Earth Baby Breastfeeding

11/02/2025

09/02/2025

Baby not sleeping? This is exhausting for everyone! 🥱

I just finished a consultation with a lovely couple and their 3 week old baby who’s not sleeping well, in fact crying for hours on end every afternoon and evening.

This became so overwhelming for Mum that she booked a consultation with me amidst everyone’s tears yesterday afternoon. 😓

They were stuck on a merry go round of a crying & unsettled baby who wants to feed all the time = hours of crying and feeding.

As always, listening to her speak, she told me what was happening, as instinctively Mums already know, they just need some help managing it.

Her baby was crying for hours on end, not sleeping well, was having short breastfeeds, feeding frequently, had colic and reflux with frequent wet, explosive poos.

We unpacked her situation and they were able to connect the dots as they understood how her high milk volume was resulting in gastrointestinal pain & a crying/unsettled baby.

Implementing some suggestions with an observed breastfeed, their baby fed beautifully and finished the feed nice and settled.

They both left the session feeling a lot lighter with an array of tools to help manage her milk volume, skills to read their baby’s cues and an understanding of how it all ties together.

07/02/2025

🌸🌸 COMING SOON CENTRAL QUEENSLAND! 🌸🌸

My family and I are relocating to Gladstone Region next month which means women and families of CQ will be gaining a breastfeeding professional and birth doula!

Birth services in rural and central QLD areas are limited with major specialist hospitals often a flight away in SEQ so this is a great opportunity for women in rural areas and CQ to get the support they need in the birth and breastfeeding space!

Make sure you give my page a follow and stay tuned for updates on availability for birth support!

Telehealth breastfeeding consultations can be made through my website earthbabybirth.com.au 🩷

22/01/2025

It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Dr Robyn Thompson, friend, colleague and mentor.

I first learned of the Thompson Method scrolling Facebook with an Ad for the Breastfeeding Program. I was pregnant with William. There was something about her that made me think "I like her", I didn't think twice about investing in this program. Once William arrived I had a 1:1 consultation with her, this would be the start of my life trajectory completely changing!

I went from an inpatient adult mental health nurse to an IBCLC and then, my greatest professional achievement to date, a core member of Dr Robyn's team as a Breastfeeding Practitoner.

I couldn't be prouder. Dr Robyn mentored me intensely for 12 months and over the years as I absorbed as much of her knowledge as I could!

Dr Robyn has touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of women. Whether she was aware of this or not, her work goes much deeper than the face to face contact she had with breastfeeding women. Dr Robyn was changing the generational patterns of these women, the generational trauma, the red threads. Her work will be carried through for generations to come through empowerment, education and challenging the systems.

I am so proud to have had the opportunity to call Robyn my friend, my colleague and my mentor.

I love you.

19/11/2024

17/09/2024

A quick lunch between consultations and someone’s fallen asleep on the job!

20/05/2024

Birth Story ❤️

Reflecting on the past month in my newborn bubble I can’t quite believe one whole month has passed already! I have been wanting to write my birth story, and now feels right.
During pregnancy you daydream and create a story on how your birth will go, manifest even, reflecting on past births and preparing for the new birth with growth and newfound internal knowledge set to create an even better labor and birth experience.
I felt incredibly confident prior to labor, I had trusted the process and my body so intently and my relationship with my body, intuition, internal knowledge and growing baby have never been stronger. Two days before my estimated due date, a day before my birthday, I had started getting sporadic tightening that I didn’t take much notice of, the day of my birthday which was Friday the 19th April, I continued to get tightening only these were enough to grab my attention and were at times quite uncomfortable. That night I lost some mucous plug and prepared for birth, only nothing progressed. I lost more mucous plug Saturday morning and laid in bed feeling frustrated which slowed down the tightening’s so I got up and started cleaning the house.

Continued in comments...

24/04/2024

I am in AWE of myself.

🌹🌹🌹Charlotte “Lottie” Rose Harris🌹🌹🌹

Free birthed at home Sunday 21/4/2024 0115hrs.
Weighing in at a stunning 4.5kg 💪💪

Birth story to come…Lottie and I are still landing back on earth 😍😍😍

21/11/2023

💁‍♀️💁‍♀️ S E L F C A R E 💁‍♀️💁‍♀️

What does it look like for you?

It is so important that we make time for ourselves when we spend so much of our time serving others and often relinquishing all personal space and privacy in our homes.

This morning I took myself to breakfast!

It was such a pleasure to sit down to a meal that was cooked for me and eat leisurely without interruption and enjoy every mouthful - ahhhh the serenity!

This simple act has made me feel a little better heading into my day, I even finished my chai latte while it was still hot!

What are some things you do for yourself?

20/11/2023

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking with a Mum all the way from London.

Speaking with a woman so far abroad isn’t unusual for me, what was SO SPECIAL about this connection was that this woman had been referred to me in a FREE BIRTH community by not ONE but TWO women who had previously received my support!

I feel so honoured to be that SAFE health professional all women can seek support from and know they won’t be judged or ridiculed for their birthing and breastfeeding choices.

I am such an advocate for free and home birth and will always support every woman, in any of their decisions.