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Stephanie Armstrong - Midwife
Midwifery Service
Description
Hi, my name is Steph and I have the best job in the world being a midwife and mum to 5 beautiful children! I am an experienced Lead Maternity Care (LMC) midwife of over 20 years and have both Midwifery and Nursing Bachelor of Health Science diplomas and degrees and continually update my practice with study. I love being a midwife and am passionate about working in partnership with mums to be, their babies, family and support people.
I bring my professional knowledge, experience and natural intuition and affinity for my role to practice in a holistic way that focuses on the individual needs of each mother to ensure she receives the best care for the birth of her new baby. It is a privilege for me to be part of your very special time of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period and I believe my role is to help mums-to-be make informed choices and decisions about their childbirth experience and that it be a safe, well supported and empowering experience for all.
I am an advocate for the women I care for and, as a qualified lactation consultant (IBCLC) for nearly 20 years, I have a special interest in supporting mothers to breast feed their babies and in nutrition. I am open minded to the preferences of the women I care for re: choices for birth and am happy to be LMC for women who are having elective caesarean sections.....or for natural / water births in hospital. I love looking after mums-to-be of all ages and cultures. I was a teen mum myself with my first child and am a Christian who goes to church.
I am available to be LMC for women over the North Shore region and Hibiscus Coast. Please call me and we can talk about your pregnancy and birth options.
My back up midwives are Courtney Plank and Kim Haley-George.
I have a home clinic at The Barn in Coatesville and I deliver babies at North Shore Hospital, sometimes Waitakere and will consider homebirth and Warkworth Birthing Centre requests - the hospitals have great options there for natural birth with birth pools etc and also the baby unit and specialist services.
I'm excited for you about this journey of having your precious baby and can't wait to hear from you xxx
Midwives
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Stephanie Armstrong
Midwife
Languages Spoken
English
Birthing Facilities Midwife/s Attend
Waitemata DHB Maternity Services - North Shore Hospital
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Warkworth Birthing Centre
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Services Provided
Your midwife will support and care for you during your labour and will help deliver your baby / pēpi. I love to support mums with their choice of birth plan that we discuss together through pregnancy. I have an interest in alternative therapies but equally recognise and support mums with all pain relief options and am happy to work with the plan each mum makes for her birth and guide her along the way when in labour.
Your midwife will support and care for you during your labour and will help deliver your baby / pēpi. I love to support mums with their choice of birth plan that we discuss together through pregnancy. I have an interest in alternative therapies but equally recognise and support mums with all pain relief options and am happy to work with the plan each mum makes for her birth and guide her along the way when in labour.
Your midwife will support and care for you during your labour and will help deliver your baby / pēpi.
I love to support mums with their choice of birth plan that we discuss together through pregnancy. I have an interest in alternative therapies but equally recognise and support mums with all pain relief options and am happy to work with the plan each mum makes for her birth and guide her along the way when in labour.
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. 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. I am also most happy for mums when everything is healthy with mum and bubs to go straight home after they have had baby, rather than stay in hospital if that's your choice and I will visit you at home.
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. 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. I am also most happy for mums when everything is healthy with mum and bubs to go straight home after they have had baby, rather than stay in hospital if that's your choice and I will visit you at home.
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.
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. I am also most happy for mums when everything is healthy with mum and bubs to go straight home after they have had baby, rather than stay in hospital if that's your choice and I will visit you at home.
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. I am an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) and love supporting women to breast feed their babies. I come and see you in your home after you have baby until baby is 4-6 weeks old. I respect every new mum's choices re how they feed their babies and am culturally sensitive to new mums religious and cultural practices in relation to having a baby.
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. I am an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) and love supporting women to breast feed their babies. I come and see you in your home after you have baby until baby is 4-6 weeks old. I respect every new mum's choices re how they feed their babies and am culturally sensitive to new mums religious and cultural practices in relation to having a baby.
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.
I am an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) and love supporting women to breast feed their babies. I come and see you in your home after you have baby until baby is 4-6 weeks old. I respect every new mum's choices re how they feed their babies and am culturally sensitive to new mums religious and cultural practices in relation to having a baby.
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
Lots of parking at The Barn
Suburbs Covered by Midwifery Service
Albany, Birkdale, Browns Bay, Campbells Bay, Castor Bay, Coatesville, Dairy Flat, Forrest Hill, Glenfield, Greenhithe, Hauraki, Highbury, Hillcrest, Long Bay, Mairangi Bay, Milford, Millwater, Northcote, Northcote Central, Northcote Point, Northcross, North Harbour, Ōrewa, Red Beach, Rosedale, Rothesay Bay, Schnapper Rock, Silverdale, Sunnynook, Torbay, Waiake, Wairau Valley, Westlake, Hobsonville, Kumeū, Riverhead, Whenuapai
Contact Details
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Mobile
021 252 4746
The Barn, Coatesville
Auckland
Street Address
The Barn, Coatesville
Auckland
Postal Address
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This page was last updated at 12:15PM on March 7, 2023. This information is reviewed and edited by Stephanie Armstrong - Midwife.