The Antenatal

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The Antenatal 〰️

Becoming Mama Antenatal, Birth, Baby & Parent preparation courses - Focused sessions for 1st or 2nd time parents, to boost knowledge, share tools & practices that work to strengthen body & mind for pregnancy, birth and into Mamahood.

The ULTIMATE Antenatal Course

Holistic, Empowering Antenatal, Birth Preparation & Hypnobirthing

Whether you're preparing to welcome your first baby or you've given birth before and are hoping for a more positive, informed and empowering birth experience, The Ultimate Antenatal Course is designed for you.

Birth is never just about what happened last time. Every pregnancy, every baby and every birth is unique. This course gives you the knowledge, confidence and practical tools to approach your birth feeling calm, prepared and empowered—regardless of your previous experiences.

Combining comprehensive antenatal education, expert midwife-led sessions, birth preparation and hypnobirthing, you'll gain everything you need to prepare for birth, baby and becoming parents or becoming parents again. You'll learn how to access and fuel your incredible Birth Power, make informed decisions with confidence and develop practical techniques to help you navigate labour and early parenthood with calm and clarity.

🤰🏻Expert guidance from: myself, Dulcie your Matresence Mentor; our lovely Midwives Rosie & Beth; useful insights from various other specialists.

🌟 9 hours face to face expert guidance, several hours of video and audio support and 3 hours social connection including pre and post baby meet ups/ brunch.

💸Investment of £230 and £20 discount for all my current clients. Please message me direct for your discount code 🙌🏻

💕ALL welcome, including single and same sex couples 

Whether your goal is a home birth, birth centre or hospital birth, a physiological birth or simply feeling more informed and in control whatever unfolds, you'll leave feeling equipped to make the choices that are right for you and your family.

The course is highly interactive, creating a wonderful opportunity to connect with other lovely parents-to-be and build friendships that often continue long after your babies arrive.

Where the mind goes, the body follows. Through educating your mind, your body will relax into the process of birth. However your birth unfolds, Mamas who do this course are much more likely to have a POSITIVE birth experience, giving you a stronger foundation from which to start Mamahood!

Our ULTIMATE ANTENATAL stats over the last 3 years show that 61% of our clients had the vaginal birth they dreamed of, compared to current local hospital stats at 41% vaginal birth rate..

The birth of your baby is an experience that you will never forget so it makes absolute sense to prepare with a practice that will create a smoother, more grounded and enjoyable birth experience for you and your baby.

Why choose The Ultimate Antenatal Course? 👀

Well, in addition to our compelling stats above, this is intelligent, evidence-based birth preparation that combines the best of antenatal education, birth physiology, hypnobirthing and practical parenting preparation.

For first-time parents, it provides everything you need to understand labour, birth, your newborn and the huge transition into parenthood.

For parents expecting another baby, it's an opportunity to reflect on your previous birth experience, release any fear or disappointment you may still carry, update your knowledge with current evidence and prepare for a birth that feels calmer, more informed and more empowering.

Many parents choose birth preparation because they want to:

  • Feel more confident making decisions during labour.

  • Understand why things unfold the way they do

  • Learn practical coping techniques

  • Help their birth partner feel more involved and confident.

  • Approach their birth without fear or anxiety.

  • Feel safe, supported, respected, and in control of their choices

  • Feel fully prepared for whatever birth brings.

Whatever your story, this course meets you where you are…

🌟Huge benefits for you and your partner.

🌟Loads of resources, tools & techniques gained.

🌟Full Antenatal - Birth, Baby and Parent preparation package providing all the information you need to help prepare for your birth and the first few months with your baby

🌟Taught by me, Dulcie Batt, BA Hons, DipHB (KGH) - fully trained with Lushtums Antenatal and Katherine Graves Hypnobirthing. As a Birth Empowerment Coach & 4 x Natural Birther, I am absolutely passionate about moving you towards a calm, positive and empowering birth!

🌟I am joined by Rosie Riley and Beth Wilmott - 2 incredible midwives - what to expect in the birth room, how to best prepare, and how mindset truly shapes birth and your experience.

🌟Insight from other specialists - helping you make the best decisions for your body and your baby.

🌟9 hours face to face expert guidance, several hours of video and audio support and 3 hours social connection, including pre and post baby meet ups/ brunch.

Come and join a course, meet other like-minded parents and feel totally prepared for your unique birth. I am so excited to meet you and expand your mind with beautiful potential for the birth & start to Parenthood that you desire!

Gifting you COPING mechanisms, helping you handle PAIN better, with your Birth Mindset on her A-Game, with a Birth Partner who is switched on and ready to support you in the best possible way so you can navigate ROCK your birth and beyond Mama!

