Below are some useful resources prepared by members of our Women’s Health team, explaining what to expect before, during and after giving birth.
Videos
Antenatal videos
Antenatal exercise videos
Exercise guides
Useful links
Breastfeeding and early parenting links
- Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Australian Breastfeeding Association – Breastfeeding Confidence
- Australian Breastfeeding Association – Expressing and storing breastmilk 2
- Australian Breastfeeding Association – Is my baby getting enough milk?
- Better Health Channel – First days after birth
- Better Health Channel – First weeks after birth
- Better Health Channel – Hepatitis B immunization
- Better Health Channel – Vitamin K injection at birth
- Beyond Blue – Postnatal depression/anxiety and coping
- Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA) – Car seat safety
- How to Prepare for Bottlefeeding at Home WHO
- Peninsula Health – Healthy eating for pregnancy
- Raising Children – Baby-led attachment
- Raising Children – Mother-led attachment
- Raising Children – Breastfeeding positions
- Raising Children – How partners can help with breastfeeding
- Raising Children – Expressing and storing breastmilk
- Raising Children – Blocked ducts and mastitis and breastfeeding
- Raising Children – Safe bottle feeding and formula preparation
- Red Nose – SIDS/SUDI and safe sleeping
- The Royal Women’s Hospital – How to use nipple shields (if necessary)
- The Royal Women’s Hospital – Tongue-tie and breastfeeding
- Victorian Government, We Are Family – New baby and pets
- World Health Organisation – Safe bottle feeding and formula preparation
- What Were We Thinking – New parent coping techniques
Pregnancy, tests and investigations links
- Australian Government, Department of Health – How to quit smoking
- Better Health Channel – Having a baby in Victoria
- Better Health Channel – Tests, Scans and Checks: Pregnancy and Labour
- Better Health Channel – Pregnancy antenatal checks of your baby
- Better Health Channel – Developing a birth plan
- Peninsula Health – Hip pain during pregnancy
- Raising Childeren – Pregnancy and diet
- Sleep On Side