Baby Care - IN PERSON

*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.

This workshop includes the same content as SESSION 4 of the 'Preparing for Birth and Parenting' course (both in-person and online options), please DO NOT book both classes as they will be duplicate sessions. 

King Edward Memorial Hospital offer this free* 2.5 hour IN-PERSON Baby Care Workshop to pregnant people who are birthing at King Edward Memorial Hospital or Osborne Park Hospital.

This workshop is practical in nature, involving demonstrations from experienced midwives, allowing for opportunities to practice skills in regards to all aspects of baby care. 

CONTENT

This workshop discusses and demonstrates how to care for their newborn baby, taught by experienced and knowledgeable midwives.

Topics include :

• Early communication with your baby
• Playing, holding and settling your newborn
• Safe infant wrapping and swaddling
• Safe infant sleeping
• Nappy changing
• Bathing and dressing your baby
• Baby wearing
• Recognising an unwell infant

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 booking a class for when you are 28 - 36 weeks. Any later than 36 weeks, you might find the class length is a little uncomfortable.

LOCATION

This class is held IN-PERSON, between 1:30pm and 4:00pm within our Parent Education Department for pregnant people and their support person. 

Instructions on how to attend our department will be emailed out to you a few days before your scheduled session.

TICKET INSTRUCTIONS

• You only need to book 1 ticket - support people do not need their own ticket.

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

CANCELLATIONS:

Please cancel directly through Trybooking.