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Sunshine coast, Fraser Coast, Wide Bay to Yeppoon/Rocky. The ability to bring forth the next generation is a gift that allows us the opportunity to expand who we were to become who we need to be. In the becoming, all who are intimately involved and invited into the inner circle become changed. It is my honour to support this transition by holding space, being a sounding board, offering my skills and knowledge and experience.
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Locations within 35min of Camp Mountain. I have been holding space and journeying alongside women and parents in the transformative experience of pregnancy, birth, and postnatal period for over 25 years. My life-long passion as a midwife, mindfulness and somatic practitioner is embodiment work - fully inhabiting our bodies - with curiosity, acceptance, presence, love and sovereignty.
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Gold Coast. I am a homebirth mama myself and have a deep appreciation and respect for a woman’s body to grow, birth and nurture her babe. I came into midwifery through strong advocacy for women's birthing choices and I am passionate about cultivating a community of wise women who believe in themselves and support one another.
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Mackay, Proserpine, Airlie Beach, Bowen I offer Home Birth in the Whitsundays, TENs and Breast pump hire. I also have online birth courses and offer 1:1 birth mentoring.
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Locations up to 30 minutes from clinics in Red Hill or North Lakes. My Midwives is the largest private midwifery practice in Australia which provides care for pregnancy, labour, birth and up to six weeks post birth. My Midwives offers home birth or the option to birth in Metro North hospitals. My Midwives also offers a range of education, antenatal and postnatal packages.
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Toowoomba & the Darling Downs. My Midwives is the largest private midwifery practice in Australia which provides care for pregnancy, labour, birth and up to six weeks post birth. My Midwives offers home birth or the option to birth in Toowoomba Base Hospital. My Midwives also offers a range of education, antenatal and postnatal packages.
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Caloundra to Noosa/Noosa Hinterland Pomona. I am a practicing registered midwife of 17 years, with experience in public, private and independent practice. I currently work as a Home birth Midwife, supporting families during pregnancy, labour, birth and 6 weeks postpartum. I am passionate about supporting and informing women of their choices and abilities, yet believe in ones intuitive nature, encouraging women to return to themselves for their innate knowing.
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Mackay & Whitsundays. I’ve been a homebirth midwife in New Zealand for 35 years, I moved to QLD 5 years ago for some time off call, I’ve completed my endorsement so am ready to support women and their families in home birth. Look forward to working with you
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Greater Brisbane to Gold Coast. I commenced my midwifery journey in 2007, working in both the public & private sectors. I have vast clinical skills yet apply an integrated approach to your care. I love working with Women, building relationships and achieving a positive outcome regardless of the initial birth plan. Everything is kept normal and natural, unless it deviates and then we discuss options depending on what is presenting. I look forward to supporting you on your birth journey.
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Gold Coast & Logan City. I have been journeying with women on the passage to childbirth and parenting for 8 years. Quality information sharing and genuine support for individual women choices are the cornerstone of my practice as a midwife. Currently working with It Takes a Village Midwifery.
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Sunshine Coast. Providing families continuity of care through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Through my experience in public and private systems across Australia and New Zealand, I have provided many families with support and care through this period of their lives. As a Private Midwife, I am passionate about providing women-centred individualised care and education to women and their families as they navigate their unique path.
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Brisbane, Logan, Gold Coast, Ipswich, and Redlands. Providing continuity of care to women and their families in the home setting that encompasses antenatal, homebirth, and postnatal care up until 6 weeks postpartum. I am passionate about empowering women with knowledge and support, through evidence-based information sharing, and advocating for women's choices so they can stand in their power throughout this journey of transformation.
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Brisbane and Ipswich. Home birth and Hospital birth. Face to face and group class offerings, with online class offerings. I have been a midwife through my pregnancy and birth journeys, and it is these beautiful journeys that have brought me to the place I am today, providing continuity of care to families to give them the power and control over their journeys. I feel honored to be invited into each individual and unique story and truly work with women.
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Gladstone Region. We help women and their partners to take control of their pregnancy and birth options. To be informed and empowered so their experience is both safe and helps the family bond and connect. Packages include: 1. Pregnancy, Homebirth and Baby 2. Pregnancy, Hospital Escort and Baby 3. Pregnancy and Baby (no birth support) Our midwives are qualified, experienced and dedicated. They can order blood tests and ultrasounds. Best still, our fees are eligible for Medicare rebates.
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North Brisbane, Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast.Offering private midwifery care to women from early pregnancy through to 6weeks postpartum, which includes a Closing of Bones Ceremony around 5wks. It is my role to provide you with all of your options explaining the risks and benefits and holding space for you as you make your decision. I will remind you of the power you hold within and will encourage you to tune into your intuition. My core belief is that women should be held with respect, love and compassion no matter what their choices are.
