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Kumeu & Helensville midwives are a collective of midwives covering the north-west of Auckland.

Please see our pinned post for a short introduction to each of them and their contact details.

13/08/2026

Just wanted to say a BIG thank you to Tayla Williams • Creative for our beautiful logo 💚❤️💚❤️💚 we love it so much, thank you for supporting us beautiful!! We chose the Harakeke plant as it symbolises whānau 🥰 Ngā mihi nui Tayla 😘

31/07/2026

Here's a little demo of how to put up your birth pool! Look out for the how to empty and pack up your pol vid next 🤩 It's great to have the option of water immersion when birthing at home. We have pools for at Kumeū & Helensville Midwives ✨

30/07/2026

Hello 👋
So lovely when you get to see other wonderful midwives in our group 🥰

17/06/2026

You and your whānau have choices, get informed on what is right for your pēpi 🌸

14/05/2026

Have you heard us talk about oxytocin during your antenatal appointments?
It's our FAVOURITE hormone and responsible for so much in pregnancy, birth and beyond.

One of the biggest misunderstandings in modern pregnancy care?
We treat birth like a physical task to manage... when it's actually a hormonal event to protect.
Labor runs on oxytocin.
On endorphins.
On signals of safety.
And those hormones are sensitive.
Fear.
Bright lights.
Noise.
Constant interruption.
Feeling watched or rushed.
All of it tells the body:
"This isn't safe."
And when the body doesn't feel safe, oxytocin slows down.
This is why so many women leave birth thinking,
"My body failed me."
When in reality...
their environment was working against their physiology.
You can't coach oxytocin.
You can only protect it.
Once you understand that birth is hormonal- not mechanical- pregnancy care starts to make a lot more sense.
Midwifery care emphasizes:
Physiology over fear
Preparation over panic
Woman at the center of her experience.

As always photo shared with consent ❤️

05/05/2026

Happy international day of the midwife!

To my beautiful colleagues, thank you.
I want to take a moment to acknowledge the women I am privileged to work alongside in this profession.

Thank you for the quiet strength you carry into every room.
Thank you for the calm in moments of uncertainty, the advocacy in moments of vulnerability, and the compassion you offer without hesitation.

Midwifery is so much more than catching babies.
It is holding hands through fear.
It is protecting physiology.
It is listening deeply.
It is believing in women when they need someone to believe in themselves.

You witness first breaths, first cries, first moments of becoming, but you also witness exhaustion, grief, complexity, and the unseen emotional labour that this work demands. And still, day after day, you show up.

You show up with wisdom.
You show up with tenderness.
You show up with fierce dedication to safe, respectful, woman-centred care.

This work is not easy. It asks much of us, physically, mentally, emotionally, yet it remains some of the most meaningful work there is. Every single day I am reminded what an extraordinary group of women this profession is made up of, supportive through the little questions and the times you just need a big hug.

Today is a reminder that midwives matter.
Voices matter.
Care matters.
And the relationships we build with women and whānau leave lasting imprints long after birth is over.

It is an honour to work beside colleagues who are skilled, compassionate, resilient, and deeply committed to protecting and supporting birth in all its forms.

To every midwife in clinics, hospitals, birth centres, and homes, seen and unseen, thank you for the heart you pour into this profession.

Happy International Day of the Midwife.

19/04/2026

All about home Birth part two:
Please read below to find the links to the research articles mentioned in the previous post and some further reading.

As always, photo shared with consent ❤️

Research articles
https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d7400
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31709403/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32280941/
https://www.midwife.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Jnl-50-art-2-Place-of-Birth.pdf

Further resources
https://www.midwife.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Normal-Birth.pdf
https://homebirth.org.nz/why-home-birth/statistics/
https://maternity.org.nz/resources/choosing-where-to-give-birth

Relevant podcasts:

* The Great Birth Rebellion, episodes 54, 81, 150, 163.
* The Midwives Cauldron ‘Born at home with Amanda Banks and Eleanor Currie’
* Evidence based birth, Episode 321

Books:
Ina May Gaskin
* Spiritual Midwifery
* Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth
Rachel Reed
* Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage
Maggie Banks
* Home birth bound.

17/04/2026

Have you thought about homebirth as an option?

The study above is maternal outcomes and birth interventions among women who begin labour intending to give birth at home compared to women of low obstetrical risk who intend to give birth in hospital: A systematic review and meta-analyses.

This study is comparing women with uncomplicated pregnancies choosing to give birth at home compared to women with uncomplicated pregnancies choosing to give in a hospital.

Another interesting read is the Place of birth and outcomes for a cohort of low-risk women in New Zealand: A comparison with Birthplace England.
What was the research outcome?

* Babies born at home have the best APGAR scores.
* Lowest rates of neonatal intensive care unit admissions.
* Perinatal mortality was overall low with no statistical difference between the groups.

*The Apgar score is a standardized assessment of a neonate’s status immediately after birth, and the response to resuscitation efforts, and remains the gold standard for evaluating.

Study three:
Severe adverse maternal outcomes among low-risk women with planned home versus hospital births in the Netherlands: nationwide cohort study
Conclusion:
“Low risk women in primary care at the onset of labour with planned home birth had lower rates of severe acute maternal morbidity, postpartum hemorrhage, and manual removal of placenta than those with planned hospital birth. For parous women these differences were statistically significant. Absolute risks were small in both groups. There was no evidence that planned home birth among low-risk women leads to an increased risk of severe adverse maternal outcomes in a maternity care system with well-trained midwives and a good referral and transportation system”

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Links and further resources in part two

10/04/2026

Midwives on call this weekend
• Sheridan - 021816800
• Heidi - 0272266655
• Phoebe - 02102390741
• Julia - 0210708628
• Eartha - 02102649047

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64A Main Rd, Kumeu & 1 Porter Crescent, Helensville
Kumeu

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Wednesday	9am - 5pm
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