Pregnancy, Birth and Baby Classes in Suffolk
Everything I offer, from preparing for birth to those first months with a new baby. Some of it costs money, some of it is free, and all of it exists to make you feel less alone in this.
I teach across two halves of the same journey. Before your baby arrives, the work is understanding birth and feeling ready for it. Afterwards, it is about connection, recovery and finding people who are where you are.
If you already know what you are after, the links below will take you straight there. If you have no idea where to start, that is completely normal, and there is a section further down to help you work it out.
Preparing for birth
Hypnobirthing
One to one courses and shorter workshops, taught in East Suffolk or online worldwide. You learn how labour actually works, breathing and relaxation you will still remember under pressure, and how to make decisions rather than have them made around you. Your birth partner gets a proper role rather than a supporting one.
- Full course, 8 hours over four sessions, £400
- Refresher workshop, 3.5 hours, £150
- Positive Caesarean Workshop, 3.5 hours, £150
- Includes welcome pack, workbook, relaxation MP3s, birth plan templates and WhatsApp support up to birth
Conscious Preparation for Birth & Beyond
The full antenatal course, ten hours in person, taught with registered midwife Nina Parnham. It goes wider than hypnobirthing: pain relief options, birth place, placentas, baby care, nappies and safe sleep, and recovery through the fourth trimester. Having a midwife and an antenatal educator in the same room means fewer questions get deferred to someone else.
- Ten hours, in person, in Ipswich and Woodbridge
- Course literature, welcome pack and refreshments included
- Booked through its own website
Pregnancy Circle
A monthly gathering for mamas to be. Ninety minutes of gentle pregnancy safe movement, guided relaxation and a different birth preparation topic each time, with other people at exactly your stage. Structured enough to be useful, relaxed enough that nobody is put on the spot.
- Monthly, ninety minutes, Woodbridge
- Small group, booking essential
Once your baby is here
Baby Massage
Five week courses building a full massage routine week by week. Practical rather than just lovely: the routine includes sequences for colic, trapped wind, teething and congestion, so you leave with something to reach for on a difficult evening. Classes are baby led and capped at eight babies.
- Five weeks, one hour a week
- Suitable from four weeks to pre-crawling
- £80 for the 5 weeks
- Oil, handbook, refreshments, goody bag and certificate included
At a glance
| Service | Best for | Length | Where | Cost |
| Hypnobirthing | Pregnancy | 8 hrs or 3.5 hrs | Suffolk or online | £150 to £400 |
| Antenatal Course | Pregnancy | 10 hours | Ipswich, Woodbridge | See partner site |
| Baby Massage | 4 wks to crawling | 5 weekly hours | Melton, Ipswich, Pettistree | £80 |
| Pregnancy Circle | Pregnancy | 90 mins, monthly | Woodbridge | £20 |
Hypnobirthing Course
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Best for: Pregnancy
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8 hrs or 3.5 hrs
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Suffolk or Online
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£150 to £400
Antenatal Course
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Best for: Pregnancy
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10 hrs
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Ipswich, Woodbridge
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See Partner Website
Baby Massage Classes
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4 wks to crawling
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1 hr x 5 weeks
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Melton, Ipswich, Pettistree
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£80
Pregnancy Circle
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Best for: Pregnancy
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90 mins, monthly
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Woodbridge
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£20
Not sure what you need?
Most people arrive knowing roughly where they are but not which thing to book. A rough guide:
If you are pregnant and mostly nervous about the birth
Hypnobirthing. It is the one that shifts how you feel about the whole thing, and it works around whatever kind of birth you are planning.
If you want the full picture including baby care and afterwards
The Conscious Preparation for Birth and Beyond antenatal course. It is broader, and having a midwife in the room covers ground I cannot.
If your baby is here and the days feel long
Baby massage is great for something calm in the week and to meet others for company.
If you are still stuck
Ring me. I will tell you honestly what I think you need, including when the answer is nothing I sell.
Where I teach
In person across East Suffolk, roughly within fifteen miles of IP13, covering Woodbridge, Melton, Ipswich, Pettistree, Framlingham, Wickham Market, Saxmundham, Rendlesham, Martlesham, Kesgrave, Felixstowe and Debenham. Hypnobirthing is also taught online, anywhere in the world.
What parents say
“Jasmine is a fantastic hypnobirthing and antenatal teacher, and I can’t recommend her enough. She has a lovely calming presence and is so well informed in all things pregnancy, birth and baby. So glad we had her in our corner both before and after our babies were born.”
Helen Lapwood
Ready when you are
Have a look at whichever service caught your eye, or message me if you would rather talk it through first. There is no obligation and I genuinely do not mind the questions.