Everythings turned to poop! Help!

Wasnt sure where to put this!

Okay so i live with my sister in law and basically im sooo not happy there. Just everything is not going good for me.

Long story short, im moving in with my dad.

He lives in Port Waikato!

I need a new midwife and i dont know where to start. My midwife said to ring the hospital closest to dads and ask them and im about to do that, but i thought maybe someone here could help me out?

Any midwives anyone know of in pukekohe or round there?

And with the cholestasis thing it makes it harder cause i have to transfer hospitals dont i. Grr.

Im not a happy chappy today
Any thoughts or suggestions? Especially from you Aucklanders!

Sorry - dont know anyone down that way, but maybe check out http://www.cmdhb.org.nz/Counties/Funded-Services/Hospital-Specialist/Services/Pukekohe/pukekohematernityunit.htm for info on the Pukekohe Maternity Unit - but given your complications you may have to go to Middlemore.

Hope that things work out for you - sometimes a change is as good as a rest, so might do you the world of good!

Thanks guys.

I found a midwife.

Alright, i will avoid middlemore lol.

I'm a middlemore baby.....well a very old one

Yeah, it was all over the news a couple of days ago. Apparently they've had them for a while and just can't get rid of them. So now they're giving staff and patients flea bracelets!

Over the past 8 years I have worked at both Auckland Hospital, the old NWH (when it was still at Greenlane) and more recently Middlemore. I certainly think that in terms of public opinion Middlemore gets a bad reputation, but I have never heard anything from anyone birthing there to say they had a bad experience. The whole hospital is being 'revamped' and their NICU is as good as Auckland's. Yes they do have a flea prob at the moment, which is unfortunate and I personally think its pretty gross, but that is my opinion - and I dont think it will affect the quality of medical care that you would recieve. Talk to you MW about your options - Auck Hospital is a heck of a long way from Port Waikato, but I guess at the end of the day its up to you! Good Luck!

 

Glad you found a midwife Melln, hope you're feeling a little less stressed.
I'm quite sure that the standard of medical care at Middlemore is fine, so please don't think I meant that there was any danger to Mums and babies delivering there. But Middlemore is an old hospital, and some of it's facilities are getting very tired. KH25 is right that they do have a brand new NICU unit which is top of the line, and they are close to KidzFirst which is a brilliant facility, but their delivery and postnatal facilities are very average from a material perspective.
Auckland on the other hand had brand new purpose-built delivery and postnatal facilities (unless you are unlucky enough to be stuck over in the Tamaki ward in the old hospital ) and neonatal facilities. Women in other areas of Auckland who are considered extremely high risk are usually advised to birth at Auckland as they also have the top obstetric and paediatric consultants on call, and are in close proximity to the paediatric team and PICU at Starship if neccessary.

ETA: I personally wouldn't deliver at Middlemore. When I was pregnant with the gremlins we were zoned for Waitakere, but I chose a midwife who delivered at Auckland and travelled from Avondale to Glen Innes for my antenatal appointments because I felt more comfortable delivering at Auckland. JM2CW.

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nzpiper wrote: I'm a middlemore baby.....well a very old one

oh no! then it  really has gone to poo! Lol he.. he..

 Goodluck in finding a MW

seriously tho' - stoked that you have managed to get it sorted & have a mw now melln - hope it all works out hun

Good luck