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The Cottage Midwives
Midwifery Service
Services Provided
Labour and Birth Care
If your midwife is self-employed, they will attend your labour and birth. In the event that they are away or busy, they will have arranged a back-up midwife to be available instead. Make sure you know who the back-up is and how to contact them.
If your midwife is a hospital-based community midwife, your labour and birth care will be provided by a hospital-based midwife. Please ensure you know the correct number to call for both your community midwife and the hospital birthing suite directly.
Make sure you understand the signs of labour and when to call your midwife. Every labour and birth is different and not all go according to plan. Make sure you understand what can happen and be prepared to change your birth plan. Your midwife will talk to you about what may happen and also about what strategies you can use to manage labour pain.
Some midwives provide care for women who have been given an epidural by an anaesthetist, have an oxytocin drip and abnormal fetal heart trace, others do not. Please check to see if the midwife you choose offers these services.
Contact Details
Northmed, 3 Akoranga Drive, Northcote, Auckland
North Auckland
Healthlink EDI
cott4mid
Website
Matty van Oosterom: 021 224 6191
Paige Smith: 021 210 0374
Sam McLaughlin: 022 507 4402
Sarah Staveley: 021 0200 0338
Alice Skipper: 021 174 4434
Alex van der Merwe: 021 026 88895
Nia Libut: 021 026 87695
Sky Kodner: 020 488 4411
Come in the main entrance past the Glasshouse Cafe and you will find us at the end of the corridor. We do not have designated customer parking - you need to park in the pay and display yellow spaces $1 for 2 hours.
NorthMed
14/3 Akoranga Drive
Northcote
Auckland 0627
Street Address
NorthMed
14/3 Akoranga Drive
Northcote
Auckland 0627
Postal Address
The Cottage Midwives
NorthMed
14/3 Akoranga Drive
Northcote
Auckland 0627
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This page was last updated at 3:08PM on November 24, 2023. This information is reviewed and edited by The Cottage Midwives.