Antenatal Classes in Cape Town

Tasha or Melissa's six-week antenatal course runs on Tues or Thurs evenings, 6:30–8:30pm, and costs R3,500 per couple, including a free six-week baby check and vaccines. Loudene's condensed option runs over a Sat and Sun, 9–1pm, for R2,500 per couple. Read more

Heather's five-week course runs on Thurs evenings, 6:30–8:30pm, at Kelvin Grove and costs R3,000 per couple. It covers labour, pain relief, birth interventions, feeding and early parenting, with a class of 10–16 couples. Aim to finish at least a month before the due date.

Heather's five-week course runs on Tues evenings, 6:30–8:30pm, and costs R3,000 per couple. It covers labour, pain relief, birth interventions, feeding and early parenting, with a class of 10–16 couples. Aim to finish at least a month before the due date.

Based in Kirstenhof, Cape Town, Tender Touch Mother and Baby Clinic is a warm, welcoming space where families are supported by experienced midwives from pregnancy, through every precious moment and every new hurdle that comes with your growing baby. Read more

A well mother and baby clinic run by midwife Sharon Wewege, offering a relaxed, caring space for advice and support in the early months. Read more

Private one-on-one antenatal sessions over a couple of hours with Meg, an occupational therapist and lactation consultant. The sessions prepare parents for birth and the early postnatal weeks, with an emphasis on personalised, judgement-free support.

Sherise's self-paced hypnobirthing and antenatal programme covers birth choices, breathing, relaxation and partner support across ten modules, with a VBAC module, guided audio, workbook and birth-preferences template. Suitable for vaginal or caesarean birth.

A self-paced hypnobirthing app with more than 250 minutes of video, relaxation audio, breathing and birth-partner guidance, including preparation for planned caesarean birth.

South African online course with more than 50 expert-led videos and downloadable notes covering pregnancy, birth and newborn care, plus 18 months' access and an invitation to a live virtual class with a nurse, midwife and lactation consultant. Read more

Antenatal and first-aid courses — R2,100 for 4 weeks or R1,850 for a crash course. Also mommy-and-me classes after birth, plus solids and baby-massage courses.

A Christ-centred course by registered nurse and midwife Stephni Coetzee, combining practical preparation for pregnancy, labour and birth with biblical reflection. The Pregnancy & Birth combo costs R900, or the Pregnancy module R400 and the Labour & Birth module R650. Read more

The Nannie Agency also coordinate one-on-one 2 hour antenatal classes in the comfort of your home. Costing: R1,200. You can contact natasha@thenannieagency.co.za for more information.

Two separate classes, so you can do one or both. Gayle Friedman, a doula, massage therapist and yoga teacher, runs Belly to Birth, usually on the second Sat of the month from 10–3pm. Read more

One-day Sat workshop from 8–4pm covering pregnancy, local birth options, labour, interventions and pain relief, caesarean birth, recovery, feeding and newborn care.

Weekend group antenatal classes with registered nurse, midwife and IBCLC Emma Numanoglu, R2,300. Private one-hour antenatal sessions cost R850. Confirm the next dates and current rate when booking.

Free ten-week childbirth-education classes for pregnant women, covering pregnancy health, labour, breastfeeding, nutrition and newborn care. The Zoe Project also provides counselling, birth companions, postnatal support and practical assistance to vulnerable mothers. Read more

Hospital-linked antenatal classes with current childbirth educators at Mediclinic Cape Town, Constantiaberg, Cape Gate, Durbanville, Louis Leipoldt, Milnerton, Panorama, Stellenbosch and Vergelegen. Read more