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- Pregnancy and birth services
Involving health services early and understanding your childbirth options will give you the best chance of a successful and rewarding birth experience.
- Pregnancy - antenatal checks of your baby
A midwife or doctor will use abdominal palpation during an antenatal visit to examine a baby's position and development.
- Records and paperwork for maternal health care and babies
When you are having a baby in Victoria, there are various records and other documents that need to be accessed, created or completed.
- Public fertility care services
Public fertility care services are giving more Victorians the chance to become parents.
- Medical terms and definitions during pregnancy and birth
Like all areas of medicine, pregnancy and childbirth has a number of specialised terms, many of which you will hear during your own pregnancy and labour, and the birth of your baby.
- Abortion information translated into community languages
In Victoria, you can have two types of abortion: surgical and medication. Both types are safe and reliable. You can have a medication abortion up to nine weeks of pregnancy. You can have a surgical abortion from around six weeks of pregnancy onwards.
- Pregnancy and birthing services for different language or cultural needs
If you are pregnant and have specific cultural or language needs, the first step is to notify your local maternity hospital about your requirements.
- Midwife
A midwife cares for women during pregnancy and labour.
- Pregnancy - unplanned
Information about unplanned pregnancy including pregnancy options (such as medical and surgical abortion, adoption, foster and kinship care), pregnancy counselling and where to get help.
- Questions to ask your obstetrician or midwife
The cost of having a baby in Victoria can vary considerably, depending mostly on whether you use the public or private health system.