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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)


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Going Home from Hospital

If you have your baby at a public hospital, you will be visited by a midwife when you get home.  The midwife will be able to help with any problems you may encounter when you get home.  Breastfeeding, unsettled baby, sleep/settling concerns with your baby.  These visits are free.

When your baby is about 1 week old, the Maternal and Child Health Nurse (MCH Nurse) will visit you instead of the midwife.  The MCH Nurse will do a home visit and if you are able to travel to the MCH Centre, you will see her at the centre.  She will monitor your baby’s growth and development until he/she goes to school.  This is also a free service.

Talk to your MCH Nurse if you have special needs or are unable to attend the MCH Centre - they will be able to help.

 

 

Registration of birth 

When a baby is born, it has to be registered within 60 days. If the parents are not married, the father’s name can only appear on the birth certificate if:

  • Both parents sign the registration 

  • The mother agrees that the father is to be registered, or 

  • The court decides who the father is (via statutory declaration or DNA testing). 

 

Get Help


Your doctor

Yarra Valley Community Health Service
 1300 130381

Ranges Community Health Service
 9739 4577 
9754 8963

Connections' Starting Out Program
 9871 0233

EACH Well Women's Clinic
 75 Patterson St, East Ringwood
9879 3933

Shire of Yarra Ranges Youth Services
 Belgrave, Healesville, Yarra Junction and Lilydale
9294 6716