Resources for Women and Families

If you require emergency medical help during your pregnancy:

• • If you are greater than 20 weeks pregnant contact your local Birth Unit.

• • If you are less than 20 weeks pregnant present to your local Emergency Departme

• • St George Hospital

• • Sutherland Hospital

Childbirth and parenting programs:

• • St George

• • Sutherland 

• • Planning Your Baby Program at TSH – 2-hour program run by midwives educating expecting parents how to have a healthy pregnancy to ensure the best possible start in life for the baby.

• • Breastfeeding/Lactation Information and Support Service (BLISS)

• • NSW Health – Good things take time

• • Australian Breastfeeding Association

• • Screening tests for your baby in early pregnancy (first trimester)

• • Pre-natal testing: special tests for your baby during pregnancy (first and second trimester)

• Safer Baby Bundle

• • Get Heathy in Pregnancy

• • Health and lifestyle during pregnancy – Pregnancy, birth and baby

• • • Pregnancy and new parents – beyondblue
      Information for new and expectant parents on promoting mental health and wellbeing

  • • Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia

  • • Parenting Advice for Dads

  • • SMS 4 Dads

  • • Taking care of your mental health during pregnancy and after birth

  • • Gidget Foundation including:

  • • Gidget House – provides free individual psychological counselling sessions (up to 10 sessions) for expectant parents and new parents. Delivered face to face.

  • • Start Talking Telehealth – a national service providing free telehealth psychological counselling services (up to 10 sessions) for expectant and new parents delivered via video call

• • Child, Youth & Family Services | South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

• • Karitane – Support and parenting advice

• • Tresillian – Support for new parents around breastfeeding and settling baby, as well as dealing with post-natal depression and nutrition

• • Vaccinations in Pregnancy

• • Protect newborns from whooping cough (including other languages)

• • Pregnancy Birth and Baby​

• • Raising Children Network​

• • Information Resources​​
  • Pregnancy information and testing – NSW Health Centre for Genetics Education