Parent education

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Parent education

We are pleased to provide face-to-face parent education classes. These classes are available to parents booked in to have their baby at St John of God Murdoch Hospital. Bookings are made once you have completed your online admission.

Classes are delivered on-site in our auditorium. All classes cover signs of labour, progress of labour, birth (vaginal and caesarean section) and the immediate postnatal period.

Two breastfeeding classes, as well as an early pregnancy and refresher class are also available.

Maternity tours

From 1 January 2025, free maternity ward tours will be offered on the first and third Saturday and Sunday of each month. Please meet at the St Mary Ward at 2.30pm.

We encourage you to phone on the day to confirm the tour is going ahead. Due to the unpredictable nature of maternity care, we are sometimes unable to accommodate tours in order to provide safe care to our current patients.

You can also take a virtual tour of the birth suite and ward.

Tiny tots first aid

Learn how to protect your new baby with this concise short course, teaching you first responder skills for a range of infant and toddler related illnesses and injuries.

This program is available for patients who are booked in to give birth at St John of God Murdoch Hospital. 

Presented by the experts at St Johns Ambulance, the regular sessions held at St John of God Murdoch Hospital will teach soon-to-be parents first responder skills for a range of infant and toddler related injuries and illness.

Topics covered include: 

• CPR
• DRSABCD action plan
• Recovery position for child and infant
• Choking
• Asthma
• Drowning
• Allergic reactions and Anaphylaxis
• Fever and febrile convulsions
• Trauma management: bleeding, burns, head injuries
• Meningococcal disease

By Your Side support series

The By Your Side support series are guiding informational videos by the team at St John of God Murdoch Hospital's St Mary's ward, aimed at educating and creating ease for new parents after the birth of your child. These video are available for parents at any time during your pregnancy and birth journey.

They focus on numerous areas of interest, from how to care for your newborn, to the many support services offered at Murdoch.

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