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Ipswich, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley, Western and Southern Suburbs of Brisbane. New Life has a holistic approach to pregnancy, birth and postpartum, honouring the woman as the authoritative knowledge. Women are intricately designed to grow and safely birth babies. On those few occasions when complications arise, our experienced midwives collaborate with other expert practitioners with consent, keeping the woman at the centre. Birth is an empowering and transformative experience and we aim to nurture, listen to, and motivate you to confidently forge your birth, your way.
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Servicing the Sunshine Coast. My services are private midwifery continuity of care, supporting throughout pregnancy, birth and 6 weeks postpartum. I also provide private lactation services as an IBCLC. Women are the focal point of life, as a midwife I educate, encourage and empower women in an atmosphere of love and respect. I draw from my intuition and spiritual guidance to support all that I touch in my life.
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Sunshine Coast and Hinterland. Continuity of care in pregnancy, birth and early postpartum. I respect the woman as the expert and place her in the centre of her childbearing experience. I support women's informed choice by taking time to understand her unique needs and desires. Through individualised care, information, knowledge and skills are shared to guide, encourage and trust women to follow their intuition and empower themselves.
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Cairns and surrounds. I am an endorsed midwife with nearly 15 years hands on clinical experience, with just over a decade spent working in a continuity of care model encompassing homebirth. I am also a Hypnobirthing Australia practitioner.
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Redlands, Bayside, Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich. For over fifteen years, I have had the privilege of supporting families on their parenting journeys. I believe the support you receive through your pregnancy, birth and postpartum is essential to your foundation as a mother and family. I am deeply committed to providing evidence-based, holistic midwifery care to meet the needs of you and your whole family. I offer private midwifery continuity of care, including home birth or hospital birth support, along with lactation consultations as an IBCLC.
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Cairns and surrounds. I am a midwife of 20 years that has worked in hospital and birth centre settings providing continuity of care. The relationships built during this time are what I love. I am passionate about supporting physiological birth hence my transition to offering home birth to families in FNQ. I also provide antenatal/postnatal care and Lactation services.
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Wide Bay. I have been midwifing women on their journeys into motherhood for 15 years with ten of those supporting women to birth at home. This amazing journey and my observation on the link between birth and sexuality has then led me into Yoni Mapping Therapy and Ecstatic Birth Practitioner Training. I feel that my growth and understanding of women and birth is a forever expanding journey into the unknown and I look forward to journeying with you. ​
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South East QLD. The dream for a village of support, helping to prepare mothers and families physically, emotionally, and spiritually for birth and parenthood is where ITAV began. Today, we are a flourishing community of passionate, woman-centric midwives working with like-minded caregivers to provide truly individualised care a holistic understanding of maternal health and wellbeing. Our village is waiting to welcome you home.
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Toowoomba + regional and remote areas of the Darling Downs, Granite Belt, Lockyer Valley and South Burnett. We offer education, care and advocacy for all women, in all settings - including your home, the birthing centre or your hospital of choice. Sonya has visiting rights at the Toowoomba Base Hospital and Birthing Centre.
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Complete Midwifery care was born from a deep desire to support women and their families by providing evidence-based individualised exceptional care. Engaging in an equal partnership with a midwife by providing education, understanding, nurturing empowerment, allowing women to explore, learn and understand their power to birth naturally. Our approach ensures you have the safest possible care, provided by an experienced and skilled midwife who you know and trust.
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Sunshine Coast. I provide individual pregnancy, birth and post birth continuity of care for you and your growing family.
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Northern NSW & SE QLD locations up to 1 hour from Mudgeeraba
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Sunshine Coast. We provide full continuity of care through pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatally to 6 weeks, for women choosing home birth. We specialise in natural home birth & support you to have the birth you want and deserve. We offer a unique and comprehensive program of preparation for birth and motherhood.
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Sunshine Coast. We are passionate and committed midwives, supporting women to make informed choices and be active participants in their care. We provide experienced and exceptional evidenced based midwifery care to our women and families whether they choose to birth in hospital or at home. Coast Life Midwifery partners with Universities, the Sunshine Coast University Hospital and Sunshine Coast Private Hospital.
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Sunshine Coast. I am passionate in providing midwifery care that keeps the woman’s needs central. I strongly advocate for gentle birth and gentle mothering. I respect and honour a woman’s childbearing experience as a sacred rite of passage that holds life long significance on health and wellbeing.
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Ipswich and surrounding areas, including to the Lockyer Valley and Brisbane’s Western suburbs. We are a private midwifery practice providing a holistic approach to family centred pregnancy, birth and postnatal services to women.
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Ayr, Townsville, Tully, Cardwell, Ingham.
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Lockyer Valley. We offer care that is tailored to each woman's individual needs. I am particularly passionate about providing evidence based care throughout pregnancy, labour and birth, and minimising unnecessary medical intervention. Our role is to educate and empower women thereby enabling them to make informed, wise decisions about childbirth and beyond.

