Te Papaioea Birthing Centre in Palmerston North is for healthy pregnant women who do not expect interventions. The service is free for women eligible for care in NZ hospitals.
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Te Papaioea Birthing Centre in Palmerston North is a primary birthing unit for women having low-risk births without intervention.
Evidence consistently suggests that healthy women with a low-risk pregnancy who labour and deliver in a primary birthing facility have better outcomes for both mother and baby.
Our philosophy is to offer that choice and support for women in the Manawatu who can give birth without intervention, with the support of her midwife.
Pregnant women wanting to give birth at the centre must book in via their midwife. Midwives book in their mothers in the same way as they do at the hospital. Midwives must sign an access agreement to use the centre, and book women in by the 37th week of pregnancy.
The service, which is run as a social enterprise by Birthing Centre, is free to all women who birth at the centre and are eligible for care in New Zealand hospitals, whose pregnancy is considered low-risk primary care.
Birthing Centre operates Bethlehem Birthing Centre in Tauranga, and will soon open Melling Birthing Centre, servicing the wider Wellington region. A fourth birthing centre has been announced for South Auckland and is due to open in late 2018.
Te Papaioea Birthing Centre employs a team of highly experienced midwives, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A qualified lactation consultant is available to support breastfeeding.
The centre has a strong focus on post-natal care. Women who give birth at the centre will be able to stay for three nights’ post-natal care.
Every mother at the facility has her own room, in which she will give
birth and also receive post-natal care.
Birthing Centre is owned and supported by registered charitable trust the Wright Family Foundation.
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