Maternity care is an essential service. All your maternity care will still be provided. However, to protect you, your baby and your whānau, some changes may happen if we are under alert level 2-4. Read information about what alert level we are at and if there are any changes to our services
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Once you are in labour, ring your Lead Maternity Carer (midwife or doctor) to arrange your admission. They’ll run through some screening questions with you and work with hospital staff to make arrangements for your arrival.
If you’re feeling sick, please let your midwife or doctor know and they will ensure that staff take the appropriate precautions.
After your baby is born, the midwifery and nursing team will support you to care for your new baby and prepare to go home.
Once home, you will still have appointments with your midwife or doctor.
We know that having a baby is a wonderful and exciting experience that you want to share.
Read more about current visiting arrangements at our hospitals
During the time that people are visiting you, we ask that they remain with you as much as possible to reduce movement of people around and in and out of the ward. They should not use your bathroom but use the visitor bathroom on the ward.
Please remember that all District Health Board campuses are SmokeFree.
COVID-19 website
COVID-19: information for visitors to CCDHB
COVID- 19: MOH Information for pregnant women, and those who have recently given birth
COVID-19: MOH information on breastfeeding and those who have recently given birth
Immune COVID-19 education website https://covid.immune.org.nz/
New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM) information about COVID-19 for pregnant women and mothers
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) information for pregnant women
World Health Organisation (WHO) advice on pregnancy and breastfeeding
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