Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for using The Pregnancy Lounge Ltd's website, located at https://thepregnancylounge.co.uk, and apply to all courses, services, and activities provided by The Pregnancy Lounge Ltd.
By accessing this website, booking a course, or engaging with our services, you agree to accept these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions stated on this page, please do not continue to use The Pregnancy Lounge's website or services.
Cookies and Website Usage
Our website uses cookies to help personalise your online experience. By accessing The Pregnancy Lounge, you agree to use the required cookies.
A cookie is a text file placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programmes or deliver viruses to your computer. They are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
We may use cookies to collect, store, and track information for statistical or marketing purposes to operate our website. You can accept or decline optional cookies. Some required cookies are necessary for our website's operation and do not require your consent as they always work. Please note that by accepting required cookies, you also accept third-party cookies, which might be used via third-party services if you use such services on our website (e.g., a video display window provided by third parties and integrated into our website).
Content and User Conduct
Unless otherwise stated, you may access content from The Pregnancy Lounge for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set in these terms and conditions.
You must not:
Copy or republish material from The Pregnancy Lounge.
Sell, rent, or sub-license material from The Pregnancy Lounge.
Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from The Pregnancy Lounge.
Redistribute content from The Pregnancy Lounge.
This Agreement begins on the date you first access the site.
Safeguarding Policy
At The Pregnancy Lounge, safeguarding is paramount, and we take it very seriously. We firmly believe that protecting people from harm is everyone’s responsibility. We are committed to ensuring that everyone who engages with our services, activities, and events is safe and protected. This includes pregnant women, their partners, babies, children, new parents, as well as our staff, volunteers, students, and practitioners.
Should we encounter information that we feel may put a pregnant person, an unborn baby/child, a staff member, or any service user at risk of harm, we have a professional duty to contact the appropriate local authorities to share our concerns.
Remember: In an emergency, if you think someone is at immediate risk, do not hesitate to contact the emergency services.
Social Media Comments
Parts of our Facebook and Instagram pages offer users an opportunity to post and exchange opinions and information. The Pregnancy Lounge Ltd does not filter, edit, publish, or review comments before they appear on our social media pages. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of The Pregnancy Lounge Ltd, its agents, and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts them. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, The Pregnancy Lounge Ltd shall not be liable for the comments or any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of, posting of, or appearance of comments on our social media pages.
The Pregnancy Lounge Ltd reserves the right to monitor all comments and remove any that can be considered inappropriate, offensive, or that cause a breach of these Terms and Conditions.
You warrant and represent that:
You are entitled to post comments on our social media pages and have all necessary licences and consents to do so.
Your comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent, or trade mark of any third party.
Your comments do not contain any defamatory, libellous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material that is an invasion of privacy.
Your comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.
You hereby grant The Pregnancy Lounge Ltd a non-exclusive licence to use, reproduce, edit, and authorise others to use, reproduce, and edit any of your comments in any and all forms, formats, or media.
Hyperlinking to Our Content
The following organisations may link to our Website without prior written approval:
Government agencies
Search engines
News organisations
Online directory distributors (may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses)
System-wide Accredited Businesses (except soliciting non-profit organisations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups, which may not hyperlink to our Website)
These organisations may link to our home page, publications, or other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.
We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organisations:
Commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources
Dot.com community sites
Associations or other groups representing charities
Online directory distributors
Internet portals
Accounting, law, and consulting firms
Educational institutions and trade associations
We will approve link requests from these organisations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavourably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organisation does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates for the absence of The Pregnancy Lounge Ltd; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.
These organisations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.
If you are one of the organisations listed above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to The Pregnancy Lounge Ltd. Please include your name, your organisation name, contact information, the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Please allow 2-3 weeks for a response.
Approved organisations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:
By use of our corporate name; or
By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
Using any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.
Content Liability
We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that are raised on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libellous, obscene, or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of any third-party rights.
Reservation of Rights
We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You agree to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and our linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound by and follow these linking terms and conditions.
Removal of Links from Our Website
If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us at any moment. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to do so or to respond to you directly.
We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct. We do not warrant its completeness or accuracy, nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.
Course Bookings and Payments
Please read our terms and conditions before booking onto our course. Prior to booking a course, you will be asked to complete a customer information form and confirm acceptance of the terms below.
Price and Payment
The price of our course is stated on our website, and payment must be made via our chosen payment link in advance of you joining a course.
The cost of your booking covers one pregnant person, and you are entitled to attend alone or bring a non-pregnant companion such as your partner, birth partner, parent, relative, or friend. Our courses typically run between 5-8 bookings (10-16 participants, if every attendee brings a second person).
Course Content
The outline of course content can be found on our website. We reserve the right to alter the course content and/or run the course with only one of us should this be necessary. We will notify you in advance as to whether any course dates are to be delivered by one of us, due to factors outside of our control.
The team that delivers this course are both qualified midwives who are registered with the NMC. Information is for your education and guidance but is not intended to replace advice from your own medical team. We are here to support you but cannot give you specific information on health-related queries with regards to your own pregnancy, birth, or baby. Any concerns you have of this nature must be directed to your medical team who have overall responsibility for your care. We cannot be held liable for the outcome of any decisions you may or may not take, based on information from our course or course materials.
We cannot be held liable for any actions, omissions, or issues with our hosting venues, and we reserve the right to change venues, before or during a course, with written notice being provided to you via email.
Cancellation Policy
You should aim to complete the course before you reach term (37 weeks of pregnancy). If you decide to book a course which finishes after this, it is at your own risk, and if you are unable to attend any, or all, of the sessions because your baby has been born, we will not be able to offer a refund. This excludes cases where your baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy.
The course requires a minimum number of participants to run, and we reserve the right to cancel the course and issue a full refund if numbers are not met.
If your course or session is scheduled during a national emergency such as adverse weather conditions or pandemics, refunds will not be provided. Instead, we will arrange to transition the course to an online format or rescheduling to a suitable in-person alternative.
Refunds will not be given in relation to a course which you have already started, as we will be unable to fill your place.
Unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds for cancelled bookings, unless:
It is within 14 days of the booking confirmation - unless the course has already started.
It is more than 6 weeks prior to the course start date – this will be subject to a £25 administration fee.
You miss the entire course for medical reasons and have been provided with a letter from your medical team. This includes if you miss the entire course because your baby is born before 37 weeks prior to the course start date. If you have already started a course and your baby is born before 37 weeks, we will be unable to offer a refund for any sessions missed.
There are exceptional circumstances, and The Pregnancy Lounge allows you to cancel the course at their discretion. This will be subject to a £25 administration fee.
In an exceptional circumstance where we may be required to reschedule a full course and change your booking, we will always try to find a mutually agreeable suitable alternative, or else we will issue a full refund. If we must rearrange a single session within a course, due to factors outside of our control, and are unable to find a mutually agreeable suitable alternative, we will offer a partial refund for that specific session – calculated as a 1/4 of the course total.
Refunds
Any refunds requested, once accepted in accordance with these terms and conditions, will usually be paid within 7 working days electronically.
Photography and Videos
We occasionally take photos and videos during our courses and reunions for promotional purposes.
If you do not wish to be in these, please email us at thepregnancylounge@outlook.com.
Disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website and its use. Nothing in this disclaimer will:
Limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury.
Limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
Limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law.
Exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort, and for breach of statutory duty.
As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.
These terms are also governed by the laws of England and Wales.