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South Canterbury Midwives, Debbie Hayes, Anne Valentine, Dianne Cox and Kathryn Hayhoe 

Covering Timaru and the South Canterbury area, providing Hospital, Home and Water births.
Free Pregnancy tests, full ante natal, birth and post natal care.
Care at home or in midwifery rooms at 17 Beswick street, Timaru, 03 688 3977, Monday to Friday 11 til 2.
 
Debbie Hayes ph 0277163322   email debbiehayes1@hotmail.com
 
UK trained midwife, qualified in 1991, also a Registered Nurse.
Broad spectrum of experience including secondary care (epidurals, complicated cases)
I have been living in New Zealand since 1997, and am proud to say I am a kiwi midwife providing complete continuity of care, which I know makes a difference to outcomes.
Please phone, email or drop in to the rooms on a Wednesday.

Anne Valentine

I have been a midwife since 1991, trained in Dunedin. I worked in the maternity unit for two years before becoming a midwife and then two years after graduating then began working in the community in 1993, offering hospital and home birthing. I beleive that continuity of care enables women to achieve a normal birth whenever possible. Contact me by phone, Email or call into the rooms on Mondays or Tuesdays. 

03-6159693
0272978821

Email annevalentine@hotmail.com

Dianne Cox

Kathryn Hayhoe              

Cell: 021 334 254

Home:  03 6939691

kathryn@hayhoe.net

I am a community based midwife, in practice with three other experienced midwives, offering care during pregnancy, childbirth and the first six weeks of a child’s life.  We provide a highly personalised and caring service, with a strong commitment  to continuity of care and respect for each woman’s individual needs and wishes.  We book our own women and provide back-up for each other.

I believe that every woman is entitled to choose her own midwife, to have the opportunity to know and trust her, and to be confident of her support.  Wherever a woman’s experience takes her, my role is to be a knowledgeable, careful companion, to provide information , support and skilful practical assistance and advocacy as necessary. As a primary , or community based midwife, I attend women in their own homes or in clinic but I also provide care in the hospital setting as necessary, for birth -  including during caesarean section, epidural anaesthesia or induction of labour.

My career started in London in 1981 with Registered Nurse training after which I trained as a midwife in Oxford.  Over the years I have practised in many different settings, in different countries and cultures  and  have acquired plenty of experience in normal birth, both at home and in hospital, with water birth, and in supporting women with complex medical  needs. In providing safe and comprehensive care I value the support of my multi-disciplinary colleagues and encourage a collaborative approach. 

I have been a midwife for a long time and I love what I do.  I have a very supportive husband and family, with one grown daughter in London and three younger children at school. We came to Geraldine in South Canterbury from the UK five  years ago and are very happy here.

If you would like to talk to me, I can be contacted at home, or on the cell phone, or by e-mail.