You may want to ask questions about caring for your baby after the birth. You can also get support to help you with your lifestyle, including mental health or dietary advice , or help quitting smoking or avoiding drinking alcohol.
You can discuss any problems you might be having at home. If you intend to have your baby at a private hospital , your appointments will most likely be with your obstetrician in their rooms. There will be a number of checks, scans, tests and discussions, such as:. Your GP or midwife will give you an appointment plan during your first antenatal visit. The number of visits can change depending on whether your pregnancy becomes complicated.
If it does, your midwife or doctor may need to increase the number of appointments and you may need more tests and scans. You can also organise to see your doctor or midwife if you have any problems or concerns. Learn more here about the development and quality assurance of healthdirect content. Find out what will happen and what you can learn during your first antenatal care visit with your GP or midwife. Antenatal care includes several check-ups, tests and scans, some of which are offered to women as a normal part of antenatal care in Australia.
Learn more here. You need to talk to your doctor if you experience very severe morning sickness as you may not be getting all the nutrients you and your baby need or early pregnancy spotting spot bleeding as you may be at risk of miscarriage. Read more on Parenthub website. Your doctor, or GP, is likely to be the first health professional you see when you become pregnant, and may help with your antenatal care.
Antenatal care, midwife services, labour and birth, lactation consultant, childbirth education and support for Central Australia. Read more on NT Health website. During your pregnancy, you'll be offered a range of tests, including blood tests and ultrasound scans. These tests are recommended as they greatly reduce the risk of passing infection from you to your baby. From 16 weeks, you'll be offered the whooping cough vaccine.
The best time to have this vaccine is after your scan, up to 32 weeks. Your midwife or doctor should give you information about preparing for labour and birth, including how to recognise active labour, ways of coping with pain in labour, and your birth plan. Your midwife or doctor should give you information about caesarean section.
This discussion may take place at the 34 week appointment, or at another time during your pregnancy. They'll discuss with you the reasons why a caesarean might be offered, what the procedure involves, the risks and benefits, and the implications for future pregnancies and births.
Your midwife or doctor will discuss the options and choices about what happens if your pregnancy lasts longer than 41 weeks. Your midwife or doctor should give you more information about what happens if your pregnancy lasts longer than 41 weeks. If you have not had your baby by 42 weeks and have chosen not to have an induction, you should be offered increased monitoring of the baby. Find out more about rights to time off for antenatal appointments at the GOV.
UK page on working when pregnant: your rights. Most hospitals offer antenatal classes sometimes called parent craft classes which you can attend near the time of birth.
Your partner or a friend can attend these classes with you. If you are an expectant mother, you are entitled to attend 1 set of classes except the last 3 in a set over all your pregnancies while in employment. For example, if you are attending a set of 8 classes and this is your first pregnancy in employment, you are only entitled to paid time off work to attend 5 of those classes. The last 3 classes would normally occur after your maternity leave has started.
If you are an expectant father, you have a once-off right to attend the 2 classes immediately prior to the birth. If you have a question about this topic you can contact the Citizens Information Phone Service on 07 Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm.
You can also contact your local Citizens Information Centre or Request a call back from an information officer. Introduction An antenatal visit is any appointment with your GP or maternity unit that relates to your pregnancy. Your first antenatal visit If you have registered for the Maternity and Infant Care Scheme , your first appointment will be with your GP. During this appointment, you will: Tell a midwife about your medical history, family history and any previous pregnancies.
Have your blood pressure checked. Have your urine checked. Have a blood test. Get information about antenatal classes and breastfeeding. Be referred for specialist appointments if needed for example, with physiotherapists, dietitians, smoking cessation specialists or alcohol cessation specialists.
Have the opportunity to ask the midwife any questions. Subsequent visits At each follow-up antenatal visit, your blood pressure will be checked, you will give a urine sample, and you will be examined. At weeks You have reached the halfway point of your pregnancy. From 28 weeks Your midwife or doctor will continue to monitor your health.
Your midwife or obstetrician will also talk to you about: Preparing for the birth Breastfeeding Any concerns you may have. Employment and antenatal visits. Employment and antenatal classes You may also be entitled to take paid time off from work to attend antenatal classes.
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