Prenatal check up in Carindale, close to home.

A prenatal check up is the regular health check you have throughout pregnancy to make sure you and your baby are both doing well. At Carindale Doctors, our GPs provide these checks from the very first visit, when we confirm your pregnancy and work out your due date, right through to the final weeks before birth as part of shared care with your chosen hospital.

Each prenatal check up follows a familiar rhythm. We check your blood pressure and urine, measure your growing bump, listen to your baby’s heartbeat once it can be heard, and go over any test results. Just as importantly, we leave time for your questions, whether that’s about morning sickness, exercise, sleep or what’s normal at your stage.

In short: Carindale Doctors provides prenatal check ups inside Westfield Carindale as part of antenatal shared care with your hospital. Each visit covers blood pressure, urine, growth and your baby’s heartbeat, plus time for questions. Medicare rebates apply where eligible, and appointments are usually available within a few days.

• Pregnancy confirmation and due date calculation
• Blood pressure and urine checks at every visit
• Fundal height measurement and baby's heartbeat
• Review of blood tests, screening and scan results
• Advice on nutrition, supplements and safe medications
• Shared care coordinated with your chosen hospital

Many questions at prenatal check ups are about whether a new symptom is normal. These are the ones we hear most often in Carindale:

• Nausea and vomiting: from mild morning sickness to severe vomiting that needs treatment.
• Swelling and headaches: usually harmless, but we check your blood pressure to rule out pre-eclampsia.
• Tiredness and low iron: blood tests can show whether an iron supplement or infusion would help.
• Back and pelvic pain: common as your body changes, and we can suggest relief or a physio referral.

If you’re unsure whether something needs a visit, call reception and we’ll help you decide how soon to be seen.

Getting started is straightforward, and we’ll help you plan the rest of your visits from there:

• Step 1, book your first visit: once you have a positive test, book a standard consultation to confirm the pregnancy.
• Step 2, early tests: we organise booking-in bloods, screening and your dating scan if needed.
• Step 3, choose your hospital: we send your referral and set up your shared care plan.
• Step 4, regular checks: your prenatal check ups are scheduled here between your hospital visits.

Carindale is a leafy, family-focused suburb in Brisbane’s east, bordered by Bulimba Creek and home to the Carindale Recreation Reserve and the Pacific Golf Club. Our clinic is inside Westfield Carindale, one of the largest shopping centres in Queensland, so you can combine a prenatal check up with errands rather than making a separate trip.

We’re on Level 1, next to Priceline, with centre parking, lifts and step-free access, and the bus interchange is right outside. Many mums-to-be also come to us from Belmont, Carina Heights, Mansfield and Mackenzie.

• Inside Westfield Carindale on Creek Road
• Centre parking close to the centre entrances
• Lifts and step-free access to Level 1
• Easy reach from Belmont, Mansfield and Mackenzie