New South Wales

In this model, continuity of midwifery care is provided by a small group of midwives who are on call for you throughout your pregnancy, birth and early postnatal period at home. The aim of Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) is to provide you with a known midwife for your birth and postnatal care at home. Midwives are trained specialists in normal pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care. For most women your group of midwives will be able to provide the majority of your care. Births can be in the Birth Centre, Delivery Suite or in your home.

Westmead Midwifery Caseload Practice promotes (WMCP) pregnancy and childbirth as a normal life event. We understand the importance of health promotion and how it benefits your pregnancy and your baby. Our midwifery team will support you to birth with minimal medical intervention. WMCP aims to provide you with continuity of carer (COC). COC means you can know your midwife and can develop a trusting professional relationship, throughout your pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period.

Belmont Midwifery Group Practice (BMGP) provides midwife-led continuity of care for well and healthy women. Women who live within a 35 minute drive from John Hunter hospital have the opportunity to have a known midwife and to birth either at home or in a stand-alone birth centre at Belmont Hospital.

Our MGP program offers you one midwife (who works in a team) who will care for you through your pregnancy, through your birth and at home for 2 weeks after your baby is born. Active labour, normal birth, breastfeeding and early discharge home from the Birthing Unit are important to us. You may benefit from Midwifery Group Practice if this is your first baby, you would like a vaginal birth after having a previous caesarean section, want to birth at home, or do not have a lot of support at home or in the community.

Northern NSW Local Health District supports the choice of planned, midwife attended home birth as a safe choice for women with uncomplicated pregnancies. Our home birth program is an extension of our hospital midwifery group practice (MGP) service. A small group of midwives care for you during your pregnancy, labour, birth and for the first few weeks after your baby is born. Most of your care is by one midwife, called a primary midwife.

Victoria

South Australia

Southern Midwifery Group Practice is an antenatal model of care designed at low risk women who do not have any medical or complicating obstetric history.

MGP enables women to be cared for by the same midwife (primary midwife) supported by a small group of midwives throughout their pregnancy, during childbirth and in the early weeks at home with a new baby. Midwifery care focuses on women's individual needs, or 'woman-centred care'.This may occur at home, Birthing Centre or Delivery Suite.

Northern Territory
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The midwifery group practice (MGP) is a group of midwives who provide care for women with normal risk pregnancies planning to have a homebirth in the Darwin and Palmerston area. In the MGP, you will have most of your pregnancy, birth and postnatal care provided by a small team of midwives.

The midwifery group practice is for women who would like to give birth in their own home or at the Alice Springs Hospital. The midwifery group practice lets you choose between having clinic or home antenatal visits and birthing at home or in the hospital. You will see the same group of midwives for the duration of your care and for 6 weeks after birth. There is a phone service available 24 hours a day, where you can talk to a midwife and get assessed over the phone.

Western Australia

The Community Midwifery Program (CMP) is a model of care available to Perth women experiencing a low risk pregnancy, including those who wish to birth at home, and who reside within a designated catchment area. The CMP philosophy is to protect and support natural birth and to provide clients with evidence based, holistic care from known midwives throughout the continuum of pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period.