{"id":330,"date":"2016-02-29T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T13:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.kriesi.at\/travel\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-04-16T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:57:08","slug":"better-start-baby-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Start Baby Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; color:#dd4096;font-size:80px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_slideshow_full  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Modern Antenatal Courses <\/h1><div class ='av-subheading av-subheading_below av_custom_color ' style='font-size:28px;'><p>Led by Expert Health Professionals<\/p>\n<\/div><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' 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development, practical hints &amp; tips and so much more!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This may be your first pregnancy or you may be joining us to refresh your knowledge. You may be planning to birth at home or in a birth centre, or perhaps you will be having a medically managed birth in hospital.\u00a0 Be reassured that whatever stage you are in life and however and wherever you birth, the Better Start Baby Club team will give you the techniques and information that will help you to feel informed, relaxed and better prepared during the lead up to \u2018the big day\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We set up a WhatsApp group two weeks before the course starts so you can get to meet the other like-minded mummies-to-be who will be sharing the journey with you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  style=' margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:30px;'  class='hr hr-custom hr-center hr-icon-yes   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner   inner-border-av-border-thin' style=' width:50px; border-color:#e0b13a;' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><span class='av-seperator-icon'  aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue808' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='hr-inner   inner-border-av-border-thin' style=' width:50px; border-color:#e0b13a;' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last ' ><a href='https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/index.php\/antenatal-classes-in-wimborne\/book-your-place\/'  class='avia-button   avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-color-purple avia-size-medium avia-position-center '   ><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue806' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Book Now<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As per government guidelines, we are providing in person support and education to new parents with an emphasis on making friends in our welcoming baby groups<\/p>\n<p>Just like our in-person classes (which will be back after social distancing measures are lifted), our virtual experience is for local people whose babies are due around the same time as each other. 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