Dr. Antoinette Del Popolo
Practice Principal
Antenatal care close to home, with a GP obstetrician-led clinic and a bulk billed midwife-led clinic. Most check-ins can happen locally, with hospital visits coordinated alongside.
Here at Redgum, your journey through pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, will be supported by a highly skilled team who understand that your pregnancy experience is just that, uniquely yours.
To best support you we provide shared care during pregnancy – meaning we combine appointments across all Redgum Medical locations with selected visits to the hospital clinic, especially early on in the pregnancy. Being able to see your own GP for a large part of your pregnancy is convenient, comforting and highly effective when it comes to managing your care.
Our goal is to keep antenatal care close to home. Appointments are scheduled around your hospital visits, travel is kept to a minimum, and a bulk billed midwife clinic is available for any local resident. Early, regular antenatal care is linked to better maternal health, fewer interventions late in pregnancy, and better outcomes for babies, so the easier it is to access, the better.
With Redgum, you have access to two antenatal clinics designed to give you flexibility and continuity throughout your pregnancy.
Dr Sally Smith and Dr Antoinette Del Popolo hold a GP Obstetrician-led Antenatal Clinic each Wednesday. The clinic is available if you are planning to deliver at Wodonga or Wangaratta Hospital, and our appointment schedule is aligned with each hospital’s antenatal review schedule. That means most of your check-ins can happen locally, with your hospital visits coordinated alongside, rather than travelling out of town for every appointment. Each appointment includes valuable education around pregnancy and preparation for your birth.
If you need to see a Specialist for your pregnancy care, you may be able to have some of your visits at the Antenatal Clinic as ‘shared care’. This saves you travel and lets you access the education and preparation you need for your labour locally.
For midwife-led care, Bec, our Midwife Nurse Practitioner, runs a bulk billed clinic open to all residents of Corowa, Rutherglen, and Howlong. The clinic supports you throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period, with no out-of-pocket cost.
We welcome patients from other medical centres to attend either clinic. We keep your usual Doctor informed of your progress, and hand your care back to them once your pregnancy is complete.
Redgum Medical encourages partners and other family members to participate in the pregnancy and birth process by attending appointments or clinics to help support you, and feel prepared themselves.
