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2 May 2022
We are asking the Government what action will be taken to better support the perinatal needs of our mamas and whanau.
We are asking the Government what action will be taken to better support the perinatal needs of our mamas and whanau.
THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO FAIL TO TAKE...
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1 May 2022
We have gathered a range of community voices to share their experiences and thoughts around our maternal health system
Mothers Matter is proud to release the second batch from our series of short films, featuring a range of voices - health professionals to mamas.
Some voices...
11 May 2022
1 March 2022
We continue to shine a light on the voices of experience in the maternal health space
THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO FAIL TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF MAMAS, WHĀNAU AND PROFESSIONALS.
OUR MATERNAL HEALTH SYSTEM IS FAILING OUR WOMEN, OUR WHĀNAU AND AS A...
1 March 2022
We continue to shine a light on the voices of experience in the maternal health space
THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO FAIL TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF MAMAS, WHĀNAU AND PROFESSIONALS.
OUR MATERNAL HEALTH SYSTEM IS FAILING OUR WOMEN, OUR WHĀNAU AND AS A...
15 February 2022
Thank you for sharing your story. This is why Mothers Matter exists, lets come together and demand better. Raise the Red Flag with us.
I had my baby B during Level 4 Lockdown at Lincoln maternity hospital. I desperately wanted my mum at the birth also but this wasn't allowed due to COVID. She did however...
17 November 2021
Something felt like it was stolen from me through this experience.
18 months later, life has settled but I struggle with deep anxiety and fear about having any more children. Something felt like it was stolen from me through this...
2 November 2021
I completely understated how bad I felt
No one talked to me about what to do when everything feels overwhelmingly hard and you can't see a way out.
1 November 2021
I was one of those that fell through the mental health hole.
I went through a horrible experience with X hospital and the X perinatal mental health and adult mental health services.
1 November 2021
I wish I had known about it, and learned that I had to reach out and tell people how I was feeling...
I was brought up in a nice white middle-class home, I had a happy childhood. But then in my teens, it all started to go wrong. I was bullied and I couldn’t talk about it....