All Medicare-eligible consultations are bulk billed for eligible patients with a valid Medicare card. Some items, including privately purchased vaccines and consumables, attract a fee.
Dr Khushpinder Kaur listening with a stethoscope
From a positive test to your baby’s first check-ups, our GPs provide pregnancy care close to home, sharing your antenatal care with your hospital or midwife and looking after you and your baby afterwards.
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Tap a stage, or let it play through, to see what usually happens and what to talk about with your GP along the way.
Stage 1 of 6
Before pregnancy
A pre-pregnancy check helps you start well, with advice on folic acid, vaccines and any medicines or conditions.
What usually happens
Stage 2 of 6
Up to 13 weeks
Confirm your pregnancy, arrange early tests and choose where and how you’d like to have your care.
What usually happens
Stage 3 of 6
14 to 27 weeks
Regular check-ups, the morphology scan and the whooping cough vaccine.
What usually happens
Stage 4 of 6
28 weeks to birth
More frequent visits as you get ready to meet your baby, plus the free RSV vaccine to protect your newborn.
What usually happens
Stage 5 of 6
0 to 6 weeks
Recovery, feeding and getting to know your baby, with support when you need it.
What usually happens
Stage 6 of 6
After birth
Your six-week check, contraception after birth, and looking after your emotional wellbeing.
What usually happens
Everything we offer before, during and after pregnancy at Delacombe Medical Centre. Choose a service to see what’s involved, how long to book, any costs and which GPs have an interest in it.
Book online, or call reception and let us know how many weeks pregnant you are so we can book the right appointment.
Dr Landy offers antenatal shared care, Dr Chan holds the Diploma of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and Dr Khushpinder has an interest in maternal and child health.
How shared care works at Delacombe:
Book a longer first appointment to confirm your pregnancy and talk through your options.
Your GP refers you to Grampians Health Ballarat or your chosen hospital and shares care with them.
See your GP for many routine visits, with pathology onsite on weekdays.
Come back for your six-week check, your baby’s vaccines and ongoing family care.
Our GPs speak languages including Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Tamil and Urdu. Interpreters can also be arranged.
Common questions from our patients. For anything else, our reception team is happy to help.
Book online Health JournalChildhood immunisation schedule in VictoriaShared care means your pregnancy care is shared between your GP and your hospital or midwife, so many routine check-ups can happen close to home.
Book an appointment soon after a positive pregnancy test. Your GP will confirm the pregnancy, arrange early tests and talk through your options.
The flu, whooping cough and RSV vaccines are free in pregnancy under the National Immunisation Program. Your GP or nurse will advise the best timing.
Eligible GP consultations are bulk billed with a valid Medicare card. Scans and some tests are billed by the provider.
For urgent concerns such as bleeding, severe pain or reduced baby movements, call your hospital’s maternity unit straight away. In an emergency, call 000.
Talk to your GP, or call PANDA on 1300 726 306 for perinatal anxiety and depression support.
Antenatal shared care in Ballarat means many of your pregnancy check-ups can happen close to home in Delacombe, with your GP sharing care with Grampians Health Ballarat or your chosen hospital.
Open seven days at Pad 1, Delacombe Town Centre. Bulk billed for eligible patients with a valid Medicare card.
General information only. For urgent pregnancy concerns, contact your hospital maternity unit or call 000.
