Maternity: Additional Services

Additional Services

Lactation Consultant:

A Lactation Consultant is available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday should you require assistance with Breast Feeding whilst an inpatient. We also have other midwives who are certified Lactation Consultants. 

Outpatient Lactation Consultant appointments are available as required and a fee for this service is incurred. This fee may not attract a rebate from your health fund, please check with your health fund. For appointments please call (08) 9246 6363.

All midwives working in Maternity are available at all times to assist you to establish your baby’s feeding. Whichever method of feeding you choose our staff will support and encourage your choice.

Maternity Home Visiting Program

Providing you and your baby are both well, you have the option of returning home to your family within 24-48 hours of the birth of your baby through the Maternity Home Care Program.

This in-home professional healthcare program encompasses parenting support, breastfeeding education, and baby checks and weighs. The newborn screening test can also be incorporated.

As part of this program, a midwife will conduct a visit with you and your baby in your home. This visit will be arranged by phone on the next weekday post discharge. You will also have access to 24-hour telephone support operated by Glengarry Private Hospital’s Maternity Centre.

This program is available to both privately insured and self-insured clients residing within a 30km radius of Glengarry Private Hospital. A fee for service applies to those patients who are self-insured.

For more information about this Program, please discuss it with your obstetrician or with your midwife during your Midwives’ Clinic appointment.