Meet Tammy
Hello, I'm Tammy.
I'm a New Zealand Registered Nurse with more than 30 years of nursing experience and a professional background that includes postnatal care, primary health care, and general medical and surgical nursing.
But Nest & Nurture isn't simply about my qualifications.
It grew from something I believe very strongly: new parents deserve to be cared for too.
So much attention naturally turns towards the baby after birth, while the person who has just given birth is recovering physically, adapting emotionally and learning how to care for a newborn — often on very little sleep.
I've experienced that transition as both a healthcare professional and a mother.
That's why my approach combines the reassurance of an experienced Registered Nurse with the warmth, patience and practical support traditionally associated with postnatal doula care.
When I visit your home, there is no rigid checklist. Perhaps you need to sleep while I care for your baby. Perhaps you'd like someone beside you while you practise settling, bathing, feeding or reading your baby's cues. Perhaps you're recovering from a Caesarean or difficult birth and simply need the afternoon to stop feeling quite so overwhelming. Or perhaps everything is technically going well — but you would feel better knowing an experienced person is there.
That's what Nest & Nurture is for.
My role is to complement — never replace — the care provided by your midwife/LMC, GP, Well Child provider or other healthcare professionals.
