Shared care
In shared care, your pregnancy care is shared between a Monash Women’s accredited affiliate in the community (General Practitioner, Obstetrician or Midwife) and the hospital. This allows you to have continuity of care during the pregnancy and the postnatal period.
You will see this caregiver for many of your pregnancy visits, with hospital visits with an obstetrician in the maternity clinic (initial, 28, 36 weeks and if you go overdue) and a midwife (telehealth visits at booking and 35 weeks). As your record is shared between different sites and systems, remember to bring your hand held record, plus printouts of new results if possible, as this is helpful for communications and results.
Women who have otherwise healthy pregnancies without significant pre-pregnancy medical problems, a BMI less than 35 at booking and no more than one previous caesarean section can elect for shared maternity care.
If you have any questions regarding shared care, or would like assistance finding a community practitioner to suit your needs, you can contact our Maternity Shared Care Coordinator on: 0466 412 885 or email sharedcarecoordinator@monashhealth.org.
For more information, view our fact sheet on Shared Pregnancy Care. To view the fact sheet in Vietnamese or Khmer, please click here.