If you are in labour
When you think you are in labour, if your membranes have ruptured or if you have any bleeding, please telephone the delivery suite or your doctor. If your doctor tells you to come to the hospital, please remember to telephone the delivery suite before leaving home.
Delivery suite phone numbers
(02) 9900 7681 or (02) 9900 7682
For security reasons, the main front entrance is locked from 10.00pm to 6.00am. Should you arrive during this time, please use the maternity buzzer at the front entrance and you will be admitted immediately.
Please discuss with your doctor and midwife if you wish to have support people or children in the delivery suite. They will need to be informed of your arrangements and be prepared to attend to your needs during delivery.
What to bring
- Comfortable bed attire
- Personal toiletries for bathing/showering, including hairdryer
- Slippers or comfortable footwear
- All medications and tablets you are taking; if possible bring them in their original containers/packets and any repeat prescriptions
- Sanitary napkins (maternity)
- Nursing bras
- Nursing pads
- Clothes for baby to wear home
- Casual clothes, including front opening shirts
- A small amount of cash for magazines, newspapers and gift shop purchases
- Books and magazines
- Notepaper/address book/phone list
- Credit card or cheque book to settle your account
- Your doctor's information and letters
- Pharmaceutical entitlement or concession card
- Health insurance card and verification
- Medicare Card/Pension Card
- Relevant x-rays, MRI or CT scans
What not to bring
We strongly recommend that valuable items such as jewellery or large amounts of money should not be brought to the Mater or kept in patients' rooms. At all times patients are required to be responsible for their own possessions as the Mater takes every care, but regrettably cannot accept liability for any valuables brought into the hospital.
Do not bring mobile phones or pagers into the hospital, for the safety and comfort of yourself and other patients. You will have your own phone in your room.
