Families Commission

For more information about maternity services and choosing your LMC, call free on 0800 MUM 2 BE (0800 686 223). This line is not for counselling, clinical or medical advice.

Mama Maternity Information Services offers useful information about choosing your LMC.
Kiwi Families has good information about choosing your LMC and about childbirth.
Kiwi Families covers what to eat during pregnancy
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority provides detailed information about food safety in pregnancy.
The Ministry of Health offers a comprehensive paper on nutrition in pregnancy and after childbirth.
Littlies has useful information about miscarriages.
Parents Centre New Zealand offers parent education programmes, including antenatal classes.
Birthwise provides information through an antenatal programme, helping parents make informed, natural birth choices.

Where should I give birth?

It's your decision, but consider your LMC's advice, what is available in your area and the health of you and your baby. You can give birth in a hospital, a birth centre if available, or at home. Kiwi Families has information on these options.

Home Birth Aotearoa has information on home births and a directory to help find a home birth midwife.

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Where should I give birth?