There are a couple of key differences between what we offer at New Life Classes and what many other antenatal course providers, including NCT offer. Firstly, our course programme has been written with the input of a broad range of midwives, doctors, health visitors, maternity and postnatal specialists, plus lots of parents. Most antenatal teachers will write their own programme, based on their own professional or personal experience, which can be helpful. However, we believe that reducing the possibility of professional or personal bias is really important, as every pregnancy, labour, birth is different and every pregnant person, their birth partner and baby have different needs. This is also why our course leaders teach the same curriculum - rather than asking what you'd like us to cover. Pregnancy, labour and birth, feeding and parenting don't always go the way we might expect (or wish). With this in mind, we want to prepare you for all possible scenarios, not just the ones you know about, or want to focus on because they're your first preference. We'd rather you had the knowledge and coping strategies organised ahead of time, than be in labour without the tools to turn to, should you need them!