pdf Your pregnancy care options at Sutherland and St George (128 KB)

Services for Chinese and Nepali women

  pdf Centering pregnancy - Chinese brochure (771 KB)  
  pdf Centering pregnancy - Nepali brochure (510 KB)

 Australian Breastfeeding Association
 Giving your baby the best start: the best foods for infants brochure - Department of Health
  pdf Breast pump hire (131 KB) - SESLHD (October 2016)
 Breastfeeding after breast surgery - SESLHD (July 2014)
 Breastfeeding tips for new mothers - SESLHD (July 2014)
 Expressing and storing breastmilk - SESLHD (July 2014)
 Increasing your supply of breastmilk - SESLHD (March 2016)
 Mastitis causes, prevention, treatment - SESLHD (July 2014)
 Preparing formula feeds and sterilising bottles - SESLHD (July 2014)
 Returning to work while breastfeeding - SESLHD (2015)
 Supplementary feeds for healthy, term babies - SESLHD (July 2014)
 Use and care of dummies (pacifiers) - SESLHD (March 2016)
 Using nipple shields - SESLHD (July 2014)
 Weaning or suppressing lactation - SESLHD (July 2014)
 Breast care after the death of a baby - SESLHD (July 2014)

Face-to-face support

 Child and family health support services

Testing and screening

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

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

 Pre-natal testing: other languages

 Diagnosis of abnormality in an unborn baby: the impact, options and afterwards

 When your unborn baby has a problem: how to manage the weeks ahead

Pelvic floor

 Pregnancy impact on bladder and bowel

 Pelvic floor muscles in women (Continence Foundation of Australia)

Other resources

 Information about Zika virus infection
 Your next birth after caesarean section
  pdf Alcohol and pregnancy (309 KB)

Classes and tours

 Childbirth and parenting programs

Maternity ward tours: 
St George - Saturdays at 2.30pm, appointment requirement (phone 9113 2162), meet at Level 1 lifts, Gray St entrance
Sutherland - Saturdays at 2.30pm, no appointment required, meet at Level 3 outside Maternity Unit door

 Your baby's movements and what they mean 

 Alcohol and pregnancy - Department of Health
 Food choices during pregnancy - NSW Food Authority
 Food safety during pregnancy - NSW Food Authority
 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

 Dental care during and after pregnancy - NSW Health

 Resources for families
New parent groups
 St George Child and Family Health Centres
 Sutherland Child and Family Health Centres 
 Face-to-face feeding and nutrition support

Influenza vaccination during pregnancy

Vaccination remains the best protection pregnant women and their newborn babies have against influenza. Influenza infection during pregnancy can lead to premature delivery and even death in newborns and very young babies. The influenza vaccination is free to pregnant women on the National Immunisation Program.  Pregnant women can have the vaccine at any time during pregnancy and they benefit from it all through the year. 

Two educational videos are available for pregnant women:

 Flu vaccination and pregnancy - What pregnant women need to know

 Flu vaccination and pregnancy – Vaccinate against flu Protect your baby too

For further information, visit:

 Immunise Australia Pregnant Women

Pertussis

NSW Health has introduced an antenatal pertussis vaccination program to offer free Boostrix vaccine to all pregnant women in the third trimester (preferably at 28 weeks).

The free whooping cough vaccine during pregnancy is the best way to protect newborns from day one with studies showing that it is more than 90 per cent effective in preventing whooping cough in infants.

pdf Antenatal Pertussis Vaccination: Consumer Factsheet  (503 KB)

pdf Antenatal Pertussis Vaccination: Consumer Information (A5 pad) (757 KB)

 Protect newborns from whooping cough (including other languages)

 Young parents directory 

 Having a Baby - NSW Ministry of Health Health
A handbook for women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, including information for partners and families. Available in multiple languages.

 Pregnancy information and testing - NSW Health Centre for Genetics Education
 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