The Midwife Care Program at the Albury Wodonga Health - Wodonga Campus offers women with uncomplicated pregnancies an alternative to traditional forms of care.
An initial assessment is made to determine your suitability for becoming a Midwife Care client.
The focus of the Midwife Care Program is on preparation, involvement and active birth. The program provides an opportunity for women and their families to participate fully in the pregnancy and labour.
Midwives are responsible for your care throughout the pregnancy, labour and postnatal period.
Should complications develop, you will be referred back to your GP.
GP Involvement
When you book into the Midwife Care Program you will be referred to a GP who delivers at Albury Wodonga Health - Wodonga Campus.
Your GP will perform an initial medical assessment for suitability for Midwife care.
Other GP visits will occur at 36 and 41 weeks.
If at any time complications develop then you will be referred back to the care of your GP.
A GP will provide the back-up care during your stay in hospital.
After you have left hospital your family GP can provide the postnatal care for you and your baby.
Antenatal Care
During your pregnancy, care is provided by the Midwives.
Time is given for women to ask questions and to discuss matters of concern.
If you wish to use the Midwife Care Program to provide your antenatal care you should book in to the Hospital prior to the 16th week of your pregnancy.
Appointments to attend the Midwife Care Program Antenatal Clinic can be made through the Ward Clerk at the Obstetrics Unit between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm.
This service is available Tuesday and Wednesday at Wodonga and Monday at the Albury Community Centre.
Contact
All appointments or further enquiries can be made by contacting the Obstetrics Unit.
Phone: (02) 6051 7240
If the phone is unattended you can leave a message and the receptionist will phone you back.
