Pregnancy Resources
Below, you’ll find a curated list of pregnancy resources that we and our patients love.
Recommended reading
Birth skills
Juju Sundin and Sarah Murdoch
My favourite! Good practical advice for both mum & birth partner. Utilises calm birthing principles.
Up the Duff
Kaz Cooke
Humorous and down to earth look at pregnancy from an Australian female author and comedian – practical, real and funny.
The Australian Pregnant Book
Derek Thompson
Fantastic up to date Australian advice from a much loved Melbourne obstetrician. Has more clinical information than some other books.
What to expect when you’re expecting
Heidi Murkoff
A classic! This book has been read by thousands of pregnant women and for a good reason. Still an excellent all-round book.
So you’re going to be a Dad
Peter Downey
A good one for the Dads to be out there who want a heads up about the birth and the first year.
How Other Dads Dad
Hamish Blake
Not a book but a really great podcast for dads… and mums.
Birth skills
Juju Sundin and Sarah Murdoch
My favourite! Good practical advice for both mum & birth partner. Utilises calm birthing principles.
Up the Duff
Kaz Cooke
Humorous and down to earth look at pregnancy from an Australian female authour and comedian – practical, real and funny.
The Australian Pregnant Book
Derek Thompson
Fantastic up to date Australian advice from a much loved Melbourne obstetrician. Has more clinical information than some other books.
What to expect when you’re expecting
Heidi Murkoff
A classic! This book has been read by thousands of pregnant women and for a good reason. Still an excellent all-round book.
So you’re going to be a Dad
Peter Downey
A good one for the Dads to be out there who want a heads up about the birth and the first year.
How Other Dads Dad
Hamish Blake
Not a book but a really great podcast for dads… and mums.
Pregnancy products and providers we love
Fitwise – Physiotherapy, based in Armadale.
Fertile Ground – Naturopathy, massage and acupuncture.
Tens – TENS machine hire.
Epi-No – Perineal preparation with Epi-No.
Frankly Eco – Great skin products for you and baby.
Useful Links
Australian breastfeeding association – Excellent general advice on breastfeeding.
Find a lactation consultant – Find a lactation consultant who can visit you at home.
RANZCOG statement on cord blood banking – Excellent overview on the current state of play in this area.
CellCare – Company providing private cord blood banking.
Exercise during and after pregnancy – Up to date information on the current science and advice about exercising.
Fitwise physiotherapy – Experienced physiotherapists in the field of women’s health based in East Melbourne & Armadale.
Inform Physiotherapy – Experienced physiotherapists in women’s health based in Fairfield.
Melbourne Pregnancy and Pelvic Physio – Experienced physiotherapist in women’s health and postpartum issues in the Western suburbs.
General advice about healthy eating in pregnancy.
Fish – Information regarding Mercury in fish.
Folate – Learn why folate is so important before and during pregnancy.
Iodine – Understand why getting enough Iodine is important in pregnancy.
Listeria – How to avoid Listeriosis in pregnancy; what to eat and what to avoid.
Gestational diabetes overview from Diabetes Australia.
@gestationaldiabetes_dietitian (Instagram) – My favourite resource for everything related to diet and gestational diabetes.
Maternal and child health nurse – What do they do and when do I see them?
Australian Multiple Birth Association (AMBA) – Help and advice from birth to teenager-hood for parents of multiples.
Babysomnia – A private service offering assistance with settling techniques and sleep for babies and toddlers.
Tweddle – Fantastic service; support and assistance with settling, peer support for parents of ill or disabled children.
Raising children network – A very diverse range of tools, guides and information covering most areas of parenting.
Pregnancy, birth and baby – Another fantastic general advice website with a phone line for extra help.
Sleep Right Tonight – Excellent help with sleep and settling from a qualified midwife.
Eugene testing – A more expensive but vastly more comprehensive genetic carrier screen which can be done via cheek swab before pregnancy. This website enables you to arrange it all yourself without seeing a doctor.
VCGS – NIPT (Percept) – One way of screening for Down Syndrome.
VCGS – Maternal serum screening – Another method of screening for Down syndrome.
VCGS – Genetic carrier screening – Screening for Cystic fibrosis, Spinal muscular atrophy and Fragile X syndrome.
WUME – East Melbourne- this links you to their informative page explaining the role of ultrasound throughout pregnancy.
Whooping cough vaccine for parents – Vaccination is now free and recommended for parents to be.
Hepatitis B Vaccine for newborns – Link to a PDF with information regarding this important vaccination.
Vitamin K injection for newborns – An easy to follow brochure outlining the importance and need for Vitamin K at birth.