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Information about Maternity health
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  • Breastfeeding

    Information about Breastfeeding
  • National Maternity Clinical Guidance

    This section outlines the background information for creating the Maternity National Clinical Guidance
  • New Zealand Obstetric Ultrasound Guidelines - Online

    Detailed, quality guidelines for maternity ultrasound, as recommended by the Maternity Ultrasound Advisory Group
  • Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme

    The Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme began in 1969. New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to have this kind of programme.
  • Antenatal screening for Down syndrome and other conditions

    Antenatal screening assesses the chance of the baby having Down syndrome, Edwards syndrome, Patau syndrome or other rare genetic conditions.

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