Middlemore Hospital & Midwives out south

Hmm I can't really help you on the Midwife/Middlemore front, I am from South Auckland & I stayed clear of Middlemore because of all the horror stories I had heard of ...and the midwives I had (I was with a group of 4/5 in Papakura) I would DEFINITELY NOT recommend. I changed at 37 weeks to domino midwives at Greenlane & ended up birthing at Auckland Hosp.

I do know that if you birth @ Middlemore and it's straight forward, you will be transfered straight out to Papakura Maternity Hospital opposite Massey Park. I don't have much to say about that place either. But that's just my experience.

I can give you the name of the midwife I had for post natal care, she delivered my aunties 3 babies and also my cousins latest addition to the family. Apparently she is WONDERFUL, she covers Pukekohe, Papakura ...and Birthcare in Parnell.

Her name is Fiona Clement ...her number is in the phone book under midwives.

i met a lady who birthed at middlemore the other week and she said nothing but good things about them. they do transfer you out tho unless there are complications. you can go to either papakura or botany. there are a group of midwives at manukau - SAMC (south auck mw collective) - i have heard good things about.
and even if she lives in south auck tho she doesnt have to birth at middlemore.

It depends, I was 19 at the time and they automatically told me that due to my age and it being my first pregnancy I'd have no choice BUT to birth at Middlemore.

as well as the birthing units tho you can choose to birth at auckland hospital...

I had Briahna at Middlemore and it was fine and this was before they opened the new thing. Dont know what everyones problem with it actually. I had to stay overnight because she had low blood sugars but i was transferred to Botany the next day. (I reccommend botany it was nice! and the ladies were lovely).

I had DD at Middlemore and I must say I have no complains. Apart from the fact that they are real.ly really busy. The night I had DD by C Section there were like another 11 babies soon after. The Nurses were totally run off their feet. But they were nice and helpful enough. The Docs were really good. And the Nurse I has while in Labour was amazing. We ended up sending the team flowers and chocolates to say thank you.

I wa high risk so didnt have a regular MW. Cant help. And if you have baby at MM then you can trf to either Botany or papakura Birth Centre. Only if you have a normal birth. I heard Botany is awesome.

Thanks a lot everyone.  I sent her the link to this thread. Let's see if I can make her an OB addict hehe  I'm so excited for her.  Makes me wanna be pregnant again!

I too lke Kelly have had Friends & Family in Middlemore where things have gone wrong, not necessarily with the birthing unit (although one friend had a stillbirth which was initially what put me off ...and the girls in my antenatal class telling me about bad things they had heard).

But honestly each to their own. I haven't personally had a bad experience in the birthing unit there.Papakura Maternity Hosp is a bit depressing though, I will admit that. I had a scare at 37 weeks and was stuck with a group of midwives that didn't seem to know what the hell they were doing or what was going on with my baby. After that I quickly changed so I could birth at Auck. Wasn't prepared to risk the life of my baby with midwives I didn't feel comfortable with. They were part of SAMC