Midwife Sal, Coolum Beach (2025)

18/11/2025

Self-care is building and creating a life I love 🌿💚

Self-care to me is more than moments of rest or indulgence ~ more than going on regular holidays, or having more leisure time ~ Self care is so much more ~

It’s the way we shape a life that nourishes us from the inside out. 🌿💚

It’s living a life that is meaningful and rewarding. When supporting and caring for others I am caring for myself.

In pregnancy, self-care may be choosing support that sees you, honouring your instincts, and making space for stillness. ♥️✨

In birth, it’s surrounding yourself with care that is sacred, present, and trusting. ♥️✨

In postpartum, it’s giving yourself deep rest, permission to ask for help, (even if this maybe hard for you), and tending to your body, heart, and soul. ♥️✨

🌿💚This is what it means to build and create a life you love ~ one that holds you fully, without needing to escape.🌿💚

If this resonates with you to reclaim your birth, mothering, and whole self ~ reach out ~ I’d love to see if I am the right midwife for your journey.

I offer online and in person midwifery support. See links on my profile.

Love and Blessings, Sal 🌿💚

17/11/2025

I am Sal ~ 51 years young ~
I am creating my best life.

Where you’ll find me, and what I love to do (in any order):
🌿 Talking about birth and women
💚 Barefoot or naked in the garden
💃🏼 🌦️Dancing in the rain
♥️ Playing board games
🏡 With homebirth families
🏝️ At the beach
🥰 Musing about life and matters of the heart

I am a big-sky dreamer with down-to-earth values. I love the great outdoors, music, family, and simple, heart-filled living.

I grow my own food with my family and support women on their sacred birthing journeys.

✨ Check out my profile
✨ Reach out if you want to know more about me or work together

I look forward to sharing and connecting over all things abundance and curiosity.

11/11/2025

How a baby is born deeply matters 💫

These first moments shape us ~ mother, baby, and family. 💚

I am passionate about how women give birth, and how babies are born. We need to keep talking about birth, and ask WHY are only 49% of Australian women having non-instrumental vaginal births?

I’ve been a midwife working in continuity-of-care models since 1999, across Australia and New Zealand. And one thing has never changed . . . when women are known, trusted, and supported by a midwife who honours their choices, birth transforms.

If you’re hoping for a physiological, non-instrumental birth:

🌿 Do your research.

🌿 Talk to as women and families as you can who have experienced the different types of
care.

🌿 Talk to as many care providers as you can too. Midwives, doulas, doctors, obstetricians, physiological birth advocates, birth researchers, maternity care providers…

🌿 Find a midwife aligned with your birth, mothering, and parenting philosophy.

🌿 Most important TRUST YOUR GUT ♥️

I’m a homebirth and private midwife based on the Sunshine Coast, offering in person, and online sessions to support women to birth in alignment with their values.

Reach out to see if I am the right midwife for you. 🌿

If you’d like guidance in mapping your birth, go to the link in my bio and select link ~
‘🌿Walk with me’

Wherever you are, you deserve care that reflects your philosophy, your choices, and your story. 🤍

📸 shared with consent Thank you for your support

02/11/2025

Soulful Conversations… 🌙

Sometimes the most powerful work happens in quiet presence 🌿
Listening, witnessing, and honouring women in all their strength, softness and wisdom. 💛

02/11/2025

✨ Shout-out to Kiah ~ Student Midwife ✨

I have the privilege of working with incredible students, and Kiah has been such a joy to witness. Walking alongside her friend and colleague Ilona through pregnancy, to postpartum and beyond ~ home visits to meeting family, sharing stories, laughter, and offering her own insights ~ she has reminded me of the heart and courage that shapes the future of midwifery. ✨💚

Life is an ongoing learning journey, and having Kiah accompany me in care appointments has been a gift ~ not just for the women she supports, but for me too. Inviting a student into my practice creates ripples of care, learning, and connection, and strengthens the impact we can make ~ one woman, one family, one generation.

