can start a course whenever feels right for you! Most women choose to start their course during their second trimester, but if you are a little later on in your pregnancy you will still benefit from the course immensely. 

An ideal time to start is anytime from 20-34 weeks pregnant. For some, having the information fresh in their mind towards the end of pregnancy works best. For others, the more time to get clued up and practise techniques, the better! It’s never too early OR too late to start – it’s totally up to you!

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