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Maternity Services

Kia Ora and welcome to MidCentral Health's maternity services. Our unit serves the larger Manawatu area and provides support for primary birthing units in Levin and Tararua. We provide a variety of antenatal, delivery and postnatal cares.

Visiting Times

Finding a Midwife and Antenatal Care

This page provides contact details for the maternity resources in the MidCentral DHB and pregnancy education information.
Delivering your Baby!

If you choose to give birth in hospital here is information about Palmerston North Hospital Delivery Suite.
Postnatal Care

Staying in hospital after you have had your baby and then heading home.

At Palmerston North Hospital we provide the following services:

Antenatal outpatient's clinic including a midwife led clinic and a high risk clinic. Input is provided by various health practioners such as a diabetic practitioner and dietician.
Gynaecology Day Unit for women under 12 weeks pregnant.
Antenatal Day Assessment Unit
Delivery/Birthing Suite
Maternity ward with both Antenatal and Postnatal facilities.
Lactation consultants to assist Mums with infant feeding.
Community Midwifery Service
Facilities for Lead Maternity Carer's (LMC's either self employed midwives or GP's) ro birth their clients and provide postnatal inpatient services.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for babies born after 28 weeks.
Newborn Hearing Screening
Baby Hip Check and Clicky Hips
Kaiawhina are available upon request for all patients.

Visiting Times

Delivery Suite: Open visiting
Maternity Ward: Partners 8am - 8.30pm
Other visitors 2pm - 7.30pm
Visitors can park at Palmerston North Hospital, for further information and fees please click here.

Useful Contacts

Best Care (Whakapai Hauora) Charitable Trust
140-148 Maxwells Line
Palmerston North
(06) 353 6385

Breast feeding support
Hospital Lactation Consultancy Service
Level 2, Women's Health Unit, Palmerston North Hospital
Appointment times 11am-4.30pm. Phone (06) 3569169, pager 321

Car seat rental scheme
Cuba St rooms, 229 Cuba St Palmerston North. Phone (06) 358 6862

The Parents Centre
(06) 358 4289

The Pregnancy Centre
3 Amesbury Street, Palmerston North
(06) 354 2273

Te Kete Hauora
6 Ward Street
Dannevirke
(06) 374 4306

Te Runanga O Raukawa Inc

Otaki (Main Base) 51 Main St, PO Box 144 Phone: (06) 364 5121	Levin 3 Keepa St, PO Box 586 Phone: (06) 368 8678
Feilding 139 South St, PO Box 404 Phone: (06) 323 6446	Palmerston North MASH building 602-606 Main St Phone: (06) 356 4963