Sometimes it's hard to navigate all of the information on the web about having a baby.
Here are some recommended websites from our midwives and doctors.
Resources for pregnancy
Please click on image to open in your browser: Also there are more pregnancy booklets from NSW Health available here
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Having a Baby Book
Having a Baby booklet is a pregnancy resource for all women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy. This book has a strong focus on healthy pregnancies and normal birth. |
Breastfeeding Your Baby
Breastfeeding Your Baby- NSW health booklet can be supplied to you by your midwife or you can click on the image and read online. |
Australian Breast Feeding Association Website
Breastfeeding Confidence
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Iodine
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Oral Iron Choices
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Guide to Taking Iron Supplements
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Keep Smiling While You Are Pregnant/ Healthy Smiles
Keep Smiling You Tube Video below |
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The Pregnancy Guide Pelvic Floor, Bladder & Bowel
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Raising Children
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Food Safety During Pregnancy
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Mothersafe Medications in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding advice
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Group B Streptococcus Screening
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Birth and Beyond |
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Consumer Brochure
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Element 1 Smoking Cessation
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Element 2 Fetal Growth Restriction
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Element 3 Decreased Fetal Movements
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Element 4 Mother's Going to Sleep Position
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Element 5 Timing of Birth
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COPE
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COPE Antenatal Anxiety
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COPE Depression During Pregnancy
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Gidget Foundation
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Gidget Welcome to Parenthood
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Gidget Perinatal Support Centre
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[includes PANDA Factsheets] PANDA - free, national helpline service for women, men and their families affected by perinatal mental illness CALL 1300 726 306
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Gidget Virtual Village for Mum
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Gidget Virtual Village for Dad
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Beyond Blue Understanding Perinatal Depression and Anxiety
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Beyond Blue Emotional Health and Wellbeing
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Beyond Blue A Guide for Dad's
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Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live. click here to visit website
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A guide for dads: Caring for your family during perinatal mental illness. This website has some short videos aimed at Dad's and other people caring for someone who has had a baby |
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Influenza
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Whooping Cough
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COVID Decision Guide
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Pets |
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We Are Family Booklet
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We Are Family Checklist
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Preparing your cat for a baby's arrival
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| Get Healthy In Pregnancy | ||
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Do You Want to Get Healthy in Pregnancy?
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Get Healthy in Pregnancy
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Get Healthy Be Deadly
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Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
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Physical Activity During Pregnancy
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Weight Gain During Pregnancy
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Aboriginal Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
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Aboriginal Physical Activity During Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator
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| Alcohol and Pregnancy | ||
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Australian Government Website
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Information you might not know about pregnancy and alcohol
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Alcohol in Pregnancy Fact Sheet Kids and Families
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| Smoking and Pregnancy | ||
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Australian Government Website
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Smoking and Pregnancy
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ISLHD Quit Smoking in Pregnancy Website
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Specialty
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Anti D For women with Rh Negative Blood Group
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Pregnancy Beyond 41 Weeks For low risk women who have not gone into labour by 41 weeks
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Next Birth After Caesarean For women who have had a previous Caesarean Section
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External Cephalic Version For women with a Breech Presentation near Term
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Breech Baby at Term Options for women with a Breech presentation near term
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Gestational Diabetes For women diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes
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Resources for after baby is born
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Postnatal |
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Hepatitis B Vaccine
We will ask for consent to give Hepatitis B Vaccine to your baby |
Vitamin K
We will ask for consent to give Vitamin K to your baby |
Newborn Blood Spot
We will ask for consent to perform the Newborn Blood Spot |
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Red Nose Safe Sleeping
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Red Nose Safe Wrapping
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Red Nose Tummy Time
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Red Nose Bassinet Safety |
Red Nose Co-sleeping
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Red Nose Slings, Baby Carriers & Backpacks
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Jaundice Factsheet
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'Blue Book' example
You will receive an actual book after the baby is born |
Child and Family Services webpage You can also check out our Facebook page for up-to-date information and support available to you through Child and Family Health - Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District |
| Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) - find answers to most of your general breastfeeding questions and link to helpful books, counselling and phone app (Mum2Mum). |
Australian Breast Feeding Association Website
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Call the Breastfeeding Helpline on 1800 mum 2 mum (1800 686 268) any time. Members can also access email counselling. |
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PANDA Not coping? Mental health checklists for new and expecting parents from PANDA |
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Raising Children
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COPE Postnatal Factsheets
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COPE Postnatal Anxiety
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COPE Postnatal Depression
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A guide for dads: Caring for your family during perinatal mental illness. This website has some short videos aimed at Dad's and other people caring for someone who has had a baby |
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Contraception
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Resources for pregnancy in other languages
For further Pregnancy Information - please click below.
