A-Z factsheets, pregnancy, birth and baby
These factsheets provide trusted information to support you through pregnancy, birth and caring for your baby
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- Active birth factsheet (PDF 259.31KB) (PDF 259.31KB) (PDF 259.31KB)
- Airline travel during pregnancy factsheet (PDF 180.9KB) (PDF 180.9KB)
- Antenatal clinic visits schedule factsheet (PDF 362.38KB) (PDF 362.38KB)
- Assisted vaginal birth factsheet (PDF 289.06KB) (PDF 289.06KB)
- Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy factsheet (PDF 242.33KB) (PDF 242.33KB)
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- Baby massage factsheet (PDF 254.1KB) (PDF 254.1KB)
- Being active during pregnancy factsheet (PDF 148.6KB) (PDF 148.6KB)
- Birth of your placenta factsheet (PDF 505.34KB) (PDF 505.34KB)
- Bowel multiple antibiotic-resistant organisms in pregnancy and newborns factsheet (PDF 831.22KB) (PDF 831.22KB)
- Breastfeeding after an MRI, CT or VQ scan (PDF 798.15KB) (PDF 798.15KB)
- Breastfeeding and having surgery (PDF 327.77KB) (PDF 327.77KB)
- Breastfeeding - How your breasts make milk factsheet (PDF 547.33KB) (PDF 547.33KB) (PDF 547.33KB)
- Breastfeeding in the neonatal nursery (PDF 1.22MB) (PDF 1.22MB)
- Breastfeeding with Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (PDF 3.01MB) (PDF 3.01MB)
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- Caesarean birth at Westmead Hospital factsheet (PDF 9.19MB) (PDF 9.19MB)
- Caesarean birth factsheet (PDF 222.08KB) (PDF 222.08KB) (PDF 222.08KB)
- Care and recovery after caesarean section factsheet (PDF 345.28KB) (PDF 345.28KB)
- Caring for your perineum factsheet (PDF 367.03KB) (PDF 367.03KB) (PDF 367.03KB)
- Carpal tunnel syndrome in pregnancy factsheet (PDF 770.2KB) (PDF 770.2KB)
- Car seats for children (PDF 387.04KB) (PDF 387.04KB)
- Colostrum - Hand expressing of colostrum (the first milk) during pregnancy factsheet (PDF 698.84KB) (PDF 698.84KB)
- Contraception factsheet (PDF 291.83KB) (PDF 291.83KB)
- COVID-19 vaccination and pregnancy factsheet (PDF 424.94KB) (PDF 424.94KB)
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- Eating well factsheet (PDF 258.54KB) (PDF 258.54KB)
- Eating well with gestational diabetes (PDF 216.1KB) (PDF 216.1KB)
- Ectopic pregnancy information sheet (PDF 309.83KB) (PDF 309.83KB)
- Exercise before and after birth factsheet (PDF 615.99KB) (PDF 615.99KB)
- Expressing breast milk (PDF 310.06KB) (PDF 310.06KB) (PDF 310.06KB)
- Expressing breast milk for your baby in the nursery (PDF 439.83KB) (PDF 439.83KB)
- External Cephalic Version (ECV) (PDF 536.18KB) (PDF 536.18KB)
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- GBS (Group B Streptococcus) in pregnancy factsheet (PDF 585.3KB) (PDF 585.3KB) (PDF 585.3KB)
- GBS (Group B Streptococcus) - taking baby home factsheet (PDF 646.19KB) (PDF 646.19KB) (PDF 646.19KB)
- Gestational diabetes factsheet (PDF 219.05KB) (PDF 219.05KB)
- Gestational weight gain factsheet (PDF 455.17KB) (PDF 455.17KB)
- Giving birth - what you need to know factsheet(PDF 625.67KB) (PDF 625.67KB)
- Graves' disease factsheet (PDF 382.03KB) (PDF 382.03KB)
- Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy factsheet (PDF 585.3KB) (PDF 585.3KB)
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- Hand expressing of colostrum (the first milk) during pregnancy factsheet (PDF 698.84KB) (PDF 698.84KB)
- Helping baby to breastfeed (PDF 613.48KB) (PDF 613.48KB) (PDF 613.48KB)
- Herbal medicines in pregnancy and breastfeeding factsheet (PDF)
