Maternity Services
About our Antenatal Clinic
Our Antenatal Clinic has moved to the Specialist Medical Assessment Clinic (SMAC) located at Unit 6, 65 Grand Boulevard.
Joondalup Health Campus offers a comprehensive range of services to deliver your baby. If you are delivering your baby as a public patient at Joondalup Health Campus, you will attend our midwife-led Antenatal Clinic throughout your pregnancy.
Ask your GP to refer you to the JHC Antenatal Clinic. Generally, your first Antenatal Clinic appointment will be scheduled between 16-20 weeks gestation. Once your GP has sent your referral to us, we will be in touch to schedule your first appointment – which may be conducted online.
From 20 weeks gestation to 32 weeks gestation you will visit the Antenatal Clinic every four weeks. After 32 weeks gestation, your appointments will be fortnightly to monitor your health and well-being and your baby’s progress.
Labour and Birth
During labour and after birth, our doctors are kept well informed about you and your baby. A midwife will always be present at the birth of your baby and a doctor will be present as necessary. Our doctors visit the maternity ward daily and are on-hand to discuss any concerns or queries you may have.
Our midwives are skilled and up-to-date with the latest birthing techniques and neonatal care. They will assist you with your labour, birth, postnatal care and parenting education. At Joondalup Health Campus we can deliver your baby from 32 weeks gestation. Babies born prior to 32 weeks gestation must be delivered at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH).
Special Care Nursery
Our Special Care Nursery is staffed 24 hours a day by dedicated and skilled nurses and paediatricians, with access to neonatologists as required. Our unit is a Level 2b Special Care Nursery where 16 babies can be cared for at a time. Babies who require level 3 care will be transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital or King Edward Memorial Hospital by the Neonatal Emergency Transport Service (NETS).
Monitoring your baby when you are in labour
Click here for information which outlines how we plan to monitor your baby during labour and the use of your birth plan:
Antenatal Learning Centre
Physiotherapy
Antenatal Physiotherapy Workshops: Our two-hour workshops run by a Physiotherapist will teach you how to best care for your body during pregnancy and after the birth of your baby. These classes are run on Saturdays. Please contact Physiotherapy Reception on (08) 9400 9430 to book in.
Antenatal Physiotherapy Care Exercises and Advice
Postnatal Physiotherapy: Physiotherapy can assist in your recovery after having your baby. Our ward physiotherapist can offer assistance with a number of issues including, regaining muscle strength, management of back, pelvic and tail bone pain, urinary and bowel incontinence and your baby's physical development. There are 1:1 and group education options available on the ward.
Our Outpatient team are available to assist with any post-natal and continence care you may require, speak with your ward Physiotherapist who can arrange this for you. If there are any additional questions, please contact the Physiotherapy Department reception on (08) 9400 9430.
Postnatal Physiotherapy Care Exercises and Advice
Gidget House Joondalup at Joondalup Health Campus
Gidget House Joondalup is now open at Joondalup Health Campus in partnership with Ramsay Health Care.
Location: Suite 17, Level 1, Specialist Medical Centre East, Cnr Grand Blvd. and Shenton Ave. Joondalup WA 6027
Gidget Foundation Australia provides free* individual psychological therapy services for expectant, new and potential parents with a perinatal mental health clinician, delivered in-person at Gidget Houses, located nationwide, or via its Telehealth program Start Talking.
Gidget Foundation Australia offers a safe and nurturing environment for face-to-face care and support.
*To access Gidget Foundation Australia’s free (bulk-billed) services, you will need a referral and Mental Health Treatment Plan from your regular GP, subject to meeting relevant Medicare eligibility requirements.
More information about Gidget Foundation Australia
click here.