Where to Go for Help: Community Contacts
Association
0800MUM2BE An informative line explaining how the maternity system works, including how to find a Lead Maternity Carer( LMC) in your area Family Care / Awhina Whanau Support for premature and special care babies & their mothers during and after the newborn unit GRASP Gastric Reflux Association for the support of parents and babies
Contact Details
0800 686 223
Healthline & Well Child Service 0800 611 116 Immunisation Advisory Centre 0800 466 863 Lactation Consultant
0800 452 282
To contact a local qualified lactation consultant La Leche League Help with any breastfeeding enquiries Meet at Parents Place on the second Thursday of each month, in the morning from 10am-12noon
( 07) 858 0990 Resource room staffed 10am-2pm Tues-Fri Foyer level 02 Maternity Unit Waikato Hospital( 07) 855 9359
Mackenzie Centre
( 07) 839 5357
For children with special needs birth to 4 years Open 8.30am-4pm Mon-Fri Closed School Holidays Mothercraft Unit
( 07) 839 8899 ext 6550
A unit where mother and baby can‘ live in’ for assistance with feeding and sleeping problems. Arranged by your GP or Plunket Nurse Multiple Birth Association 0800 489 467 Parentline Support / counselling for parents under stress. Open 8.30am-5pm Mon-Fri. Parent to Parent Support and information network for parents of children with special needs Post Traumatic Stress Disorder( PTSD)
Hamilton Answer Service 0800LLLHELP( 0800555435) Hamilton Area Text Help 027 781 3674
Waterford Birthing Centre – Donna( 07) 856 6779 Parents Place – Christine( 07) 853 8033 Richmond Street – Liz( 07) 853 9143
( 07) 839 4536 Answer phone after hours
( 07) 839 1276
www. tabs. org. nz www. mentalhealth. org. nz / page / 203-Post-Traumatic- Stress-Disorder-Related-Sights Plunket Society( 07) 839 3982 Plunketline( 24hr helpline) 0800 933 922 SANDS Waikato
0800 570 033
Support network for people who have lost a baby through stillbirth, newborn death or termination for foetal abnormalities, whether this loss is recent or many years ago Available 24hrs Waikato Family Centre
( 07) 834 2036
Assistance with breastfeeding, crying, colic, sleeping, reflux, bottle feeding, postnatal distress, and parenting skills. Please phone to discuss problems first. Stay during the day Homeopathic and Natural Health Support
Kaylene Henderson Pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, women’ s health, infertility,( 07) 856 4154 or 027 478 5922 menopause, general well-being kaylene. h @ xtra. co. nz
Bellyful
0508 235 5385
Bellyful is a nationwide not-for-profit organisation, whose volunteers cook and deliver free meals to families with a new baby or struggling with illness Early Buds www. earlybuds. co. nz
Support and FREE packs for parents of premature babies
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