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If you would like to speak to our Student Wellbeing team about managing your pregnancy alongside your studies, complete our registration form and a clinician will call you to discuss your support needs.

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Short-term support

Pregnancy often has short-term impacts, especially in the first trimester. If you're experiencing minor impacts on your attendance or completing assessment tasks within expected time frames, you can apply for special consideration or a simple extension.

You will need to provide one of the following documents accompanied by relevant supporting documents:

• professional practitioner certificate indicating that the pregnancy has impacted your ability for the specified period of time
• a statutory declaration indicating how the pregnancy has impacted your ability to meet your course requirements within the specified period of time.

Support for medical complications and contraindications

You can register with Inclusion and Disability Services (IDS) if you are pregnant and:

• have medical conditions that have occurred as a result of being pregnant
• this will prevent you from engaging in activities that are a requirement of your course.

Our team will work with you to develop an individualised academic plan, outlining your support needs for the semester. This will avoid you needing to re-apply for special consideration for each academic assessment.

If you have any questions, reach out to the IDS team.

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