Auckland Based Personalised Support from Pregnancy to Postnatal Care
Meet Tanya
I’m a dedicated midwife with 18 years of experience supporting families through one of life’s most transformative journeys. I believe that every birth is unique, and I’m here to offer guidance, care, and reassurance every step of the way. My approach is deeply personal – I work closely with each individual, listening to their needs, understanding their hopes, and providing the information and support needed to make empowered choices.
Based in Central Auckland, I provide midwifery care across a range of settings, including home births, water birth and hospital births. Whether you’re navigating pregnancy for the first time or adding to your family, my commitment is to create a warm, trusting partnership that centres on you and your family’s wellbeing. I’m honoured to be part of this journey with you, from pregnancy to birth and into the first precious weeks of parenthood.
I am experienced in secondary care services, with postgraduate qualifications in Nutrition in Pregnancy and Diabetes in Pregnancy. Whether you’re navigating pregnancy for the first time or adding to your family, my commitment is to create a warm, trusting partnership that centres on you and your family’s wellbeing. I’m honoured to be part of this journey with you, from pregnancy to birth and into the first precious weeks of parenthood.
My Role as your Midwife
My role as your midwife is to provide primary midwifery care. Primary care means maintaining the normal aspects of your care. If your pregnancy deviates from
being usual then this is often referred to as requiring secondary care services. My responsibility is to discuss with you your options and refer you to the suitable services of your choice i.e if you had a high blood pressure then we would discuss the impact of high blood pressure during your care, your options and referral to the appropriate services i.e an obstetrician.
As your midwife my goal is to work in partnership, alongside you and your family to ensure that throughout and at the end of your care we have a well mum and a well baby.
If at any stage you require urgent care and are unable to contact either myself or my backup then please contact the staff in Labour & Birthing Suite on (09) 3072888 0r 0800966264 or in an Emergency dial 111
Planned Holidays
We all love a holiday and it is really important for us as midwives to recharge, as we are oncall 24/7 most of the time. You will be assigned a midwife who will provide your visits for you, while I am away.
My immediate backup Melanie Laughton (021 621 260) is oncall for urgent matters & births.
Back-up Care
As you may be aware, midwives are on call 24/7, work irregular, sometimes long but rewarding hours. My back-up midwives and I provide cover for each other. I absolutely trust and respect my immediate backup midwives, they practice simile to myself, are caring, passionate and are of utmost importance to me and my midwifery practice. We generally try to have regular time-off but this can be unpredictable. Time-off is important to us, allowing time to spend with family, as timeout, and for keeping our practises up to date.
We also have a fabulous wider group of midwives that provide backup if needed. The midwifery staff at Auckland Hospital provide amazing support where needed, including the obstetric, paediatric teams and other multi-disciplinary teams. We all work together as to ultimately strive to have a well mum and baby at the end of your care.
Mel Laughton — Backup Midwife
Congratulations on your pregnancy.
I am privileged to be a midwife, and love supporting women and their families through their individual experiences of pregnancy, birth and parenthood.
I am an experienced midwife and over my midwifery career have enjoyed working in tertiary, secondary, primary and homebirth settings.
I believe that pregnancy and birth will be normal for many women, but also understand and respect that some women will experience more complex pregnancies.
I am competent providing both low and high risk maternity care.
I believe my role as a midwife is to support women to make well informed choices about their own midwifery care.
Students
I have participated in the Midwifery First Year of Practice Programme as a mentor. I enjoy supporting the up and coming new generations of midwifery and I often I have a student tagging along beside me.
Obviously it is you choice if you have a student involved in your care.
Linda Williams – Postnatal Midwifery Specialist
Congratulations on your pregnancy. This is such an exciting time and I would love to supportyou through this journey. I am originally from Denmark and have lived in New Zealand for the
past 16 years. I have three gorgeous children and have been working as a midwife for 12 years.
I believe in empowering you as parents through the welcoming of your baby. My main focus is
to make your postpartum journey joyful, easy and well supported. I am passionate about
parent’s choice and consent and will endeavor to provide you with the support, care and
information you need to make safe decisions for you and your baby.
I love working alongside parents and see them gain confidence and enjoy their baby. I am
looking forward to meeting you and your baby.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions on 021 531 544
Linda
How To Contact Me
Safety Around Texting
I am happy for you to text if the message is non-urgent. As sometimes I do not hear the message or answer it at a later time. So please make sure you have credit on your phone to call me as I can phone you back. Remember that my hours of work are 9am 5pm weekdays and after hours is emergency and birth only. No late night texters please.
When to See Your GP
- Vomiting and diarrhoea
- Flu or cold-like symptoms
- Pre-existing medical conditions
- Whooping cough, flu vaccines
- 6wk postnatal check for you and baby
Reasons to Phone Urgently
- If baby is not as active as you would normally
expect and/or if you are concerned about the
movements - Vaginal bleeding
- Leaking of watery fluid from vagina
- Dizziness, blurring of vision, spots before the eyes (visual disturbances), and associated vomiting
- Excessive swelling of legs, face, hands
- Persistent pain under ribs (epigastric pain)
- Signs of labour before 37wks
- Pain on urinating
- Itchy all over your body, palms of hands and soles of your feet
- Abdominal pain other than ligament associated
- Anything that is concerning you about the health of you and your baby
When to Present to Emergency Department
- If you are less than 20wks pregnant and experiencing an Emergency
- If you are more than 20wks pregnant in an emergency, are unable to contact your midwife, backup team or Delivery Suite
Advanced Ultrasound
We use Advanced Ultrasound at 532 Mt Albert Road. Their pricing as of writing is:
- Dating: $90.00
- Nuchal: $110.00 (Twins $145.00)
- Anatomy $110.00 (Twins $145.00)
- Growths $95.00 (Twins $105.00)
SRG MRI
We use SRG MRI at 175 Cavendish Drive, Manukau City Centre. Their pricing as of writing is:
- Resident under Maternity Services Benefit $125
- Non NZ Resident not qualifying for Maternity Services Benefit $285
Auckland Radiology
We use Auckland Radiology. Their pricing as of writing is:
- All Pregnancy Ultrasounds $90
- Twin/Multiple Ultrasounds $125