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 Congratulations on your pregnancy! This is a special time. See the links below to access information for the free and paid antenatal classes held by Community Birth Services, Maternity Resource Centres, iwi health providers, and other groups. - Gentle, supportive care that respects you, your family/whanau, your culture and your beliefs
- Respect for your informed decisions about tests, recommendations and interventions
- Willingness to support your plans for your pregnancy and birth and afterwards
- Respectfor the birth process as it unfolds uniquely each time. Although amazing, being pregnant and giving birth are actually normal life processes for which a woman’s body is well designed. Each woman’s experience is unique
- Antenatal visits in your own home or at the midwife’s clinic. These visits will allow plenty of time for questions and discussion. Meaningful discussions to explore and help resolve fears and concerns you or your whanau might have
- Caring attention to develop a trusting and nurturing relationship with you and your whanau that can help you to labour and give birth naturally and safely and can help you and your partner and whanau with the transition to motherhood and parenting.
- Plenty of information about pregnancy, birth and the weeks afterwards, including breastfeeding and care of the baby
- Suggestions about ways you can take good care of yourself and your baby
- Encouragement and practical suggestions for you to have good nutrition and make healthy lifestyle choices
- Full information on any recommended tests, procedures or treatments so you can make informed decisions about your care.
- Expertise in normal and natural childbirth. Because they are experts in normal pregnancy and birth, midwives are experienced in the variations of normal birth and recognise the early signs of conditions that are not ‘normal’ including medical conditions or complications that may occasionally arise during pregnancy or the birth process or afterwards
- Referral when you are ready (usually about four to six weeks) to the Plunket nurse, iwi provider, general practitioner or other provider. These practitioners can provide support to you and your family and assist you with ongoing issues and care for your baby such as well child checks and immunisation.
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