Fact sheets
Fact sheets
Aspirin to help prevent pre-eclampsia
Blood pressure measurements from your home
Breastfeeding: expressing colostrum in pregnancy
Breastfeeding in the first week
Breastfeeding: plans for mothers and babies
Breastfeeding: signs that your feeding is going well
Breech baby position near the end of pregnancy
Calcium intake in pregnancy
Epidural for pain relief in labour
Gestational diabetes (GDM) follow up after birth
Going home after a caesarean section
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening test
Influenza vaccination in pregnancy
Induction of labour and postdates care
Measuring my baby’s growth in pregnancy at home (symphyseal fundal height) SFH
Preeclampsia
- Home birth: Am I eligible for Casey home-birth ? A self-assessment check list
- Home birth patient item list
- Home birth information
- Hospital in the Home (HITH) postnatal
- I’m pregnant and I don’t have a Medicare card
- Iron infusion in pregnancy
- Lotus birth
- Pre-term premature rupture of membranes
- Preparing to go home with a new baby
- Safe sleeping for your baby
- Shared Pregnancy Care
- Small babies and babies born a few weeks earlier than term
- Support people for you in labour
- Term pre-labour rupture of membranes
- Third and fourth degree tears – information to help reduce your chance
- Third and fourth degree tear – follow up
- Third stage of labour
- Twin pregnancy
- Vaginal seeding and caesarean section
- Vegetarian or vegan in pregnancy – additional dietary nutrients
- Vitamin D in pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Water immersion in labour and water birth
Featured links for parents of a new baby
- Vitamin K for newborn babies
- Safe sleeping practices for newborn babies (Red Nose Australia)
- Hepatitis B immunisation (For other languages here)
- Newborn screening test
- Breastfeeding with confidence (For other languages here)
- Breastfeeding positions (Raising Children’s’ Network)
- Breastfeeding Telephone support during COVID-19
- Family Planning Victoria – Contraceptive options
Safer Baby Bundle
- Learn the ways to help prevent stillbirth
- Quit smoking for baby
- Coronavirus and smoking – Q & A
- Movements matter
- Side sleeping
- Health and wellbeing (videos)
- Your babys’ growth matters (fetal growth restriction)
- Every week counts towards the end of pregnancy (English)
- Every week counts (Mandarin)
- Every week counts (Arabic)
- Every week counts (Hindi)
Other resources
You and your baby: important information for Rh (D) negative women Australian Red Cross
COVID-19 vaccines: See https://coronavirus.monashhealth.org/vaccination/about-the-vaccines