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Masada Expands its Mother Baby Unit

Masada Private Hospital has announced the expansion of its Mother Baby Unit to provide families with more support following the birth of their babies.

In a recent Sunday Herald Sun survey, Masada’s mother baby service was rated as the best by the vast majority of mothers who had attended this unit scoring it a 10/10. 

Masada CEO Petra Snelleman said the Mother Baby programs at Masada were aimed at assisting new families with conditions ranging from infant distress and sleep disturbance to maternal anxiety and postnatal depression.

“We have recently appointed some new specialists who are highly regarded in this area and we are looking forward to developing our range of programs with them and providing families with more support following the birth of their babies,” Ms Snelleman said.

She said there was an increasing demand in the community for this service which stemmed from the growing awareness around the prevalence of postnatal depression.  Postnatal depression affects 14% of women who give birth (www.beyondblue.org.au ).