Christchurch City Midwives

27/04/2023

Hi everyone! As we are booking up fast for the holiday season I wanted to let people know I am booking women due up to 10/12/23 and then will start booking again 14/1/24. I know it’s really difficult to find a midwife over the holiday period so thought putting my dates here would be helpful. If you are struggling to find a midwife please call the midwifery resource centre they are set up to help women through this tricky period. If you’d like to discuss care with me please call 0211766822. Loren.

12/02/2023

Loren is returning to community practice. Feel free to contact her for midwifery care 0211766822

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21/02/2022

With Omicron becoming more prevalent within our community, you may notice there seems to be so much changing information being shared. So here is a quick update from all of us at christchurch city midwives.
Our ultimate goal is to keep our mothers, babies, whanau and ourselves safe.

Before you come to any appointment or have us come into your home please assess your own health. Let us know if you or anyone in your family have:
A new or worsening cough
Sneezing and runny nose
A fever
Temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste
Sore throat
Shortness of breath

Alongside this please let us know if you are required to isolate i.e if you are positive for covid or you are self isolating due to being a close contact.

By letting us know we can arrange the appropriate level of in person whether that be in clinic or in your home, or a video/ phone appointment as needed :)

As of today women who present in labour can have one support person with them for the duration of their stay.
Surgical masks are to be worn by both women and her support person at all times outside her room or when hospital staff are present in her room.

Please go to the below websites for further information or discuss with your LMC

https://www.midwife.org.nz/women/covid-vaccination-in-pregnancy/

https://covid19.govt.nz/

Arohanui
From all of us at christchurch city midwives .

24/12/2021

Wishing all our current and past clients a very Merry Christmas from all of us within the Christchurch City Midwives team.

20/11/2021

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14/11/2021

From the CDHB ...

The need for all health staff to have had at least one vaccination before 11.59pm on Monday 15 November will result in fewer midwives working in Canterbury from next Tuesday 16 November!

St Georges Maternity primary care unit will be particularly impacted, so from Tuesday 16 November 2021 until further notice, they will not be able to accept women who have given birth at Christchurch Women’s Hospital and want to transfer to St Georges for a postnatal stay.

Only women who give birth at St Georges Maternity will be able to spend their postnatal stay in the unit.

Well women with healthy babies who birth at Christchurch Women’s will be transferred to Rangiora or Lincoln primary maternity units.

Any woman who needs to remain in Christchurch Women’s Hospital for clinical care after having her baby will remain in hospital. The CDHB will however, be discharging more women to the care of their LMC as soon as it’s safe for them to return home. The expectation is that most healthy women will be able to return home after 24 hours in hospital or a primary maternity unit.

This will help ensure that the tertiary hospital facilities at Christchurch Women’s Hospital are available for unwell women/babies.

THE CDHB expectation is that well women who opt to have elective caesareans should be able to return direct to their home to the care of their LMC after two nights in hospital. The CDHB do not expect these women to transfer to a primary unit before heading home as the demand at these units will be higher with the reduction of service at St Georges.

The reality is that in the short term, there will be reduced capacity across all maternity services in Canterbury and more well women and their healthy babies will be going home sooner!

20/08/2021

Hi everyone, with the latest update of level 4 being extended until Tuesday midnight. Please be aware that your midwife will be in touch to discuss either how your face to face appointment will run . Or how a phone or zoom consult will be done. Under the restrictions of level 4, our priority is to still ensure you and your baby are safe, which maybe adjusting your appointment schedule. Please contact your midwife for any urgent care.
Also see the ministry of health website for updates.
Please note that screening will be done prior to all appointments, so let us know if you or anyone in your family are isolating. Thank you

18/08/2021

Latest info for birthing families:

1 support person at birth and postnatally (same person). They are unable to leave and come back.

Support person only permitted to stay if woman is in a single room.

Will be provided meals by DHB (this is at Primary units also)

Support people are there to “support”.

All to wear a mask when staff enter the room.

Transfers can occur from Birthing Suite to Primary units. There will be no transfers from Maternity.

Women will be sent home from Maternity as soon as they and their baby is well.

For all low risk women please birth at Primary units if possible.

17/08/2021

Kia ora kotoa katoa whanau.
We are still awaiting official guidance specific to midwives and midwifery care. Please be reassured that once we get a clearer picture we can let you know more information but for now our advice is stay well, stay home, call us if you are unwell and please follow the guidance being given by the Ministry of Health. They have an excellent website you can get information from re Covid19.
https://covid19.govt.nz
Arohanui
Adrianne, Siobhan, Loren, Amy, Kylie, Melanie and Renee x

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16/08/2021

Some call them developmental leaps , what ever you call this time. This might help you to understand why and how to support yourself and your cherub through it :)

12/08/2021

FYI please register at the email on the poster for those who would like this opportunity .