Labour Strategies - 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.
King Edward Memorial Hospital offer this free* 2.5 hour IN-PERSON Labour Strategies Workshop to pregnant people who are birthing under the Women's and Newborns Health Service.
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/ONLINE 'Preparing for Birth and Baby Course'.
Please DO NOT book both classes as they will be duplicate sessions.
CONTENT
This workshop discusses and demonstrates aspects of labour and birth, taught by experienced and knowledgeable midwives.
Topics include :
- Changes to your body in labour
- How labour progresses, involving time spent at home and then in the hospital
- Coping strategies
- Non-medicinal and medicinal pain relief options
- Making of a birth plan/birth mapping techniques
- Practical demonstrations of positions and techniques to use during labour
The content in this class is a practical in-person equivalent to the content covered in week 1 offered in the ONLINE equivalent 4-week parent education course run by our department.
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.
• We recommend booking this class in advance, once you have reached 20 weeks
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.
OTHER PARENT EDUCATION COURSES AVAILABLE
We recommend booking a Childbirth and Parenting Course to learn about Active Birth. Please see our other courses available here: https://www.trybooking.com/eventlist/kemh

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.
*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.
Dates
Tuesday 8 September 2026 - Tuesday 22 December 2026 (UTC+08)Location
King Edward Memorial Hospital - Parent Education Department
374 Bagot Road , Subiaco WA 6008