Midwives,doulas and childbirth educators
Midwives,doulas and childbirth educators
Australian Midwives, Doulas and Childbirth Educators Directory
NATIONAL
Midwives
• Australian College of Midwives (Midwives Professional Body)
Doulas
Childbirth Education
• National Association of Childbirth Educators
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Midwives
Doulas
• Jennifer Staniforth — Doula — Empowered for Birth — Canberra
•Rachel Vines — Doula — The Birth Yurt — Canberra and Region
• Vickie Hingston-Jones — Doula — Confident Birth — Canberra
Childbirth Educators
NEW SOUTH WALES
Midwives
• Jan Robinson — Midwife — Sydney
• Robyn Dempsey — Midwife — Sydney
Doulas
• Adrienne Abulhawa — Doula — Holistic Birth — Sydney
• Renee Adair — Doula & Childbirth Educator — Australian Doula College — Sydney
Childbirth Educators
• Leanne Cummins — Midwife & Childbirth Educator — Birthing Sense — Wollongong
•Lina Clerke — Midwife & Childbirth Educator — Wonderful Birth — Sydney
•Michelle Walker — Doula, Childbirth Educator — Blissful Birthing — Tweed Coast
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Midwives
Doulas
Childbirth Educators
QUEENSLAND
Midwives
• Lois Wattis — Midwife — Sunshine Coast
Doulas
•Larissa Salton — Doula — Doula Devotion — Sunshine Coast & Hinterland
•Melissa Aardema — Spirit of Birth Doula Care — Cairns and Tablelands Region
• Pernille Powell — Doula — Birthconnection — Sunshine Coast
Tina Ziegenfusz — Doula — Birthright Doula Services — Brisbane
Childbirth Educators
• Ann McLeod Taylor — Childbirth Educator — Prenatal Centre — Brisbane
• Rachael Austin — GentleBirth Pregnancy and Birth Education — Central Queensland
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Midwives
Doulas
Childbirth Educators
TASMANIA
Midwives
Doulas
Childbirth Educators
VICTORIA
Midwives
•Brenda Manning — Midwife — Birthspace — Mornington Peninsula
•Deborah Fox — Midwife — Central Victorian Midwifery Group Practice — Central Victoria
• Helen Brown — Midwife — Midwives Naturally — Melbourne
• Helen Sandner — Midwife — Central Victorian Midwifery Group Practice — Central Victoria
• Jenny Teskey — Midwife — Midwives Naturally — Melbourne
•Joy Johnston — Midwife — Melbourne
•Lina Clerke — Midwife & Childbirth Educator — Wonderful Birth — Melbourne
•Mary-Anne Richardson — Midwife — Central Victorian Midwifery Group Practice — Central Victoria
•Michelle Popple — Midwife — Central Victorian Midwifery Group Practice — Central Victoria
Doulas
Esther Swoboda-Thurnheer — Doula — The Inner Woman — Melbourne
•Sheryl Hastings — Doula, Doula Training — White Owl Birthing — Gippsland and Melbourne
Childbirth Educators
•Lina Clerke — Midwife & Childbirth Educator — Wonderful Birth — Melbourne
•Victoria Marshall-Cerins — Child Birth Education — Birthready — Melbourne
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Midwives
Doulas
• Carrina Bradbury — Doula — Belly Birth and Babes — Bunbury
•Nicole Jones — Doula — Bunbury, Donnybrook and surrounding areas
Childbirth Educators
CONSUMER GROUPS
• Maternity Coalition (Australia’s peak maternity advocacy organization)
The boring mandatory disclaimer: I have no affiliation with the practitioners listed above. Please make your own inquiries to determine if the services offered meet your requirements.
Are you in need of a midwife, doula or childbirth educator? If so, here are Australian providers listed by State and Territory.
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Men at Birth (2nd Edition)
edited by David Vernon, 218pp, paperback
Finch Publishing ISBN: 9781921462238
A$33.95 includes postage within Australia.
Discounts for multiple purchases
What does it feel like to attend the birth of your child? How do men overcome their natural anxiety about birth? What is the best way for men to support their partners? This book answers these questions and many more. Men at Birth contains twenty-two stories written by men, for men about their birth experience. The stories you read here are often funny, sometimes sad, but all unfailingly triumphant. They are the best preparation a man could have to attend the birth of his child.
Birth Stories — Real and inspiring accounts from Australian women
edited by David Vernon, 220pp, paperback
Finch Publishing, ISBN: 9781921462283
A$33.95 includes postage within Australia.
Discounts for multiple purchases.
Birth Stories is a collection of beautifully written, candid stories by Australian women about the triumphs, challenges and delights they experienced through childbirth. The nineteen stories are from a wide range of mothers-to-be, first time mums, women having their second or third child, women seeking to have a natural birth after a previous caesarean delivery, and women having babies after suffering traumatic first births or sexual abuse.
With Women — midwives’ experiences from shift work to continuity of care
edited by David Vernon, 248pp
paperback
ACM Publishing ISBN: 9780975167458
A$19.95 includes postage within Australia.
Discounts for multiple purchases
This book tells the stories of 38 midwives who have moved from shiftwork to providing continuity of care to women. These stories are honest, entertaining and informative accounts of dealing with change and how both midwives, women and babies all benefit from this form of care.
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