Moana Midwives

29/10/2021

Its all about the journey, but mother earth, Papatuanuku is rumbling and earth side sisters and brothers must stand fast - Rise from your slumber Aotearoa your mother is calling....❤🙏😭

Karanga mai karanga mai....
If you are free this morning please support the Voices for FREEDOM rally, Memorial Park 11am.

Keeping your options open

28/10/2021

Nga mihi mahana o te wa kia koutou katoa.

We greet you all with a clear face to breathe see and feel the mauri we all carry to heal and help each other in these trying times.

Moana Midwives practice is going through a transitional phase that will see a change of how and who we practice with moving forward, as the situation becomes clearer with the mandate forced on health workers we will update at this page after the 15th of November.

If you are not already aware, our maternity system is at crisis point due in part to a continued shortage of LMCs and the current political climate regarding COVID restrictions and all that entails.

Moana Midwives would like to apologise to wahine hapu who due to circumstance we are unable to book under our care at this time. It is with great sadness that we are having to post this but rest assurred we will follow up asap.

To women that are seeking to connect with an LMC we direct you to our 'find your midwife' page, by all means continue to try to secure a lead maternity carer however if you are unsuccessful which is highly likely at this time, then you will need to contact our DHB and book to recieve care throughout pregnancy and birth under our antenatal team in the hospital.

Please feel free to pm any queries you may have and we will answer asap.

We at Moana Midwives give mana to and support a pro-choice stance. Mana motuhake, the freedom and right to choose without coersion or fear of discrimination or persecution by any person state or Govt as a fundamental human right. We urge you to connect with each other, hold fast to your freedoms and 'stand the line' in unity we are unbreakable.

Arohanui

Moana Midwives, Tauranga Moana ❤

25/10/2021

25/10/2021

“When pregnant, the cells of the baby migrate into the mothers bloodstream and then circle back into the baby, it’s called “fetal-maternal microchimerism”.⁠

For 41 weeks, the cells circulate and merge backwards and forwards, and after the baby is born, many of these cells stay in the mother’s body, leaving a permanent imprint in the mothers tissues, bones, brain, and skin, and often stay there for decades. Every single child a mother has afterwards will leave a similar imprint on her body, too.

Even if a pregnancy doesn't go to full term or if you have an abortion, these cells still migrate into your bloodstream.

Research has shown that if a mother's heart is injured, fetal cells will rush to the site of the injury and change into different types of cells that specialize in mending the heart.

The baby helps repair the mother, while the mother builds the baby.

How cool is that?

This is often why certain illnesses vanish while pregnant.

It’s incredible how mothers bodies protect the baby at all costs, and the baby protects & rebuilds the mother back - so that the baby can develop safely and survive.

Think about crazy cravings for a moment. What was the mother deficient in that the baby made them crave?

Studies have also shown cells from a fetus in a mothers brain 18 years after she gave birth. How amazing is that?”

If you’re a mom you know how you can intuitively feel your child even when they are not there….Well, now there is scientific proof that moms carry them for years and years even after they have given birth to them.

I find this to be so very beautiful.