Maternal and Child Health (MCH)

About the MCH service

Our free Maternal and Child Health (MCH) service provides Cardinia Shire residents with: 

• 10 health and development check-ups for a chilld (between birth and 3 and a half years) and their parent
• parenting information and advice
• health and wellbeing advice for parents
• group programs
• additional services for other early-parenting issues, including breastfeeding support, referral services and support groups.

Make or change an appointment

Visits to MCH centres are by appointment only.

To book or change an MCH appointment call our team on 5943 4250 between 9am and 4pm weekdays.

MCH centre locations and opening hours

For info go to the Locations and opening hours page

Your 10 MCH visits

An MCH nurse will contact you soon after the birth of your baby to arrange your first MCH visit at your home. We will pre-book your first 4 centre visits up to 4 months. Future appointments will then be arranged by your nurse at each visit or you can call us to make a booking.

• Home visit (newborn)
• 2 weeks
• 4 weeks
• 8 weeks
• 4 months
• 8 months
• 12 months
• 18 months
• 2 years
• 3 and a half years

For information on what happens at each visit go to the Victorian Government's Maternal and Child Health service visits page

After hours advice

For after-hours advice call the Victorian Government's Maternal and Child Health Line on 13 22 29

Your child's information

Your child will have their own electronic child health record on the Child Development Information System (CDIS). It is a statewide program and allows your child's MCH information to be accessed at any MCH centre across Victoria. Your MCH nurse will talk to you about CDIS and give you a fact sheet at your first visit.

Questions?

Contact our Maternal and Child Health team on 5943 4250 or mail@cardinia.vic.gov.au

Fax: 03 9005 3772