Preparing for Birth and Baby (4 week ONLINE workshop)

*Patients who do not have a Medicare Number will be charged $397.00 per DAY for this course - This price is current at the time of publishing. For any further enquiries and to confirm the full price prior to booking, please contact the cashier's office on (08) 6458 1595 and your Insurance Company.

 

Please note: To save you time and avoid double-booking, please be aware that the same content listed below is covered in our IN-PERSON 'Preparing for Birth and Baby Course', or IN-PERSON 'Labour Strategies', our ONLINE/IN-PERSON Baby Care workshop and 'The Fourth Trimester'. 

Please DO NOT book both classes as they will be duplicate sessions. 

King Edward Memorial Hospital offer this free* 4 week Parent Education workshop to pregnant people who are birthing under the Women's and Newborn Services (King Edward Memorial Hospital, Family Birth Centre or Osborne Park Hospital).

CONTENT

This 4-part LIVE ONLINE course for parents includes labour & birth, breastfeeding and parenting topics taught by experienced and knowledgeable midwives.

• Week 1 covers signs of labour, when to come to hospital, what to expect, reframing pain, how to support someone in labour, how to help your labour progress, how to cope with labour, how hormones influence labour and birth.

• Week 2 covers the birth of the baby, the birth of the placenta, delayed cord clamping, perineal tearing, what happens if medical interventions are needed, induction of labour, pain relief options and briefly on caesarean section (please note if you are having a planned caesarean, we have individual classes titled Planning a Positive Caesarean Birth & Baby Care - see Trybooking).

• Week 3 covers what to expect in the early days postnatally including why breastfeed, and what partners and families can do to support breastfeeding. This class is an introduction to breastfeeding and includes information on how to support your breastfeeding journey - we encourage anyone who is planning to breastfeed to attend the Breastfeeding Centre's 'Preparing for Breastfeeding' class for comprehensive education (Breastfeeding Centre of WA). This week will also cover an introduction to parenting and self-care in the postnatal period, and changes to the birthing person's body that occurs within the Fourth Trimester.

• Week 4 is all about the new baby - settling a crying baby, nappy changing and swaddling techniques, how to bath your baby, baby wearing, mental health changes with being new parents and community supports.

ELIGIBILITY

• Birthing under the Women's and Newborn Services (King Edward Memorial Hospital, Family Birth Centre or Osborne Park Hospital)

RECOMMENDED GESTATION TO BOOK

• We recommend attending a class for when you are 28 - 38 weeks

• When booking, please use the pregnant person's name and Medical Reference Number (see Image Below) found on your pregnancy health record.

Please make ONE booking ONLY - this is all you need for the four weeks. 

Support people do not need their own booking.

 

LOCATION

This course is held ONLINE – 6.30 - 8.30pm for pregnant people and their support person. 

This course is on 4 consecutive Wednesday evenings (weekly), starting on the date advertised.

Use the same MSTeams link for each of the 4 evenings.

When you follow the provided link, you will be asked to enter a name into a free text box prior to being admitted to the virtual waiting room. The name that you provide will be visible to other attendees to the session. If you prefer to remain anonymous you can type 'anonymous' or use a nickname/initials if you wish. You will be requested to email your identifiers to the parent education email so that we can confirm attendance. 

CANCELLATIONS

Please cancel directly through Trybooking.

IT Issues

If you have any IT issues or are unable to access the class, please call IT on 6457 7991.

OTHER PHYSIOTHERAPY COURSES AVAILABLE

The King Edward Physiotherapy Department has a Skills for Birth and Beyond Class and Pregnancy Aqua aerobics Class. Please see courses available here:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/kemh-physiotherapy-department-29852066885

If you have any questions about our classes, please do not hesitate to contact the Parent Education Department on (08) 6458 1368 or by email parented.reception@health.wa.gov.au. Our office is not always staffed however we will get back to you as soon as we are able.