The Hello Mama Pregnancy Course

Anyone who is pregnant, or planning to be, and wants to understand what's happening rather than just be told what to do. It's written with first-time mamas in mind, but it assumes nothing, so it works just as well if this is your third and you realise you never really understood the first two. Partners are welcome and encouraged to watch.

Immediately. As soon as your payment goes through, a "Go to course" button appears right there on the confirmation screen, so you can start watching without leaving the page.

You will also get an email within seconds with a "Start learning now" button that takes you straight to the first lesson.

There is no password to set up and no account to create. If you would rather check out quickly, Shop Pay and Google Pay both work.

If the email has not arrived after ten minutes, check your junk/spam folder, then email us at info@hellomama.family.

Go to hellomama.family and sign in at the top right with the email you used to buy.

Then open My Courses from your profile.

The "Start learning now" email your received after purchase also takes you straight back, if it's easier to find.

No, and it isn't meant to. This is pregnancy education. It doesn't diagnose anything, it doesn't replace medical care, and it can't account for your individual history. What it does is help you understand your care so you can take part in it. Always follow the advice of your own care team, and contact them directly if you have any concern about your pregnancy.

No. This course is pregnancy up to 40 weeks: your body, your baby, and your antenatal care. The final module gets you started on your birth plan and explains why starting it early usually brings more calm rather than more anxiety, but labour itself, pain relief, interventions and the birth day are taught in the Birth Course. We're clear about this up front because it's not something you want to discover at 38 weeks.

Then this is written for you. It isn't a course about coping with worry. It's a course about understanding pregnancy, which happens to be the thing that makes most of the worry unnecessary. It assumes you're capable and treats you that way.

The average lesson is six minutes and most are between four and ten.

Watch one while your dinner's cooking, work through a module on a Sunday, or jump straight to whatever's happening in your body this week.

Yes, please. Module 1 in particular tends to be the one that makes partners feel useful rather than surplus, and Module 3 means you've both got the same picture going into appointments.

Yes. Send a gift card and she can choose when she's ready. That way the course is registered to her, so her place is saved and she can get back in whenever she wants.

Two years from the day you buy, and probably longer. Any updates we make in that time are included, and anything you download is yours to keep for good.

We say two years rather than "lifetime" because no one can honestly promise forever. If we ever retire the course, you'll get at least 90 days' notice so you can save what you need. Full details are in our Terms of Service.

Apps are good at telling you your baby is the size of a mango. They're less good at explaining why your hips ache, what your midwife means by fundal height, or what you're really being asked when someone offers you a screening test. Free videos can be excellent, but you don't always know who made them or what they're selling. This is one doctor, explaining the whole thing in order, with nothing to sell you at the end of it.

Watch up to half. If you're not happy, request a refund from your orders page within 30 days, or email info@hellomama.family and we'll do it for you. See the refund policy for full terms.

We ask one thing in return: tell us what was missing, so we can keep making it better.