Forest Women's

18/03/2026

Baby Kaylee and Mum Ally came for their post natal visit. A time for cuddles and laughter and sharing support and information. 💗👶🏼💗👶🏼

21/01/2026

The SAN Hospital is happy to support Dr Abi caring for her women choosing a Water Birth or a Maternal Assisted Caesarean for their birth. 🩵🩵

18/01/2026

Welcome to another year at Forest Women's! Dr Abi and our little team are back doing what we excel at - providing women with safe,
knowledgeable and friendly care prior to and throughout pregnancy and through the whole life cycle of women's health needs. 🩵🩵

08/12/2025

Some of our favourite photos this year of our beautiful babies 2025. 👶🏻👶🏽👶🏼

24/11/2025

It’s Perinatal Mental Health Week. A time to acknowledge how hard this period can be for some. A time to raise awareness about supports available and the importance of reaching out… 🩵

17/11/2025

When the little ones come in and smile for you! 🥰🥰🥰 Beautiful baby Sienna!

12/11/2025

We will always do our utmost to make sure women are as comfortable as possible during procedures. 💚💚

10/11/2025

Timing of birth - so important to make every pregnancy and birth as safe as possible for you and your baby. Excellent research helps improve practice and outcomes. 🩵

A program introduced in Australia in 2018 has led to thousands of fewer babies born early each year, according to a new study.

05/11/2025

We LOVED cuddles with baby Gabriel and his beautiful mummy Rafa when they came for their post natal visit. Always lovely to see our little ones thriving! 🩵🩵🩵🩵

02/11/2025

Women having their babies with Dr Abi at Forest Women’s can now choose to birth at the SAN! 👶🏼💗

24/09/2025

Universal condemnation from doctors, scientists and experts on claims that Paracetamol use in pregnancy is linked to Autism...

22/09/2025

All about stretch and sweep -
Stretch and sweep (sometimes called a “membrane sweep”) is used to help start labour and reduce the need for an induction.
It can be offered to women who are close to, or past their due date.
Your Midwife or Doctor will do a vaginal examination – they will insert their finger into the opening of the cervix and gently stretch it and sweep it around the inside of the opening to separate your membranes (the sac of amniotic fluid around the baby) from the cervix.
Sweeping of the membranes releases a hormone called prostaglandin which helps labour begin.
A stretch and sweep is safe. However, some women describe it as uncomfortable, but it may help stimulate your labour within a couple of days. It is certainly worth trying as an easy step before induction of labour.
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