Please note: This is a TWO-DAY event running across two consecutive Saturdays/weekends. For example, if you book the May 15 class, you will be required to not only attend on May 15 but also return the following Saturday on May 22 from 9am - 3pm to complete the class.

Intensive (One-Day) classes are available, please navigate back to the main catalogue to locate these.

Antenatal course description:

Day 1: Labour

• Getting closer to labour, stages of labour & when to go to hospital

• Understanding the concept of pain and the strategies and skills used to cope in labour

• Role of the support person & helpful ideas

• Medical approaches to labour, including induction of labour & unplanned caesarean section

• Pharmacological pain relief options available, including epidurals and other alternatives.

Day 2: Parenting

• Characteristics of the newborn infant and their patterns of behaviour & communication

• Tests and routines while in hospital

• Classes available while in hospital

• Safe sleeping for infants/SIDS guidelines

• Transition to parenting and the associated challenges

• Perinatal anxiety and depression

• Sleep patterns of infants and settling techniques/routines

• Introduction to breastfeeding

• Special care nursery.