I am finally making good on a previous promise (and thanks for your patience) to provide seminars on important topics around childbirth. The first of these will be combined evening seminars covering epidural anaesthaesia and caesarean childbirth. These seminars will be monthly and they will be facilitated by myself and my specialist anaesthetic colleague Dr Alec Harris (morpheuspaddo@gmail.com). Alec and I work together at Prince of Wales Private Hospital and he is a skilled and experienced obstetric anaesthetist (I once watched him insert an epidural into a woman who was sitting on a Swiss ball but that, as they say, is another story).

The first two seminars will be from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm on 25th October and 29th November (both are Tuesday evenings). Alec will kick off for the first hour about epidurals then I will cover caesarean childbirth.

Of course I recognise that most women don’t wish to have either an epidural or a caesarean but sometimes these things become necessary so there is value in being as well informed as possible just in case.

As always couples who are cared for by other maternity providers are welcome although the seminars are free for my patients and cost $50 for couples not booked with me.

Please contact Melanie Shilbury to book into these seminars – melanie@robbuist.com