Online antenatal classes

Expectant parents across Australia, paying per course or per session.

A course fee per person or couple. You can add recorded content, one-on-one birth planning calls or postnatal follow-up sessions.

• Clear teaching and presenting on camera
• Knowledge of birth and early parenting
• Basic online marketing and using video and booking tools

• Professional indemnity and public liability insurance, check that cover applies to online delivery
• Health information must be accurate and not replace advice from a parent's own midwife or doctor
• Check what qualifications you need and how you describe your credentials
• Check privacy obligations when handling clients' personal and health details
• Online classes lack hands-on practice, so consider how you will cover positions and techniques

Startup costs are typically around $500 to $3,000, depending on your video and booking tools, course materials, insurance and marketing. Costs vary with how polished you want your recorded lessons and handouts to be.

Monthly revenue is typically around $400 to $3,000, depending on your pricing, how many parents enrol and how many sessions you run. The estimate assumes about 5 hours a week or more.

Check that your professional indemnity and public liability insurance applies to online delivery, and what qualifications you need. Keep health information accurate, make clear it doesn't replace advice from a parent's midwife or doctor, and check privacy obligations.