McLeod Street Maternity

26/03/2025

Big big thank you to the Frimley knitting group, supplying our Bubs with some quality knits for winter. 🥰😍

26/03/2025

More pēpi (babies) are being protected from whooping cough (pertussis) thanks to a push by Hawke’s Bay Hospital Midwives to immunise more pregnant people (hāpū māmā).

Midwives who run the hospital-based antenatal clinic are working hard to provide more immunisation opportunities, making it more convenient for hāpū māmā to get their boostrix vaccine.

Georgia Faessen, Hospital Midwife, says whooping cough is highly contagious and can cause serious harm to babies, especially those under six-weeks old, who are too young to be vaccinated.

“Immunisation is key to giving babies the best start in life and protects them from serious, preventable diseases.”

Health services across Aotearoa New Zealand, continue to respond to a nationwide whooping cough epidemic. Last year, one infant sadly died from whooping cough.

“We know that immunisations save lives,” Faessen says.

“So, our team is trying to make it as easy as possible for pregnant people to get vaccinated. Everyone who comes to clinic is now offered the boostrix vaccine which protects māmā and pēpi from whooping cough.”

The whooping cough pregnancy vaccine is free and best given from 16 weeks of pregnancy. The vaccine should also be given with each pregnancy to protect each baby.

Laura Beattie, Lead Maternity Carer and Hospital Midwife is seeing about 80 per cent uptake. In January 2025, 15 hāpu māmā were immunised at the clinic.

“Many appreciate that the vaccine is offered when they are referred to the clinic so that they can get it done on the spot.”

“We’re breaking down barriers, such as making time for another appointment and having money to fill up the car. It’s also a safe space to wait with other children in tow,” Beattie says.

The team also runs a drop-in immunisation clinic on a Thursday from 9.30am to 11.30am for all hāpu māma at the Antenatal Clinic at Hawke’s Bay Hospital, in the Cottage off Omahu Rd.

“We’re improving access to immunisations to help keep our little ones,” Beattie says.

As of January 2025, 86 per cent of children under five in Hawke’s Bay were immunised against whooping cough.

One of the Government’s five health targets is to improve childhood immunisation with the goal of having 95 per cent of New Zealand children fully immunised at 24 months of age. In Hawke’s Bay, childhood immunisation coverage was sitting at 76 per cent.

Most vaccines on the New Zealand Immunisation Schedule are free and are available at the following sites in Hawke's Bay. No doctor enrolment is necessary.

Visit info.health.nz/locations/hawkes-bay/hawkes-bay-immunisation-clinics

24/06/2024

Big thank you to Lorraine Helson and her friends at the Frimley Village craft group, for the beautiful knits they gifted to our clients. Their babies will appreciate some cozy knits, especially during this wet wild week.

04/08/2022

Providing free and client focused practical assistance, information and advice during pregnancy and early childhood.

05/03/2021

Affordability, and Quality ante natal education in a safe environment. Parents can explore their options.
From homebirths to interventions

01/03/2021

Please share this around and get the word out for this fantastic service new to Hawkesbay 💜

We are excited to announce that Pregnancy Help Hastings and Napier branch is now OPEN!! We are delighted to be able to support our community with the services of Pregnancy Help in this area. Please share far and wide and spread the word. We will regularly use Facebook posts to connect with the community, asking for donations of clothing and equipment, and reminding of the services we offer for those who need it. Thanks to all the volunteers on this journey to get this far...Arohanui

26/09/2020

Awesome opportunity to become apart of a national initiative.

18/05/2020

New level 2 guidelines

05/05/2020

19/03/2020

17 March 2020 The Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative has received a number of queries regarding best practice for infant feeding during the Covid-19 outbreak. We suggest that all practitioners follow latest updates from the UK governments and the World Health Organization (WHO) as these could change...

15/03/2020

Due to the Covid-19 situation, our face to face meetings and coffee catch ups will be cancelled until further notice. We are still avaliable via social media, phone, emails and text. We may be able to arrange video/online meetings and video one to one sessions and will keep you posted.

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