"Positive Birth Program"

My partner and I did the Positive Birth Program in person at the Kalgoorlie Hospital. Amy was the teaching midwife, she was fantastic and so was the entire program!

This is our first baby, so everything is new to us. My partner said it was very informative and he feels a lot more relaxed about the entire process as he now knows what to expect. I loved doing the program together as I feel we are more of a team now then ever before. I had done a lot of birthing research before the program but I found the information and the videos extremely valuable and I wouldn’t have this extra knowledge without doing the program. I would recommend that every mum and birth partner attend this program in Kalgoorlie and we both feel extremely lucky to have been able to do so. Thank you to Amy and all the wonderful midwife’s at the Kalgoorlie Hospital and also WACHS for providing the program to residents.

The only negatives I found was that the Kalgoorlie hospital does not have a MGP program or offer home births. We lived in Alice Springs before moving to Kalgoorlie which has a much smaller population and they offer both of these options.

Kalgoorlie hospital also don’t have birthing pools which is incredibly disappointing and I believe should be an option for all birthing mums in the area.

We also did a tour of the unit and I was a little shocked at how clinical the birthing rooms are. They felt similar to an operating room.

I worked as a clinician at another rural hospital and looked at the birthing units there and the rooms were much larger, had a homely feel and it did not feel like I was even at the hospital. This other hospital also has a much smaller population, so I am unsure why WACHS has not provided similar facilities to the Kalgoorlie hospital.