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Amanda, Nathan, Aria and Leilani Taiaroa

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:50:11 +0000

After having a horrendous time finding a midwife who would take me on, at 12 weeks in my first pregnancy Julie came to my rescue.
I was at once drawn to Julies down to earth and relaxed nature and my first pregancy went by without a hitch.
When it came time to welcome my baby into the world, to my horro I found out that it was Julies weekend off, stressed that the person I had put all my trust in was not going to be there, I panicked as I rang Nelly as I didn’t know her at all.
I was a tough patient throughout my time in that delivery room with her, but Nelly was patient and amazing, even as I lost alot of blood after the birth, and helped us welcome Aria into our lives.
Late the next year when we found out we were expecting again, I knew that the only person I wanted with us was again Julie.
Once again I had a trouble free pregnancy, and as my due date passed, Julies weekend off was only 2 days away. As I went into labour on the Sunday I was so upset that Julie wasn’t going to deliver my second baby either, however she had told me to text in case she could make it, and a minute later I was on the phone to her as she sacrificed what was left of her weekend to deliver in a rather easy 2 and a half hours little Leilani.
Julie has given me the motivation to pursue a career in Midwifery myself, something I always wanted to do, but, thought I never could. But with her encouragement and support I’m due to start studying in 2012 when the girls are a bit bigger.
So Julie thank you on so many different levels, and for anyone who is after a genuine caring midwife who will always have you feeling at ease, here is my recommendation for Julie!

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Erin, Dan and Katie Larosn

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:57:49 +0000

I was given Julie’s name from a friend whom had used Julie twice. As soon as I found out I was pregnant I called Julie to meet with her. Straight away I felt relaxed and comfortable with Julie and decided to have her as my midwife. I had no problems with anything I asked Julie, and during my pregnancy I was very relaxed, and was ready for anything. I was sure right through I did not want an epidural – Julie told me she could not do them which made it easier for me. When it came to the labour Julie could not be there, so I had Nelly who was lovely – I ended up having a C-Section but not having the epidural. I was pleased with my outcome and loved having the support from Julie. Julie has been awesome since Katie was born. I would recommend Julie to anyone and will have Julie the next time round. Julie you are amazing and a wonderful lady and helped my pregnancy be the best I could have ever imagened. Thank you. You will be missed.

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Jessica Small

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:13:37 +0000

Jessica Small Born 28 September 2008 Birth weight 3000gms Midwives Kelly Manninen and Julie Carlyon

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Kelly Steven Georgia and Ryan

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:46:09 +0000

On mothers day this year we added a beautiful baby boy to our family. Ryan was born a healthy 8lb10oz with the help of Julie.

After a past horrendous experiance with another midwife when we had our daughter we were a little hesitant when it came to finding a midwife, but we had absolutely nothing to worry about. Julie was a fantastic help throughout the pregnancy. When it came time to labour and delivery she was very supportive and did everything in her power to make me feel at ease and when Ryan decided to grace the world posterier, she calmly talked me through it and managed to calm me down when i was losing it. Even when I was ‘ever so politely’ telling her it was a ‘tad painful’ and I wanted stronger drugs, she managed to get us there. (Thanks Julie) And when Ryan had to be taken to Neonatal for a while, she was very reasuring.

Because she was so nice we thought she could go home in time for a mothers day dinner!!! We have been dredding letting Julie leave us after the handover as she has become a permanant fixture in our family and our hearts and she will always be welcome anytime. (A few tears were shed on her final departure!!!)

We highly recommend Julie and the team to all couples having a child and wish you all the best. Thanks to Julie and her family for sharing her with us. All the best for the future. Lots of love from Kelly Steven Georgia and Ryan. xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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Cameron Carney

admin — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:15:10 +0000

Cameron Carney DOB 25/5/08 Weight: 3795gms Midwives, Kelly Manninen & Julie Carlyon

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Jacinda Younger

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:16:50 +0000

1. Jacinda Younger Says: May 6th, 2008 at 5:59 pm

We have recently had our first child with the help of Nelly Hooper as our midwife. This is just a quick note to anyone who is looking for a midwife who is extremely competent, experienced and articulate, Nelly’s your girl! (No she did not pay us to say that!!!!!)

We were naturally as first timers very nervous. We had read all there is to read, had a million questions and were I’m sure quite demanding patients in that regard. But Nelly reassured us that as first time parents we were 1. not complete freaks in being that way it was quite normal and 2. it was our right as parents to be to be completely neurotic!

Such reassurance I can tell you made all the difference! At no time did Nelly make us feel stupid or a pain in butt for wanting to ask all these questions and she absolutely understood that we were just trying to make educated decisions and do our best for our precious bundle.

For all of you first timers out there that are concerned about the process and how to know who is a fabulous midwife, I can assure you that Nelly was just fantastic! I can even say that having gone through the dreaded induction and thanx to Nelly come out of the other side with our perfect daughter and Mum unscathed!

Then after all that Nelly’s true form stepped up another notch even still as her support at home after the birth in offering non intrusive and “only asked for” advice and supporting our parenting decisions which were made with our childs very best interests in mind was just phenomenal, we simply could not have asked for more!

Also when “our Nelly” as she came to be known was on a weekend off, we were covered by Julie Carlyon or Bridget Henderson who were also fantastic and filled the gap with absolute professionalism, knowledge and were just wonderful.

All in all the team at Martin Street in general work so well together and you can rest assured that you are getting the “A Team” when it comes to this nerve wracking and precious time in your life.
Our very deepest thanx to them all.

Jacinda, Wayne and of course the wee tiger Claudia! xx

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Jayarna Shayla Hinga

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:33:25 +0000

Stanella, Nev and big sister D’Jonaye are proud to announce the birth of Jayarna Shayla Hinga born on Anzac day (25 April 2008) weighing 3450grams with the wonderful help and support of Julie Carlyon and Kelly Manninen.

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