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Maternity Services | Counties Manukau
Public Service, Obstetrics (Maternity), Maternity/Birthing Facilities
A-Z of pregnancy and keeping healthy
Please click on the following links for information pamphlets written or selected by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau maternity staff:
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Amniocentesis and CVS
(PDF, 255.9 KB)
Aug 2019
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Routine Antenatal Anti-D Prophylaxis
(PDF, 485.5 KB)
Information for pregnant women who are Rh(D) negative. Provided by nzblood.co.nz 2020
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Antenatal Classes
(PDF, 562.5 KB)
Find out where to get FREE classes when you're expecting a baby. 2021
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Antenatal Steroids for Preterm Babies
(PDF, 133.4 KB)
Find out when and why corticosteroids are used during pregnancy. 2017
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Breastfeeding Support in South Auckland
(PDF, 386.8 KB)
October 2022
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Breech baby - External Cephalic Version
(PDF, 175.1 KB)
May 2017
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Caesarean Section
(PDF, 437.2 KB)
March 2015
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Chickenpox in Pregnancy
(PDF, 139 KB)
Dec 2018
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Community Birth Unit
(PDF, 3.8 MB)
Information on the community based (primary) birthing units in Counties Manukau
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Cord Care and Belly Button Pito Care
(PDF, 159.4 KB)
Oct 2018
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Diabetes During Pregnancy
(PDF, 131.7 KB)
Oct 2015
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Coping with the early stages of labour
(PDF, 158.9 KB)
Dec 2016
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Epilepsy and Pregnancy
(PDF, 152.5 KB)
March 2020
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Group B Streptococcus
(PDF, 143.4 KB)
Mar 2019
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Immunisations During Pregnancy
(PDF, 788.8 KB)
Find out about getting Whooping Cough, Influenza and COVID-19 immunisations while you are pregnant. April 2023
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Induction of Labour
(PDF, 670 KB)
Learn why and how labour may be induced at Middlemore Hospital. August 2022
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Iron and Anaemia in Pregnancy
(PDF, 120.4 KB)
2019
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Jaundice in the Newborn Baby
(PDF, 164.7 KB)
Jan 2020
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Morning Sickness in Pregnancy
(PDF, 117.7 KB)
July 2019
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Newborn Car Seat Safety & Rental Schemes
(PDF, 257.5 KB)
Mar 2019
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Nipple Shields
(PDF, 146.8 KB)
June 2016
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Options for Family Planning
(PDF, 1.2 MB)
Oct 2023
Women can opt to have a long acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) inserted free of charge after the birth of their baby. Ask your Midwife or GP before baby is 3 months old. Vasectomy Service Funded vasectomy is available to the partners of women who have had a baby in Counties Manukau during the previous six months and are certain their family is complete. Referral is from your Midwife or GP. -
Pain Relief Choices in Labour
(PDF, 253.7 KB)
June 2019
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Pelvic Floor Exercises
(PDF, 297 KB)
IUGA 2011
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Placenta Praevia
(PDF, 137.8 KB)
Dec 2016
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Post Dates Pregnancy
(PDF, 148.8 KB)
March 2016
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Pre-eclampsia
(PDF, 120.1 KB)
Jan 2020
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Premature Labour What to do? Signs and Prevention
(PDF, 207.3 KB)
Jan 2020
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Thyroid Disorders and Pregnancy Hyper (overactive) thyroid
(PDF, 149 KB)
Jan 2017
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Thyroid Disorders and Pregnancy Hypo (underactive) thyroid
(PDF, 147.7 KB)
March 2017
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Toxoplasmosis - food related illness
(PDF, 153.7 KB)
Oct 2018
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Twins - Identical
(PDF, 499.1 KB)
A guide to twin pregnancy. March 2020
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Twins - Non Identical/fraternal
(PDF, 253.5 KB)
A guide to twin pregnancy March 2020
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Vitamin K in Newborn Babies
(PDF, 113.1 KB)
Sept 2019
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Water for Labour and Birth
(PDF, 205.9 KB)
July 2019
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When your Waters Break Early - Membrane Rupture at Term
(PDF, 107.6 KB)
May 2017