Increase birth support people limits in NZ hospitals and birth centres

The issue

Make it make sense,
that we can go drink and dance and mingle at the pub with hundreds of people unmasked, but still we can only have 1 support person for our labour and birth.

Make it make sense,
That we can pack into an airplane with a huge group of random people breathing the same recycled air, but we can only have 1 support person for our labour and birth.

Make it make sense that we can swarm shopping malls by the thousands, eat together and try on clothes one after the other, but we can only have 1 support person for our labour and birth.

The support that we surround ourselves during such a life changing event of our life can play a HUGE part in how we feel about our birthing experience. That extra support can look like an extra set of hands, emotional encouragement, a doula to remind you of your strength, a photographer to capture this moment you’ll never get back, a support for your partner, because they need it too!

Mask them, RAT test them if that’s what it takes, but we need our birth supports.

#makeitmakesense

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The issue

Make it make sense,
that we can go drink and dance and mingle at the pub with hundreds of people unmasked, but still we can only have 1 support person for our labour and birth.

Make it make sense,
That we can pack into an airplane with a huge group of random people breathing the same recycled air, but we can only have 1 support person for our labour and birth.

Make it make sense that we can swarm shopping malls by the thousands, eat together and try on clothes one after the other, but we can only have 1 support person for our labour and birth.

The support that we surround ourselves during such a life changing event of our life can play a HUGE part in how we feel about our birthing experience. That extra support can look like an extra set of hands, emotional encouragement, a doula to remind you of your strength, a photographer to capture this moment you’ll never get back, a support for your partner, because they need it too!

Mask them, RAT test them if that’s what it takes, but we need our birth supports.

#makeitmakesense

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