The Antenatal Clinic (ANC) is in the Outpatients Department on Level 2 of Auburn Hospital. We provide outpatient services to women and families for pregnancy care.
During your pregnancy, you will meet many members of our team including ward clerks, midwives, nurses, doctors, bilingual health workers, social workers, interpreters, dieticians, diabetic educators, and midwifery and medical students.
The team is experienced in providing care for women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. We have bilingual health interpreters for Arabic, Chinese, Dari and Turkish languages. Interpreters are also available for most languages spoken in the WLSHD.
Together we can provide you with health care that best suits your individual needs.
Pregnancy care options
There are several options for care during your pregnancy, including:
- midwifery-led care
- care with the hospital doctors or your private obstetrician
- shared care with your general practitioner.
At your booking-in visit, we will discuss options most suited to your needs. We encourage you to be actively involved and include your partner, support person and family as much as possible.
Learn more about pregnancy and the first 5 years
Specialised care
Some women and babies may need specialist medical care from another Level 6 Hospital. NSW Hospitals are linked, so if you or your baby needs more specialised care, you'll be transferred safely to a hospital that can provide it.
If this happens, your care team will talk with you, explain your options and help guide your decisions. We offer social workers and Aboriginal Liaison Officers to help your family organise transport, accommodation and financial help as needed.
Learn more about when you or your baby needs more care
Appointment and referral information
All appointments require a referral from your GP.
The referral must be addressed to a specialist doctor at the Antenatal Clinic via the WSLHD eReferral system. We do not accept faxed referrals for antenatal care.
- You will receive a text message confirming your eReferral has been received from your GP.
- If your pregnancy requires care at another facility in Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), you will receive a text message to confirm where the eReferral has been sent.
- Referrals are processed based on urgency. Once we can offer you an appointment, you will receive a phone call to confirm the date and time.
If you need to change an appointment, please contact:
- Tel: (02) 8759 3279 or (02) 8749 3244 between 7:00 am and 3:30 pm Monday to Friday
- Please let us know if you need an interpreter.
What to bring to your appointment
- Medicare card or VISA details
- Proof of address
- Ultrasound reports and blood test results
Midwifery services
Midwives are experts in normal pregnancy, labour, birth and early parenthood. They deliver care, which includes education to help you remain healthy and well throughout your pregnancy. Midwifery care provides education on:
- having a healthy pregnancy
- preparing for labour and birth
- breastfeeding support
- childbirth and parenting
Auburn Hospital
Midwives clinic (antenatal or before birth)
Opening hours: 7am to 3:30pm, Monday to Friday
Phone: (02) 8759 3278 or (02) 8759 3244
Email: WSLHD-Auburn-WomensHealth@health.nsw.gov.au
Location: Level 2, Outpatients Department, Auburn Hospital, Auburn NSW 2144
At each visit your midwife will ask how you are and if you have any concerns, and check your:
- weight
- blood pressure
- urine (if required)
- blood test results
- baby's movements
- baby's position and size.
The midwife will also:
- discuss the progress of your pregnancy
- share important moments, like listening to your baby's heartbeat
- refer you to a doctor for any health concerns
- refer you to other health workers for specialised support.
Learn more about what midwives do
The COSMiC Group Practice is a student-led midwifery model of care available at hospitals in the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD). Midwifery students in their final year of studies are closely supervised, supported, and guided by experienced midwives at all times.
Through this model, students provide care during pregnancy (antenatal), labour and birth, and after the baby is born (postnatal).
The SMILE (SNAP) clinic is student-led midwifery model of care offered at WSLHD hospitals. Just as in the COSMIC clinic, the midwifery students are closely supported and guided by experienced midwives.
The midwifery students provide care during pregnancy (antenatal), labour and birth, and after the baby is born (postnatal).
The Midwifery Caseload Practice (MCP) services means you have the same midwife to care for you during pregnancy, birth and after your baby is born.
It promotes pregnancy and childbirth as a normal life event. Our team consist of midwives and an obstetric doctor supportive of MCP for discussion and review as needed.
Our midwifery teams will:
- support you to birth with minimal medical intervention
- ensure you have access to a health professional at all times
- discuss your care with the obstetric doctor if you develop a complication
- provide continuity of care, where you get to know your midwife and develop a trusting professional relationship, throughout your pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period.
If you are interested in the MCP for your pregnancy you should be:
- in good health, without medical conditions
- planning to have a natural birth with no unnecessary interventions
- prepared to go home with your baby between 4 to 6 hours after birth, if you are both well.
