Patient Helpful Links

Useful Links for Patients

Our helpful links for patients have been put together to provide valuable information for our patients. Visit our patient resources too. If they raise any questions, please contact us, or follow up at your next appointment with your doctor.

Our most common frequently asked questions for Patient FAQs, Obstetrics FAQs or Gynaecology FAQs, may be able to assist you too.

Search by the topics below for links and resources.

Gynaecology Hospitals Obstetrics Pregnancy & BIRTH Pregnancy Testing Women’s Health – General

Hospitals

Northpark Private Hospital

Bundoora, Victoria
Northpark Private Hospital, local private hospital with a dedicated maternity service, and gynaecology surgical services. Consulting suites for Empower Obstetrics & Gynaecology are located on site.

Mercy Hospital for Women

Heidelberg, Victoria
Mercy Hospital for Women is a major public hospital and specialist referral centre with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health expertise to provide complex care for obstetric, neonatal and gynaecological needs.

Obstetrics

Pregnancy Testing

Victorian Clinical Genetic Services

Overview

percept (NIPT): Non Invasive Prenatal Screening

For more information on non-invasive prenatal screening test (NIPT) for chromosome conditions.

Maternal Serum Screening

For more information maternal serum screening to identify pregnancies with an increased chance of having a chromosome condition.

prepair: Preconception Screening

For more information on genetic carrier screening.

Prenatal Diagnosis

For more information on prenatal diagnosis to find out if a pregnancy has a particular inherited or genetic condition.

Pregnancy & Birth

RANZCOG

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists full suite of articles to download.

The Women’s
The Royal Women’s Hospital

Variety of fact sheets on women’s health topics, including pregnancy. Some fact sheets are also available in different languages.

Mercy Perinatal
Mercy Hospital for Women

Information for a healthy pregnancy, or prepare you for meeting with us if you have been referred to one of our clinical services.

Health Direct Australia

Australian federal government’s general health website containing information on pregnancy, birth and parenting in the first 12 months.

Better Health Victoria

Victorian government website to assist you to learn what your pregnancy options are, what to expect and how to care for yourself and your baby.

Pregnancy & Diet

Better Health Victoria’s comprehensive resources for pregnancy and diet information.

Pregnancy & Birth Services

Better Health Victoria’s resource to learn about who’s who during pregnancy, birth and newborn care.

Jean Hailes Organisation

A – Z of women’s health topics with online articles including fertility and pregnancy.

PANDA

Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA) information and resources.

Australian Breastfeeding Association

Breastfeeding education and postnatal support.

Gynaecology