Baby Web
www.babywebnz.org
Free information directory created by a mother, midwife and childbirth educator. Free information & forum for hints for babycare, shopping etc.
La Leche League
846 0752
www.lalecheleague.org.nz
Area Office 24 hours, 7 days
Breastfeeding information & support group. Offers telephone help on breastfeeding & holds monthly breastfeeding support meetings as well as mother to mother help. Provides anti-natal information & support as well as general information on parenting & nutrition.
Miscarriage Support Auckland
378 4060
50 College Hill, Ponsonby
Provides emotional support & information for women & their families during & after miscarriage, including subsequent pregnancies. Support meetings and a pamphlet “Understanding Miscarriage” in English, Samoan, Tongan & Chinese.
North Shore Womans Centre
444 4618
Mayfield Centre, 5 Mayfield Rd. Glenfield
www.womyn-ctr.co.nz
Monday to Thursday 9am – 1pm
Provides information, referral & support. Free legal clinics, low cost counselling, library and women’s courses.
North Shore Women & Childrens Refuge
410 6736
24 hour support for those in need.
Post Natal Distress Support Network
836 6967
P.O.Box 21-338, Henderson
Provides understanding & reassurance, information & support, information evenings & informal friendship groups. Also see “Man Alive” for support group information for men with post-natally distressed partners.
Pregnancy Councelling Services Inc
307 6745 or 0800 633 328
Telephone counselling & support services. Have clothing and equipment available for those who need their help including cots and prams etc will also offer home help where needed. They are there to help people through the trials and tribulations of pregnancy without judgment.
Shakti Asian Women’s Safe House
820 3507
0800 742 584 outside Auckland
T.A.B.S. (Trauma and Birth Stress)
PO Box 18002, Glenn Innes
www.tabs.org.nz
A support group for women and families who have been through a traumatic pregnancy or birth experience & to help them to get the help they need to get their lives back. Resource handbook & suffers handbook available for a small fee or free on website.