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Millyz 
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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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Mum_mum
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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...
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Millyz
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Posted: 06 April 2009 at 12:57pm |
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Thanks Hannahbil - I've tried to search but seem to get no results - I must be doing it wrong! Will keep trying though.
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Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:09pm |
Heres a few of the lastest ones for you, the search can be tricky till you figure out how to use it!
Here,
and here
and another
think that should ocver most ares of wellington lol.
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Kirstine
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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!
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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.
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Posted: 07 April 2009 at 11:42am |
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I found Domino Midwives great
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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.
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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.
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