New South Wales

 
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Penrith to Bathurst. Private midwifery antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.
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Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Western Sydney. I believe that pregnancy and birth are natural and normal life events, but at the same time have the power to be transformative events in our lives. I am always honoured to walk with women as they navigate this time in their lives. I am passionate about giving every woman individualised care that is right for them, and recognising that women have the right to choose in all aspects of their pregnancy and birth. I am committed to giving pregnant women confidence in their innate ability to birth their babies in an environment in which they feel nurtured, supported and safe, wherever that may be.
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The Central Coast. We are passionate about collaborating with women during the perinatal period. We are committed to providing family centred and holistic care; enabling women to make informed choices about their pregnancy, birth and baby. We provide continuity, respect a woman’s choice, share knowledge, build trust, communicate transparently and believe in the natural ability of women to birth their babies where they chooses.
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Central Coast, Newcastle & the Lower Hunter. Holistic, individual care for women and their families at a time in their lives where choices matter most. I believe in women and their ability to give birth instinctively and intuitively. Respecting the most intimate of life experiences, I offer information and choice regarding quality antenatal care, facilitating physiological birth and therefore creating a smooth and gentle transition to family life with a new baby.
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Illawarra and Wollongong. I am a private practice midwife working with families for antenatal care, home birth and postpartum.
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Sydney. Continuity of midwifery care through pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period. I believe that women should be placed at the centre of their own experience, supported to empower themselves with knowledge and skills, given time and encouragement from their midwife, as well as being surrounded by those they love and people who believe and trust in their ability to give birth.
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The Hunter Region. We provide services for all births, whether that be at home, hospital or a repeat caesarean section. We believe all births are equally important and require the same love and devotion. We want to nurture your birth preparation and ease you into motherhood with everything you need, as you need it. Full Spectrum Care; Antenatal and Postpartum, Elective Caesarian Section
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Locations up to 45 minutes from Dunoon (Northern Rivers). It is truly a privilege to be a midwife and share in the sacred journey of a family welcoming their baby into the world. I find it an honour to bring my personalised warmth and tenderness to families to support them to have a safe and empowering journey that is their own.
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Northern Sydney, Parramatta & Hills District. I have been a midwife attending birth at home for around 30 years. I truly believe in a woman’s ability to birth her own baby. If home is where you feel safe, then allow me to walk with you as we explore pregnancy, birth and the first weeks beyond birth together. The woman is the centre of her care no matter what.
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NSW Hunter Valley, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie Di is an endorsed Midwife providing private midwifery services including Homebirth. Valley Births can also provide antenatal and postnatal care and birth planning for women choosing to birth in hospital as well as ongoing breastfeeding support.
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Lower Mid North Coast - Pacific Palms, Great Lakes & Manning Valley. Support and care in pregnancy, birth & postnatally
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Inner West, Eastern Suburbs, Sutherland Shire & South West Sydney. The birth of a baby is a sacred and unique journey for every woman, baby and her family. I have a holistic approach to your midwifery care, believing that each woman and her family have unique needs and wishes which are responded to individually and respectfully. I provide midwifery care throughout your pregnancy, labour & birth and postnatal period. All care is provided in your home.
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Northern Rivers. Matrescence is the time of mother-becoming and starts the first time you think of having a baby. It transitions all parts of your world. Matrescence Midwifery will support you with holistic evidenced based and informed care as you move through these times. I became a midwife because I am passionate about all things pregnancy, birth and postnatal as a rite of passage that is to be nurtured. Telehealth, Lactation support (IBCLC), and Acunnedling.
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Locations up to 1 hour from Bellingen. Being pregnant and giving birth is a deeply personal experience and a significant rite of passage. Women should emerge from the childbirth continuum feeling joyful, strong and confident, and babies should be welcomed in the most gentle and loving way possible. Britt's philosophy of care is based on the belief that pregnancy and birth is a natural physiological process, that women have the innate ability to birth their babies, and that birth is almost always a family event rather than a medical one.
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Eastern Suburbs, Inner City Sydney and surrounds. Having a baby is a normal, natural life event and is best supported by creating a safe and nurturing environment for a woman’s instincts to lead the way. I am a Medicare eligible endorsed midwife providing care across the continuum including birthing at home. I believe in respectful, safe and caring maternity care, where women and their babies are supported to have the best possible pregnancy, birth and transition to parenthood.
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Kiama to Ulladulla. I’ve been a midwife since 2019, starting private midwifery in 2023. I’m offering private midwifery care, including homebirth. I have absolute faith in women’s abilities to birth their babies in their own way, in their chosen environment with their chosen support people and am excited to offer this care in an area where there aren’t many options outside the public system.
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Central Coast, Newcastle. Empowering women and their families to have the home birth they desire. As a midwife I am the guardian of your birth space. I have patience and trust in the physiological ability of women to birth their babies how (and where) they choose and I provide education and skills to women and their families so they feel supported to birth and enter parenthood confidently.
