Having a Baby in Perth
Hospital Tours
Tours of Labour and Birth Suite are held four days a week on
Monday at 9.30am and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6.00pm.
Bookings are essential please call 9340 1368 between
8.00am - 9.00am and 3.00pm - 4.00pm
(no calls on Wednesday please)
Services and Features
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King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) is WA’s tertiary referral centre for complex pregnancies and high-risk birth. It offers world-class care and wide-ranging support services to WA women with complicated pregnancies and infants born prematurely. KEMH also accepts women with low-risk pregnancies.
Facilities
- 15 modern birthing suites, 13 with ensuites
- Deep baths for pain management during labour
- Three dedicated maternity wards
- 80-cot neonatal nursery
- Family Birth Centre on site for low-risk pregnancy and birth
Services and Features
- Your choice of model of care from options: GP shared-care, Team Midwifery Clinic, midwifery-led care and medical care
- Maternal Fetal Medicine Department for high-risk pregnancies
- Special clinics e.g. adolescent clinic and clinic for women with alcohol and drug dependency
- 24 hour anaesthetic and theatre cover
- Breastfeeding Centre of WA
- Social Work Department
- Psychological Medicine Department
- Perinatal Loss Service
- Dietician and diabetes service
- Parent Education classes
- Physiotherapy and postnatal exercise classes
- Early discharge program – Visiting Midwifery Service
- Postnatal parenting morning teas
- Mother and Baby Unit for women experiencing significant mental health problems following the birth of their baby
- Accredited Interpreter service available
- Women and Newborn Health Library
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