GOLDEN BAY COMMUNITY HEALTH MIDWIVES
Janet Zrinyi, Rachael Peek, Prue Carter & Callie Lamont - Lead Maternity Care Midwives
Kia ora and congratulations on your pregnancy. We are three experienced midwives providing maternity care for Golden Bay women and their families as a team. We offer care for women birthing at home and in the Golden Bay Maternity Unit.
Midwives are experts in normal birth and pregnancy. We provide regular routine appointments to screen for any issues that may arise and discuss any concerns you may have. Should you require additional input into your care we would discuss this with you and refer you to the appropriate practitioner for review. This includes your GP, or the obstetric doctors at Nelson Hospital (pregnancy and childbirth specialists), to ensure optimum outcomes for you and your baby.
The Team Approach Benefits
As we all take care of you in partnership, you get the best of all our combined knowledge and skills
You will get to know all of us through your antenatal appointments and two of us will be with you during your birth (in Golden Bay)
We are well rested and enthusiastic about your care as we cover each other to allow regular time off
We are employed and well supported by the Nelson Bays Community Health Service – no one is turned away
We are all interested in keeping up to date and support evidence based midwifery practice, due to our employed status and rostered time off we are able to attend regular education days
Your Care
As Lead Maternity Carers we offer care from early pregnancy through-out the antenatal period, during the birth and until four to six weeks past your baby’s birthday. As midwifery partners we aim to share our skills and strengths to provide you with an inclusive care package. Ideally we meet within the first ten weeks of pregnancy for a booking visit. We can then explain your options and plan for any scans or screening tests. After that we usually meet:
Every four weeks until 28 weeks
Fortnightly until 36 weeks
Weekly until birth
After the birth: 3-4 home visits in the first week then usually once a week until 4-6 weeks, or as required
Contact
For non-urgent contact like organising a repeat script or appointment time you can contact your usual midwife by text or by phone in usual business hours and she will organise this as soon as practicable.
If you have an urgent situation such as labour, bleeding, pain, symptoms of infection please CALL 0800 82 52 69 we are then able to discuss your symptoms and make a management plan with you.
We have a midwife rostered on call for urgent matters 24 hours a day
If it’s urgent please phone, do not text
Midwife Appointments:
All bloods taken need to be on the courier by 2pm each week day, so appointments requiring blood work need to be completed by 1.30pm.
Janet = Monday from 9am at the Takaka Maternity Unit
Callie = Tuesday / Wednesday between 9.30am and 2pm at the Takaka Maternity Unit
Rachael = Thursday clinic at the Takaka Maternity Unit and Friday clinic in Collingwood
Prue = Friday clinic at the Takaka Maternity Unit
Days Off
Janet: Friday and Saturday
Rachael: Sunday and Monday
Prue: Wednesday and Thursday
Callie: Saturday and Sunday
More About Us
Our midwifery philosophy is simple: Mother and baby first. We may have our own practice ideals and goals but first we must listen to you, observe and assess. Only then can we respond appropriately, using skills gained through training and experience.
Janet
Fifteen years experience as a registered midwife in a variety of settings from remote rural to tertiary complex care.
Bachelor of Midwifery, a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Care (Midwifery), a degree in Human Nutrition, and wide work and life experience.
Midwifery Practicum in Complex Care with experience at Wellington Hospital’s Materno-Fetal Medicine and Women’s Health Assessment units.
Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity Panel - Expert review committee member.
Health Quality & Safety Commission - Recent appointment as one of three South Island midwifery representatives.
Rachael
Has enjoyed working with Midwives and women across the Midwifery scope, in rural and urban practice as a Lead Maternity Carer in the Waikato and South Waikato, including work as part of the helicopter retrieval team and as the Charge Midwife of Women’s Assessment unit - A&E for pregnant and new Mums at Waikato Hospital.
Moved to Golden Bay in 2017 and worked in Nelson Hospital, as the Charge Midwife at Motueka Maternity before starting a long work commute to Taranaki to work as the Associate Director and Director of Midwifery while waiting for a local role to become available.
In 2021 Rachael was able to move closer to home in a temporary role as the Associate Director of Midwifery at Nelson.
And now she is loving finally working in Golden Bay with our incredible families.
Midwifery is Rachael’s passion - and working with women and families to deliver care that supports what is important to them in their pregnancy, birth and new family journey.
Prue
Has worked in Golden Bay as a midwife for the past three years.
Twelve years experience as a midwife, two years in a tertiary hospital, and 10 years as a community midwife.
Bachelor of Health Science (Midwifery).
Lots of experience with breastfeeding and labour support.
Callie
My name is Callie Lamont, and I am joining the Takaka Midwives in February 2023. I moved to the Bay last year with my three boys, ages 3, 5 and 7.
Pregnancy is a process of discovery, and each person has her own story to tell. I honor your wisdom and offer my own knowledge to achieve a fulfilling pregnancy experience. I have a passion for birth at home, and I love assisting mothers and babies to establish a satisfying breastfeeding relationship.
In my spare time, I play the violin, and enjoy crafting and exploring beautiful Golden Bay with my children. I look forward to getting to know you and your whanau over the coming months!
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