Dunedin Queen Mary
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Topic: Dunedin Queen Mary
Posted By: meganflett
Subject: Dunedin Queen Mary
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 9:32pm
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Hey guys,
Not sure where to post this but I thought i might try in here... I am seeing my OB on Thursday and there is a chance my baby will be induced...I am already full term so there is no huge concern about bubbie but i was hoping someone could help me answer a question I live out of Dunedin about an hour and a half away but we are birthing in Dunedin...if my baby has to be in the NICU would I be allowed to stay in the hospital? My husband would have to come home as he will need to work and he wouldnt be able to travel every day until we come home...Hoping we will be able to stay in the hospital? hoping someone has had some experience in this department but especially with queen mary thanks guys ------------- 
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 10:13pm
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I'm pretty sure that if your baby is in NICU, then you stay in a room in the postnatal ward until you need to be discharged. If baby remains in NICU after that time, and you are from out of town, then you will either be placed in a room on the 5th floor (where NICU is) or put in a room at the homestay-thing across the road. Especially if you are breastfeeding, you will probably need to be on-call during the night etc. They usually try and keep you on the 5th floor, close to the unit. Just before you are discharged with bubs, they usually do one, or a few, nights of mummy and baby room-sharing in the NICU before you head home. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: meganflett
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 10:43pm
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Thanks thats so helpful! money is a bit of an issue at the moment so i cant really afford to pay to stay somewhere and organise transport -------------
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 02 May 2011 at 8:34am
Opposite ends of the country but when DS was in SCBU in Waitakere Hospital in Auckland, I stayed in the maternity ward for a good few days even after he was discharged from there. They wouldn't let us go until BF'ing was properly established and I live 5 mins from the hospital so I would imagine you would be staying very close by  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: meganflett
Date Posted: 02 May 2011 at 9:48am
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thanks emma -------------
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Posted By: meganflett
Date Posted: 02 May 2011 at 9:50am
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Is the Dunedin public hospital also called the queen mary ?? -------------
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 02 May 2011 at 12:25pm
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The Queen Mary Maternity Centre is the antenatal/postnatal/delivery wards on the second floor of Dunedin Public Hospital. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: notenufchaos
Date Posted: 02 May 2011 at 1:03pm
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Seek out the social worker there too you will be entitled to financial assistance with travel and accommodation for your DH if you live far away from the hospital (I think its about 1 - 1 1/2 hours.
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Posted By: meganflett
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 3:24pm
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Ah ok thanks for that! Would just be looking for accomodation for myself as husband can't afford to take the time off work unfortunately !! But will remember to look in to that for sure :)
yeah we are about 1 and a half hours away -------------
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 21 July 2011 at 1:22pm
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How do we get hold of the social worker? Last time I was told about it but told to ring WINZ and they new nothing about it. Which is a bummer as we are 3 hrs from Dunedin and last time hubby had to stay 3 nights in a hospital as well as 2 trips back and forth to Dunedin.
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Posted By: blinku2smum
Date Posted: 03 July 2013 at 1:07pm
| Hi, just wanted to leave a note re my experience of having a planned C section (public system) at queen Mary maternity in Dunedin. Initially, the whole process seemed a bit haphazard as we live about 4 hours from Dunedin, but the system appeared to be set up for people who lived locally. After the surgeon gave me a date for the surgery, the midwives at the hospital then changed the dates on me. It appears once the surgery has been booked, the scheduling is then managed by the midwives at the hospital depending on staffing levels. I Emailed my surgeon who responded that there was no clinical risk due to the change in dates, so that was ok. The hospital experience itself was however, very good. The surgeon and the theatre team at the op was very good and looked after me very well. The midwifes who looked after me in recovery and my 4 days in hospital were very good- no reason to fault them. Just remember to demand pain meds as this was the only issue I had. Happy to answer any specific questions re the op and my recovery in hospital as I did not have a lot of information to go on before I had my procedure, especially being new to the region. |