*** Submission deadline tomorrow 5pm (6th April 2018)*** RIGHT NOW is the time to write your submission and share with your friends and family. The more voices we can add to this situation the better!!! WRITE A SUBMISSION: We have put together a submission guide ( https://tinyurl.com/lumsdensubmissionguide) to help everyone to get your thoughts onto paper (or email). PLEASE SHARE this with friends and family and urge everyone you know to make a submission RIGHT NOW! If we can get every person who sees this post to write a submission that would show the Southern District Health Board just how important this facility is to the community and pregnancies within it. #SaveLumsdenMaternity WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? Save the Lumsden Maternity Centre. The Southern District Health Board (SDHB) plans to close the Primary Maternity Facility at Lumsden, New Zealand. The centre provides birthing and in-patient respite care for new parents (thats right - mums and dads can stay in the private double bedrooms) as well as teaching the basics of parenthood. Everything from breastfeeding to nappies. As well as providing crucial support to pregnancies travelling from Queenstown to Southland Hospital in Invercargill. HOW YOU CAN HELP ▪Sign the two Petitions online here http://chn.ge/2tPrEb7 AND https://hamishwalker.national.org.nz/savelumsdenmaternitycentre ▪Email your objection to the planned Closure by 5pm 6 April to: primarymaternity@southerndhb.govt.nz and Members of Parliament (see post on this page for more email addresses). ▪Share this post and ask your friends and family to help too! BABY DUE SOON? Primary Maternity Units provide a birthing environment for low risk pregnancies, ask your midwife if Lumsden is the right option for you.