Maternity and Newborn Services

Take a Virtual Tour of Maternity Services at Central Gippsland Health

Central Gippsland Health delivers approximately 450 babies each year.  It is staffed by a specialist team of midwives, obstetricians, and paediatricians who work together to provide you and your baby with the highest quality of care. It has a Special Care Nursery , with high and low care cots, providing care for babies who require incubator care either because they are sick or pre-term, or have complications requiring oxygen therapy or cardio-respiratory monitoring. The nursery caters for babies as young as 34 weeks.

Lactation staff assist with the establishment and maintenance of breastfeeding.

Maternity services include:

• Pre-admission clinic
• Antenatal care program at the WHIMS (Women’s Health & Integrated Maternity Services) clinic
• Antenatal education and breast feeding classes
• Antenatal admissions and monitoring for at risk conditions
• Birth suite specialised care by a midwife
• Postnatal care
• Domiciliary care – where a midwife visits following discharge
• Breastfeeding support services
• Education and training for students, midwives and medical staff
• Allied Health support including social work and physiotherapy

 

We want to make your hospital stay as smooth as possible. To help you get ready, we’ve created a handy packing list. You can download it using the link below

What to Pack for Hospital Stay