Who are we

All Westmead Hospital educators are qualified midwives, physiotherapists, or allied health professionals accredited and certified in childbirth education. They are highly skilled adult educators with extensive training and assessment with the health service.

Where are we

Our childbirth education is conducted in the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. To find the Westmead Education and Conference Centre - enter the hospital via entrance 4. Then, walk straight ahead (past the pharmacy on the left) and take the first corridor to your left. For further directions and parking options see the map.

Service Outline

Pregnancy is an important and exciting time for you and your partner. Changes in the woman's body respond to the baby's growing needs, and attending check-ups ensures that your baby is growing well. Preparing for labour, birth, and parenting is just as important. Understanding the birth process and the demands of early parenting will enable you to make the right decisions at the right time.

Childbirth education classes are a one-stop shop that informs you of what you need to know about birth and parenting. Women and their partners or support person attend a group session run by experienced midwives and physiotherapists. You will get inside knowledge about labour and birth and practical tips to help you get through. You will discover the power of breastfeeding and how to attend to the baby's needs in the first few weeks.

The class you will attend will not be a boring lecture. It is interactive with group work, discussion, videos and PowerPoint presentations. Your educator will explain the labour and birth process simply so that you can understand what will happen in your labour and birth and how it might proceed. You will receive lots of information that will enable you to make good decisions.

Women who have attended the childbirth and parenting education sessions feel more confident giving birth. Midwives working in partnership with the women say that the women are better prepared for the labour, birth and parenting journey

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Read the FAQs

You can view the Childbirth and Parenting Education FAQs here.

Contact

You can contact the Childbirth Education by:

• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: (02) 8890 8435
• Post: Childbirth and Parenting Education, PO Box 533, Wentworthville NSW 2145