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Taree & surrounds. I am a woman, midwife, mofher and grandmother. My interest in homebirth began with my first child 37 years ago, since then I have broadened my experience to include lactation consultancy and child health. My midwifery journey began 33 years ago with homebirth dominating the last 17 years. I believe that childbirth is the most important period of transition in a woman's life and the support she gets at this time is pivotal in achieving her desired outcomes and shaping the mother she will become.
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South West Sydney and surrounds. Privately practising midwife offering antenatal, birth, and postnatal care at home.
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Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, Inner West. I am here to support you and your family’s unique journey through pregnancy and birth with the safety of a trusting and respectful relationship centred around you, your experiences and needs, with a commitment to honouring the power of women, informed decision making, and the spiritual, physiological, and emotional aspects of birth. Pregnancy care Homebirth Postnatal Care Lactation support
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Central Coast NSW & surrounds, Lake Macquarie NSW, Newcastle. Every woman has the right to choose place of birth, and her support team. This is pivotal to the birth outcome. The empowering of women to make informed decisions about their pregnancy, birth and postnatal care is my passion. I have been very fortunate and privileged to have been involved in this journey over the past 14 years and to assist women in attaining positive birth outcomes. I also practice the Gentle Birth Method, Reflexology, Baby Massage and Ayurveda.
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Wagga Wagga and surrounding areas. As midwives we are passionate about providing woman centred individualised care that nourishes and promotes a woman’s capability and strength. We honour the importance of working in partnership with you and your support(s) to empower and inform your pregnancy, birth journey and postpartum journey. Between us we have many years of experience as midwives and are continually studying and reflecting in order to provide the most up to date, evidence based recommendations to you and your family.
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I have been a midwife since 2011 and have been attending homebirths as the second midwife for the past 18 months prior to commencing my own private practice in 2023. I am passionate about birth physiology and supporting women to recognise their power and inner wisdom during pregnancy. I currently offer in-home antenatal and postnatal care including lactation support up to 6 weeks post birth for women wanting to birth in hospital. I also offer labour and birth support in hospital.
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Northern Sydney, North Shore. Offering collaborative, continuity of care through antenatal, birth, and postnatal stages. Providing holistic education with a twist of soul coaching, empowering you to understand yourself deeply, trust in your innate ability to nurture the physiological birth process and to create secure attachments. Services include birth-planning, birth-debriefing, online education. Let’s embark on this sacred, transformative journey together, ensuring you feel confident and prepared every step of the way.
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South West Sydney & surrounds. I am a passionate midwife of over 10 years offering continuity of care with homebirth as well as separate postnatal services in your home. I believe that every woman and family should feel supported and safe, and that any birth experience should be treated as sacred and a rite of passage.
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Hunter Valley and Newcastle. I am a Privately Practicing Endorsed Midwife providing continuity midwifery care throughout your pregnancy, birth and motherhood to women and families of the Hunter Valley and Newcastle area. I truly believe women and families everywhere deserve to have true informed choice and safe, respectful care.
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Illawarra and surrounds. I am a private endorsed midwife and lactation consultant. I offer home birth services, as well as breastfeeding and postnatal support. I believe where we choose to birth matters, and feeling safe and supported in our desires about our birth experience matters. My hope is you feel safe and supported and heard throughout your pregnancy and birth to make informed decisions that are right for you and your family.
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North Western Sydney NSW including Hawkesbury, Hills District, Penrith and Lower Blue Mountains. I believe having a baby is a very special life event and it’s an absolute privilege to partner women and their families through the transition to parenthood. I am passionate about providing woman centred, individualised care, through pregnancy, labour, birth and the postpartum. Developing a trusting, caring, supportive relationship, that provides women with the confidence in their body to birth their baby safely.
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Albury/Wodonga and 1 hour radius. Please write a short blurb about you/your business and the services you offer (up to 80 words) * Hi, I’m Hannah—a wife, a mother, and your passionate home birth midwife right here in the Albury Wodonga region. As a woman who believes in the incredible strength and power of mothers, I’m here to support you in making empowered choices, ensuring you have the freedom to bring your baby into the world with the support and clinical care you deserve, individualised to you.
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South Western Sydney, Sutherland Shire, Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Far South Coast. Southern Highlands, Southern Tablelands and South West Slopes. Our belief is that rural women also deserve care options and so to enable that we travel extensively and provide care to women across . Marie Heath is a very experienced private practice midwife having attended homebirths for the past 27 years. Ingrid McKenzie having joined our practice 2 years ago has a background in continuity of midwifery care through a birth centre and her lactation consultancy work. We are committed to providing family centred and holistic care which enables women to make informed choices that are empowering. [Also trades under Illawarra Midwives, South Coast Midwives and Canberra Midwives]
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Berowra Heights. Karyn has worked as a midwife for 20 years. She is passionate about continuity of care and the incredible power having a known carer can create. She believes the birthing journey is the most important time in your life, a time of great personal growth and achievement: All women and their families deserve choice​ , in every aspect of the process.
