Resources

Hospitals & Organisations

• Burnside War Memorial Hospital
  • Burnside Pre-Admission Online Form

• St Andrew’s Hospital
• Women’s and Children’s Hospital

• The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
• Up to date patient information leaflets on a range of issues relating to obstetrics and gynaecology.

• The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – RANZCOG
• College statements and guidelines on a range of issues relating to obstetrics and gynaecology.

• National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – NASOG
• An Australian not-for-profit professional association representing specialist obstetricians and gynaecologists.

• Child and Family Health Service
• Comprehensive health information for parents and young people.

• Human Services and Medicare

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  Paid Parental Leave

Pregnancy

• Healthy eating and vitamin supplements in pregnancy [PDF]

• Mother to Baby
• MotherToBaby, a service of the non-profit Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, is dedicated to providing evidence-based information to mothers, health care professionals, and the general public about medications and other exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

• The Women’s and Children’s Hospital Pharmacy

• Alcohol and pregnancy [PDF]

• Smoking and Pregnancy: Quitline

• Pregnancy and Postnatal Resources – Women’s and Children’s Hospital

• Vaccinations and Immunisations for pregnancy

• COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy

• Pregnancy and exercise [PDF]

• Blood Group Rhesus Negative Mothers

• First Trimester Screening: 12 Week Screening

• First Trimester Screening: Harmony Prenatal Test

• First Trimester Screening NEST

• Gestational Diabetes: Diabetes Australia

• Australian Multiple Birth Association
• A not-for-profit organisation consisting of multiple birth families; the organisation is run by volunteer parents of multiples who provide support, resources and education to other families sharing the same unique journey.

• Mental Health: Beyond Blue

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Post Natal

• Vitamin K for Newborn Babies

• Vaccinations and Immunisations: Babies

• Australian Breastfeeding Association
• As Australia’s leading authority on breastfeeding, ABA support, educate and advocate for a breastfeeding inclusive society.

• Lactation Consultants of Australia & New Zealand
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) are health professionals, expert in the management of breastfeeding and human lactation

• Mental Health/Postnatal Depression and Anxiety: Beyond Blue

• Contraception: SHINE

Paediatricians

• Professor Geoff Thompson

• Paediatrics at Burnside and North Adelaide

Gynaecology

• National Cervical Screening Program
• Cervical screening has changed in Australia. The Pap test has been replaced with a new Cervical Screening Test every five years.

• Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health
• A national not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving the knowledge of women’s health throughout various stages of their lives.

• Australian And New Zealand Vulvovaginal Society

• Adelaide Pelvic Pain Network
• Urogynaecological Society of Australia – UGSA

Books

• ‘Up The Duff’ – Kaz Cooke

• ‘Birth Skills’ – Juju Sundin with Sarah Murdoch

• ‘Baby Love’ – Robin Barker (Dr Beth Russ’s personal favourite)

• ‘What To Expect When You Are Expecting’ – Heidi Murkoff & Sharon Mazel