Fiona Goldfinch

Kia ora and congratulations! I care for around 6 women each month. As an LMC midwife, the bulk of my mahi takes place in the community caring for wāhine with uncomplicated pregnancies and supporting them to birth physiologically. My clinic is located in Hamilton East and this is where I see you while you are hapū. An important part of my role is to recognise if complications develop that require referral to specialist maternity services. After discussion with you and your consent, I will refer appropriately. If your pregnancy concludes with an induction of labour and/or epidural pain relief, then my role will become a collaborative one with hospital midwives. While supportive of maternal choice for pain relief, I myself do not provide epidural care. I have a long-standing midwifery partnership with Jennie Knight so that we can each have time off call and my clients have an opportunity to meet with Jennie in their third trimester. Wishing you all the best at this very exciting time. Ngā mihi.