New Wanaka mum Kristi James with husband Michael Coonrod and baby Makail James, who was born on the floor of a midwife's office on Thursday morning. An Otago mum who gave birth on her midwife's floor believes women and babies are being put in danger by the region's inadequate maternity services. Kristi James, of Hawea Flat, gave birth at 5.32am on Thursday at her midwife's Wanaka office after waking up at 3am with contractions three minutes apart. Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean said maternity services in the Otago-Southland region were now at a crisis point. The office birth came hot on the heels of a roadside birth near Lumsden, in Southland, last month.

Source: Stuff June 10, 2019 06:22 UTC