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This page is updated frequently with resources around various topics – if you would like to add something here or suggest a resource please contact Bloom – Wellness and Creation.

Perinatal 

PANDA National Helpline 1300 726 306 Mon to Fri, 9am – 7.30pm

PANDA – Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia supports women, men and families across Australia affected by anxiety and depression during pregnancy and in the first year of parenthood. PANDA operates Australia’s only National Helpline for individuals and their families to recover from perinatal anxiety and depression, a serious illness that affects up to one in five expecting or new mums and one in ten expecting or new dads.

Pregnancy, Birth and Baby 1800 882 436 7am – Midnight Mon – Sun

Call to speak to a Maternal Child Health Nurse for personal advice and guidance.

Discover all about pregnancy, birth, being a parent and raising a child.

 Tresillian Parent’s Help Line – 1300 272 736 7am – 11pm Mon – Sun

Get in touch with our Parent’s Help Line for any questions or advice on breastfeeding and settling your baby, as well as dealing with post-natal depression and nutrition.

Perinatal anxiety and depression resources
 

 

 
 
 
Perinatal checklists
Gidget Foundation
 
Welcome to parenthood
 
Karitane
 
Tresillian

Birthing

Positive Birth Movement

https://www.positivebirthmovement.org/

Pregnancy, Birth, Baby: Health Direct

https://www.pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/child-birth

Essential Baby
 
Spinning Babies
 
 
Kidspot
 
Birthing Centres

Birthing on Country project

https://www.midwives.org.au/birthing-country-project

 

Birth Trauma

Australia Birth Trauma Association
https://www.birthtrauma.org.au/

Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia

https://www.panda.org.au/ 

 
 
 
Centre of Perinatal Excellence
 
Kidspot

Birth Planning

 
 
 
 
Birth Plan Checklist
 
VBAC Birth Plan Sample
 
 A Family-Centered Cesarean Birth Plan
 
Birth Plan Templates/ Samples

VBAC – Vaginal Birth After C-Section (Cesarean) And C-Sections

 
VBAC: Baby Centre
 
VBAC: making a mountain out of a molehill
 

Your Pathway to a Successful VBAC

 
Lamaze International VBAC Resources (note: this is not an Australian Website – though has good resources)
CBAC – Cesaraen Birth After Cesarean Resources
 
ICAN – Internation Cesarean Network
 
 
 
 
 
 

I delivered my own baby by caesarean

https://www.nowtolove.com.au/parenting/pregnancy-birth/maternal-assisted-caesarean-18402

The natural caesarean a woman centred technique

Maternal-assisted caesarean

Birth Stories

 
Birth Trauma: Shared Stories and Experiences
 
 
 
 
Birth Talk: Women’s Stories
Jessica Nash: Positive Birth Stories

Pregnancy

Pregnancy, Birth, Baby: Health Direct
 
Essential Baby
 
 
 
Better Health: Victoria
Kidspot

Post natal

Pregnancy, Birth, Baby: Health Direct
 
 
 
 
Essential Baby

Breastfeeding

Australian Breast Feeding Association

https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/

 

 

Pregnancy, Birth, Baby: Health Direct

https://www.pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/breastfeeding-your-baby

For Dads and Partners

Dad’s Guide to Pregnancy

https://raisingchildren.net.au/pregnancy/dads-guide-to-pregnancy

Being a Dad

https://www.pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/being-a-father

Bringing Baby Home

https://www.pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/dads-guide-to-bringing-baby-home

Dadvice for New Dads

https://healthyfamilies.beyondblue.org.au/pregnancy-and-new-parents/dadvice-for-new-dads

 

 

Emotional health and wellbeing: A guide for new dads, partners and other carers

http://resources.beyondblue.org.au/prism/file?token=BL/0775

Birth trauma is not just for women

http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/birth/birth-stories/birth-trauma-is-not-just-for-women-the-new-dads-suffering-posttraumatic-stress-disorder-20171106-gzg7xp

Birth Trauma: Father’s and Partners

https://www.birthtrauma.org.au/where-to-start/fathers-and-partners/

NSW Health Policy

Complaints

Code of Conduct

Your Health Rights and Responsibilities

 

 

Access to Client Information 

General WellBeing Resources

Action for Happiness

http://www.actionforhappinessaustralia.org/

General Resources

Register your newborn online (NSW)

https://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/births/register-newborn.aspx

Financial Assistance

Families

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/families

Separated Parents

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/separated-parents

Parenting Payment

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/parenting-payment

Newborn Payment/ Newborn Supplement

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/newborn-upfront-payment-and-newborn-supplement

Child Support

Online Estimators

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/enablers/online-estimators

 

Housing

Family and Community Services

https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/housing

Housing NSW

https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/nswgovdirectory/housing-nsw

 

 

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