Today
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
Description
We are a group of Lead Maternity Carers that focuses on the individual needs of each mother to ensure she chooses the best care for the birth of her child.
We look after mothers in Manurewa and surrounding suburbs. Sandy is also availalbe for Home Births.
In the team we speak the following languages: English & Italian.
Our midwives are:
- Sandy Stephenson
- Kirsten Cresswell (Kirsten is not available for births at the Papakura Birthing Unit)
Midwives
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Sandy Stephenson
Midwife
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Kirsten Cresswell
Midwife
How do I access this service?
Contact us
Please contact either of us as soon as you believe you are pregnant. We will arrange a time to meet to discuss your needs from a Lead Maternity Carer.
Hours
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
Mon – Fri | 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM |
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Business hours for clinic appointments and home visits with your new baby.
After hours, nights and weekends for urgent concerns or labour cares only.
Languages Spoken
English, Italian
Birthing Facilities Midwife/s Attend
Papakura Birthing Unit
Click on the following link for more information on Papakura Birthing Unit.
Counties Manukau Health - Middlemore Hospital
Click on the following link for more information on Counties Manukau Health - Middlemore Hospital.
Botany Downs Birthing Unit
Click on the following link for more information on Botany Downs Birthing Unit.
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 patient parking is available at the Botany & Papakura birthing units and at the GP clinics.
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Contact Details
597 Great South Road, Manukau, Auckland
South Auckland
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
Sandy Stephenson
Email: sandymidwife@yahoo.co.nz
EDI: sandyste
Kirsten Cresswell
Phone: 022 049 6007
Email: mymidwifekirsten@gmail.com
EDI: kirstenc
8A/597 Great South Road
Manukau
Auckland
Street Address
8A/597 Great South Road
Manukau
Auckland
Postal Address
8A/597 Great South Road,
Manukau
Auckland 1062
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This page was last updated at 10:41AM on May 21, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Wise Tree Midwives.