The Coastal Birth Club offers small, midwife-led antenatal classes in Exmouth, Devon, combining evidence-informed birth preparation with practical guidance for life with your baby.

Created by an experienced practising midwife based on over a decade of feedback from parents, our Complete Birth & Baby Programme goes beyond traditional antenatal education. Across five weeks, we explore the physiology of birth, hypnobirthing, birth biomechanics, informed decision-making, postnatal recovery, breastfeeding and newborn care.

We start with the foundations and build your knowledge week by week, combining expert midwifery advice, insight into local maternity services and practical techniques to help you prepare for labour, birth and early parenthood. You'll gain a deeper understanding of your body, your options and how to approach birth feeling informed, calm and confident.

With a maximum of six couples per course, our antenatal classes are relaxed, interactive and personal. There's time to ask questions, practise techniques and explore what matters to you in a calm, supportive environment.

Pregnancy is also an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with your body and make space for yourself. Our aim is to help you feel safe, supported and prepared for birth and beyond, while connecting with other expectant parents at a similar stage of their journey.

Our five-week Complete Birth & Baby Programme combines midwife-led antenatal education, hypnobirthing and birth biomechanics to help you prepare for labour, birth and life with your baby.

We'll build your knowledge week by week, exploring how birth works, understanding your choices, preparing your birth partner and getting ready for the realities of early parenthood. You'll benefit from experienced midwifery guidance, insight into local maternity services and practical advice to help you feel informed and confident.

Your course also includes our Complete Hypnobirthing Course, giving you the knowledge, resources and techniques to practise in the lead-up to birth and use during labour. These techniques can also support relaxation and help you manage feelings of anxiety during pregnancy.

You'll receive your own printed Birth Toolkit, thoughtfully designed by a midwife to guide you through practical exercises, techniques and activities to practise during pregnancy, while waiting for labour to begin and throughout your birth experience.

Alongside birth preparation, we'll explore postnatal recovery, breastfeeding and newborn care. Drawing on my midwifery experience and knowledge of local maternity services, we'll also discuss what postnatal care may look like for you and your baby, including the support available from local midwifery teams.

With small groups of no more than six couples, there's plenty of opportunity to ask questions, practise techniques and learn in a calm, supportive environment. Your experience also includes a postnatal reunion, so you can reconnect with the group after your babies arrive.

Yes. Hypnobirthing is integrated throughout our Complete Birth & Baby Programme, so you don't need to book a separate hypnobirthing course. Everything you need is included.

You'll explore breathing, relaxation, visualisation, mindset and practical techniques to help you approach labour feeling more informed and prepared. We also look at how to adapt these tools to different birth experiences, including induction, assisted birth and caesarean birth. Your birth tool kit doesn’t only include top midwife tips but all the hypnobirthing tracks too.

Our approach combines hypnobirthing with midwifery knowledge, birth physiology and biomechanics, alongside realistic information about modern maternity care.

We generally recommend booking when you're around 24–32 weeks pregnant at the start of the course. This gives you time to work through the programme before your baby arrives.

It's worth looking at course dates early, as each group has a maximum of six couples. If you're further along in pregnancy, please get in touch to discuss upcoming dates and whether a course would suit your timeframe.

Our five-week Complete Birth & Baby Programme costs £245 per couple.

The price covers the full five-week programme, with teaching across birth preparation, hypnobirthing, birth biomechanics, postnatal recovery and newborn care, plus the postnatal reunion.

Yes, flexible payment options are available. You can choose to either pay in full or secure your place with a deposit. The remaining balance is due 2-4 weeks before the course begins and will be invoiced separately.

Please visit our booking page linked here for upcoming course dates, current availability and payment options.

Absolutely. Our course is designed for you and your birth partner to prepare together.

Your partner will learn about labour, practical comfort measures, birth choices and ways to provide meaningful physical and emotional support. This helps you approach birth as an informed team.

You are also welcome to attend on your own if you prefer, or bring someone else who will be supporting you.

Yes, absolutely. You’re very welcome to attend on your own, or with whoever helps you feel comfortable or is going to be supporting you during birth — whether that’s a partner, friend or family member. Please include their details on the booking form

Without a doubt, yes. You’re very welcome to join us whether this is your first baby or not.

Every birth is unique, and many people return to antenatal education to reconnect with their knowledge, feel more in control of their choices, and prepare for a different experience this time.

The course offers a supportive space to reflect, reset, and move forward feeling calmer, more confident and more at ease as you approach this birth.

Yes. Our antenatal classes support different birth experiences, including planned and unplanned caesarean births.

You'll learn about birth choices, preparing for your baby's arrival, communicating with your maternity team, birth partner support and postnatal recovery. Hypnobirthing and relaxation techniques can also be adapted to help you feel grounded and prepared, whatever your birth plans look like.

You are very welcome. You don't need to feel confident about birth before joining our classes - in fact most people will be feeling this way before they attend.

We explore how labour works, what can influence your experience, the options available to you and practical ways to manage stress and discomfort. Our small-group environment gives you space to ask questions and build your understanding without pressure.

The aim isn't to promise a particular type of birth, but to help you feel more informed, supported and prepared for the experience ahead.

If you are feeling particularly worried please do reach out, I’d love to hear from you.

We understand that life can be unpredictable. If you’re unable to attend a session, we’ll ensure you have access to the key information covered.

As our courses are delivered as a complete programme, individual sessions aren’t transferable or refundable, but we’ll always do our best to support you. Full details can be found in our Terms & Conditions

If you'd prefer individual birth preparation, please get in touch to discuss whether private sessions are available. We can explore your needs, preferred format and timing.

Each session is thoughtfully tailored to you, offering a very personalised and flexible approach to your preparation—whether you have specific questions, would prefer individual support, or are joining later in pregnancy.

Please get in touch for availability and pricing.

The classes are led by Carrie Brown, an NMC-registered midwife with a BSc (Hons) in Midwifery and extensive experience supporting women and families.

Carrie combines professional midwifery knowledge with hypnobirthing, birth biomechanics and practical antenatal education to help expectant parents understand their options and prepare for birth and early parenthood.

You can read more about Carrie's background, qualifications and approach on the About page here.

No — The Coastal Birth Club provides antenatal education, hypnobirthing, complementary wellbeing support and birth preparation services, but does not replace individual maternity, medical or mental health care.

If you have concerns about your pregnancy, labour, baby or health, you should always contact your named midwife, maternity team, maternity triage, GP, NHS 111 or emergency services as appropriate.

Classes are held at 37 The Strand Exmouth, a calm, warm and nurturing space in the heart of Exmouth.

It’s a beautifully relaxed environment, thoughtfully suited to help you feel comfortable, at ease, and able to fully settle into the sessions.