HEATHER DONALD
REGISTERED MIDWIFE
Not taking new bookings. Please see other midwives for their availability.
Office: 09 838 2950
Mobile: 0275 848 444
Urgent: 0800 4 MIDWIFE (0800 464 394)
CONTACT HEATHER
Urgent: 0800 4 MIDWIFE (0800 464 394)
CONTACT HEATHER
Midwifery is a "way of life". I love what I do and this provides the passion and enthusiasm for a demanding role. I am an experienced midwife and have been providing midwifery care for almost 20 years. I practice as a Lead Maternity Care midwife in West Auckland offering both hospital and home births. I care for approximately 60 women a year providing antenatal, birth and after birth care from pregnancy tests until 4-6 weeks after birth.
I support a natural approach to birth guided by the New Zealand College of Midwives philosophy of partnership with women. I offer expertise in both water and home birth. I am equally able to provide high risk maternity care when the birth process needs medical involvement and close monitoring with technical equipment.
My husband and I have four adult children, two son-in-laws and four grand children. We lived in Dunedin until 1984 and then moved north to Auckland to further our careers and education. We then lived three years in South America (Ecuador and Peru) working with an international organisation involved in Christian outreach and primary health care before returning to settle and live in Auckland.
Keeping a balance between work and personal life activities is important to me. I enjoy outdoor sports and use jogging, kayaking and biking for fitness and relaxation. Further to this I also enjoy acamdemic persuit. I have both a Master in Public Health degree and a Doctor of Health Science degree.