About Us

Home Birth Canterbury (formally known as Canterbury Home Birth Association) was founded in 1976. It is an organisation built on a belief in women and women’s bodies, informed decision making and planned home birth as a safe and appropriate option for well women experiencing a well pregnancy.

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Our committee is made up of birthing whānau with a home birthing philosophy, midwives and midwifery students, who volunteer their time to provide support and information to those looking at birthing at home.

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Home Birth Canterbury committee representatives attend regional multidisciplinary meetings pertinent to the birthing community to ensure the voice of local home birth givers is heard.

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The committee have a monthly gathering to discuss fundraising efforts, consolidate califont and birth pool hire, and organise hampers gifted to home birthing whanau following the birth of their baby; and to share home birth stories.  

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We offer professional membership to regional midwives; this provides each midwife with access to complimentary hampers for home birthing whanau who are booked with them and a discount off birth pool hire.