Midwife in Wellington
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Topic: Midwife in Wellington
Posted By: Millyz
Subject: Midwife in Wellington
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 12:37pm
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Hi there
I've just found out I'm pregnant and have been given a list as long as my arm of midwives in Wellington - help! I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations - its my first baby so not entirely sure what I'm looking for in a midwife, but someone really nice would be a good start (and patient as I have a million questions!). If anyone has any recommendations and could perhaps PM me that would be fantastic. Thanks for your help!! |
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Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 12:41pm
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Are you in central wellington? If you do a search you will be able to find a few threads on midwifes in welly... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
 Angel baby - May 2008
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Posted By: Millyz
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 12:57pm
| Thanks Hannahbil - I've tried to search but seem to get no results - I must be doing it wrong! Will keep trying though. |
Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:09pm
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Heres a few of the lastest ones for you, the search can be tricky till you figure out how to use it!
http://ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24288&KW=wellington - Here, http://ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22825&KW=wellington - and here http://ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21656&KW=wellington - and another think that should ocver most ares of wellington lol. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
Angel baby - May 2008
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Posted By: Kirstine
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 8:26am
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I have gone with Margaret Hadley from Capital City Midwives - they are based in Karori. I initially enquired through Dominos but I have to say I didn't find them good at all in the fact that they take your details and then say they will be in touch in a few weeks, well that wasn't reassuring enough for me. They prioritise home births/ water births and people who have used them before, so I was last on the list. Its been 3 weeks since I enquired ad no-one has got back to me. So I went straight to Margaret as I knew someone who had used her, she made me an appointment straight away, and gave me all the info and bloods/scan documents. She has been a midwife for 30 years, so she is well experienced and easy going. She is already booked up for this year (I think) - she only takes 6 per month. She also does acupuncture for free! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Kirstine
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 8:28am
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Just to clarify - when I say I think she is booked up for this year - its for babies due this year - if you are due Jan then she may be available. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newbride
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 11:42am
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I found Domino Midwives great ------------- http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/"> 
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Posted By: SBM
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 12:00pm
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I was with Domino Midwives before I moved to CHCH and I thought they were great too! Almost made me not want to move so I didn't have to change midwives!
But I guess it totally depends on what sort of person you are and what sort of birth experience you want. I wanted to try for a natural birth, and have the option of using the birthing pool (and have a midwife who was experienced with that) so they worked really well for me. |
Posted By: Kirstine
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 12:45pm
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I'm sure Dominos are good midwives - I just was unimpressed with their communication. I even went to the coffee morning to meet them and express interest, and they said I should look elsewhere aswell. I was trying to get in early, but I like certainty and don't like to be left hanging. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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