Address:
Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC), Building 11, Yamba Drive, GARRAN, ACT, 2605

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: Women booking with a privately practising midwife for a home birth are also encouraged to attend pre-admission visit at the Centenary Hospital for Women & Children Antenatal Clinic.

Please note the Centenary Hospital for Women & Children does not provide appointments regarding private midwifery care.

Contact the Australian College of Midwives for more information on private midwifery care through the website link provided below.

Address:
Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC), Building 11, Yamba Drive, GARRAN, ACT, 2605

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: If there are no concerns with your pregnancy, your GP can provide your antenatal care from their surgery. This is known as Shared Care, and it operates in conjunction with the Centenary Hospital for Women & Children Antenatal Clinic. This option is valuable if your GP will be the main health care provider for you and your family once your baby is born.

During the term of your pregnancy your GP will be able to get to know you and your family. The antenatal visits will be shared between your GP and the Centenary Hospital for Women & Children Antenatal Clinic.

If you choose Shared Care you will need to call the Antenatal Clinic to make a pre-admission appointment.

Shared Care will see your baby being born at the Centenary Hospital for Women & Children birthing suite, however if any complications arise during your pregnancy your GP will refer you to a Hospital Obstetrician, for specialist advice.

For more information on Shared Care click the website link provided below.

Address:
Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC), Building 11, Yamba Drive, GARRAN, ACT, 2605

Billing:
Fees and Bulk Billing

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: Birthing Suite offers a safe, private, comfortable environment where an experienced midwife will remain with you during your labour and birth. Your midwife will support your choice to give birth naturally, and will keep you informed throughout your stay. If you require any medical intervention or have special needs this can be provided in the Birthing Suite.

A team of midwives staff the Birthing Suite, with 24 hour support from obstetricians, neonatologists, anaesthetists, and other specialists as required.

We have other team members including social workers, physiotherapists, chaplains, Aboriginal liaison officers and interpreters available to assist you with any specific needs. It is our aim to provide a choice of birthing options to all our families in pleasant surroundings.

For further information and the admission procedures please click the website link provided below.

Address:
Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC), Building 11, Yamba Drive, GARRAN, ACT, 2605

Billing:
Fees and Bulk Billing

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: The Canberra Midwifery Program (CMP) operates from the Birth Centre at Centenary Hospital for Women & Children, and is available for women who:

- Prefer to birth in a relaxed, home-like and less medicalised environment,
- Are planning to have a natural birth, including managing pain by non pharmacological methods,
- Are healthy and have few medical risk factors, and
- Prefer a low intervention natural birth approach to maternity care.

During labour, your midwife will provide one-to-one care for you in the Birth Centre. Midwives work closely with the medical team and with other midwives within the unit to ensure that you and your baby receive the highest standard of care.

For women wishing to birth in the Birth Centre, it is highly recommended that you book in as soon as you confirm that you are pregnant. The program is very popular and has a waiting list for most months so it is essential that you book a place as early as possible if this is your preferred birthing option.

Bookings or enquiries can be made by contacting the Birth Centre on (02) 6244 3145.

For more information on the Canberra Midwifery Program (CMP) click the website link provided below.

Address:
Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC), Building 11, Yamba Drive, GARRAN, ACT, 2605

Billing:
Fees and Bulk Billing

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: The CatCH Program works with women to create an environment that fosters the natural process of childbirth, and one that is responsive to the needs of women and their babies.

The CatCH Program provides continuity of care for women including those who may have an obstetric/medical complication. CatCH women will birth in the Centenary Hospital for Women & Children birthing suite and their care will be provided by a 'known' midwife which will include:

- Pregnancy care visits from initial booking at 12 – 16 weeks and throughout pregnancy.
- Labour and birth bare
- Postnatal care both in hospital and at home.

Pregnancy care with your allocated midwife may include a home visit but most of your antenatal care will be provided at the hospital clinic or at one of our community clinics.

For more information on the CatCH Program click the website link provided below.

Address:
Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC), Building 11, Yamba Drive, GARRAN, ACT, 2605

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: Women may choose to have their pregnancy care with a private obstetrician. These women will still require a pre-admission visit at the Canberra Hospital Antenatal Clinic. A referral from your GP is required.

Contact the antenatal clinic on (02) 6244 3466 for all appointments.