Related resources - Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard

Further information for women about preparing for pregnancy is available in the following resources:

• Australian Government Department of Health – Preparing for your healthy pregnancy
• New South Wales Health – Thinking of having a baby
• Pregnancy, Birth and Baby – Planning for pregnancy
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – Planning for pregnancy

• Australian College of Midwives – National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral
• Several programs support culturally safe pregnancy care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Examples are Birthing on Country initiatives, the Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program and services offered in different states and territories, such as:
  • New South Wales – Aboriginal and Maternal Infant Health Service
  • Victoria – Koori Maternity Services
  • South Australia – Aboriginal Family Birthing Program
• A comprehensive list of ACCHOs across Australia is available from the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Smoking cessation

• Australian Government Department of Health – Quitline
  • National Quitline telephone number – 13 78 48
  • Quitline referral form
  • Quit Centre resources and training for clinicians
• Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth – Safer Baby Bundle smoking cessation resources for parents and clinicians.

Side going‑to‑sleep position

• Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth – Safer Baby Bundle side sleeping resources for parents and clinicians.

Fetal movements

• Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth – Safer Baby Bundle fetal movement resources for parents and clinicians.

Further information for women about ultrasounds and other tests during pregnancy is available through the Pregnancy, Birth and Baby website:

• Ultrasound scans during pregnancy
• Dating scan
• Nuchal translucency scan
• Morphology scan
• Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)

Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth – Safer Baby Bundle fetal movement resources for parents and clinicians

• Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth – Safer Baby Bundle timing of birth resources for parents and clinicians
• Red Nose – Timing of birth
• Women and Babies Research – Every Week Counts information for parents and clinicians.

Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth

• Autopsy: Trying to find answers when your baby has died
• Guiding Conversations with Your Health Care Team When Your Baby Dies, a resource developed in partnership with Stillbirth Foundation Australia to support conversations between parents and clinicians after the death of a baby

Red Nose Grief and Loss – information for parents who have experienced stillbirth

• Born still or died soon after birth
• Finding out a cause of a stillbirth or neonatal death
• After the autopsy.

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

• Open disclosure resources for consumers
• Incident management guide for clinicians and healthcare services

Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth

• Guiding Conversations with Your Health Care Team When Your Baby Dies, a resource developed in partnership with Stillbirth Foundation Australia to support conversations between parents and clinicians after stillbirth.

• Australian Breastfeeding Association – further information about lactation after infant death
• Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth – Guiding Conversations with Your Health Care Team When Your Baby Dies, a resource developed in partnership with Stillbirth Foundation Australia to support conversations between parents and clinicians after the death of a baby
• Pregnancy, Birth and Baby – information for parents about experiencing a pregnancy loss
• Red Nose Grief and Loss – bereavement care information for parents and clinicians
• Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support (Sands) Australia – fact sheets for parents.

Several programs support culturally safe pregnancy care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Examples are Birthing on Country initiatives, the Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program and services offered in different states and territories, such as:

• New South Wales – Aboriginal and Maternal Infant Health Service
• Victoria – Koori Maternity Services
• South Australia – Aboriginal Family Birthing Program.

A comprehensive list of ACCHOs across Australia is available from the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.