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Meet the Rodney Coast Midwives
Sally Wilson
Bruce and I live in Warkworth. We have three daughters, Amelia, Gabrielle and Zoe. I am a registered Nurse and registered as a Midwife in 1982. I have been an independent midwife since 1992. I love midwifery and contact with women and their families. I believe women should actively participate in planning their care so it is individualised to their needs. I have a special interest in breast-feeding and enjoy teaching and keeping up to date in all obstetric and parenting matters. My interests are my family, travel, horses, gardening, reading, handcrafts and small block farming.
Birth Options: Warkworth Birthing Centre, Home and North Shore Hospital.
Sue Wynyard
I am a Registered Nurse and Midwife and have been a practising Midwife since 1972. I have been involved in all aspects of midwifery care and have been in independent practice since 1992. I enjoy the continuity of care and the close contact with the women and their families that this offers and I feel privileged to be involved. I am married with two adult sons and my interests are gardening and the outdoors, as well as reading, crosswords and travel.
Birth Options: Warkworth Birthing Centre, Home and North Shore Hospital.
Kate Rankin
I am a registered nurse and I have been a midwife since 1989. I am married and have 2 children. I am a holistic midwife. I help women to feel confident about making choices which benefit their babies. I encourage natural, healthy pregnancy and birth, drug-free birth, homebirth, waterbirth, gentle birthing, breast feeding and attachment parenting. I am passionate about my role in families at this important time in their lives.
Birth Options: Home, Warkworth Birthing Centre, Wellsford Birthing Unit and North Shore Hospital if necessary.
Nicky Snedden
I am a NZ Registered Nurse; then trained in Scotland as a midwife, qualifying in 1992. I have three boys, two of whom were born at home. Since 1999 I have been working with Rodney Coast Midwives, providing all aspects of midwifery care. I believe midwifery is a partnership, where women and their partners are offered sound information so that they can make informed choices about their care. I am actively involved in a church and several community groups. I enjoy my family, organic gardening and handcrafts.
Birth Options: Home, Warkworth Birthing Centre, Wellsford Birthing Unit and North Shore Hospital.
Kathy Carter-Lee
As a midwife, my aim is to support women to have a positive experience, before, during and after the birth of their child. It is important to me to treat women as individuals, to inform and support them in making choices. I have wide experience as a midwife over the last 25 years, both in Britain and in aid agencies around the world. I returned with my husband (my best friend) to NZ in early 2007. My interests are walking, water activities and music. I have clients from Puhoi in the south to Kaiwaka in the north.
Birth Options: Home, Warkworth Birthing Centre, Wellsford Birthing Unit, North Shore Hospital or Whangarei Hospital.
Karina Wech
I am a recently registered midwife and I live in my home town, Warkworth. I view childbirth as a natural physiological process which is a significant event in each woman’s life. I provide woman centred care and work in partnership with women, and their families, in order to empower them through their journey into parenthood. I aim to build this partnership based on trust and respect for women. My role as a midwife is to guide women and their partners through this journey by providing them with up to date research based information. I believe women should be actively involved in their experience to enable informed decision making and self care.
Birth options:Warkworth Birthing Centre, Home, North Shore Hospital
Kassee Flavell-Neville
Having a baby is an exciting adventure. I believe my role is to facilitate this journey so that women and their whanau have the best experience possible by building a partnership and trust and being fully informed throughout the pregnancy, birth and postnatally. I qualified as a Midwife in 2008 and have been working as a rural Independent Midwife ever since. I cover the area’s in South Kaipara from Ruawai across to Waipu and down as far as Te Hana. I have a clinic in Maungaturoto and I am opening a clinic in Mangawhai. I live on a farm between Mangawhai and Kaiwaka with my Partner and two preschoolers Willow and Ash.
Birth Options: Warkworth Birthing Centre, Wellsford Birth Unit, Whangarei Hospital and Home.