Midwives: run antenatal classes with places online

Antenatal classes work best with a known group: the right number of mats, the same faces each week, and partners who know when to come. Filling them by phone between appointments is slow. With Book, each course is a service with a set number of places; parents-to-be book their place on your own booking page, a full class leaves your page, and every session lands in their calendar.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations and places are examples: set your own according to the rules that apply to you.

Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date. A six-week course on Tuesday evenings takes a few minutes to set: choose Tuesday, set the end date to the last session, and the series appears. Participants book each session, or you book the whole course for a couple from your bookings list once they've joined.

Each online booking takes one place. Decide whether a place covers a couple or one person, and say it clearly in the description. If a place covers the couple, set places to the number of couples you can fit.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email and appears in the participant's calendar file. Ask only for the due month if you group by stage, and tell participants not to write health details there.

Some parents prefer a private session at home. Create a home service with travel in the slot, and ask for the address and access in the note. For postnatal home visits, see the guide on home visits after birth.

Participants can't move or cancel online: they contact you. If a baby arrives early, cancel the remaining bookings from your list. If you cancel a class, tell each participant yourself, since Book doesn't email clients about changes.

Book has one booking page per business and no staff field. In a shared practice, create courses per midwife.

Book doesn't store records, take payments, sell course packages or send reminders. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.