Antenatal workshops
Our antenatal workshops
Antenatal breastfeeding workshops
Our face-to-face antenatal breastfeeding workshops are run at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, West Middlesex University Hospital and in various children’s centres in the Borough of Hounslow. Parents are free to book onto a workshop at the hospital they are booked at to give birth or live nearest to.
Our online breastfeeding workshops are run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
These workshops aim to help you feel more confident about breastfeeding and understand how to prevent and solve common breastfeeding difficulties, such as your baby not taking the breast or sore nipples, and how to tell if your baby is getting enough milk. We encourage dads, partners and any other family members to join in too.
Workshop bookings
- Choose a date for a face-to-face antenatal breastfeeding workshop run at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and book now
- Choose a date for a face-to-face antenatal breastfeeding workshop run at West Middlesex University Hospital and book now
- Choose an online antenatal breastfeeding workshop date and book now
Before you join the online group, please try to watch the following films:
- The composition of human milk (2 min film)
- Breastfeeding in the first hours after birth (10 min film)—showing babies’ instinctive behaviours after birth (in different languages)
- Attaching your baby at the breast (10 min film)—in different languages
- Dr Amy Brown: Why you might want to put the baby books down (5 min film)—the importance of responding to your baby
If you have particular needs in relation to feeding your baby or accessing support, we encourage you to contact us before your baby is born.
Antenatal early days workshops
These workshops focus on all the practicalities of having a new baby including meeting your baby and caring for them in hospital, normal newborn behaviour, feeding, nappies, bathing and skin care, sleep, car safety and more.
These workshops are available online - Book Class 5: Early days and babycare
We also have face-to-face classes across our sites and in the community.
West Middlesex University Hospital
Our face-to-face antenatal early days workshops are run at West Middlesex Hospital and in various children’s centres in the borough of Hounslow.
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
We run quarterly face-to-face early days workshops at Chelsea and Westminster hospital. Numbers are limited, so please book early by email chelwest.birth.preparation@nhs.net
Infant Feeding Team at Chelsea and Westminster
E: chelwest.infantfeeding@nhs.net
T: 020 3315 3017
Infant Feeding Team at West Middlesex
E: chelwest.infantfeedingteam.wmuh@nhs.net
T: 020 8321 5006