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  • Pelvic floor muscle training
  • Pelvic organ prolapse
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / Development care for your baby
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / Falls prevention: neonatal services
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / MHVL Basic life support (neonatal)
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / MHVL Jaundice in newborn babies
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / MHW Growth and Development Clinics
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / MHW Probiotics for babies in neonatal services
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / MHW Retinopathy of prematurity
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / Phototherapy at home
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / Postnatal care of babies with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  • Perinatal – Your baby in the Special Care Nursery & NICU / Swipe pass access to neonatal services
  • Physical activity for pregnant women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
  • Physiotherapy after a third or fourth degree tear
  • Physiotherapy after a vaginal delivery
  • Physiotherapy following vaginal and abdominal surgery
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / Understanding perineal tears and episiotomy during a vaginal birth
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / Third stage of labour management
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / After Birth – Going home after giving birth
    • Description:

      This handout contains important information for families of newborn babies. It covers topics such as how to seek medical help for you or your baby, how to care for your body and recover from giving birth and how to safely care for your new baby

    • File Download: English File size: 207.7K — File type: PDF
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / After Birth – Support to help you when you go home with your baby
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / After Birth – Vitamin D and your baby
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / After Birth – When to seek help for you and your baby (Mercy Hospital for Women (MHW)
    • Description:

      This information is for families of babies born at the Mercy Hospital for Women (MHW). If you are worried about yourself or your baby, you should seek medical attention.

    • File Download: English File size: 108.8K — File type: PDF
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / lactation and infant feeding – breastfeeding plan for you and your baby after discharge
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / lactation and infant feeding – breastfeeding your late preterm or small baby
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / lactation and infant feeding – Domperidone for increasing breastmilk supply
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / lactation and infant feeding – guide for babies requiring extra / scheduled feeds
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / lactation and infant feeding – Making more breastmilk
    • Description:

      Gaining confidence with breastfeeding and your milk supply will help you achieve your breastfeeding goals. The best way to know if your baby is getting enough milk is by looking at the nappies and baby’s weight gains

    • File Download: English File size: 122.9K — File type: PDF
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / lactation and infant feeding – MHVL Nipple shields
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / lactation and infant feeding – MHVL Paced bottle feeding
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / lactation and infant feeding – MHW Breast pump hire and purchase options
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care / lactation and infant feeding – When baby does not attach at the breast
    • Description:

      Sometimes a newborn baby may not attach to the breast straight away. It can be normal for babies to take a few days to learn to breastfeed well. You can give your expressed breastmilk (EBM) until your baby is ready to breastfeed.

    • File Download: English File size: 125.3K — File type: PDF
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care /lactation and infant feeding – Expressing breast milk for your baby in the nursery
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Baby and Newborn Care /lactation and infant feeding – Expressing breastmilk
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / Active birth
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / Advice for support people during labour and birth
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / Epidural anaesthesia during labour
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / Going home after giving birth
    • Description:

      This handout contains important information for families of newborn babies. It covers topics such as how to seek medical help for you or your baby, how to care for your body and recover from giving birth and how to safely care for your new baby.

    • File Download: English File size: 207.7K — File type: PDF
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / Induction of labour (IOL)
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / MHVL Perineal massage
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / MHVL Vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC)
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / MHW Postpartum Haemorrhage
    • Description:

      This information tool is for women who have had a postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). This sheet will provide guidance on what to expect following a PPH and the support available.

    • File Download: English File size: 110.2K — File type: PDF
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Birth / MHW Water birth at Mercy Hospital for Women
    • Description:

      We offer the use of water immersion during labour and birth to women with low risk of complications. The following information should help you and your care team make an informed choice about the birth of your baby

    • File Download: English File size: 117.4K — File type: PDF
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHVL Bringing food into hospital
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHVL Dietary suggestions for managing nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHVL Expressing breastmilk for women with diabetes during pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHVL Group B streptococcal (GBS) in pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHVL interpreting services at Mercy Hospital
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHVL Learning about breastfeeding during pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHVL Third stage of labour management
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHVL Understanding perineal tears and episiotomy during vaginal birth
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHW Pregnancy problems when to come to hospital
  • Pregnancy and Birth – Pregnancy / MHW What to bring to hospital
  • Pregnancy-related carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PRPGP)

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  • Recognising serious illness in your baby

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  • Surgical management of miscarriage

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  • Tummy time tips

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