5. Pregnancy care options

When you first find out that you are pregnant, you know you need to book in for your pregnancy care but it is often not clear exactly how to do that, what your options are, and how to pick one.

In today's episode with midwife Ros McDonough, we explore the pregnancy, birth and post-natal care options available in South Australia. There will be a lot of similarities with options in other states in Australia, but each state and even each hospital has nuances.

We explore, after your initial GP appointment, what your options are in both the private and public streams; Care available in public hospitals vs private hospitals; Public and Private midwives; Obstetrician selection; Midwife clinic vs Group midwifery practice; and so much more.

*** Any advice you hear in today's episode is of a general nature and does not take the place of personalised medical care***

Ros McDonough offers pregnancy and newborn care through her private midwifery practice Hello Baby! Midwifery and comes with a wealth of experience and knowledge. She is generous with her time and is devoted to making sure her patients are confident, calm, and armed with all the relevant information they need. 

If you would like to connect with us, we are on Instagram, How to Mum 101 Facebook group, or our Vanrowe website. We love to hear from you so we know who's listening!

Useful links and info:

Pregnancy referral line for SA: call this number to book into a public hospital when you find out you are pregnant: 1300 368 820

SA Perinatal Practice Guidelines - very useful info on how medical care providers are guided to care for various aspects of pregnancy