When to Contact Obstetrician

Please feel free to contact me (Dr Sykes) during the course of the pregnancy if you have any significant concerns.

You can contact me:

  • My offices number tel: 02 9476 2224 if during weekday working hours,
  • My home number tel: 02 9659 6750 if outside of weekday working hours,
  • Through the Sydney Adventist Hospital San Hospital Labour Ward tel: 02 9487 9651
  • Through the Norwest Private Hospital Birth Unit tel: 02 88828591.

If not urgent concern or question you can also sent me a message via this website , through our Obstetric Excellence Facebook site or via email to garysykes@obstetricexcellence.com.au.

I suggest you contact me if you have any of the following problems


  • Possible preterm labour 
  • Shivering
  • Suspected preterm rupture of membranes
  • Significant diarrhoea
  • A "show" before you are due 
  • Any other vaginal bleeding 
  • Significant nausea or vomiting
  • Any severe pain
  • Severe headache
  • Significant fever
  • Reduced foetal movements
  • Infection concern
  • You have an injury