What you'll gain

By the end of the course you'll have:

✨ Confidence in your body's incredible ability to give birth.

✨ A deeper understanding of how labour works and how to support your body's natural physiology.

✨ Practical & POWERFUL hypnobirthing, breathing & relaxation techniques to help you stay calm and cope with contractions.

✨ Clear understanding of all birth options, pain relief choices & medical interventions so you can make informed decisions with confidence.

✨ The tools to navigate unexpected twists and turns while still feeling positive and in control.

✨ A birth partner who knows exactly how to support you physically and emotionally.

✨ Preparation not only for birth, but also for your baby's arrival and your transition into parenthood.

Whether this is your first birth, your second, third or beyond, our aim is exactly the same—to help you have the most positive birth experience possible, whatever path your birth takes.

Because a positive birth isn't defined by where you give birth or how your baby arrives. It's about feeling informed, respected, supported and empowered throughout your journey.

These courses run every 2 months - Sept, Nov, Jan, Mar, May, July - please message me direct if you want to reserve your spot and don’t see the booking link available below.

We can't wait to welcome you to The Ultimate Antenatal Course and help you prepare for one of life's most extraordinary adventures!

With love & light, Dulcie, Beth & Rosie 💕

💕 Some of our INCREDIBLE Becoming Mama Collective clients in the Birthroom 💕


The Birth, Baby & Parent Preparation Course for 2nd time parents

You know that you’d like your second birth to be different to your first.

You did antenatal first time around and didn’t feel prepared enough in that birth room.

Maybe your birth took twists and turns and on reflection you would like to prepare differently this time.

More Calm, more embodied practices to enable you to manage labour in the most powerful way…

This targetted second time parent course is especially for you if:

  • You feel busy, stretched or overwhelmed and long for space to breathe.

  • You’re prepared “on paper” but don’t yet feel emotionally ready.

  • You find yourself worrying about birth, Mamahood, your relationship, your identity, or what life will really feel with another baby.

  • You want to feel calmer in your body and sleep more deeply.

  • You desire confidence in your birth and clarity for the fourth trimester.

  • You simply want to feel connected — to yourself and your baby.

Pregnancy can be exhausting. It can be beautiful. It can be uncertain. You don’t have to navigate it alone.

You’ve done this before.

You know the basics of labour and birth.

But many parents tell us the same thing after their first baby:

"I wish I’d felt more prepared for the reality of labour."

"I understood birth, but I didn’t know how to cope with it."

This course is designed specifically for second-time parents who want to approach birth differently — who want to cope and manage it better, with greater calm, confidence and practical tools that truly help in the moment. Or to simply refresh themselves with the best information out there to help them birth in the way they desire.

Rather than repeating a full antenatal course, we focus on what actually makes the biggest difference during labour — helping you work with your body so you can navigate contractions, decisions and unexpected turns with confidence.

Through a powerful combination of knowledge, hypnobirthing techniques, breathwork, active birth movement and evidence-based birth education, you’ll learn how to access your body’s natural birth power and build the mindset and coping strategies that support a positive birth experience.

Whether your first birth felt empowering, overwhelming, or somewhere in between, this course helps you step into your next birth feeling more prepared, more grounded and more in control.

🌟 What You’ll Gain:

This course gives you practical tools and knowledge to help you:

✨ Cope more effectively with contractions and labour intensity

✨ Understand how to work with your birth hormones

✨ Use breathing, relaxation and movement to support labour

✨ Release fear and build a calm, confident birth mindset

✨ Navigate pain relief and medical interventions with clarity

✨ Empower your birth partner to support you more effectively

✨ Prepare emotionally for the transition from one child to two, or two to three

✨ Feel calmer and more confident approaching birth

You’ll leave with a clear toolkit you can both rely on when labour begins, giving you the best possible chance of your birth moving in the direction you choose. And leaving you better able to manage whatever direction your birth takes.

Course Details

2 x3 hour interactive sessions designed to prepare you mentally, physically and emotionally for birth.

📍 In person: @ Studio 24, Branksome Park, Poole

💻 Also available via Zoom

These courses run every 2 months.

Plan to attend the course ideally between 20-34 weeks

Investment: £195 per couple

£175 for Yoga Mamas

The course includes practical tools, resources and connection with other parents preparing for their next baby:

  • Prepare for a Birth You Feel Really Good About

  • Your baby’s birth is an experience you will carry with you forever.

  • Preparing intentionally can transform how you experience labour — helping you feel calmer, stronger and more confident in the moment.

