Auckland 09 374 0800
Huntly 07 828 7648
BIRTHCARE AUCKLAND
Are you looking for a place to have your baby, trying to find a midwife, wanting to book an antenatal class, or a relaxed environment for your postnatal stay?
Birthcare provides excellent 24 hour care and support for new mums, dads and their babies. We aim to make your birth experience the best that it can be.
We offer flexible choices so you decide what suits you best.
If you birth at Birthcare you'll be given a private room wherever possible. If you choose to have your baby at another hospital, you can still transfer to Birthcare for your postnatal stay.
Our birthing services are free to New Zealand residents and women eligible for free maternity care in New Zealand.
OUR ROOMS
STANDARD ROOMS
No Charge (Up to 3 nights)
Standard rooms have two single beds, an ensuite bathroom and a telephone at each bedside to contact your midwife.
Rooms are twin share so you may be sharing with another mother. We have 22 shared rooms.
PARTNERS STAYING OVERNIGHT
Fold down beds are available on request for partners who wish to stay over in the Private Rooms.
If you birth at Birthcare and have been given a Private Room the charge for your partner is $60 per night.
If you are paying for a private or premium room your partner can stay free of charge.
For full pricing information see Schedule of Charges.
PRIVATE ROOMS
Partly Funded (Up to 3 nights)
If you birth at Birthcare you'll be given a Private Room (wherever possible).
Private rooms have an ensuite bathroom with toiletries and hairdryer, single bed, flat screen TV, refridgerator, and a telephone (to contact your midwife). We have 17 private rooms.
PREMIUM ROOMS (Subject to availability)
Partly Funded (Up to 3 nights)
Our larger sized Premium rooms have an ensuite bathroom with toiletries and hairdryer, queen size bed, flat screen TV, refrigerator, a telephone (to contact your midwife) and complimentary chocolates. We have 4 premium rooms.
BIRTHING ROOMS
We have three large rooms, all with birthing pools that have been fully refurbished (completed June 2018). Each birthing room has a fridge, bean bags, swiss balls, bead rolls and 2 of our rooms have birthing couches. To help you feel more comfortable and relaxed, each room also has mood lighting, with your choice of light colour, aromatherapy diffusers so you can add your own oils and a sound system with ipod dock so you can play your own music. You are welcome to bring along anything else that will make you more comfortable.
BIRTHING ROOM - TUI
BIRTHING ROOM - KERERU
BIRTHING ROOM - PIPIWHARAUROA/RIRORIRO
MEALS
Birthcare has our own resident chef, providing tasty, nutritious meals. We can also cater for those with special dietary requirements.
All our meats are Halal.
For your convenience we have snack vending and coffee machines, and two kitchenettes where you are welcome to help yourself to hot drinks.
MEAL CHARGES
All meals for mothers staying at Birthcare are catered for.
Meals for guests and visitors are charged for as follows:
Breakfast - $10.00
Breakfast - Special Plus Continental $15.00
Lunch - $20.00
Dinner - $24.00
Wine per mini bottle - $8.50
WHAT TO BRING
CHECKLIST FOR MUM
• Nightwear
• Dressing Gown
• Slippers
• Underwear
• Day Clothes
• Toiletries
• Hairdryer (if in a twin share room)
• Clothes for going home
CHECKLIST FOR BABY
• Singlets
• Nightgowns
• Stretch and Grows
• Booties/Socks
• Woolen Hat
• Cardigan
• Clothes for going home
• Baby car seat
- Basinette blanket
- Wrap
Birthcare provides medical and general baby supplies (pain relief, sanitary pads, disposable nappies, wipes) all of which are included as part of our service.
If you are planning on using cloth nappies, bring two with you for a folding demonstration.
Please ensure you have some woollen items, especially if you are transferring from Auckland Hospital and for when you are discharged home.
Please note: Babies must always travel in a car seat. Please familiarise yourself with how to safely use your car seat as per manufacturers instruction before baby is born
Infant Feeding
Birthcare provides everything that is required for breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding is supported and encouraged.
If you are planning to artificially feed, please bring with you the formula, bottles and teats you will be using at home.
N.B. Infant formula is available if required for medical reasons only.
BIRTHCARE TOURS
We encourage you to come on one of our tours, no appointment is necessary.
Tours run on the following days:
Thursdays 2.30pm
Saturdays 2.00pm and 2.30pm,
Meet in the lounge on Level 2, Birthcare, 20 Titoki St, Parnell, Auckland
Please note that we do not have tours on public holidays.
There will be no tours on the following public holiday weekends:
2019
Saturday December 28th
2020
Thursday 2nd January
Saturday 25th January
Thursday 6th February
Saturday 11th April
Saturday 25th April
Saturday 30th May
saturday 24th October
Saturday 26th December
Please use the pay and display parking or other parking on the street. Our underground parking is reserved for in-patients and visitors
If you would like to see a particular Birthing room or Premium room, please
phone us first to ensure that it is available for viewing (these rooms will only
be viewed if vacant).
View our information DVD here.
(This DVD also plays on the DVD channel of the TV during your stay at Birthcare).
SCHEDULE OF CHARGES
Birthing at Birthcare is free to New Zealand residents and women eligible for free maternity care in New Zealand. Even if you are a New Zealand Citizen, we may ask for proof of eligibility. Please do not be offended as this is standard practice for women of any background.
