Our classes provide you with skills and strategies to increase your confidence during your pregnancy, labour and birth.
Childbirth education can increase your confidence about what to expect during pregnancy, labour, birth, breastfeeding and the early weeks following the birth of your baby.
It can also help you to make informed choices about the care you receive during pregnancy, labour, birth and the early pregnancy period.
Our Childbirth and Early Parenting programs are offered as an additional extra to the standard care provided by the hospital and places in these programs are not guaranteed.
Please note to be eligible to attend you must be:
- Birthing your baby at the Women’s Victoria
- Be having your first child
- Be booked as a public patient
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Childbirth education classesWe provide group Childbirth Education Classes for first-time parents who are booked to give birth at the Women's.
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Childbirth education videosIf you are booked to have your baby at the Women’s, we invite you to watch our online childbirth education videos.
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Maternity video tourThe video tour takes you through what it's like to have your baby at the Women’s in Parkville. The videos cover when to come to the hospital, where to go when you get here, as well as what to expect as you make your way through your birthing journey.
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