My passion has and always will be primary birth. It is evidenced based. It is simple. Keep well women outside of the hospital system. I have worked this way since becoming a midwife in 2019. I offer and facilitate home births and primary births here at Te Awakairangi for well women in this community. I have great outcomes for families in these spaces.
Take away this haven and what do we have? Fewer choices for women and their families, and potentially worse outcomes with an already understaffed, less than ideal local DHB facility. Oh, and political rivalry....
Te Awakairangi is a village, it is a hub abuzz with familiar faces, colleagues and friends.
It creates community, breaks barriers and restores the spirits of tired midwives, burned out from our weary system.
Stories run deep, families are created in truly spectacular moments, memories that last a lifetime for a woman. The stories have influence, they break cycles - birthing in freedom rather than fear.
Do we really want well women to feel that birth is 'risky' or do we want them to feel empowered by their bodies abilities?
Take away this haven and what do we have? Fewer choices for women and their families, and potentially worse outcomes with an already understaffed, less than ideal local DHB facility. Oh, and political rivalry....
Te Awakairangi is a village, it is a hub abuzz with familiar faces, colleagues and friends.
It creates community, breaks barriers and restores the spirits of tired midwives, burned out from our weary system.
Stories run deep, families are created in truly spectacular moments, memories that last a lifetime for a woman. The stories have influence, they break cycles - birthing in freedom rather than fear.
Do we really want well women to feel that birth is 'risky' or do we want them to feel empowered by their bodies abilities?
