submission to maternity services review

We are working on the BaBs submission to this review. The questions that we would like to address are:

· What, if any, are key support services, including peer support which warrant national coverage?

· What is required to ensure the quality and consistency of key support services?

We wish to comment specifically on peer support in local communities, as we believe this is a key support service that is not currently available for most pregnant women and new mothers, and that this service deserves the support of government to enable national coverage.

We are asking mothers who have been involved in local BaBs groups to write a couple of paragraphs for our submission. Please tell the story (being honest) of who you are, why you went to babs, what babs provided for you, why you have continued involvement, why you think it would be good to have this model available in communities across Australia.

Your contributions can be emailed to joy@aitex.com.au, or info@babs.org.au