Delivering change - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies

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The “Having a Baby in Queensland – Your Story” Survey
We‟re conducting a survey of all women having a baby in Queensland (public
or private, rural or urban) in February, March, April and May 2010 (about
25,000 women). We want to find out about women‟s satisfaction and
experiences with pregnancy, birth, and post-birth care. The findings from the
survey will be available on our website (www.havingababy.org.au) to help
women choose the birthing facility that best suits their needs. We will also use
the information to give feedback to Queensland Health and to each birthing
facility about what‟s working well for women and what needs improvement.
Women who had their baby between February and May this year will get the
survey in the post when their baby is a few months old. If you had your baby in Queensland at another time,
you can still have your say by heading to our website and completing the survey online (we‟ll notify you when
it‟s available).
Last November we sent out our first survey, to 2,000 women who had a baby earlier in the year. Here are
some of the key findings:
• On average, women were very satisfied with the maternity care that they received during pregnancy, labour
and birth, and after their birth
• Overall, 79% of women wanted a vaginal birth, and there were no differences in preferred type of birth
between women who birthed in public and private facilities
• Women who said they wanted a vaginal birth were more likely to have a caesarean birth instead if they gave
birth in a private hospital (33%) than in a public hospital (18%)
• Women who gave birth in private facilities said they felt they had more choices about various aspects of
labour and after birth care. These included choices about the type of birth they could have and the pain relief
options available to them
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Have your say on our 2010 Road Show...
Are you planning, expecting, or recently had a baby If so, we‟d love to talk
with you in our face-to-face discussions!
In 2010, we‟ve been taking the Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies on the road. Being „on the road‟
and „off the beaten track‟ gives us the chance to hear from women and care providers throughout
Queensland. You have the opportunity to share your thoughts, suggestions, and experiences of having a
baby, and we get the opportunity to share with you the work that we do. In each town we are holding informal
group discussions and information sessions with women and their families, as well as with maternity care
professionals.
Our first series of road shows focussed on regional, rural and remote Queensland. In March we headed to
North Queensland where we visited Innisfail, Tully, Atherton, Mareeba, Cairns, Croydon, Charters Towers,