Rangiora community maternity unit — Canterbury

To contact Rangiora community unit, call: 03 311 8650

You can call to arrange for a midwife to show you around the facilities and answer your questions.

Recommended visiting hours are between 3pm and 7pm. Birth support people can visit at any time.

Rangiora community maternity unit is at:

Rangiora Health Hub
161 Ashley Street
Rangiora 7400

We provide 24 hour safe, flexible and supportive midwifery care during and after the birth of your baby.

We provide a relaxed homelike environment enabling uninterrupted birth and adjustment to parenthood, with time to support you during breastfeeding. This may include an extended stay to establish breastfeeding if you live remotely.

Our maternity unit is fully equipped for childbirth, and the midwives are regularly trained to deal with emergencies. We occasionally transfer women to tertiary services at Christchurch Women's Hospital if necessary.

If you give birth at Christchurch Women's Hospital, you can transfer to Rangiora community birthing unit for postnatal care.

We provide:

• 3 large birthing rooms (2 with birthing pools)
• up to 10 postnatal rooms
• 4 assessment rooms
• Wi-Fi internet access
• TVs in every room
• a lounge and dining space for making hot drinks
• free drop-in pregnancy testing.

Catering

We prepare meals on site and cater for all dietary requirements.

We provide a morning tea each day at 10am. A selection of biscuits, cheese and crackers, fruit and flavoured milk are available to snack on.

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