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Title	Amniocentesis
Publisher	The Royal Women's Hospital (Melbourne)
Description	Information about amniocentesis and what to expect before, during and after the procedure.
Date	2006
Languages	English	Croatian	Serbian	Turkish
	Arabic	Khmer	Tigrinya	Vietnamese
	Chinese

Title	Diabetes in pregnancy
Publisher	NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description	Information about the type of diabetes that can develop in pregnancy and how it can affect a woman's pregnancy and future health.
Date	2000
Languages	English	Italian	Portuguese	Thai
	Arabic	Khmer	Russian	Tongan
	Chinese	Korean	Serbian	Turkish
	Croatian	Lao	Spanish	Vietnamese
	Greek	Macedonian

Title	Herbal preparations in pregnancy
Publisher	Royal Women’s Hospital (Melbourne)
Description	Information about herbal remedies and their effects in pregnancy.
Date	2006
Languages	English	Croatian	Serbian	Turkish
	Arabic	Khmer	Somali	Vietnamese
	Chinese	Macedonian	Tigrinya

Title	Planning in pregnancy?
Publisher	NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description	A guide to pre-conception care including immunity to rubella, eating a healthy diet, and avoiding alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
Date	2000
Languages	English	Italian	Macedonian	Spanish
	Arabic	Khmer	Portuguese	Thai
	Chinese	Korean	Russian	Turkish
	Croatian	Lao	Serbian	Vietnamese
	Greek

Title	Postnatal exercise for new mothers
Publisher	Royal Women’s Hospital (Melbourne)
Description	Information on exercises to help strengthen the pelvic muscles after giving birth.
Date	2006
Languages	English	Chinese	Turkish	Vietnamese
	Arabic	Khmer

Title	Post-partum hair loss
Publisher	St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne - Department of Dermatology
Description	Information about post-partum hair loss and how to treat it.
Date	undated
Languages	English	Croatian	Macedonian	Somali
	Albanian	Filipino	Russian	Spanish
	Arabic	Greek	Serbian	Turkish
	Cambodian	Hindi	Singhalese	Vietnamese
	Chinese	Japanese

Title	Sad feelings after childbirth – a hidden problem
Publisher	NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description	Information about postnatal depression, including how to recognise symptoms and where to get help.
Date	2001
Languages	English	Indonesian	Samoan	Thai
	Arabic	Japanese	Serbian	Tongan
	Assyrian	Khmer	Spanish	Turkish
	Chinese	Korean	Tamil	Vietnamese
	Farsi	Punjabi

Title	Stages of pregnancy and labour
Publisher	NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description	A guide to conception, pregnancy and labour. Explains how conception happens, what to do if you think you are pregnant, how the baby grows during pregnancy, what happens during labour and after the birth
Date	2000
Languages	English	Khmer	Portuguese	Tamil
	Arabic	Lao	Serbian	Turkish
	Chinese	Macedonian	Spanish	Vietnamese
	Croatian	Polish

Title	Ultrasound
Publisher	Royal Women’s Hospital (Melbourne)
Description	Information about ultrasound, what is does and how it is performed.
Date	2006
Languages	English	Croatian	Serbian	Turkish
	Arabic	Khmer	Tigrinya	Vietnamese
	Chinese

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