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Byron Bay. I have been a midwife for more than 25 years. Midwifery for me is about developing a trusting relationship with women so we can navigate the birthing journey together. As a midwife I am committed to providing a safe, supportive birthing environment. I only take two clients a months, so I can provide optimum care.
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Wollongong, Nowra, Campbelltown, Sutherland & Southern Highlands. I'm a Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife with endorsement, Wife, and Mum to 5 beautiful children. For 12 years I have worked in various maternity settings, including high risk , MGP, Home Birth, with most of my experience in Birthing Unit. I have a passion for continuity of care and freedom of choice for women and their families.
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The Hawkesbury. Following a 12 year Midwifery career within the hospital setting, and with an incredibly supportive husband, I made the decision to move into full time private practice, as my passion truly lies with providing continuity of care whilst advocating for women and their families.
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Port Macquarie and surrounds
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Sydney, Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Southern Highlands
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The Northern Rivers. I am passionate about providing a service that is holistic, culturally sensitive, well informed and family focused maternity care.
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Locations within one hour of Bellingen, including Woolgoolga, Coffs Harbour, Nambucca Heads, Dorrigo. I believe that pregnancy and birth is a natural physiological process, that women have the innate ability to birth their babies, and that birth is almost always a family event rather than a medical one. I am focused on helping women give birth naturally, confidently, and safely. I works with clients to instil confidence in themselves and their decision-making, based on best evidence-based practice.
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Northern Beaches, Upper North Shore/ Hornsby Shire. I believe that Midwifery fundamentally means to be ‘with women’. To be with women in their multifaceted journey through a time that can be one of the most life changing events in a woman’s life. Forming relationships with women and their families and providing a continuity of care model enables trust, communication, respect, education, support and care. In this relationship there is a sharing of knowledge so as the women with her family can make informed decisions about her and her babies ongoing care and options.
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Illawarra region and surrounds. I offer pregnancy, birth, and postnatal care for women in the comfort of their own homes. I believe in the importance of instilling confidence in birthing women and their families to make their own health decisions by using evidence-based practice, offering practical advice, and taking a holistic approach to each pregnancy in a social, emotional, cultural, physical and spiritual capacity. Together, we can plan for your labour and birth your way. Contact me to see if homebirth is the right option for you and your family. Area: Illawarra and surrounds
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Blue Mountains, Sydney and surrounds
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Dubbo area. Our services including Antenatal education classes, Antenatal care, Hypnobirthing, Homebirth, Postnatal care, and Doula support services .
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Sydney Northern Beaches and surrounds. With woman-centred/family-centred holistic midwifery care at our core, we offer home-birthing, childbirth education, perinatal support & infant massage, to assist you and your family through this ever-changing chapter in life. The Nesting Hub's ethos is 'because we care '....and we look forward to journeying with you.
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Penrith, Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury. I have been a private midwife since 2008 and have worked providing homebirth for my entire career. I provide all of your pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in your home and at my home office. I have a team of midwives that I works with so every woman has a second known midwife.
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Central Coast and surrounds, Upper North Shore. I am passionate about assisting and supporting women to attain positive birth outcomes. Not being able to find suitable progammes to empower women during pregnancy, her passion led her to London to train with Dr Gowri Motha in the Gentle Birth Method. Elizabeth is a practising Endorsed Homebirth Midwife, Gentle Birth Practitioner,Reflexologist, Baby Massage Instructor, Ayurvedic consultant.
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SW Sydney, Illawara, Southern Highlands.

Australian Capital Territory

 
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Private Midwifery Services and Birth Pool Hire. Canberra
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ACT & Surrounds. Our belief is that rural women also deserve care options and so to enable that we travel extensively and provide care to women across . Marie Heath is a very experienced private practice midwife having attended homebirths for the past 27 years. Ingrid McKenzie having joined our practice 2 years ago has a background in continuity of midwifery care through a birth centre and her lactation consultancy work. We are committed to providing family centred and holistic care which enables women to make informed choices that are empowering. [Also trades under Illawarra Midwives, South Coast Midwives and Canberra Midwives]
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Canberra ACT and surrounding regions of NSW. Each woman and her partner bring with them their own ideas, experiences, values, beliefs and philosophies for pregnancy, birth, and beyond. It is our privilege to listen to your story, and we use this knowledge to support you to grow, birth and parent your baby in a way that is right for you. We provide expert midwifery care that is kind, respectful and nurturing so that you and your partner can emerge as strong, confident parents.
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A publicly funded Homebirth Service is available through the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children’s continuity midwifery program. This service now gives women in the ACT an option to birth in the comfort and familiarity of their own home. The service is available to women who meet the eligibility criteria. This service is offered by Centenary Hospital for Women and Children in Garran to eligible women.

