Westmead Hospital offers three different breastfeeding courses:
- Positive Breastfeeding Workshop 3 hours Small Group
- Breastfeeding Information Session - 2 hours Large Group
- Breastfeeding Education for Pregnant Women with Diabetes FREE
Each of the courses are explained in detail below.
Positive Breastfeeding Workshop
The comprehensive Positive Breastfeeding Workshop runs for three hours. You can attend the workshop either face-to-face or online. The workshop is held on a Friday from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm or a Saturday from 9.00 am to 12:00 pm. It is ideal for:
This program is interactive and more comprehensive than our two-hour breastfeeding information session. A maximum of ten couples attend our Positive Breastfeeding Workshop to ensure you have plenty of opportunities to interact and ask questions.
Topics include
- Understanding how breastfeeding works
- Positions for breastfeeding
- Signs of successful breastfeeding
- Normal behaviours for breastfed babies
- Identifying possible breastfeeding problems and what to do
- Where to get help
- Partner’s role - a key to successful breastfeeding
- Diet, medications and alcohol with breastfeeding
- Feeling confident
Cost
- Free if you have booked a Saturday or Sunday Positive Birth and Parenting Workshop
- $35.00 for women birthing at Westmead Public Hospital
- $55.00 for women birthing somewhere else
Bookings Essential: 1 ticket per couple
For class dates and bookings please see our Humanitix page
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For further information email [email protected]
Breastfeeding Information Session (FREE) - 2 hours Large Group (face to face and Online options are also available)
Our breastfeeding information session is open to a larger audience of up to 40 people. This information session will be presented face to face in the education block at Westmead Hospital.This program is only available for women giving birth at Westmead Hospital.
Held twice a month, on either a Tuesday or Thursday from 10:00 am – 12 noon. You may be about to become a mother for the first time or you may have had previous difficulties breastfeeding. The breastfeeding information sessions aim to answer all of your questions and explain any myths that you may have heard regarding breastfeeding your baby.
Topics
- Why breastfeeding is important and the risks of not breastfeeding
- How your breasts make milk- supply and demand
- Skin to skin contact and the first feed
- Feeding cues and when to feed baby
- Positioning and attachment of baby at the breast
- Rooming in- staying close to baby
- Normal newborn behaviour
- Signs baby is feeding well
- Normal weight changes for baby and breast changes for mum
- Community supports
- Returning to work- expressing breast milk
- Impact of dummies and bottle feeding on breastfeeding
- Common breastfeeding problems
- Contraception
Bookings Essential: Cost: FREE - 1 ticket per person
For class dates and bookings please see our Humanitix page
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For further information email [email protected]
Breastfeeding Education for Pregnant Women with Diabetes FREE
This class is for pregnant women who have gestational diabetes or diabetes prior to pregnancy.
These sessions run weekly on Thursdays for one and a half hours from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. This education session is conducted face to face and online options are also available. This program is only available for women giving birth at Westmead Hospital.
This breastfeeding workshop gives you the correct information and support for breastfeeding your baby when you have diabetes, and is facilitated by a member of the lactation team. It will provide additional information not covered in other programs.
Gestational Diabetes (GDM) - what everyone should know video
Topics:
- The importance of breastfeeding with diabetes
- Gaining confidence with hand expressing and breastfeeding
- How to store Colostrum prior to baby's birth
- The importance of skin to skin immediately after birth
- Feeding frequently and effectively
- Managing low blood sugar levels in baby and avoiding separation
- What happens if my baby needs to go to the Special Care Nursery
- Breastfeeding resources
Bookings Essential:
For class dates and bookings please see our Humanitix page
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or email [email protected]