Middlemore Hospital & Midwives out south
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Topic: Middlemore Hospital & Midwives out south
Posted By: Thirdtime
Subject: Middlemore Hospital & Midwives out south
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 1:35pm
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Hey guys. Just wanted some input please. My friend is 6 weeks pregnant and currently looking for a midwife. I'm just trying to help her out a bit. Could anyone recommend a good midwife (south auckland) or one to steer clear off! Also I'm not familiar at all with middlemore. Once you've delivered do you have to transfer somewhere else. Thamks I'd appreciate any info you have |
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 1:42pm
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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. |
Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 1:48pm
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i had Danielle North and she was absolutely fantastic! I birthed at Middlemore after complications and I couldnt fault them it was really good there, I transferred out closer to home to Papakura afterwards for my families convenience more than anything they wanted me to stay. Pukekohe maternity has a really good reputation, I was originally booked in there but they didnt have space on the day
i had some complications birthing because of my heart condition and they were really good, kept me informed of everything they were doing the whole way, seriously i am a fussy tart and i could not fault them and couldnt recommend Danielle highly enough ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 1:54pm
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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. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 1:59pm
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good point bizzy could birth at one of the units, Puke, Papakura or botany, that was my aim but things dont always work out that way! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 2:02pm
| 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. |
Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 2:11pm
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really? thats crazy im only 25 and they were way more in favour of me birthday at a unit rather than going into middlemore until my heart started playing games ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 2:47pm
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as well as the birthing units tho you can choose to birth at auckland hospital... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 2:51pm
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I used Irene Vivian who is based in Wattle Downs. She was fantastic antenatally (well for the short time I saw her). Can't comment about the labour and postnatal care as she wasn't really involved that much but my sister who also used her said she is wonderful. Middlemore has opened a new birthing suite which is meant to be nice. I had a few grumbles about Middlemore but my "story" is way different to most and on the whole, I found them excellent. I transfered to Papakura for a week once Ashleigh was discharged and although run down, it was nice there. Again my experience was alot different as I had already looked after my baby for 3 months before we went there so I knew what I was doing by that stage lol! ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 3:22pm
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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). ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 7:26pm
| Joyce Cowan in Howick is a good midwife |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:20pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:37pm
See I did this, and I got to stay at Birthcare Parnell afterwards. The midwives there were amazing, as was the food and care in general. We had lots of problems with breastfeeding and getting bub to latch but they were there on the hour every hour helping me. If you birth at Auck and it's straight forward you get 3 standard days at Birthcare post birth. ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Bizzy wrote:Posted By: Thirdtime
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:35pm
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Thanks a lot everyone. I sent her the link to this thread. Let's see if I can make her an OB addict hehe |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:45pm
I dont have a problem with it , apart from the fact my friend went in there with an infection in her blood stream and because the nurses werent charting properly ended up overdosing her on medication and her liver went into failure and had to be rushed to Auckland. BUT that (and my other friend who died there) was obviously not part of the birthing unit, i know the Mayoress of Manukau recently had a charity ball and raised 290,000 for it and the year before they raised money for i *think* incubators. I should remember, its all i bl**dy hear about at work ,my boss is very good friends with the mayor and helps organise these balls.. |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 10:20pm
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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 ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:46am
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i think my friend used them and wasnt at all impressed, funny cause one of them is my neighbour! hehe
anyway i think the best thing i ever did was to decide to go with just one midwife not a group, more personalised care, got to know each other really well which was really important to me for trust etc especially when complications arose, i totally trusted her call ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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