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Pregnancy and Postnatal Care

Evidence-based clinical recommendations for everyone who needs or works in pregnancy and postnatal care

Latest Guidance

21 May 2026

Updates include:

PREGNANCY GUIDELINES
POSTNATAL GUIDELINES
TOPICS UNDER REVIEW
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Pregnancy
Guidelines

Evidence-based clinical guidelines updated with the latest pregnancy care research
Australian Pregnancy Care
Guidelines (Version 10.0)

Optimising pregnancy care

Core practices in pregnancy care

Health-related behaviours

Clinical assessments

Social and emotional screening

Key medical conditions

Communicable diseases

Fetal chromosomal anomalies

Common conditions during pregnancy

Clinical assessments in late pregnancy

Postnatal
Guidelines

Evidence-based clinical guidelines updated with the latest postnatal care research
Australian Postnatal Care
Guidelines (Version 10.0)

Postnatal assessment and support

Social and Emotional Screening

 

Infant feeding

Health-related behaviours

Communicable diseases

Topics
Under Review

Continuously reviewing new evidence to update recommendations and address new priority questions

We are currently reviewing evidence to develop recommendations to guide practice in areas including:

  • Pregnancy care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
  • Screening for gestational diabetes
  • Pelvic floor health
  • Caesarean wound healing
  • Calcium
  • Consent and respectful care

FEEDBACK

We welcome your feedback on the recommendations in our guidelines.

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We encourage everyone to view our guidelines before providing feedback:

Australian Pregnancy Care Guidelines
Australian Postnatal Care Guidelines

All comments are welcome, and are shared with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) each time the new or updated recommendations are submitted for approval.

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eg. Pregnancy Guideline or Postnatal Care Guideline
eg. Section 9.1 Anaemia or Treating iron-deficiency anaemia

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