You may be asked to provide copies of either:
- Your passport (including all pages that have a New Zealand immigration stamp or sticker plus the photo page)
- Your New Zealand birth certificate (and marriage certificate if your name has changed)
- Your New Zealand citizenship certificate
Standard rooms are free for up to 3 nights. Private rooms are partly funded for up to 3 nights.
If you have medical insurance it pays to check your policy, as it may contribute towards the cost of a private room at Birthcare.
All rooms are subject to availability.
IF YOU BIRTH AT BIRTHCARE AUCKLAND
|
Birth |
No charge |
| Partner stay | $60 per night |
| Private Room | for up to 3 nights No charge |
| Standard Room | for up to 3 nights No charge |
| After 3 nights | $700 per night |
IF YOU BIRTH AT AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL or MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL.
|
Standard Room |
|
| Twin share with en-suite (first 3 nights) | No charge |
| After 3 nights | $700 per night |
| Private Room | |
| Single room with en-suite (first 3 nights) | $420 per night |
| After 3 nights | $700 per night |
| Premium Room - minimum 2 night stay | |
| Queen bed with en-suite (first 3 nights) | $530 per night |
| After 3 nights | $700 per night |
(If you birth at north shore or waitakere hospital, the above charges apply if your transfer is approved by the manager on duty. otherwise the unsubsidised rate (after 3 night rate) will apply
CHARGES FOR NON RESIDENTS (NON ELIGIBLE FOR FREE MATERNITY CARE IN NEW ZEALAND)
If you are not a permanent resident of New Zealand the following charges apply. A deposit of 50% is required at time of registration.
For more information please follow this link to the Ministry of Health website.
|
Birth (normal birth with no secondary care costs) |
$3,250 per night |
| Postnatal Stay in a Standard room | $950 per night |
| Postnatal Stay in a Private room | $1180 per night |
| Postnatal Stay in a Premium room | $1,390 per night |
PARTNER STAY
Fold down beds are available on request for partners who wish to stay over in Private Rooms.
If you birth at Birthcare and have been given a free Private Room. The charge for a partner is $60 per night.
If you are paying for a private or premium room your partner can stay free of charge.
GUEST MEALS
| Breakfast upgrade | $6.00 |
| Breakfast special plus continental | $15.00 |
| Lunch | $20.00 |
| Dinner | $24.00 |
| Wine per mini bottle | $8.50 |
BIRTHCARE PAYMENT TERMS
All major credit cards accepted except for Diners Card. We do not accept cheque payments.
All amounts outstanding are to be settled on check out.
Patients are expected to check out by 11.00am on the appropriate day.
Late discharges may attract a discharge fee of 50% of the daily rate.
All prices are inclusive of GST effective from 1st July 2019
Prices may be revised from time to time at the sole discretion of Birthcare Auckland Limited.
Please contact us so that we may advise you of any changes to the schedule of charges.
Please note: We apply a 2% surcharge to payments made using a credit card, which is in line with our cost of acceptance. We do not surcharge debit cards
If you're looking for a Midwife Lead Maternity Carer (LMC), view the profiles of midwives who birth at Birthcare below:
Linda Hodson (Waiheke only)
Amber Izzard
Rhonda Jackson
Aimee Jones
Louise Lucas
Ruby Melsom
Nadia Pendigrast
Brooke Phillips
Ylia Sawitzki
Glenda Southey
Georgina Spratt
Rosanna Tahana
Tricia Verryt
Carly Wilson
Samantha Walton
Rachel Williams
Adriana Yianacou
Positions Available
clinical midwife manager position at birthcare huntly ltd
After many years of service to Birthcare Huntly, our Clinical Midwife Manager is leaving us to undertake Postgraduate Studies. She will remain in the Huntly area with her whanau and will still be active in the North Waikata area as she is returning to community practice as a Lead Maternity Carer.
The Clinical Midwife Manager role would require someone with recent labour and birth experience. Previous management experience is not essential as mentoring will be provided to the successful candidate. However, a passion for preserving, promoting and supporting physiological birth in a rural setting is essential.
The Clinical Midwife Manager has autonomy and has support from the established governance that is shared between Birthcare Huntly and Birthcare Auckland.
This is an ideal position for a Midwife currently living in the North Waikato area, or for a midwife looking to relocate from Auckland or Hamilton.
Please feel free to contact Ann Hanson, General Manager for more information or to register your interest in this position.
Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 9th October
Phone 027 5728407 or ahanson@birthcare.co.nz
registered midwives
Midwives! Come and join us in a midwifery led, stand alone unit
Birthcare Auckland is the primary birthing unit for Auckland DHB.
We pride ourselves on providing the best possible outcomes for women, babies and their whanau.
This is an exciting time to work for Birthcare as we have finished refurbishing and upgrading our birthing suites to provide a superior birthing experience for our clients, LMC's and working environment for staff.
We support our staff by providing:
- Flexible roster
- In house and external education
- Free secure parking
- Good renumeration
- Career pathway support
- Modern, homely environment
- Centrally located in Auckland
- Collegial support across all disciplines
We have vacancies at this time for permanent and casual midwives and are negotiable around what hours you wish to work.
Please contact Angela Wilson (Clinical Midwife Manager) angelaw@birthcare.co.nz or 027 271 3566