Victoria

 
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Yarra Valley. Essence Midwifery is a Private Practice Homebirth service providing Antenatal Care, Birth and Lactation Education, and Postnatal Care. Our practice is grounded in a deep understanding of the physiological process of birth, belief in educated and autonomous decision making, respect and consent based care, and recognition of the immense physical and spiritual change that takes place in the birthing journey.
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Greater Melbourne. Tessa is experienced across the entire childbearing continuum - meaning she is able to care for women in pregnancy, labour and up to 6 weeks postnatally, in their own homes.
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Greater Melbourne & Gippsland. With my Melbourne Midwifery Collective colleagues, I partner with women and their families to have a positive pregnancy, birth, and early parenting life transformation.
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Inner Melbourne. Continuity of care services for those planning to birth at home.
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Located in Kew and in Dandenong Ranges, servicing Melbourne North, South & East. A small boutique group of private midwives offering homebirth, hospital birth and birth retreats (education).
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Central Victoria including Heathcote, Kilmore, Bendigo, Seymour, Castlemaine, Kyneton, Ballarat. We offer women who want to homebirth, support during pregnancy, birth and postnatally.
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Colac, Otways, Surfcoast and Geelong. Providing gentle midwifery care through pregnancy, birthing and postpartum for women and families at home. Connected with a wonderful collective of midwives in Geelong & surrounds. Previously of The Birth House, Geelong
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Yarra Valley. Continuity of care throughout pregnancy, homebirth Midwifery support and postnatal support for 6 weeks after birth.
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Locations up to 30 minutes from clinics in Brunswick or Epping. My Midwives provides care for pregnancy, labour, birth and up to six weeks post birth. offers home birth or the option to birth in The Northern or The Royal Women's hospitals. My Midwives also offers a range of education, antenatal and postnatal packages.
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Greater Melbourne & surrounding areas. A small boutique service offering true continuity of midwifery care to families. We also offer placenta encapsulation as well as acuneedling and Internal Pelvic Release Work.
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Surfcoast, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula. I have always been passionate about providing families with the right support and information, so that they can make informed decisions. I’ve found that providing continuous midwifery care - getting to know the family and what’s important to them - leads to the best and most satisfying outcomes.
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Western Melbourne & Surrounds. Offering care during pregnancy, labour, birth and up to 6 weeks postpartum. Kate specialises in providing care & support across the continuum with a focus on; Continuity, Connection and Community. Enhancing your journey well beyond the normal 6 weeks postpartum & far into your motherhood & matresence.
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Based in Cockatoo, servicing S.E. Suburbs of Melbourne within the Casey, Cardinia, and Yarra Ranges Councils. Other areas on request. Endorsed Midwife, with over 15 years experience across the midwifery continuum. “Intrinsic Midwifery” was set up to provide holistic pregnancy and postnatal care to women, in their own homes, all whilst educating them & their families, and showing them the mighty power within every mother to be. Labour support for hospital birth. Second midwife for homebirth, with plans to be a primary midwife over the next few years. Shared Care provider with Monash Health.
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South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Gippsland, Mornington Peninsula. Meg is an experienced, passionate and woman centered midwife, offering care from early pregnancy through to labour and birth, including home birth. Post Natal care for up to 6 weeks. She is committed to providing holistic and evidence based care and assisting women to connect with their innate birthing and mothering wisdom to ensure the best outcomes possible and see women step into their mothering feeling confident and empowered.
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South East Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. I am an experienced endorsed midwife with a passion for advocacy and informed midwifery care. I absolutely love to help women find their inner power and walk beside them as they enter into matrescence. I offer full continuity of care - antenatal, home birth, hospital labour support and/or postnatal care. All appointments are in the comfort of your home with a focus on empowerment, choice and woman-centred care.
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South East Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula. I am an experienced endorsed midwife with a passion for advocacy and informed midwifery care. I absolutely love to help women find their inner power and walk beside them as they enter into matrescence. I offer full continuity of care - antenatal, home birth, hospital labour support and/or postnatal care. All appointments are in the comfort of your home with a focus on empowerment, choice and woman-centred care.
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Southwest Victoria, up to 2hrs from Port Fairy. I support women birthing at home because I believe they have a strong feeling of being safe and empowered .I have been supporting birthing women at home and in hospital for more than 20 years, providing continuity of care. I truly believe it is a partnership-sharing knowledge and showing mutual respect in the journey. My consultations are always in the home space, and I especially love sharing the care with children.
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Adelaide region, Fleurieu Peninsula and Adelaide Hills regions. The team wholeheartedly believe in women-centred care and supporting women to have empowering pregnancies, birth experiences and start to life with their new baby. We have a strong focus on evidence-informed care, with the woman at the centre of her own care. We support women and birthing people at all stages of pregnancy, and those planning to birth at home or in hospital. We also offer acuneedling for midwives services.