Register your interest for MCP in Auburn by filling out our online registration form.
The FGM/C clinic offers specialist one on one midwifery care through the Auburn Hospital Midwifery Caseload Practice (MCP).
The clinic is for pregnant women from any background who have experienced traditional cutting(also known as FGM/C).
Trained staff offer confidential advice and can perform de-infibulation which a minor surgical procedure to gently open the vulval area often needed for comfort, health or childbirth.
Learn more about the NSW Education Program on FGM/C and how it is working to prevent the practice and minimise the impacts for affected women, girls and their families.
The Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service (AMIHS) offers pregnancy and after birth (postnatal) care for families who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
The team includes Aboriginal Health Workers and Aboriginal Health Practitioners who work with midwives and doctors. AMIHS provides tailored, culturally sensitive support throughout the pregnancy and the first few weeks after birth.
Working in tandem with these professionals, the AMIHS midwife provides maternity care that is culturally secure and competent for women.
- Comprehensive and regular antenatal health checks
- Booking in to maternity hospitals
- Ante-natal education
- Healthy lifestyle choices such as smoking cessation programs
- Referral and support to access other services
- Health promotion and community development activities
- Postnatal checks and support
- Parenting support
- Information on infant feeding and nutrition
- Immunisation services
Medical and shared care
The Doctors Clinics are led by senior Obstetricians.
This care is best if there are specific medical conditions in your pregnancy. These conditions need closer monitoring of baby’s growth and wellbeing.
Some examples of conditions that would require Doctors care are:
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) - diabetes that develops in the pregnancy
- High blood pressure, which can develop into pre-eclampsia
- Placenta Praevia – the placenta is covering or very close to the cervix
- Cholestasis – the bile flow is blocked from the Liver, causing itchy hands and feet
- Multiple pregnancies – twins, triplets, etc.
- Past traumatic birth experiences
- Some pregnancy conditions can require pregnancy care to be transferred to a different hospital.
This model of care provides you with an opportunity to build a relationship with your caregiver.
The obstetrician will be your sole provider during your pregnancy care, birth and postnatal care follow-up. The obstetrician will usually be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for you.
If you book with a private Obstetrician and plan to birth at Auburn Hospital you will be required to attend a ‘booking in’ appointment so that you can familiarise yourself with the service and have the hospital have a copy of your medical records when you present in labour.
Shared pregnancy care means you see both your regular GP and the hospital during your pregnancy. This model can help you to have care by a known provider and is a way to build a long-lasting relationship with your GP.
This model, also called Antenatal Shared Care (ANSC), it lets you have flexible appointments and see a familiar doctor in your community. It helps build trust and support with your GP, who can continue caring for you and your baby after birth, as GPs become a very important resource after you have a new baby.
When you see your GP to confirm your pregnancy you can discuss GP Shared Care (GPSC). Your GP will give you a referral to the hospital and write on the referral that they are happy to participate in GPSC for your pregnancy.
GP’s who take part in GPSC are accredited by the hospital and attend regular updates on care for women during pregnancy. If your GP would like to be part of GPSC they can arrange accreditation by calling (02) 8811 7100.
Other pregnancy clinics
EPAC is a clinic for women who are less than 20 weeks pregnant and are experiencing a possible miscarriage, have vaginal bleeding, lower abdominal pain, or have been diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy and/or a blighted ovum on an ultrasound. We will provide you with an assessment and management options to suit your needs.
If you are having heavy vaginal bleeding (soaking a pad or more in an hour) or have severe low abdominal pain, please present immediately to your nearest hospital emergency department or phone 000 for an ambulance.
- Your GP can refer you to EPAC on 02 8759 3278.
- You will be contacted to discuss a management plan and arrange an appointment.
- For all other problems in early pregnancy, you will need to see your General Practitioner (GP) who can refer you for further specialist care, if needed.
- For urgent care you can present to the hospital emergency department. To arrange a routine pregnancy dating scan you will need to see your GP.
The Auburn Maternity Assessment Clinic (AMAC) is a Monday to Friday service, operating from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Staffed by experienced midwives and doctors, the clinic provides care for women who are more than 20 weeks pregnant and require closer monitoring or assessment, without the need for hospital admission. AMAC is conveniently located on Level 3, next to the Birth Unit.
You may be referred to AMAC by your care provider or the Birth Unit, and in some cases, you may be asked to return for a follow-up visit.
If you need urgent assistance for any pregnancy-related concerns, please contact the Birth Unit, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on (02) 8759 5353 or (02) 8759 3533.