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| CONTACT DETAILS |  |
| Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week | |
| Location: The Bendigo Hopsital Campus | |
Phone: (03) 5454 8584
Over 1000 babies are born in the Bendigo Health Maternity Unit each year. The unit is on Level 3, Stanistreet House and has 17 ante/postnatal beds, three family birthing suites and three traditional birthing suites.
Family birthing suites are available to women whose pregnancy has been assessed by an obstetrician as low risk. Women and their partners can stay together after the birth in the suite for 24 hours.
The average length of stay in hospital for a vaginal birth is 48-72 hours and 96 hours after a caesarean birth.
The hospital provides a domiciliary midwifery service. All women are offered a home visit by a midwife to support a smooth transition from hospital to home.
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Visiting Hours:
2pm - 4pm and 6pm - 8pm
Rest time 1pm - 2pm (no visitors please)
Partners/support person and other children are welcome to visit anytime, however we request that they also observe rest time to allow the mothers to rest.
| SPECIAL CARE BABY UNIT - CONTACT DETAILS |
| Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week |
| Location: The Bendigo Hospital Campus |
| Phone: (03) 5454 7148 |
Bendigo Health has a Level 2 Special Care Nursery, where highly trained staff can provide specialist neonatal services to babies born at Bendigo Hospital and also to babies born at other hospitals requiring a higher level of care.
The Special Care Baby Unit is on Level 3, Phillips Building.
Babies may need to be admitted to Special Care for many reasons, including:
- Prematurity
- Low birth weight/small for dates
- Breathing difficulties
- Jaundice
Parents are welcome to ring and visit at any time.
| WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTRE - CONTACT DETAILS |
| Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9:30am - 5pm |
| Location: The Bendigo Hospital Campus |
| Phone: (03) 5454 7288 |
Antenatal Clinic:
The Women's Health Centre is on Level 3, Kurmala Building (entry from Arnold Street).
There are several options of pregnancy care available at Bendigo Health:
- Public antenatal clinic (Care provided by Bendigo Health medical and midwifery staff)
- Shared care with Bendigo Health and your GP
- Midwife Care (The pregnancy must have been assessed as low risk by a obstetrician)
- Obstetrician Care as a private patient
Detailed information regarding options of care is available from Women's Health Centre or click here.
Maternity Support:
Being pregnant or having a baby is a time of substantial change both physically and emotionally. It should be a time of joy, but for some women, responses to pregnancy and early motherhood range from lack of enjoyment through to feelings of anxiety, distress, depression and loss of control. Bendigo Health's Maternity Support Workers offer emotional support and counselling to assist women.
Childbirth and Parenting Education:
Classes are conducted by midwives to provide parents with knowledge and skills to make informed choices during pregnancy, birth and parenting.
The following classes are offered:
- Pre-pregnancy evening
- Early bird classes
- Primigravida series (for women having their first baby)
- Refresher classes (for women who have given birth previously)
- Grandparents class
- Home education packages
- QUIT smoking packages
Breastfeeding Support Service:
Breastfeeding support is available to women who need help to establish breast feeding or to overcome feeding difficulties.
Bookings can be made on 5454 7284.
The service is provided by qualified lactation consultants.
Gynaecology Clinic:
This clinic provides medical assessment for women referred by their local doctor for gynaecological follow up.
Colposcopy Clinic:
This clinic provides colposcopic examination for women following an abnormal pap smear test result. This procedure is performed by a gynaecologist with a nurse assistant.