Meeting Kiah has shown me why mentorship and presence matter so much in midwifery.
🌿

Here’s to the next generation of midwives ~ curious, compassionate, and full of heart. 💓

♥️ Thank you both so much for allowing me to witness and be part of this beautiful journey. .lefevre_ ♥️

“Feeling the wind of change”

Reach out if you are drawn to midwife mentoring ~ contact me through the links in my bio. I’d love to work and learn with you. 🫶🏼🌿

01/11/2025

✨ It’s all about the relationship ✨

The unknown can be paralysing at times…
That’s when her support remind her …
You are powerful.
You can do hard things.
You have this.
You are doing this.
You are amazing!

Simple words, powerful meaning in the moment from a trusted companion.
That trust is built over time ~ in slow, unhurried pregnancy care appointments in the home, where stories are shared, and connection grows.

Because when she feels deeply supported and truly seen,
she can meet whatever unfolds with courage, clarity, and grace. 🌿

Thank you Ilona, .lefevre_ for trusting me to walk beside you, Jock, Olive, and baby Percy on the journey of your second homebirth. What an honour and joy it is to witness your family’s strength, love, and connection. ♥️🫶🏼

📷 Images captured by the talented

31/10/2025

🌿 Reclaiming Breech Skills 🌿

Breech is something we don’t see often, yet it can happen anywhere, at any time, and for any woman in labour and birth. That’s why continued learning and hands-on practice are so important to me.

I had the pleasure of attending first Breech Training Day in Maroochydore, hosted by Coast Life Midwifery. 🙏🏽

It was a fabulous day of learning, reclaiming breech skills, sharing our stories, and learning together as colleagues (which is always so much more fun!). 🥳

I highly recommend this workshop ~ it caters to all learning styles and includes fantastic resources to take home, from current research to hands-on practice with the manikins “Sophie” (baby) and “Mumma Sally.” 🥰

I’ve also loved the Breech Without Borders online study ~ it’s so comprehensive, and Combined with regular in-person, practical workshops ~ my knowledge and hands on skills are continuing. It’s all about building confidence in breech manoeuvres, should they be needed to support the woman and baby.

Repetition, repetition, repetition… that’s how we build confidence.
I use a pelvis model and baby doll at home to keep these manoeuvres fresh in my hands. Around 30% of babies presenting breech in labour and birth may require assistance, so maintaining these skills matters deeply.

Breech births remind us why continued learning matters.
Such a powerful day of hands-on practice and shared wisdom! 🙌🏽

I’m so grateful Sasha is in my area and will be running annual workshops. If you’re keen to maintain and upskill, reach out to her to host a workshop in your area or hospital.

Reclaiming breech knowledge … one birth, one story, one pair of hands at a time. 🌿

23/10/2025

She births her placenta … ♥️

This incredible, temporary organ quietly sustained her baby’s every moment in her womb. ♥️

Come along and witness the birth of this amazing organ.
👉 Swipe to honour its story. 🌿

The birth isn’t truly over when your baby is born.
The placenta is a vital chapter in the sacred birth journey.

Supporting its birth is about slowing down… allowing warmth, safety, and space for the mother’s body to finish its work.

There’s no need to rush.
No tugging or hurrying.
Just presence, patience, and reverence.

When left undisturbed, the body knows.
The placenta releases in its own time, guided by physiological signs, and the birthing woman’s unique rhythm.

Sometimes, divergences occur.
Complications can arise, and we respond with care and wisdom, always keeping the woman at the centre of her experience.

Every birth is different, and every story deserves respect.

After birth, I take precious time with families to explore and marvel at this incredible organ, the tree of life itself, before deciding how they wish to honour it.

Some plant it beneath a tree 🌳
Some eat it, having small chunks in a smoothie or a meal ♥️
Some create remedies, tinctures, or cord keepsakes 🌿
Some honour its fullness through Lotus Birth 🌸 (more on that another time)

However it’s celebrated, this moment deserves quiet honour and awe.
It’s the final unfolding of the birthing journey, and a reminder to remain curious to the magic of birth.

