Many Choices, One Great Team
Our team is here to help you during every stage of pregnancy and delivery, and after your baby is safely here.
We’re a community of happy, highly-experienced midwives, obstetricians and support staff who love what we do.
We are passionate about providing excellent care and supporting your birth plan.
Our job is a special one that involves the safe delivery of thousands of babies and the health and wellbeing of mums.
We’ll be there for you during that very special getting-to-know-you phase for parents and their precious new family member.
And as you head home we also want to do our best to help you and your families feel happy and confident. As well as providing advice around breastfeeding, bathing and baby-settling techniques, we also prioritise mums’ emotional wellbeing as they adjust to their new life.
Your Birthing Choices
At Northern Beaches Hospital, you have many birthing options so you can design the experience to suit you.
It begins with the care type:
- The Private Experience - for privately insured mothers. You choose your obstretrician and enjoy a range of special extras that the private experience can offer including luxury high tea and celebration plate.
- Public Care - as a public mum you can choose from a range of care models including midwifery group practice for low-risk pregnancies, midwifery-led care and GP shared care.
- Want the private experience but don't have health insurance? We can tailor a package to suit your needs and discuss your individual costs.
Other options available include water births and midwifery in the home. Speak to our team about your choices.
For private mums
Private obstetric care is for private mums who want to choose their doctor.
Pregnancy care is provided from the doctor’s rooms, many of which are located within Northern Beaches Hospital.
Mums have a guaranteed private room and partners can stay overnight. Delivery is by your chosen obstetrician and care after birth is guided by the same doctor.
Mums can now also give birth in one of our large, comfortable birthing baths.
As a private mum you receive:
- Your choice of Obstetrician
- Guaranteed private room with ensuite – truly stunning accommodation with beautiful toiletries and all the little luxuries. Take a virtual peek here
- Access to a midwife throughout your pregnancy and postnatal journey - get a personalised tour of the hospital, talk about your planned birthing experience and ask as many questions as you like
- Special Care Nursery immediately next to the private maternity ward – babies from 32 weeks don’t need to be separated from mum and sent to a specialist hospital
- Congratulations plate with freshly made macarons and chocolate dipped strawberries
- Celebrations high tea for you and your partner to enjoy
- Chilled food menu delivered daily including a rotation of sushi, buddha bowls and hot smoked salmon noodles
- Pull out bed for partner to stay
- Baby photographer to capture those important newborn moments - ask staff for contact details
- Exclusive gift bag containing treats that mums tell us they enjoy
- Access to our Midwifery in the Home program if you choose to go home a day earlier than the expected stay
- Access to the Gidget Foundation for support with perinatal depression and anxiety.
Find out about our latest program for private mums - Midwifery in the Home here.
For more information about the private maternity package, please email nbhprivatebirthing@healthscope.com.au
For Public Mums
Midwifery group practice
This is for public mums with a low-risk pregnancy. Mums have a dedicated midwife throughout their pregnancy and for the birth and then early discharge back home, within 4-6 hours for a vaginal birth.
Midwifery-led care
This is for public mums with a low risk-pregnancy. Care is provided by midwives in our antenatal clinic and midwives deliver the baby. Mums share a room and have access to midwives in the home up until 14 days after delivering baby.
GP shared care
This is for public mums and care is provided by mum’s GP and midwives in our antenatal clinic. Midwives deliver the baby and mums share a room. They have access to midwives in the home up until 14 days after delivering baby. Further information is available here
If you don't have health insurance or are not covered for maternity, you can still have the private care birth experience at Northern Beaches Hospital.
You can choose your obstretician and get all the special benefits.
Just give us a call to discuss fees.
We believe in transparency, so whatever your cover, an estimate of costs and any out-of-pocket excess or co-payments associated with your hospital stay will be sent to you following your pre-admission consultation.
Phone (02) 9105 6015