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Albury/Wodonga and 1 hour radius. Hi, I’m Hannah—a wife, a mother, and your passionate home birth midwife right here in the Albury Wodonga region. As a woman who believes in the incredible strength and power of mothers, I’m here to support you in making empowered choices, ensuring you have the freedom to bring your baby into the world with the support and clinical care you deserve, individualised to you.
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Geelong, The Surfcoast and The Bellarine. I am an endorsed private homebirth midwife providing care to women and their families planning homebirths in the Geelong region, on The Surfcoast, and on The Bellarine.
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South West Victoria. I am a Mother and now Grandmother I have been a Midwife for almost 2 decades and love supporting women to take control of their birth journey where ever that may lead. I offer in home prenatal care, Intrapartum care and postnatal care in the home.
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Geelong and the Bellarine
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Golden Plains and Geelong
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North East Melbourne. Holistic midwifery care with a focus on the integration of the body-mind with an intention to create the right conditions for others to directly experience their own source of wisdom and love.
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Based in Banyule, travels near and far. A small independent practice specialising in Midwifery and Infertility Management. Client numbers are limited, in order to provide a personalised and reliable service. The services you receive are specially tailored to your own unique needs and preferences. All consultations are conducted in your home.
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Greater Melbourne. Clare works with the Melbourne Midwifery Collective, a directory of private midwives, based in Melbourne who have a shared philosophy and wish to provide women and their families holistic and individualised midwifery care.
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Greater Melbourne. MAMA is a collective of private midwives and allied health practitioners who are all focused on pregnancy, birth and postnatal care. The midwife team at MAMA believe that midwifery continuity of care improves physical and emotional outcomes for mothers. We believe that these outcomes are crucial to the wider wellbeing of families and communities.
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Servicing Melbourne. I choose to be with women, nurturing, supporting, advocating and respecting the process of birth and a woman’s rights to make informed decisions for herself and her family. I am also a HypnoBirthing® International practitioner, a role I adore.
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Surf Coast, Geelong and the Bellarine
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South Gippsland. I bring to birthing women in my community a strong and competent foundation in maternity care and skills and a deeply ingrained belief that midwives are protectors and keepers of natural and normal birth. We are only truly able to fulfill this role by providing continuity of care, growing and sharing evidence based knowledge, respecting birth choices and supporting women to draw upon their inner strength to birth well.
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South East Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. I’m here to provide you with trusted care and support at every step of your pregnancy, birthing and postpartum journey. With my studies in aromatherapy and homeopathy, I also have a keen interest in alternative therapies.
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Warragul
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North East Victoria & parts of Goulburn Valley. I'm an endorsed midwife who has a passion for all things normal in pregnancy and birth. I believe women deserve improved care in maternity services and I hope to help this one birth at a time. Through Your Birth Midwifery I offer comprehensive at home care for your pregnancy journey and beyond.
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Locations within 30 minutes of Joan Kirner Hospital. Our homebirth program is embedded within the Midwifery Group Practice model of care. You'll receive continuity of care by midwives that provide clinical and emotional care throughout your pregnancy, labour/birth and early postpartum period. Continuity of Care has been shown to foster trusting relationships that lead to favourable births and improved maternal satisfaction. Our program has been running for 12 years and is currently the only PFHB program in Victoria. Please see out website for further information and contact details.

South Australia

 
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South Coast of South Australia, Fleurieu Peninsula, Adelaide Hills and Murraylands. We offer pregnancy, birth and postnatal support to 6 weeks post birth. Services include preconception advice, antenatal care and education, breastfeeding support and the options of homebirth or hospital birth tailored to support your journey. All appointments are held in the comfort of your own home.
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Adelaide. I am a Lactation consultant, Endorsed Midwife and a Hypnobirthing practitioner. I believe birth is a normal, physiological life changing experience that should be nurtured and supported. When allowed to trust your own instincts, a birthing mother has an inherent ability to move through the birthing process, surrounded by support and security when knowing her best interests are protected.
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Southern suburbs of Adelaide and Fleurieu Peninsula (further on negotiation). Homebirth midwives providing complete continuity of care from conception to six weeks postpartum.
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Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula. IBCLC since 1992 an interest in Ties and supporting breastfeeding. Currently homebirth continuity of care for 1 woman a month. Support for new midwives in Adelaide. 34 years of experience supporting women who seek homebirth.
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Northern and North Eastern suburbs of Adelaide. Beata at Matrescence Midwifery SA provides private midwifery care for women wishing to experience individualised woman centred care for their pregnancy. Beata can provide care over the entire continuum, from conception to birthing at home, to 6 weeks postnatal, with recommended blood tests, scans and screenings available to all clients. Medicare rebates available for some AN and PN services.
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Adelaide and surrounds. I am a Medicare Eligible Registered Midwife and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. I am passionate about women’s choices to birth at home and can also provide midwifery continuity of care no matter where you birth.
