Prenatal education has expanded significantly over the past two decades, from its initial conception as an opportunity to teach pain management in labour and preparation for birth in the hospital environment to including broader public-health principles of preparing women and their families for pregnancy, labour and birth, care of the newborn and the adjustments to life as a family.(1) It also provides an opportunity to assist women in detecting warning signs in pregnancy, build confidence in self-care, and can act as an opportunity for early intervention in high-risk pregnancies.