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Your decision about where you will have your baby will be influenced by your feelings about each model of care, and also by where you live, your health and your baby's health and any...Read more |
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The vast majority of Australian women have their babies in one of Australia's public or private hospitals. The figures for 2011 which are our most up-to-date stats, show that 59% women who...Read more |
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Birth Centres are small maternity units run by midwives, providing a more home-like setting for birth. They are managed by and are generally located within public maternity hospitals, but...Read more |
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Planned Home Birth is a choice made by a small but growing number of Australian women, who are cared for by 1 or 2 known midwives throughout their pregnancy, birth and postnatal period...Read more |
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You can choose to have your care led by a doctor in both the public and private health systems. The doctors who are specifically trained and qualified to care for pregnant and birthing...Read more |
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This is the phase between Established Labour and the Birth , where the cervix dilates from 7 or 8 centimetres throught to 10 centimetres or full dilatation. Contractions are at their most...Read more |
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Routine interventions in labour are the care practices which are offered to every labouring woman, depending upon the setting in which she has decided to give birth. These include: vaginal...Read more |
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The first hour after the birth is a highly significant time for the new parents and the baby. The woman's body releases lifetime high levels of the hormones involved in mothering, bonding...Read more |
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A Caesarean Birth is a major surgical operation in which the baby is born through an incision in the abdominal wall and the lowest part of the uterus. For the vast majoriity of women, it is...Read more |
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Vaginal birth after a previous caesarean (VBAC) should be possible for 70 - 80% of women. There is very little good research into planned vaginal birth after a previous caesarean section...Read more |
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