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Gentle Birth
Midwifery Service
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Description
Welcome to Gentle Birth. We are in service to "help people out!" We aim to offer midwifery care which is friendly and professional. We believe birth is an amazing and beautiful life event that should be celebrated. We believe in gentle birth with as little intervention as possible, allowing your body time and space to birth your baby naturally, gently and beautifully. We promote home birth and water birth. We treat you and your baby with respect, kindness, compassion and gentleness.
Services:
Our service is PROFESSIONAL and FREE - paid for by the Ministry of Health (depending on residency status). Our rooms are in Henderson right beside Waitakere Hospital. Each midwife provides a Lead Maternity Care (LMC) service. If your LMC is not available another midwife will be there for you. We remain available to you 24 hours a day. We offer hospital births, home births and water births. You will be guided through your pregnancy and birth process with a high standard of midwifery care with referrals to the appropriate specialist service as required.
Our midwife is:
- Gail Kiss: 021 023 58546
Midwives
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Gail Kiss
Midwife
How do I access this service?
Contact us
Please contact us as soon as you think you may be pregnant. Text Gail for an appointment. Or email
Hours
| Mon – Fri | 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM |
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Antenatal clinics are Thursdays all day and Friday mornings All other times I am out on the road visiting mothers and babies
Languages Spoken
English
Services Provided
Your midwife will support and care for you during your labour and will help deliver your baby / pēpi.
Your midwife will support and care for you during your labour and will help deliver your baby / pēpi.
Your midwife will support and care for you during your labour and will help deliver your baby / pēpi.
Your midwife will provide pregnancy care including regular checkups, organising any tests as required and planning your labour plan. Pregnancy care is free for New Zealand citizens and permanent residents. For more information view the New Zealand Government website.
Your midwife will provide pregnancy care including regular checkups, organising any tests as required and planning your labour plan. Pregnancy care is free for New Zealand citizens and permanent residents. For more information view the New Zealand Government website.
Your midwife will provide pregnancy care including regular checkups, organising any tests as required and planning your labour plan. Pregnancy care is free for New Zealand citizens and permanent residents. For more information view the New Zealand Government website.
Your stay at a birthing centre or hospital after giving birth will usually be up to 2 days, or 2-5 days if you have had a caesarean. During this time you will have regular visits from your midwife and be supported to care and feed your baby. After the birth you will be tired and busy getting to know your new baby. Most women who have had a normal birth stay in the hospital or birth centre for 48 hours. If you have had a caesarean section, the usual hospital stay is 3-5 days. There may be an option to have your postnatal stay in a primary unit if you have given birth at hospital. Some women choose to go straight home after birth, this is called a planned early discharge. Talk to your midwife about your postnatal stay and make sure your family know what your plan is.
Your stay at a birthing centre or hospital after giving birth will usually be up to 2 days, or 2-5 days if you have had a caesarean. During this time you will have regular visits from your midwife and be supported to care and feed your baby. After the birth you will be tired and busy getting to know your new baby. Most women who have had a normal birth stay in the hospital or birth centre for 48 hours. If you have had a caesarean section, the usual hospital stay is 3-5 days. There may be an option to have your postnatal stay in a primary unit if you have given birth at hospital. Some women choose to go straight home after birth, this is called a planned early discharge. Talk to your midwife about your postnatal stay and make sure your family know what your plan is.
Your stay at a birthing centre or hospital after giving birth will usually be up to 2 days, or 2-5 days if you have had a caesarean. During this time you will have regular visits from your midwife and be supported to care and feed your baby.
After the birth you will be tired and busy getting to know your new baby. Most women who have had a normal birth stay in the hospital or birth centre for 48 hours. If you have had a caesarean section, the usual hospital stay is 3-5 days. There may be an option to have your postnatal stay in a primary unit if you have given birth at hospital. Some women choose to go straight home after birth, this is called a planned early discharge. Talk to your midwife about your postnatal stay and make sure your family know what your plan is.
Your midwife will provide weekly home visits from after you give birth to when your baby / pēpi is 4-6 weeks old. Your midwife will provide support, assist with breastfeeding and monitor your baby’s growth and development.
Your midwife will provide weekly home visits from after you give birth to when your baby / pēpi is 4-6 weeks old. Your midwife will provide support, assist with breastfeeding and monitor your baby’s growth and development.
Your midwife will provide weekly home visits from after you give birth to when your baby / pēpi is 4-6 weeks old. Your midwife will provide support, assist with breastfeeding and monitor your baby’s growth and development.
Your midwife will help connect you with a Well Child/Tamariki Ora service once your baby / pēpi is 6 weeks old. Well Child/Tamariki Ora services provide free health checks for your tamariki from 6 weeks old to 5 years. It is also important to register your baby with a local GP for ongoing medical care and to organise immunisations. All babies born in New Zealand are registered with the National Immunisation Register.
Your midwife will help connect you with a Well Child/Tamariki Ora service once your baby / pēpi is 6 weeks old. Well Child/Tamariki Ora services provide free health checks for your tamariki from 6 weeks old to 5 years. It is also important to register your baby with a local GP for ongoing medical care and to organise immunisations. All babies born in New Zealand are registered with the National Immunisation Register.
Your midwife will help connect you with a Well Child/Tamariki Ora service once your baby / pēpi is 6 weeks old. Well Child/Tamariki Ora services provide free health checks for your tamariki from 6 weeks old to 5 years.
It is also important to register your baby with a local GP for ongoing medical care and to organise immunisations. All babies born in New Zealand are registered with the National Immunisation Register.
Disability Assistance
Wheelchair access
Parking
Free parking is available at the clinic when you are attending your consultation with your LMC.
Suburbs Covered by Midwifery Service
Avondale, Blockhouse Bay, New Windsor, Waterview, Albany, North Harbour, Pinehill, Bethells Beach, Glendene, Glen Eden, Green Bay, Helensville, Henderson, Henderson North, Henderson Valley, Huapai, Kaurilands, Kelston, Kumeū, Massey, Muriwai, New Lynn, Oratia, Parakai, Rānui, Riverhead, Royal Heights, Sunnyvale, Swanson, Taupaki, Te Atatū, Te Atatū South, Te Atatū Peninsula, Titirangi, Waitakere, Waima, Waimauku, Westgate, West Harbour, Whenuapai, Woodlands Park
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Contact Details
212 Universal Drive, Henderson, Auckland
West Auckland
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Phone
Gail Kiss 021 023 58546
Email
Website
Use our online contact form
212 Universal Drive
Henderson
Auckland 0610
Street Address
212 Universal Drive
Henderson
Auckland 0610
Postal Address
115 Wisely Rd
West Harbour
Auckland 0618
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This page was last updated at 11:14AM on January 26, 2023. This information is reviewed and edited by Gentle Birth.