Rangiora community maternity unit — Canterbury
Rangiora community maternity unit provides primary birthing care and postnatal maternity services.
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Contact us
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.
Where to find us
Rangiora community maternity unit is at:
Rangiora Health Hub
161 Ashley Street
Rangiora 7400
Services we provide
We provide 24 hour safe, culturally competent, and supportive midwifery care in collaboration with your LMC midwife, during and after the birth of your baby.
We provide a relaxed environment enabling uninterrupted birth and adjustment to parenthood, with time to support you during breastfeeding. If more clinical care is needed for you or your baby, your length of stay can be extended.
Your birthing unit is fully equipped for childbirth and the midwives are regularly trained to deal with emergencies. Occasionally wāhine transfer to tertiary services at Christchurch Women’s Hospital if necessary.
If you give birth at Christchurch Women’s Hospital, you can transfer back to your local community birthing unit for postnatal care.
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We provide:
- 3 fully equipped birthing rooms and a spa bath
- fold-out beds for a support person
- 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.