Please find in this information pack some valuable reading material which will be informative and useful throughout the coming months of your pregnancy.
Your midwife will go over this pack with you at your 38 weeks appointment. Please do not hesitate to ask any of the Doctors or Midwives any questions you may have.
It’s a good idea to write down questions and bring the list with you on your next antenatal visit.
Induction of Labour at South West Healthcare
Caesarean section– RANZCOG
Caesarean education (video) – RANZCOG
Safe sleeping – Red Nose
Safe sleeping- Aboriginal – Red Nose
Co-sleeping – Red Nose
In accordance with the Department of Health reporting requirements, all patients at the registration process will be asked about
What is the difference between sex at birth and gender?
Sex at birth refers to the category of male or female, assigned to a person at birth based on biological and anatomical characteristics. However, human bodies are diverse and not all bodies conform to these categories. Intersex people have variations in their anatomies, hormones or chromosomes that don’t fit medical and social norms for female and male bodies. A person who is intersex may have been assigned male, female, intersex or as being of indeterminate sex at birth.
Gender refers to a person’s internal sense of being a boy/man, girl/woman, both or neither. For many people their gender identity aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth. Transgender or gender diverse people describe their gender identity as not aligning with the sex they were assigned at birth and includes identities such as: non-binary, trans woman, trans man, genderqueer, gender fluid and more.
What is a pronoun?
Pronouns are words that others may use to refer to you instead of your name, such as he/him, she/her, or they/them.
Why do we need to ask about both sex at birth and gender?