Click on the picture above. Type in the word Pregnancy in the search box. After that try the word Baby |
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Maternity Care in Australia videos |
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For women in Early Pregnancy "when things go wrong"
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Having a Baby Book
Having a Baby booklet is a pregnancy resource for all women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy. This book has a strong focus on healthy pregnancies and normal birth. |
Breastfeeding Booklet
Breastfeeding Confidence
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Australian Breast Feeding Association Website [English]
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Iodine [English]
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Oral Iron Choices [English]
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Guide to Taking Iron Supplements
[first two pages are English, the other 36 in other languages] |
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Oral Health During
Keep Smiling You Tube Video |
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Expecting a Baby Pelvic Floor, Bladder & Bowel
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Raising Children Website click below
Pregnancy- Healthy Eating
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Food Safety During Pregnancy
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Mothersafe Medications in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding advice
Some other languages here |
Group B Streptococcus Screening
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StillbirthCRE Website This site has Safer Baby Bundles brochures per language |
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Consumer Brochure [English]
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Element 1 Smoking Cessation
Click on 'Read More' under the orange bar for languages |
Element 2 Fetal Growth Restriction [English]
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Element 3 Decreased Fetal Movements
Click on 'Read More' under the dark blue bar for languages |
Element 4 Mother's Going to Sleep Position
Click on 'Read More' under the light blue bar for languages |
Element 5 Timing of Birth
Click on 'Read More' under the green bar for languages |
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COPE Click COPE and this will take you to the Antenatal Factsheets. You can choose to translate the web page, but the Factsheets are in English
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COPE Antenatal Anxiety [English]
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COPE Depression During Pregnancy [English]
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Gidget Foundation
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Gidget Welcome to Parenthood [English]
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Gidget Perinatal Support Centre [English]
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[includes PANDA Factsheets] PANDA - free, national helpline service for women, men and their families affected by perinatal mental illness CALL 1300 726 306
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Gidget Virtual Village for Mum
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Gidget Virtual Village for Dad
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Click Beyond Blue for some translated resources |
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Beyond Blue Understanding Perinatal Depression and Anxiety [English]
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Beyond Blue Emotional Health and Wellbeing [English]
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Beyond Blue A Guide for Dad's [English]
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Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live. click here to visit website and here for multicultural people
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A guide for dads: Caring for your family during perinatal mental illness. This website has some short videos aimed at Dad's and others caring for someone who has had a baby |
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| Immunisations | ||
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Influenza
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Whooping Cough
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COVID Decision Guide [English]
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| Pets | ||
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We Are Family Booklet [English]
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We Are Family Checklist [English]
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Preparing your cat for a baby's arrival [English]
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Get Healthy In Pregnancy [only in English] Some other resources here |
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Do You Want to Get Healthy in Pregnancy?
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Get Healthy in Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator
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Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
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Physical Activity During Pregnancy
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Weight Gain During Pregnancy
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| Alcohol and Pregnancy | ||
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Australian Government Website [English]
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Information you might not know about pregnancy and alcohol [English]
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Alcohol in Pregnancy Fact Sheet Kids and Families [English]
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| Smoking and Pregnancy | ||
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Australian Government Website[English]
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Smoking and Pregnancy
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ISLHD Quit Smoking in Pregnancy Website [English]
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Specialty
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Anti D For women with Rh Negative Blood Group
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Pregnancy Beyond 41 Weeks For low risk women who have not gone into labour by 41 weeks
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Next Birth After Caesarean For women who have had a previous Caesarean Section
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External Cephalic Version [English] For women with a Breech Presentation near Term
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Breech Baby at Term [English] Options for women with a Breech presentation near term
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Gestational Diabetes For women diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes
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Resources in other languages for after baby is born
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After the Baby is Born [Postnatal] |
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Hepatitis B Vaccine
We will ask for consent to give Hepatitis B Vaccine to your baby |
Vitamin K
We will ask for consent to give Vitamin K to your baby |
Newborn Blood Spot
We will ask for consent to perform the Newborn Blood Spot |
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Red Nose Safe Sleeping
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Red Nose Safe Wrapping
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Red Nose Tummy Time
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Red Nose [English] Bassinet Safety |
Red Nose [English Co-sleeping
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Red Nose [English] Slings, Baby Carriers & Backpacks
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Jaundice Factsheet
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'Blue Book' example
You will receive a blue book in English after the baby is born |
Child and Family Services webpage You can also check out our Facebook page for up-to-date information and support available to you through Child and Family Health - Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District |
| Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) - find answers to most of your general breastfeeding questions and link to helpful books, counselling and phone app (Mum2Mum). |
Australian Breast Feeding Association Website
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Call the Breastfeeding Helpline on 1800 mum 2 mum (1800 686 268) any time. Members can also access email counselling. |
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PANDA Not coping? Mental health checklists for new and expecting parents from PANDA |
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Raising Children
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COPE Click COPE and this will take you to the Postnatal Factsheets. You can choose to translate the web page, but the Factsheets are in English
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COPE Postnatal Anxiety [English]
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COPE Postnatal Depression [English]
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[English] A guide for dads: Caring for your family during perinatal mental illness. This website has some short videos aimed at Dad's and other people caring for someone who has had a baby |
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Contraception
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Need an Interpreter? Professional interpreters are available if you need help to communicate with staff. Our staff can also ask for an interpreter. The service is free and confidential. We will book the interpreter for you. You can also call the Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450 if you need to speak to us before your appointment. Click here for more information about the Illawarra Health Care Interpreter Service.