Ruahine Midwives

24/12/2025

Door by Ruahine Midwives at Te Papaioea Birthing Centre

23/12/2025

A wee chrissy reminder xx

09/12/2025

02/12/2025

This evening the team at Ruahine midwives managed a few hours together to make wreths at Amayjen's sip and wreth evening.
Quality time together out of the office to unwind and have a laugh together is so important!

Keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks as we introduce the team!

02/12/2025

Kia ora koutou e te Whānau, unfortunately we have no Vaccinator onsite this Thursday, 4 December at Te Rauru Antenatal Clinic, Te Papaioea Birthing Centre. Please visit us on Wednesday 3 December, 9.30 am - 3.30 pm instead!

28/11/2025

The Ruahine Midwives page is back in action! And what a way to kick it off than with some Christmas Cheer!
A wee christmas celebration with some of our wonderful Te Papaioea colleagues. We escaped, we ate, we painted! And no-one got called out!

03/04/2020

Midwife Violet Clapham shares a message with pregnant women. Please share with your women.

https://www.midwife.org.nz/midwives/covid-19/message-for-pregnant-women-from-the-midwives

03/04/2020

16/03/2019

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156122343838016&id=265529163015

It's important to know the dangers of using a home doppler/app if you're concerned about your baby.

It takes midwives and doctors years to learn how to interpret what they hear when they listen to a baby with a doppler. Not only can it be really tricky to differentiate between the baby's heartbeat, mums heartbeat and other sounds such as noise from the placenta, but they also listen for abnormalities such as decelerations. Please, never use a home doppler instead of speaking to a midwife if you are worried about your baby.