Pregnancy

Pregnancy after loss can be one of the most complex and emotional journeys a family will face. Compassionate, continuous care can make all the difference.

To mark International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day, our hospital entrance will be lit up in blue and pink this evening, to honour all the babies gone too soon. But for our hospital, this act of recognition extends far beyond a single evening.

The Women’s welcomes Australia’s first national guidelines on early pregnancy loss. This is a key step in seeing miscarriage as a profound personal loss, not just a medical issue.

An independent evaluation has shown: the Cornelia program works. The comprehensive review was conducted by RMIT University and La Trobe University.

When Teal learned she was pregnant with her first child, she wanted to do all she could to give her baby a strong start in life. That included getting vaccinated against Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV.

The Women’s homebirth program has marked its first year, successfully welcoming 22 babies into the world.

A Melbourne mum who incredibly survived a heart attack at 35 weeks pregnant and battled two types of cancer is thanking the healthcare teams - and her children - who saved her life.

Little Johnny is one of 43 babies born so far in Victoria as part of Australia’s first publicly funded IVF program. Public Fertility Care has helped hundreds of families to fall pregnant after the first year in operation.

The Women’s is investing in new ways to support women with disability. First-time mum Blue Van De Cruze says the Women with Individual Needs (WIN) Clinic helped increase her confidence and independence.

Gestational diabetes affects 1 in 6 pregnancies at the Women’s. For National Diabetes Week, the Women’s diabetes specialist Dr Sarah Price explains the condition … and why it’s so important to have follow up care after the baby is born.