Midwife-Led Antenatal Class Exmouth, Devon
The Complete Birth and Baby Programme
UPCOMING COURSES
JAN/FEB 2027
MARCH/APRIL 2027
Imagine walking into your birth feeling in control and deeply calm.
You feel a quiet, unwavering strength and new confidence because you know what your body is doing. You know how to work with it—how to move, breathe and surrender to the incredible power that your body is creating, to deliver your baby.
Your birth partner feels confident supporting you. You feel safe.
The Coastal Birth Club Antenatal Classes, were designed by Carrie, a practicing midwife with over 13 years of NHS maternity experience supporting women during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. This course aims to seamlessly bridge the gap between the amazing true science of birth, the deep mindset tools of hypnobirthing and the practical realities of modern day maternity services.
Our small, intimate group sessions are hosted in a peaceful venue in Exmouth and we warmly welcome expectant families from right across Exmouth, Lympstone, Budleigh Salterton, Woodbury, Topsham, Exton, Ebford, Sidmouth, and Exeter.
Intentionally limited spaces to maintain a calm, supportive, personalised experience.
Meet Your Midwife, Carrie
Founder | Practising NMC-Registered Midwife | Antenatal & Hypnobirthing Teacher | Birth Biomechanics Practitioner
What Makes This Course Different
What You’ll Walk Away With
✓ A clear understanding of how labour happens and how you and your baby work together, every step of the way
✓ A practical toolkit of physical and emotional tools to help you prepare for birth and manage when labour begins
✓ A birth partner who feels thoroughly prepared and knows how to confidently support you
✓ The confidence to navigate your choices, ask questions, and make informed decisions with ease
✓ A greater trust in your body and the natural birth process
✓ Practical preparation for life with a newborn so you feel ready for your baby's arrival
✓ Comprehensive postnatal preparation so you feel supported, valued, and ready for your own recovery journey
✓ A community of local parents — your future 3am crew
Perfect for first-time parents, as well as those looking for a more in-depth, supportive experience this time around.
You’re in the right place..
5 Week Antenatal Course
A carefully curated journey through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood — designed to leave you feeling informed, reassured and deeply supported.
The Foundations of a Calm & Confident Birth
✦ We begin by exploring the fundamentals of birth, learning the essential underpinnings so we can build on your knowledge week by week. You will discover the true physiology of labour and learn exactly how you and your baby are going to work together. Together, we will introduce core frameworks and look at practical ways your birth partner can help build a peaceful, safe birth sanctuary from the very first contraction.
Every Path Leads to Your Baby
✦ We continue our journey and focus on the birth of your baby this week — from spontaneous physiological birth and water births, to inductions, interventions & planned / unplanned caesareans. Together, we explore how to navigate modern maternity services, make truly informed decisions and create flexible, personalised birth preferences, no matter what path your journey takes.
Riding the Waves: Your Calm & Confident Birth Toolkit
✦ A beautifully practical session focused entirely on comfort, movement and your birth toolkit. We explore both medical and non-medical pain relief options, alongside the Coastal Birth Club method—a powerful blend of active birth biomechanics, positions and hypnobirthing tools. Partners will learn hands-on techniques so they feel completely ready to anchor and support you.
The Fourth Trimester: Recovery, Rest & Real Life
✦ Honouring the massive transition into parenthood, this week focuses deeply on your healing body, navigating the emotional landscape of matrescence, and creating a gentle postnatal plan for your wellbeing. We also cover the practicalities of feeding your baby, giving you the core tools to navigate breastfeeding and responsive bottle feeding with calm confidence.
Stepping into Life with Your New Baby
✦ Our final week is a comforting, hands-on workshop dedicated entirely to your newborn baby. From understanding safe sleep spaces and soothing techniques to handling, bathing, nappies and decoding your baby's subtle cues. You will leave feeling thoroughly prepared to step into family life.parents
Postnatal Reunion
A special part of The Coastal Birth Club is the friendships and support networks that naturally grow throughout the course. Our relaxed postnatal reunion brings everyone back together with their babies to share birth experiences, reflect on early parenthood and reconnect over tea, coffee and cake.
Held around four weeks after the final baby in your group arrives, the reunion offers a calm and welcoming space to settle into life with your newborn and continue building the friendships that began during pregnancy.
ANTENATAL COURSE
The Coastal Birth Club
£245 Per Couple
Spaces are intentionally limited to maintain a calm, personal experience
Includes Birthing Person and One Birth Partner
Your Complete Journey From Pregnancy to Parenthood.
Everything you need to feel calm, confident and fully prepared for birth and beyond.
To protect the intimacy, safety, and personalised support of our classes, groups are capped at 6 couples per course. This ensures everyone has time to ask questions and allows deep, genuine friendships to form within your group.
Our 5-week course dates are scheduled carefully throughout the year to align perfectly with your estimated due date. Because places fill up quickly with expectant families from across Exmouth, Exeter, and the East Devon villages, we highly recommend securing your place directly following your 12-week or 20-week scan.
How to secure your place:
Click the booking button below to view the live calendar of upcoming course dates.
Select the cohort month that best aligns with your estimated due date (Ideally you will be between 24-32 weeks at the start of the course).
Complete your booking online. If you have any questions, please do get in touch
Location
All group classes are taught at
37 The Strand, Exmouth, EX8 1AQ
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Week 1 - Monday 21st September - 19.00-21.00
Week 2 - Monday 28th September - 19.00-21.00
Week 3 - Monday 5th October - 19.00-21.00
Week 4 - Monday 12th October - 19.00-21.00
Week 5 - Monday 19th October - 19.00-21.00
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Week 1 — Monday 9th November, 7pm–9pm
Week 2 — Monday 16th November, 7pm–9pm
Week 3— Monday 23rd November, 7pm–9pm
Week 4 — Monday 30th November, 7pm–9pm
Week 5— Monday 7th December, 7pm–9pm
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Week 1 — Mon 4th January, 7pm–9pm
Week 2 — Mon 11th January, 7pm–9.30pm
Week 3 — Mon 18th January, 7pm–9pm
Week 4 — Mon 25th January, 7pm–9pm
Week 5 — Monday 1st February, 7pm–9pm
