Additional maternity services

During Pregnancy Support

• Information and advice for mums and dads to be 

• Continue with pregnancy - Find your midwife

• Considering an abortion

• Eligibility for publicly funded maternity services

• Alcohol and pregnancy

• Immunisation during pregnancy

• Getting ready for baby

• Safe sleep for your baby - Use Wahakura or Pepi pod

Birthing Units/Centres

Birthing at one of the Primary birthing units in South Auckland is a safe, free and home-like choice for low-risk women:

• Botany Downs Primary Birthing Unit

• Papakura Primary Birthing Unit

• Pukekohe Primary Birthing Unit

• Middlemore Hospital Primary Birthing Unit

• Nga Hau Mangere Birthing Centre

DHB Maternity Services

• Counties Manukau Maternity Services

• Auckland District Health Board Maternity Services

• Waitemata District Health Board Maternity Services

Post-Pregnancy Support Services

• Birth and Afterwards

• After the birth: Weeks 4 to 6

• Breastfeeding support

• Postnatal/post-pregnancy depression support

• Services and support for you and your Pēpi

• Choose a free Well Child provider for your baby

• Immunise your Child

• Contraception/Family Planning

• Cervical smears (free for all enrolled wahine/women)

• Safe sleep for your baby

• Importance of the COVID vaccine during Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

General Support Services for Families

• Family Violence

• Support for Dads

• Counties Manukau Living Smokefree Service

• Waitemata Smoke-Free Services

• Auckland Smoke-Free Services

• Living Smoke-Free Services

• Free Emotional Wellness support for Mums and Dads