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Midwifery Service

Description

  • Lana Dillon

I view pregnancy and birth as normal, life-changing events and feel very privileged to share this amazing journey with you and your whānau. I aim to develop a strong partnership with you, empowering you to make informed choices about your experience through information sharing and by providing individualised, safe care. It is important to me that you feel supported at all times, especially as you adjust to having a new baby at home.

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  • Karen Gardiner

Full midwifery care. Antenatal/Labour and Birth/Postnatal Care. Will travel to Murupara, Kiangaroa Forest, Galatea postnatally. My clinic days are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings till 1pm. I am not available in the afternoons. I also have student Midwives a lot of the time working with me.

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  • Lyn Ohlson

Have been a registered nurse for 30+ years and now a registered midwife. Have worked in Rotorua for the last 3 year as an LMC. Prior to this worked at North Shore Hospital as a midwife in the birth unit and post natal ward. Love working as a midwife which enables me work along side women during their journey through pregnancy birth and postnatal.

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Midwives

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Contact us

Lana Dillon
You can contact me during normal business hours (9am-5pm) by text or phone on 021 2804582 or by email at lanadillonmidwife@hotmail.com


Karen Gardiner
Email karengardiner7@yahoo.co.nz or call 027 357 3437.


Lyn Ohlson
Please either ring or text me on 027-6560154 or e-mail me at lyn.ohlson@gmail.com. I will get back to you as soon as I am able.

Languages Spoken

English

Services Provided

Labour and birth care

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.

Pregnancy care

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.

Staying at a birthing centre or hospital after giving birth

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.

Home visits from a midwife (from birth to age 4 - 6 weeks)

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.

Ongoing care for you and your 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.

Contact Details

Lana Dillon - 021 280 4582

Karen Gardiner - 027 357 3437

Lyn Ohlson - 027 656 0154

This page was last updated at 4:33PM on May 3, 2022. This information is reviewed and edited by Vegas Midwives.