- How to know you're in labour factsheet (PDF 640.59KB) (PDF 640.59KB) (PDF 640.59KB)
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- Ideal weight gain during pregnancy factsheet (PDF 114.01KB) (PDF 114.01KB) (PDF 114.01KB)
- Important nutrients during pregnancy factsheet (PDF 476.56KB) (PDF 476.56KB)
- Induction of labour factsheet (PDF 691.58KB) (PDF 691.58KB)
- Iron infusion brochure (PDF 2.4MB) (PDF 2.4MB)
- Iron needs in pregnancy brochure (PDF 13.77MB) (PDF 13.77MB) (PDF 13.77MB)
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M
- Maintaining a healthy body weight factsheet (PDF 347.84KB) (PDF 347.84KB)
- Management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy factsheet (PDF 1007.83KB) (PDF 1007.83KB)
- Management of third- and fourth-degree tears (PDF 422.92KB) (PDF 422.92KB)
- Managing nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy factsheet (PDF 1007.62KB) (PDF 1007.62KB)
- Managing your labour factsheet (PDF 418.55KB) (PDF 418.55KB) (PDF 418.55KB)
- Medication to dry up breastmilk (Lactation Suppression) (PDF 254.19KB) (PDF 254.19KB)
- Mirena® IUD insertion after birth factsheet (PDF 2.88MB) (PDF 2.88MB)
- Miscarriage management options information sheet (PDF 665.43KB) (PDF 665.43KB) (PDF 665.43KB)
- Mixing breastfeeding and infant formula (PDF 940.02KB) (PDF 940.02KB) (PDF 940.02KB)
- Monitoring baby's heart rate with cardiotocography (CTG) factsheet (PDF 1.19MB) (PDF 1.19MB)
- Morphology (18-20 week) scan factsheet (PDF 245.46KB) (PDF 245.46KB)
- My birth choices birth plan factsheet (PDF 859.23KB) (PDF 859.23KB)
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P
- Pelvic floor exercises factsheet (PDF 423.44KB) (PDF 423.44KB)
- Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP) in pregnancy factsheet (PDF 258.51KB) (PDF 258.51KB)
- Perineal massage (at 34 or 35 weeks) factsheet (PDF 1.14MB) (PDF 1.14MB)
- Permanent contraception for women factsheet (PDF 275.03KB) (PDF 275.03KB)
- Placenta accreta factsheet (PDF 706.34KB) (PDF 706.34KB)
- Placental abruption factsheet (PDF 470.05KB) (PDF 470.05KB)
- Placenta praevia factsheet (PDF 1.24MB) (PDF 1.24MB)
- Pre conception counselling factsheet (PDF 759.96KB) (PDF 759.96KB)
- Pregnancy of unknown location information sheet (PDF 259.85KB) (PDF 259.85KB)
- Preventing blood clots in pregnancy and after birth factsheet (PDF 172.15KB) (PDF 172.15KB)
- Progesterone Only Pill [POP] (PDF 196.03KB) (PDF 196.03KB)
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- Sexuality during pregnancy and after childbirth factsheet (PDF 405.89KB) (PDF 405.89KB)
- Shisha (waterpipe) smoking for pregnant women and young families factsheet (PDF 181.69KB) (PDF 181.69KB)
- Signs of a well-baby factsheet (PDF 314.08KB) (PDF 314.08KB)
- Skin-to-skin factsheet (PDF 923.29KB) (PDF 923.29KB)
- Stopping Breastfeeding (Lactation Suppression) (PDF 334.28KB) (PDF 334.28KB)
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- Waterbirth factsheet (PDF 579.95KB) (PDF 455.17KB)
- Weight gain in pregnancy (gestational weight gain) factsheet (PDF 455.17KB) (PDF 455.17KB)
- What to expect after your CVS procedure factsheet (PDF 161.69KB) (PDF 161.69KB)
- When the waters break after 37 weeks (TermPROM) factsheet (PDF 510.51KB) (PDF 510.51KB) (PDF 510.51KB)
- When the waters break before 37 weeks (PPROM) factsheet (PDF 426.44KB) (PDF 426.44KB) (PDF 426.44KB)
- Whooping cough (pertussis) in pregnancy and newborns factsheet (PDF 361.25KB) (PDF 361.25KB)