Bullabulla, Mums and Bubs
Bullabulla (meaning butterfly) aims to help you reach your full potential as parents.
Bullabulla’s program is specially tailored to your Aboriginal family. We work as a team. We look on family strengths and help you develop and recognise these and grow in the areas you realise change needs to happen. We will help you seek the information you need so your pregnancy and birth can be what you want it to be.
What we do
Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents to be the parents they want to be:
- Educational gatherings before pregnancy, during pregnancy and after birth of baby
- Pregnancy and Postnatal care at clinic or at their home
- Care for women and baby after the delivery
- Breastfeeding education and support
- Ongoing support, education and baby checks up to the youngest child is five
- Development of resources for our families around parenting
Antenatal and Postnatal Care
- Pregnancy care for women who are having an Aboriginal baby
- Support in labour
- GP shared care with hospital
- Antenatal educational groups
- Belly casting and belly casting painting groups
- Refer and support you to quit smoking program
- Transportation and support to antenatal appointments, e.g. ultrasounds, hospital appointments, pathology
Postnatal Care and Child Health
- Female GP for 6 week postnatal checks
- Advice on contraception and family planning
- Ongoing support with breastfeeding and nutrition advice
- Advice and support with sleep and settling. Referral to Karitane if needed.
- Advice on attachment and any concerns mum has for her baby
- Immunisations
- Baby checks, weight and length, and development
- Blue book checks
Bullabulla Well Baby Clinic
Well Baby Clinic run in our medical service by the Child and Family Health Nurse and Maternal Health Worker. Clinic services include:
- Development Checks
- Development Concerns
- Baby Weights
- Breastfeeding Support
- Immunisations
- Otitis Media Screening
- Link to other Tharawal programs
When: Every Thursday
Time: 9am – 4:30pm, by appointment
Where: Tharawal AMS, 21 Deans Rd Airds NSW 2560