Consumers
Information for parents and carers
Pregnancy
- Having a miscarriage (PDF, 492kB)
- Steroids in pregnancy (PDF, 283kB)
- Ectopic pregnancy (PDF, 406kB)
- Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy (PDF, 382kB)
- High blood pressure (hypertension) in pregnancy (PDF, 648kB)
- Publicly funded homebirth (PDF, 703kB)
- Induction of labour (PDF, 532kB)
- Iron deficiency: A guide to taking iron tablets (PDF, 261kB) - Developed by Lifeblood (Australian Red Cross)
- Pain and bleeding in pregnancy (PDF, 513kB)
- Mental health during pregnancy and after birth (PDF, 607kB)
- Methotrexate for ectopic pregnancy (PDF, 503kB)
- Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) (PDF, 406kB)
- Term prelabour rupture of membranes (Term PROM) (PDF, 374kB)
- Rh D negative woman and pregnancy (PDF, 719kB)
- Seatbelts and pregnancy (PDF, 394kB)
- Substance use in pregnancy (PDF, 321kB)
- Syphilis and pregnancy (PDF, 402kB)
- Syphilis in pregnancy and Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) (PDF, 402kB)
- Termination of pregnancy (PDF, 560kB)
- VTE in pregnancy (a blood clot in the vein) (PDF, 277kB)
- Pregnancy after bariatric surgery or with a weight above a healthy range (PDF, 458kB)
Labour, birth and following birth
- Bleeding after birth (PDF, 439kB)
- Haemorrhage after birth (PDF, 320kB)
- Early labour (PDF, 774kB) (Updated Dec 2022)
- Intrapartum pain management (PDF, 743kB)
- Instrumental vaginal birth (PDF, 858kB)
- Monitoring baby in labour (PDF, 539kB)
- Mental health during pregnancy and after birth (PDF, 607kB)
- Your perineum and having a baby (PDF, 1593kB)
- Perineal tears - third and fourth degree (PDF, 690kB)
- Preterm labour and birth (PDF, 264kB)
- Grief after your baby dies (PDF, 291kB)
- What to expect after your baby dies (PDF, 331kB)
- Autopsy examination of a baby (PDF, 378kB)
- Vaginal birth after caesarean (PDF, 538kB)
Newborn babies
- Babies born extremely early (PDF, 322kB)
- Breastfeeding your baby (PDF, 388kB)
- Breastfeeding and medicines (PDF, 568kB)
- Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (PDF, 337kB)
- Neonatal (newborn) abstinence syndrome (NAS) (PDF, 301kB)
- Antidepressants and your baby (PDF, 447kB)
- Jaundice in newborn babies (PDF, 376kB)
- Newborn hypoglycaemia (PDF, 452kB)
- Newborn resuscitation (PDF, 422kB)
- Respiratory distress and CPAP (PDF, 660kB)
- Newborn bloodspot screening test (PDF,393kB)
- Routine newborn assessment (PDF, 481kB)
- Could it be sepsis? A checklist
- Small for gestational age baby (PDF, 842kB)
- Seizures in newborn babies (PDF, 351kB)
- Baby needing transfer (PDF, 430kB)
The parent information below are made available for ease of reference and were not developed by Queensland Health
- Newborn bloodspot screening video for parents and carers—Video for parents and carers about the newborn bloodspot screening test (2 minutes)
- Safer Baby Bundle: Parent information aimed at reducing stillbirth (Stillbirth CRE)
- Baby CPR video for parents—Video for parents and carers about how to resuscitate a baby. Developed by CPR Kids.
- Red Nose information statement: Safe sleeping- sharing a sleep surface with a baby (PDF, 909kB)
- Australian Breastfeeding Association: Breastfeeding and co-sleeping
- Protecting your baby's airways—Video for parents and carers about safer sleeping. Developed by Raising Children Network (2 minutes)