Having a baby? When you are pregnant there are many choices to make…

Birth can be beautiful. Learn here how to have the kind of birth you wish for. Know your rights in labour. Protect your baby and protect your body. Get informed.

Know your rights

Where to give birth? Hospital, birth centre or home? Check out the intervention rates at your local hospital to help you to make a decision.

Who to employ as your care provider? Who you choose is important. You are entrusting your baby, your body and your birth to this special person. Make the right choice for you.

How will you cope during labour? What can you do to prepare yourself to welcome your baby into this world in the best possible way?

Learn more about the interventions you may be offered routinely in most hospitals.

Give yourself choices by learning about the alternatives.

My Birth Annual Awards

HIGHEST EMERGENCY CAESAREAN RATE IN NSW (2009) – Broken Hill Base 20.2%

HIGHEST ELECTIVE CAESAREAN RATE IN NSW (2009) – Kareena Private 35.3%

HIGHEST INDUCTION RATE IN NSW (2009) – Inverell Hospital 44%

HIGHEST IM NARCOTICS RATE IN NSW (2009) – Griffith Base 48.30%

HIGHEST EPISIOTOMY RATE IN NSW (2009) – Goulburn Base 35.7%

For a list of all award winners click here.