Home Births

Homebirth is a wonderful option which we at Rata fully support. We offer free use of birthing pools and TENS machines for birthing people choosing to birth at home. We also provide (as with all) information and support to add the ‘tools’ to your tool kit to help support you/your support team through your labour.

You may like to consider reading the following research articles if you are curious about the outcomes associated with midwifery led care and place of birth in New Zealand:

Planned Place of Birth in New Zealand: Does it Affect Mode of Birth and Intervention Rates Among Low-Risk Women?: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00458.x

Place of birth and outcomes for a cohort of low risk women in New Zealand: A comparison with Birthplace England: https://www.midwife.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Jnl-50-art-2-Place-of-Birth.pdf