Lancet. Click here if you are interested in joining us for a free tour of our maternity unit. 2013, 348-353. doi:10.5694/mja13.10279(199), Laws P, Li Z, Sullivan EA: Australia's mothers and babies 2008. Well, I lived 2 mins from the hospital at the time so I went home but pulled into the driveway and couldnt get out of the car - pain was too intense. Our Maternity Unit - Westmead Private They offer a safe, affordable, high-quality environment for labour, birth and maternity care, including for women and babies who have complications during labour and birth. Data were entered into the Obstetrix hospital data system by the attending midwife and electronically collated and checked by the research midwives. Midwifery group practice is more likely to be available in city areas. 1999, 21 (3): 243-248. At our tertiary hospital in New South Wales we introduced caseload midwifery care with a view to altering the caesarean section rate. 1996, Geneva: Division of Family Health, WHO, Lee YY, Roberts CL, Patterson JA, et al: Unexplained variation in hospital caesarean section rates. This rate is increasing in both the public and private sectors in Australia, but continues to show a significant degree of unexplained clinical variation [3] and be substantially higher in the private sector [46]. Note that some of these options might not be available, depending on your health and local hospital. Many countries have responded to this perceived public health concern with policies designed to promote a lower rate of operative birth and increase the rate of normal vaginal birth. Medibank Mental Health Phone Support Members with Hospital cover can talk with a mental health professional over the phone in relation to any mental health or emotional concern, 24 hours a day 7 days a week by calling 1800 644 325 .~ Back to top Sources Member organisations are the Parenting Research Centre and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute with The Royal Childrens Hospital Centre for Community Child Health. Large cost differences among women receiving care for similar conditions reveal additional opportunities for cost reduction [2, 16]. 2011, 11: 8-10.1186/1471-2393-11-8. Article volume14, Articlenumber:46 (2014) These midwives will stay in close phone contact with your obstetrician. In the US, the Healthy People 2020 reports a national objective to reduce caesarean births among low risk first time mothers at full-term by 10% to 23.9 percent over the next ten years [15]. In addition we also included in this analysis a third group of women those who choose to receive private obstetric care in the public hospital. Med J Aust. It was since to come home and have the midwives visit to check up on baby and I after we were discharged.