We at Rātā Midwives believe that birth is a normal life event! We follow the evidence about where the best place to birth is, that is how we keep birthing people, babies and ourselves safe. We provide full continuity of care, working with you from early pregnancy up to 6 weeks after your baby is born. We all care for small caseloads, ensuring we are working safely and providing you with quality care, it’s more fun that way.
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The Way We Work
All the midwives within our practice have small caseloads of around four birthing women per month. This means that we have plenty of time for your appointments, which allows time, not only to build a trusting relationship, but also to share and discuss a wide range of information. For specific clinic times and locations, please refer to the individual midwife’s profile.
Place of Birth
We know that for the vast majority of birthing people, normal birth is the safest and most rewarding experience. Research shows that normal birth is best achieved for healthy, low risk pregnant people by birthing at home or in a primary birthing unit, such as Oromairaki (Rolleston), Kurawaka: Waipapa (Christchurch City) or Rangiora.
Consider reading the following research articles which may aide in your decision making:
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
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:
Achieving the best Pregnancy, Birth & Postnatal experience
Team work is an essential element in achieving a good experience; the birthing person, whanau and midwife are a team. Health and wellbeing during pregnancy has a huge influence on birth and postnatal outcomes for parents and their babies. Taking responsibility for your health by becoming attune to your body, education outside of appointments and attending appointments are imperative for the birthing person to achieve a joyful and empowering experience. We encourage you to lean into your intuition! The midwife’s role is to share up to date evidence based recommendations around screening and other options during your pregnancy, labour and birth experience.