Maternity guidelines for Lakes
Maternity guidelines for secondary maternity and newborn care in the Lakes district.
Pātiki and Waharua Kōpito patterns
Maternity guidelines
- Admission to primary birthing unit — Taupō [PDF, 467 KB]
- Amniocentesis [PDF, 549 KB] and Prenatal testing referral form [PDF, 64 KB] (New April 2025)
- Antepartum haemorrhage [PDF, 805 KB]
- Anti-D administration guideline [PDF, 3.1 MB]
- Bariatric surgery — antenatal management of pregnancy following [PDF, 583 KB]
- Birth after caesarean (BAC) [PDF, 581 KB]
- Breech presentation [PDF, 663 KB]
- Caesarean section guideline [PDF, 784 KB]
- Decreased fetal movements [PDF, 636 KB]
- Diabetes in pregnancy — gestational diabetes mellitus [PDF, 618 KB]
- Diabetes in pregnancy — type 1 and type 2 diabetes [PDF, 575 KB]
- External cephalic version (ECV) [PDF, 591 KB]
- Fetal heart monitoring [PDF, 1.9 MB] (New April 2025)
- Group B streptococcus in pregnancy [PDF, 836 KB] (New April 2025)
- Group B streptococcus patient information [PDF, 496 KB]
- Induction of labour [PDF, 1.4 MB]
- Intradermal sterile water injections for the relief of back pain in labour [PDF, 444 KB]
- Maternal iron optimisation [PDF, 1.2 MB] and Iron oral — patient information leaflet [DOCX, 251 KB]
- Magnesium sulfate for pre-eclampsia and for neuroprotection in pre-term births <30 weeks [PDF, 422 KB]
- Maternal mental health guide [PDF, 1 MB]
- Maternity referral and models of care [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- Obstetric referral criteria to anaesthetic pre-assessment clinic guideline [PDF, 143 KB]
- Perinatal mental health pathway [PDF, 609 KB]
- Placenta praevia and accreta spectrum [PDF, 730 KB]
- Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia guideline [PDF, 1.2 MB]
- Pre-labour rupture of membranes — includes term and preterm ruptures [PDF, 702 KB]
- Preterm labour (PTL) prevention and management guideline [PDF, 1.3 MB]
- Self-monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy [PDF, 288 KB]
- Small for gestational age and fetal growth restriction [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- Syphilis in pregnancy and care of the baby at risk — birth plan [PDF, 523 KB]
- Third and fourth degree tears [PDF, 595 KB]
- Venous thromboembolism in pregnancy and postpartum [PDF, 323 KB]
- Waterbirth and labouring guideline [PDF, 891 KB]
Newborn guidelines
- HIV management of infants born to HIV+ve women [PDF, 96 KB]
- Muka (flax) ties for the pita (umbilical cord) [PDF, 471 KB]
- Neonatal hypoglycaemia screening and management [PDF, 1.2 MB]
- Neonatal subgaleal haemorrhage practice recommendations [PDF, 1.2 MB]
- Newborn metabolic screening [PDF, 666 KB]
- Newborn observation chart NOC and Newborn early warning score NEWS user guide [PDF, 1.1 MB]