Looking for a Birth Class in Melbourne?
Learn with Experienced Midwives
A birthing class near you, for Melbourne families
If you’re searching for a birth class near me in Melbourne, MAMA Education offers both in-person and online options, making it easy to access quality education wherever you’re based.
Our classes support families across Melbourne and surrounding areas, with flexible formats to suit busy lives and small classes to ensure there is time for all of your questions.
Why families love & practitioners recommend
MAMA Education Classes
Our birth classes:
Are welcoming and inclusive – we are always trying to learn how we can ensure our communities feel safe at MAMA
Are held in small groups, particularly the birth and parent classes, so that you have a group learning experience yet feel like there is time for all of your questions
Are developed and facilitated by our team of registered midwives & lactation consultants, not just somebody who took a weekend course
Are independent and focus on evidence-based information, without the influence of hospital policies, clinician preferences or a branded syllabus
Are offered in multiple locations such as Kensington and Caulfield
Aim to help you feel less overwhelmed and actually excited for your next chapter
Aim to support you in developing your confidence to make informed choices and communicate these to clearly others
Are often tailored to you by asking you to fill out a survey prior to class about your goals
Are suitable for people birthing in different models of care such as public/private hospitals or homebirth space
What our birth classes cover
Our birth classes:
Supporting yourself in the final trimester (e.g. optimising balance in the body, antenatal expressing, perineal massage)
The role of labour & birth hormones
The phases of labour
The importance of the support person & practical guidance
Strategies for working with contractions (e.g. breathwork, massage)
Medicated pain relief options (e.g. epidural, nitrous oxide)
Potential variations & complications (e.g. inductions, instrumental and caesarean births)
Postpartum recovery
Helping babies adjust to the world
Breastfeeding 101
Who These Classes Are For
Our birth class is suitable for:
First-time parents or experienced parents
Families planning hospital, birth centre, or home birth
Those seeking VBAC education
Anyone wanting balanced, evidence-based birth information
Those who may be feeling unsure of what to expect in birth or postpartum
Those who may be feeling worried that they won’t know how to make informed choices
Those who are wondering how their partner can support them best
Meet our Educators
Birth classes in Melbourne — FAQs
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Yes. Many of our classes are designed specifically with first-time parents in mind. The majority of families who join us are expecting their first baby, so it’s often a great way for you to meet other local parents. Many of our class participants have remained in touch and created their own support system for parenthood.
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Not at all. Our classes at MAMA Education are open to all families. In fact, most of the parents that join us are choosing to birth in the public or private hospital.
Often they have felt that there was not enough time. to have their questions answered in their appointments so have sought further education with us.
We love having ample time to prepare for birth and parenthood together. We are also independent classes, meaning there is no hospital policy influencing the information that we provide. Our midwives have experience working in the major Melbourne hospitals, so we can often provide excellent insight into the nuances. -
Options vary from class to class. Check our offerings here.
The majority of our classes are held in person in Kensington and Caulfield. We choose to run small classes with maximum 9 couples. This means we have time to genuinely connect, answer questions and do group activities. -
Our classes are midwife-led, evidence-based, and informed by real-world experience supporting births across Melbourne. Many birth classes will have no time to discuss life after birth. We’ve chosen to spread our courses over two days so that we can actually dive into postpartum, parenthood and breastfeeding too. Many birth classes only cover physiological labour. We use this as our important foundation, but also take time to explore variations of birth so that you can make informed choices in every scenario. Our classes have zero influence from hospitals, so we base our content on what the research says.