  • If you’re ready to approach this birth feeling empowered and prepared, I would love to support you.

✨ Reserve your place today by clicking button below to book👇🏼 — spaces are limited

✨ Please contact me on: 07775 627809if you don’t see an upcoming session and would like to enquire….

Arabella has arrived - a wonderful pool birth experience after a traumatic first caesarean birth. I felt so calm, relaxed and this birth was just so healing & redemptive. I am on cloud 9!
— Karina, Becoming Mama Collective Client
The birth of my third child was everything I dreamt birth could be. In such contrast to the birth of my first 2. I am so grateful for all we learnt in our course with Dulcie
— Louisa J, Becoming Mama Collective Client
There is no such thing as a trial run in birth and I learnt that the hard way. For my first baby I did a standard antenatal course and felt like I would just go with the flow. My second birth was a total opposite, I felt in control of the controllables and enjoyed a goddess birth experience - it was such a welcome contrast! Thank you for everything you taught us
— Camilla M Becoming Mama Collective Client

Yoga for Birth Workshop

Holistic, Empowering Birth Prep for you & your partner - this will not have been part of your standard Antenatal Course and WILL make a hugely POSITIVE difference to your birth experience.

These are 2 hour sessions are held regularly. You are welcome from 20 weeks pregnant. The skills shared will really deepen the relaxation you can benefit from in pregnancy. £45 per couple, face to face in the beautiful, warm & cosy Studio 24 in Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset. VERY relaxing for you Mamas-to-be and we put your birth partners to work with loads of practical tips and tools to massively uplevel their support in the birth room!

💕Booking essential 💕

Our focus will be on “Yoga For Birth” a practical guide for Active Birth where you & your partner will learn:

~ how to breathe for & through efficient and effective contractions

~ how to rest optimally in between to boost your energy

~ powerful positions & movements to help get your baby in a optimal position, create more space in your pelvis & facilitate smoother births

~ includes biomechanic for birth practices (ie: what moves to do when labour stalls or babies get stuck to help things progress)

~ plus lovely partner massage and rebozo massage to help you deeply relax in pregnancy and help nudge babies out

~ and more…!

Space for 10 couples. Coffee Meet afterwards - nice and social and whats app group created for all couples attending.

Happening here on our yoga mats in Poole @ the warm & cosy Studio 24. You will NOT have learnt these techniques in your Antenatal class & they WILL absolutely make a hugely positive difference to your birth.

The birth of your baby is an experience that you will never forget so it makes absolute sense to prepare with a practice that will create a smoother, more grounded and enjoyable birth experience for you and your baby.

🌟Taught by me, Dulcie Batt, BA Hons, DipHB (KGH) 400 Hour Yoga Teacher - fully trained with Lushtums Antenatal and Katherine Graves Hypnobirthing &. As a Birth Empowerment Coach & Mama of 4, I am absolutely passionate about moving you towards a calm, positive, active and empowering birth!

Come and join this session, meet other like-minded parents and feel totally prepared for your unique birth. I am so excited to welcome you and your partner and expand your mind with beautiful potential for the birth that you desire! Gifting you COPING mechanisms for navigating your birth and ROCKING it Mama!


Dulcie’s Becoming Mama - The Birth, Baby & Parent Preparation Course is the way forward!

If anyone is considering it, go for it! We learnt so much which made the whole experience really special.

People are in AWE when I share my birth story. My favourite response has been from my sister… “You?! But you’re the biggest wimp I know! You’ve been INCREDIBLE!” Theo and I went in so calm, so confident, so ready and right now we are enjoying every second with our lovely baby boy.

Sarah Garcia

Hey Dulcie, how are you ? Just wanted to introduce you to little Rome! Born on 22nd. I also just want to say a huge thank you for everything!

I had the most amazing birth - I got through the whole birth using the techniques learned in your sessions and only had gas and air from 7cm onwards and also was able to go in the pool!

I felt totally in control the whole time and I couldn’t have done it so well and calmly without you and your course! You are truly amazing and I couldn’t thank you enough. I can’t wait to come back and do baby yoga once I’m recovered!

Ellie Pethers

Dara McGillian, didn’t need induction in the end as he decided to make a very quick surprise appearance!

Managed to labour to 7cm dilated at home, 100% thanks to Becoming Parents Antenatal!!

Liam says that before the labour and birth he really enjoyed the time we carved out together to practice the techniques we learn’t in your course in the evenings. He was soo amazing & felt much more empowered & confident in being actively involved because of our course. We couldn’t have done it without you, thank you!

Nicky Morton

Some of our Becoming Mama Antenatal parents getting inspired 👀