Childbirth Education (Antenatal classes)
Our Antenatal classes prepare new parents physically and emotionally for the changes during pregnancy and labour.
New parents who attend our antenatal classes form strong friendships as they go through this exciting new stage in life together. We help to set up coffee groups for the new mums to catch up and have a cuppa - and share what's happening with their new baby! And for the dads - a beer group!
Our courses are either held over 6 weeks (run once a week on a Wednesday or Thursday evening), or as an intensive weekend program run on a Saturday and Sunday. We hold classes regularly throughout the year.
Course locationSt Johns Ambulance training rooms, 115 Apollo Drive, Albany.
Topics covered in the course include:
• Signs of labour
• The labour process
• Hospital routines
• The role of the support person
• Pain management
• Infant feeding
• Equipment you need
• A Practical Parenting session (bathing baby, clothes to buy, different nappies, parent panel for questions and answers).
Enrolment in our Antenatal Membership Package is $260* and includes the following:
• One year Parents Centre membership
• One year subscription to Kiwi Parent magazine
• Childbirth Education class
• Baby and You class
• Setting up a coffee group.
*A discount is available for Community Services Card holders.
Our courses are very popular and fill up quickly, so please enquire early on in your pregnancy to ensure you secure a place.
For more information please email: or phone 414 5394 and leave a message on our answering machine.
If the course you are looking at is full, still feel free to contact us to register your interest. Sometimes there are cancellations, and we sometimes run extra courses that we can inform you of. You can also contact one of theother Parents Centreson the North Shore or Hibiscus Coast.
Dates for 2012 are:
Course Code
| Course Dates
| Course Status
| AN1201
| Wednesday 11th January
to 15th February
| Full
| AN1202
| Saturday 28th January
and Sunday 29th January
| Full
| AN1203
| Thursday 9th Feb
to 15th March 2012
| Places available
| | AN1204 | Wednesday 22nd February
to 28th March
| Places available
| | AN1205 | Wednesday 11th April
to 16th May
| Full
| | AN1206 | Saturday 21st April
and Sunday 22nd April
| Places available
| | AN1206a | Saturday 9th June
and Sunday 10th June
| Places available
| | AN1207 | Wednesday 30th May
to 4th July
| Places available
| | AN1208 | Wednesday 7th June
to 12th July
| Places available
| | AN1209 | Saturday 28th July
and Sunday 29th July
| Places available
| | AN1210 | Wednesday 18th July
to 22nd August
| Places available
| | AN1211 | Thursday 16th August
to 20th September
| Places available
| | AN1212 | Wednesday 19th September
to 24th October
| Places available
| | AN1213 | Saturday 6th October
and Sunday 7th October
| Places available
| | AN1214 | Thursday 18th October
to 22nd November
| Places available
| | AN1215 | Wednesday 14th November
to 19th December | Places available
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