Jessie and Michael Carmichael live just 10 minutes’ drive from Fiona Stanley Hospital’s new Family Birthing Centre, but that’s not the main reason they are excited to be on the list for the first arrivals next month.

Having just celebrated World Marrow Donor Day with haematology department staff, Robert Rouke and his family are more than grateful to the anonymous, unrelated person whose donation proved a perfect match 18 months ago.

Midwife Rowena Davies and a number of mothers-to-be are eager for the opening of the Family Birthing Centre, planned for next month.

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