First of all, congratulations. BMABA will support you as fully as we can throughout your pregnancy.

We know that pregnancy can be a difficult time for many female instructors. For this reason, we provision an industry-first ‘maternity cover’ in which you can pause your instructor insurance and membership for up to 15 months to cover your time away from teaching. During this time, you’ll remain a member and will continue to have access to our leading resources, community, app and tools. As soon as you’re ready to return to teaching you can simply ‘switch back on’ your remaining cover and membership. For larger clubs, if one of your team should enter maternity leave, you can also assign a stand-in instructor for the remainder of their membership if you don’t want to leave the maternity provision in place. This is included for free for every member.

Please talk with us when you’re ready and we’ll be happy to explain your options and help you pick the right fit for your club. Please ensure you have your MAT 1B (pregnancy certificate) available when you get in touch. You can read more about how our maternity cover works here.

For any student who declares a pregnancy to continue training, they will need to obtain approval (in writing) from a GP or Midwife. If this is obtained, you will need to seek formal permission from BMABA before permitting any further training and we will confirm with the insurer that they are happy to approve this. This measure is to protect you, and the pregnant lady, from any potential issues that could arise. If your student is cleared to train you will need to make special arrangements to ensure they are safe. We would recommend doing this in conjunction with the pregnant lady to ensure a joint action plan is agreed. It’s vital you arrange safe training practices which avoids contact, excessive exercise and any strenuous techniques.