Phoenix’s story

For Phoenix, having her cultural needs incorporated into her pregnancy and birth experience made all the difference.
Having two midwives who listened to her and ensured her whānau were involved in every step of the process means, looking back, she doesn’t so much remember the pain but rather having her father holding her up, her Nana’s karakia, her partner catching the baby, and her mother cutting the baby Āiorangi’s cord with muka ties woven by her grandmother.
Phoenix had the birth she wanted because she had two midwives who listened to her.
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