The Latest Breaking News from Gladstone Hospital

Instead of travelling 100 kilometres while worrying about the logistics of who will look after her 15-month-old son, Andrea Williams will be able to have her baby five minutes away from her house. Advocates say the change is great for Gladstone, but more needs to be done.

The Palaszczuk government was warned of Gladstone Hospital staff concerns that "management have no plans" as the facility's maternity crisis began to unfold in July last year, new documents show.

Doctors are demanding an emergency roundtable meeting to discuss Queensland's maternity crisis amid fears mothers' and babies' lives will be at risk in the Gladstone region until the city's birthing bypass is lifted.

Birthing services in Gladstone, a city of 65,000 people, have been paused since July.

Expectant parents in Gladstone have to travel to Rockhampton to give birth, exposing many to dangerous emergencies.

Gladstone Hospital's maternity unit has been on bypass for several weeks, causing stress for expectant women who are not sure where they will be able to give birth.

A representative body for obstetricians says it predicted the situation several years ago when the former Mater Hospital was bought by the state government and incorporated into the public facility.

When the town of Agnes Water was cut off by floodwaters, Priscilla's birthing plans went out the window. Fortunately her surf instructor was around to help.