Maternity and Birth Suite Tours
Run on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, 2pm.
To secure your spot please email the Newcastle Maternity Team on newcastlematernity@healthscope.com.au or call 02 4941 9266.
Face to Face childbirth and parenting education course
You Birth Antenatal Class with Stephanie Greive
Join our small-group, in-person antenatal education sessions facilitated by Stephanie Greive, a Registered Midwife and Registered Nurse with over a decade of experience supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and the early postnatal period. Stephanie brings a calm, supportive, and evidence-based approach to each session, ensuring parents-to-be feel confident, informed, and nurtured.
Course Details
- Format: 1 Intensive Session
- Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
- Location: Newcastle Private Hospital Croudace Building
- Recommended Timing: Ideally 32-38 weeks Gestation
- Group Size: Small group learning
- Q&A Opportunities: Available throughout the session
Topics Covered
Birth and Pregnancy
- What’s normal in the final weeks of pregnancy
- Signs that labour is starting
- When to come to hospital
- Understanding the labour and birth process
- Comfort strategies for labour
- Medical and non-medical pain relief options
- When the journey varies – including inductions and caesarean birth
Postnatal and Parenting Information
- Understanding normal newborn behaviour
- Introduction to breastfeeding and feeding options
- Practical newborn care (bathing, changing, settling)
- Infant safety and sleep (including SIDS guidelines)
- Postnatal recovery and support
- Adjusting to parenthood and maintaining relationships
- Support services and community resources
How to Book
To request available dates and secure your place:
Visit the You Birth Website www.youbirth.com
Online childbirth and parenting education course
When you birth at Newcastle Private Hospital, you get access to our paid online childbirth and parenting education course, delivered in partnership with Birth Beat.
About the course
In this course, you’ll discover everything you need to know about labour and birthing with us. It also gives you practical advice to prepare yourself for early parenthood.
Benefits
- Midwife-led, practical, evidence-based information
- Receive regular check-ins and live Q&A support from registered midwives
- Learn at your own pace from home
- Access over 12-hours of video content, a downloadable guide and checklists
- Connect with other parents birthing at Newcastle Private Hospital.
Topics covered
- Prenatal yoga, meditation and relaxation
- Understanding your body and the three stages of labour
- Medical and natural pain relief options
- Birth positions and exercises to make your labour more comfortable
- Breathing and pushing in labour and what to expect
- Caesarean births and epidurals
- Inductions of labour
- Caring for your newborn, breastfeeding, sleep and settle
- Bonus birth stories and videos.
When to join
We recommend joining this course anywhere from 12 weeks. You’ll get 12-months access so you can revisit and re-watch as many times as you wish.
Cost
$397. Rebates provided by most Australian private health funds via your private health insurance health, please check with your fund if you're eligible for the rebate. Afterpay available. Cost subject to change without notice.
CPR and First Aid class by CPR Kids
Wouldn’t you like to know what to do if your baby is sick or injured? CPR Kids hosts a Baby and Child CPR and First Aid class at Newcastle Private Hospital.
The 3 hour class is taught by practising paediatric nurses. It’ll give you lots of hands-on practice with baby and child manikins, leaving you with enormous confidence should you ever find yourself in an emergency.
For information and bookings, please visit: CPR KIDS or call 1300 543 727.
Topics covered include;
- CPR for babies and children
- Drowning
- Choking
- Burns
- Head injuries
- Poisons
- Fever
- Seizures
- and much more