JHH Preparing for Parenting - Education Programs

Pregnancy Wise - Early Pregnancy Information Session

Face to Face $25.00 Health Fund Rebates Available

Course held at Newcastle Community Health Centre 670 Hunter Street Newcastle West

This is a one-off early pregnancy information session led by an experienced women’s health physiotherapist. This session is best attended from 14-24 weeks gestation. You will participate in a 1 hour practical exercise work out, please notify us if you have any conditions that may prevent you from participating in the exercises. This session is for the pregnant woman only.

This 2-hour session will help you to understand:

• The normal changes that occur throughout the pregnancy
• Caring for yourself and your baby during pregnancy, including safe exercise and movement, back care and eating well
• When to contact your Doctor or Midwife

Calmbirth©

Face to Face $550.00 Health Fund Rebates Available

Full payment will be required on booking to secure class

Course held at Newcastle Community Health Centre 670 Hunter Street Newcastle West

Calmbirth® uses this mind-body connection to assist couples to replace the fear, stress and anxiety about giving birth with the knowledge and skills to birth their baby calmly, fearlessly, safely and confidently

The ideal time to attend a Calmbirth® course is between 24 and 34 weeks gestation

• Calmbirth® provides you with all the knowledge, confidence and tools you need to have a positive birth experience.
• To work together and feel supported by your partner to birth your child in any birth situation. Calmbirth® teaches your partner how to support you emotionally, and how to be your ‘guardian of space’ during pregnancy, labour and birth.
• Calmbirth® empowers you to make informed decisions with your caregivers about birth choices.
• Calmbirth® helps you feel safe, calm and confident to birth your baby irrespective of how you birth.
• Calmbirth® teaches you about the prenatal bonding, the importance of skin to skin and postnatal bonding, self care and ways to nourish the new mother, and awakens you to the concept of conscious parenting.
• Calmbirth® teaches you how to nurture your connection to your unborn child and ‘plants the seed’ for ways to strengthen that connection in your transition into parenthood.
• Calmbirth® teaches you self empowerment – how to be an active participant in your birth and gives your birth support partners the tools to support you. It teaches you how to access your inner resources and gives you the confidence to use them to assist you in pregnancy, labour and birth  –  embracing birth as a natural part of life.

Birth and Parenting Course

Face to Face - $160.00 Health Fund Rebates Available

Your booking fee covers yourself and your support person.

• This 12-hour face to face Birth and Parenting program is offered in a variety of formats. These include, a full weekend, two consecutive Saturdays, or a 6-week evening program.
• Our programs are run by a team of highly skilled and experienced health care professionals
• This is our most popular program. We will explore together: -
  • Self-help strategies for labour and birth, including ways that the support person can offer support to the labouring woman including when to come to hospital.
  • Making informed decisions about your care
  • Postpartum recovery and emotional health
  • Breastfeeding, infant sleep, settling techniques, infant communication & other baby care topics.
  • Changes in the family relationships during the period of the transition to parenthood and offer some strategies to minimise distress in the early weeks.

Receive this booklet for free if you attend our Birth and Parenting face to face program.

Birth and Parenting Course

Online Live Stream $100.00 Health Fund Rebates Available

• Most popular program:- Self-help strategies for labour and birth, including ways that the support person can offer support to the labouring woman including when to come to hospital
• Making informed decisions about your care, unexpected events of labour and after the birth
• Breastfeeding, infant sleep, settling techniques, infant communication & other baby care topics.
• Changes in the family relationships during the period of the transition to parenthood and offer some strategies to minimise distress in the early weeks.

Breastfeeding

No charge

Course held at Newcastle Community Health Centre 670 Hunter Street Newcastle West

Room capacity is limited, the Breastfeeding course is for women Birthing at John Hunter Hospital or Belmont Midwifery Group Practice.

The Breastfeeding course is additional information to what you have received in the Birth and Parenting Course.

One support person is welcome to attend the breastfeeding class with the pregnant women, please advise at booking if your support person is attending with you to allow for room capacity.

Women report greater confidence in breastfeeding their new baby after attending the Breastfeeding course.

It is recommended this course is attended from 32 weeks pregnant.

By participating in the course, you will:

• Observe skin-to-skin care, baby’s signs of readiness to feed, attachment and positioning of baby for feeding
• Consider common challenges to breastfeeding during early weeks
• Know local community resources and support

Additional Breastfeeding Diabetic information Session

This is an add on to our Friday face to face morning and Thursday online classes.

This is offered for all women who have diabetes in pregnancy regardless of type.

A half-hour session held especially for pregnant women with diabetes, you will:

• Understand the benefits of breastfeeding both for the diabetic mother and baby
• Find out about the benefits of antenatal expression​
• Consider common challenges to breastfeeding during early weeks
• Know local community resources and support

Breastfeeding Class Dates

Breastfeeding

Online Live Stream

no charge

It is recommended this course is attended from 32 weeks pregnant.

Women report greater confidence in breastfeeding their new baby after attending the Breastfeeding course.

By participating in the course, you will:

• Observe skin-to-skin care, baby’s signs of readiness to feed, attachment and positioning of baby for feeding
• Consider common challenges to breastfeeding during early weeks
• Know local community resources and support

Breastfeeding Diabetic information Session

This is an add on to our Friday face to face morning and Thursday online classes.

This is offered for all women who have diabetes in pregnancy regardless of type.

A half-hour session held especially for pregnant women with diabetes, you will:

• Understand the benefits of breastfeeding both for the diabetic mother and baby
• Find out about the benefits of antenatal expression​
• Consider common challenges to breastfeeding during early weeks
• Know local community resources and support

Nuts and Bolts of Fatherhood

Class fee $25.00 Health Fund Rebates Available

Course held at Newcastle Community Health Centre 670 Hunter Street Newcastle West

This program is for men who are about to become dads. This course is led by an experienced father and health professional. It's recommended to attend this course after 20 weeks gestation. Expectant Dads will:

• Explore the role and relationship changes likely to be experienced during transition to fatherhood
• Consider strategies to being an effective support person
• Develop an effective parenting relationship with your partner
• Understand infant communications, why babies cry and develop strategies for difficult times

Nuts and Bolts of Fatherhood

Online Live Stream

Class fee $25.00 Health Fund Rebates Available

This program is for men who are about to become dads. This course is led by an experienced father and health professional. It's recommended to attend this course after 20 weeks gestation. Expectant Dads will:

• Explore the role and relationship changes likely to be experienced during transition to fatherhood
• Consider strategies to being an effective support person
• Develop an effective parenting relationship with your partner
• Understand infant communications, why babies cry and develop strategies for difficult times

Multiple Miracles

Online Live Streamed

No Charge

This session has been designed for all parents expecting twins or triplets.

You will explore topics around, birth and parenting your babies along side other parents. We host this session with the Newcastle Multiple Birth Association.

If this is your first pregnancy you will find this is a great addition to the 12 hours Birth and Parenting program.