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MGP midwives provide access and care to planned homebirth and adheres to the SA Health Planned Birth at Home Clinical Directive. Discuss this option with your midwife at the first visit if you are interested.

Northern Territory

 
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Greater Darwin. We truly believe when women receive individualised, holistic maternity care from a known midwife, a strong and empowered mother is born. We support and journey with women through their pregnancy, birth and early parenting phase offering continuity of care including homebirth. We also offer antenatal/postnatal packages (including breastfeeding support), birth education and birth debriefing.
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The midwifery group practice provides homebirth care in Alice Springs and Darwin. There are regular homebirth morning teas held in the Northern Territory. You can meet other women planning a homebirth and get information from midwives.

Western Australia

 
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South West corner of Western Australia. I am an Endorsed Midwife in with 20 years experience. My passion is for providing personalised continuity of care for women and their families planning for home or hospital births. I am a passionate VBAC supporter. I also provide comprehensive postnatal care and breastfeeding support.
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Geraldton and surrounding areas. As an Endorsed Registered Midwife, I am highly qualified to care for those experiencing a normal pregnancy. I can order, interpret and action tests and investigations in pregnancy, including ultrasounds & prescribe medicines in pregnancy. I practice across the continuum of pregnancy, offering antenatal, labour and birth, and postnatal care and have visiting rights to the local hospital. BYS Midwifery believes pregnant women deserve care from a known and trusted midwife. BYS midwifery also believes in the positive impact of a midwife's presence throughout a pregnancy and birth journey.
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Busselton to Augusta and surrounds. I am an NZ trained endorsed midwife with 15 years experience with home and hospital births. I believe in continuity of care being the gold standard and wish every woman had her own midwife. I have extensive knowledge in breastfeeding support and am passionate about mental health. I have been in this area for 10 years now and love working alongside our fantastic doulas, alternative health providers and medical teams if needed.
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Perth as far north as Yanchep out to Bullsbrook and Mundaring to as far South as Success. I am a private midwife who supports women with their pregnancy and birth choices both at home and in hospital, offering full continuity of care and just AN or PN only. I also hire out birth pools, TENs and other various birthy aids and tools.
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Northern Perth. No matter what your birth choices or mode of birth, the aim is to begin the journey of parenthood feeling empowered. Hand in Hand Midwives believes this is best achieved by developing a trusting relationship with a midwife that can be there throughout your pregnancy, birth and early postnatal period, listening to you and being your advocate and empowering you to make informed decisions for you and your baby.
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To birth well, women need to feel safe and be supported by a caregiver they know and trust. As your primary midwife, I am able to facilitate a birthing environment in which women may be led by their instincts and therefore will be able to trust their bodies to birth effectively. My holistic birth beliefs and knowledge help guide families in achieving the best outcome for mother and baby. I support women who wish to birth at home or within the hospital setting, depending upon their needs.
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Perth. My personal philosophy is to support normal birth where possible, offer women information so they can make good choices, to promote self-care relaxation and connection for women and couples in this pivotal period of their life. I have trained as a Hypnobirthing practitioner and I am a qualified clinical reflexologist.
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Marilyn Allen - Fremantle & surrounding suburbs Liza Kennedy - Armadale & South West suburbs
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Scarborough & surrounds. I am a Endorsed Registered Midwife / Registered Nurse and Sessional Academic. I have chosen to work as an Endorsed Privately Practising Midwife as it enables me to provide continuity of care and holistic individualised care to support women and their families through pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period. I have worked in Private practice for over ten years and have experience in a variety of holistic/ healing modalities which I incorporate into my practice.

Tasmania

 
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Southern Tasmania, within 1 hour of Hobart. I offer continuity of care for people seeking a wholistic experience. It's about the people. It's about sharing stories. It's about love. It's about connection. It's about trust. It's about faith. It's about magic. It's about joy
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Hobart and surrounds. I provide care from early pregnancy to 6 weeks postnatal within women's homes. I aim to support women, birthing people and families through well informed, personally tailored care that fulfils and even exceed expectations! I have a deep trust in women's abilities, in the power of choice and agency, and the value of grounded, informed care to support this. It's a huge honour to walk beside women and families at these times.
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Southern Tasmania. I visit you regularly during your pregnancy, am on call for your labour and birth, and visit often after your baby is born. Visits are in your home. You can contact me between visits with any worries or questions. I incorporate education about healthy pregnancy, preparing for labour and birth, breastfeeding, and caring for a new baby into my visits. This is entirely individualised depending on what you, your partner and older children need.
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North-West Tasmania. At GEMS we strive to educate, empower and provide a range of birth options to families. We believe that pregnancy and birth are a significant, but normal part of life and our practice focuses on promoting a holistic and positive pregnancy and birth experience. We provide complete antenatal-, birth- and postpartum care and offer the option to have a homebirth or support you at the hospital.
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