Helpful Resources

Medical help

  • if serious call 000 and ask for an ambulance
  • go to your local emergency department
  • if less serious see your doctor if within clinic hours
  • after hours, you can try the National Home Doctor Service for in home, bulk billed visits, call 13SICK (13 74 25)

Breastfeeding help

  • Australian Breastfeeding Association Mum to Mum help line 1800 686 268
  • Your child and family health nurse or the Maternal & Child Health Line 13 22 29
  • Your Midwife or Lactation Consultant
  • Your own GP or Obstetrician
  • GP helpline 1800 022 222

Websites

Breastfeeding and medications enquiries

  • National: Medicines Line 1300 MEDICINE (1300 633 424)

VIC:

  • Royal Women’s Hospital Medicines Information Centre 03 8345 3190
  • Monash Medical Centre Drug Information Centre 03 9594 2361

ACT

  • Medicines Information Services: 02 6244 3333

NSW

  • Medicines Information Centre: 02 8382 2136
  • Mothersafe (medications in pregnancy and lactation)
    • 02 9382 6538 (Sydney metropolitan)
    • 02 1800 647 848 (non-metropolitan NSW)

NT

  • Medicines Information Services 08 8922 8424

QLD

  • Queensland Medicines Advice and Information Service (QMAIS): 07 3646 7599 or 07 3646 7098

SA

  • Obstetric and Paediatric Information Service: 08 8161 7222

TAS

  • Medicines Information Services: 03 6222 8737

WA

  • Obstetric Medicines Information Service: 08 6458 2723

Bottle feeding help

Help with starting solid foods

Help with sleep & settling

  • Raising Children Network, The Australian Parenting website has many sleep resources, fact sheets and videos all evidence based and safe– raisingchildren.net.au
  • Red Nose (formally Sids & kids) – many safe sleeping resources and information statements, evidence based, includes the Information Statement: Sleeping position for babies with gastro-oesphageal reflux (GOR) – rednose.com.au

Early Parenting Centres Australia

ACT

  • Queen Elizabeth II Family Centre on (02) 6207 9977 (Community Health Intake).

NSW

  • Karitane on (02) 9794 2300 or 1300 227 464 (Karitane Careline)
  • Tresillian Family Care Centres on (02) 9787 0855 (Sydney callers) or 1800 637 357 (regional callers).

NT

  • The Northern Territory doesn’t have parenting centres, but you can call Parentline on 1300 301 300 for support and advice on early parenting issues.

QLD:

  • Ellen Barron Family Centre on (07) 3139 6500.

SA

  • Torrens House on 1300 733 606 (Child and Family Health Service)
  • Women’s and Children’s Health Network on (08) 8161 6003.

TAS

  • Parenting Centre – North (Launceston) on (03) 6434 6201
  • Parenting Centre – North West (Burnie) on (03) 6434 6201
  • Parenting Centre – South (Hobart) on (03) 6233 2700.

VIC

  • O’Connell Family Centre on (03) 8416 7600
  • Queen Elizabeth Centre on (03) 9549 2777
  • Tweddle Child and Family Services on (03) 9689 1577.

WA

  • Ngala Family Resource Centre on (08) 9368 9368 (Perth callers) or 1800 111 546 (regional callers).
  • Check with your Child Health Nurse, GP or Paediatrician for local sleep services.

Quit Smoking

  • Call Quitline 13 78 48 for assistance

Mental Health Support

Websites

Mental Health Services

  • Private and public services available, discuss local options with your GP.
  • Phone your local mental health team often located within public hospitals.
  • Specialised services such as St John of God Raphael Services in VIC: Ballarat, Bendigo, Berwick, Geelong. WA: Perth, Wembley, Fremantle, Midland and Cockburn. NSW: Blacktown.

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