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About: King Edward Memorial Hospital / Family Birth Centre

(as the patient),

I had my first baby recently with support throughout my pregnancy and birth from the amazing midwife team through the Family Birth Centre. Steph was my midwife throughout the pregnancy and she always provided very clear, comprehensive and patient centered advice. I had a long labour, and was supported across it by a number of midwives including Olivia, Katie, Tash and Megan. My experience labouring at the birth centre was wonderful - I was able to move around and labour exactly how felt natural to me.

After a very prolonged labour I made the decision to go up to the hospital and ended up having some complications which required support in the form of an assisted delivery. The midwives from the birth centre came with me, continued advocating for me which I appreciated in a now busy/overwhelming hospital environment & stayed throughout the delivery. The care was amazing from beginning to end, as was the care from the medical and surgical teams in the main hospital and the teams on the ward while myself and my baby recovered.

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Response from Karen Keating, A/Director, Safety Quality and Performance, Women and Newborn Health Service, North Metropolitan Health Service 2 months ago
Karen Keating
A/Director, Safety Quality and Performance, Women and Newborn Health Service,
North Metropolitan Health Service
Submitted on 14/07/2026 at 3:23 PM
Published on Care Opinion Australia at 4:31 PM


Dear Birth story,

Congratulations on the birth of your 1st baby! Thank you for sharing your experience in the Family Birth Centre (FBC) and King Edward Memorial Hospital. It was wonderful to read of the patient centred care and advice Steph provided during your antenatal appointments. I was sad to hear your birth did not go to plan, resulting in a transfer to the main hospital. An unexpected change in your birth plan could have been distressing so I was pleased to read the FBC midwives caring for you accompanied you to Labour and Birth Suite and continued to advocate and support you through you labour (along with the medical and surgical teams) and that this level of support continued during your stay on the ward.

It will give me great pleasure to share your words of gratitude with Steph, Olivia, Katie, Tash, Megan and the wider FBC team.

Wishing you and your family all the best.

Kind regards,

Karen

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