Regardless of the type of pregnancy care you’re having; you will have regular maternity outpatient care during your pregnancy.
Who we care for
We care for pregnant people who’ve been booked into pregnancy care at Centenary Hospital for Women and Children.
How to access this service
The first step is to book through Canberra Maternity Options: this is the single entry point if you want to use public maternity services.
What to expect
It’s important to attend your antenatal appointments even if your pregnancy is going well and you feel well.
At antenatal appointments, you can tell us about any concerns or ask questions about your pregnancy, labour or parenthood. We can help you with health and lifestyle support, for example, concerns about your home environment or quitting smoking.
We’ll check your baby’s growth and monitor both you and your baby for any health problems or risks.
We will also give you information about routine antenatal tests and help you to make decisions about things like screening tests.
Some of these appointments and tests need to happen at certain times in your pregnancy.
If you have existing or pregnancy related health concerns, we’ll refer you to medical and allied health appointments as necessary.
What to bring
- Medicare card
- Health Care Card and/or concession card (if you have one)
- Any letters or correspondence from your GP
- List of medicines you are currently taking (or the boxes), including medicines you have bought without a prescription, such as herbal supplements and vitamins
- Previous x-ray films, scans, ultrasounds or any other test results or reports.
- Your maternity handheld record
Where we’re located
- Maternity Outpatient Department, Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, Building 11, Level 2, Canberra Hospital.
We have directions to the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children and Canberra Hospital.
We offer the majority of our appointments close to home, at:
- Tuggeranong Child and Family Centre
- Gungahlin Community Health Centre
- Phillip Community Health Centre
- Belconnen Community Health Centre
- Narrabundah Early Childhood School
- Canberra Health Services at Molonglo.
Information for referrers
Canberra Maternity Options is the single entry point for all women wishing to access public maternity services in the ACT.
GPs can no longer refer patients directly to the hospital.