Midwives – Guest Speakers At Que Meeting

Parkes QUE Club members recently held their May business meeting where they learnt that Home Birthing is now available for women in our area. Guest speakers on the day were, midwives Hannah Dixon and Tanya Bayliss, captured the audience’s at­tention with updates on maternity and birth­ing services in Parkes.

Although birthing services have been transferred to Forbes, the maternity unit at the Parkes Hospital offers antenatal and postnatal midwifery care. Dedicated support from midwives is a vital necessity especially for our rural families.

Hannah Dixon, a midwife at Parkes Hos­pital, explained the MAPP program (Mater­nity Antenatal/Postnatal Program) where a midwife provides education and support for mums during antenatal and postnatal care of babies at home. Antenatal care from the same midwife, or local team of midwives, provides regular health checkups to monitor baby and mother, and then postnatal care, including breastfeeding assistance, new­born care as well as checkups and support to mothers is available for 2-6 weeks after birth.

Through her small business, “Beyond birthing Midwifery” Tanya is a privatelypractising Endorsed Midwife and Regis­tered Nurse offering midwifery care through pregnancy and postpartum in Parkes and surrounding areas.Que Club has been as­sociated with new-born babies for many years, providing the baby’s first book to every Parkes baby. The books are taken to Parkes District Hospital and distributed to all the new bubs by the Child and Family Health Nurses.

The club is busy gearing up for the June Coradgery picnic race meeting, where they will be trialling some new menu items. You’ll find Parkes QUE Club under the grandstand with lots of goodies including home-made slices. The annual open gardens and mar­kets which are scheduled for 11 October 2026, are already being planned. Save the date. You can contact the Club via our email which is: parkesqueclub@gmail.com