About River Ridge East Birth Centre
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On Arrival
A receptionist will welcome you to River Ridge East Birth Centre and introduce you to the staff midwife on duty. The receptionist is available to answer any queries you may have.
Booking In
Women intending to use River Ridge East Birth Centre for their labour and delivery and postnatal stay are booked in by their LMC.
Visiting Hours
Visiting hours are 8am to 8pm for partners and 10am to 7pm for all other visitors. Partners may be able to spend the night at the discretion of the staff midwife on duty however, they expected to help with baby in the night and support you generally. Meals for partners are not provided. Having a lot of visitors can be very tiring. If you wish to limit the number of visitors, please advise the Staff midwife and Reception.
List of Services
- Free maternity service to all eligible women
- Excellent staff/client ratio
- Promoting natural birth
- Friendly family centred care
- Care in partnership with women
- Birth options
- Postnatal care
- "Maternal Journey" antenatal and postnatal classes
- Excellent breastfeeding support
- Guidance with baby care
- Breastfeeding Centre
- Yoga classes
- Newborn behaviour education
- On site kitchen catering for a variety of diets: E.G. Gluten/Diary/Meat free diets, Halal meats etc.
- Hearing screening for babies
- Paediatrician available for baby checks.
Our Philosophy
At River Ridge East Birth Centre we see midwifery as an art with a solid foundation in science.
Mother and baby are the centre of our care.
Our aim is to carefully nurture and protect the physical, emotional, social and spiritual nature of the newborn child in a warm and welcoming environment.
RREBC staff and LMCs aim to work at all times as a team providing excellence in maternity care.
All people working at the birth centre are empowered by encouraging personal and professional development.
Tours of River Ridge East Birth Centre
Tours of River Ridge East are held in the evenings at 6pm and 6.30pm every first and third Tuesday. An experienced staff midwife guides groups of expectant mothers and their partners through the birth centre, demonstrating the facilities provided and answering your questions. …contact us for bookings
Lead Maternity Carers (LMCs) with access to River Ridge East Birth Centre
Contact River Ridge East Birth Centre for a list of LMC midwives who hold an access agreement so that you can use this facility for your labour and delivery and/or postnatal stay, including postnatal transfer from Waikato Women's Hospital. …read more