My new blog post is gestating beautifully… patience is a virtue when birthing babies, placentas, and blogs alike 😉
💫 Read more soon at midwifesal.com.au

Images shared with permission, always with deep gratitude.
To the women who invite me into their sacred spaces ~ thank you. 🙏🏽 🌹

And to for capturing the raw, real beauty of these moments. 💫 Slides 1,2,3,5,6,8 📷

18/10/2025

Part 1 ~ My Support Crew 🌿💛

Behind every midwife is a village ~ here’s mine.

Behind all my midwifery work is this guy, and my family. 💛

Meet Rob, my life partner and the steady hand, warm laugh, and quiet strength behind so much of what I do.

Midwifery asks for my heart and soul, and it also asks for balance. My family are the ones who hold me, so I can hold others. They understand how deeply I love supporting women and families, and they make space for me to offer the very best quality of private midwifery care.

From food on the table, to a quiet home when I need to rest after a long birth night (no small feat in our little home 🤣), to knowing where my equipment lives and how the car is packed ~ they are my birth support team in every way.

We’ve shared many moments of me heading out the door at all hours, and yes, I’ve missed family events here and there. But they’ve never wavered. They are the glue that holds it all together. The steady heartbeat behind my work.

And amidst it all, we share adventures and good simple living.🌿
From board games to archery, food growing, cutting trees, and soaking up the simple joys of life ~ and we love a good poker game! We savour the moments that remind us what really matters. We get through the challenges together, taking life’s curve balls as a family, and always finding our way back to connection (and a good meal!).

Having a strong support crew behind you is foundational and so valuable, in midwifery, and in life. I’m endlessly grateful for mine. I give midwifery my whole heart and passion, and it’s their love that makes it all possible.

These two photos say it all ~ here we are at the Love Tree, a spot that always brings joy, and then Rob in the garden ~ his happy place, and the heart of so much of our family life.

Love you forever Rob, thank you for being my anchor, my joy, and my quiet strength. 💛

14/10/2025

There are seasons in a woman’s life
that call for her full presence ~
her trust,
her curiosity,
her deep, inner knowing.🌹

Pregnancy.
Birth.
Postpartum.

These are sacred thresholds ~
times of becoming,
times to be held,
times to be truly seen.

They deserve to be met with presence, care, and deep support.

Explore your options and find the right support and care for you.

If this calls you, feel welcome to reach out. Let’s connect and see if I’m the right fit for your sacred childbearing journey.

You can discover more about me at
https://midwifesal.com.au

And follow along for more reflections on all things woman, birth, family, and honouring the rhythms of living close to the earth and creating strong community.

Curious, and always learning 🌿

18/09/2025

Curiosity, Creativity, Connection ... 🌱September Gathering 🌼

Women’s Gathering ... Monday 22nd September

I have walked beside women and families in continuity of midwifery care for 26 years, across Australia and New Zealand. Since 2019, I’ve been gathering in circle with women and families I’ve supported through their childbearing journeys in beautiful locations across the Sunshine Coast.

💫These gatherings represent the why I do what I do.
My lived experience of pregnancy, birth, and mothering taught me that what keeps us whole is connection, leaning into our community, our neighbours, walking alongside others on the path, and sharing the stories that hold us steady.

This month at Fairhill Gardens, we’ll explore creativity ... what it means for you as a unique being, how you bring creativity into your life, and how you lean into it through childbearing and mothering.

These circles focus on connection, listening to each other’s stories, and leaning into the wisdom that comes from life experience. We are all connected, and our stories are so powerful to share.

These circles are open to everyone ...
🌿 Women, Midwives, Birthworkers
🌿 Mothers, grandmothers, aunties
🌿 Partners, children, babes in arms
🌿 Community members curious about birth & life’s cycles

Creativity is our diversity ... It strengthens our community
Come share your story. Come as you are.

😊When: Monday 22nd September 2025
Time: 9:30 to 11:30am
Where: Fairhill Gardens, 114 Fairhill Rd, Ninderry

✨ Children are most welcome! Fun to feed the hens or explore the fairy walk!
✨ Bring a friend or neighbour
✨ Bring a craft project if you wish ...

💚 Bring your open heart

I look forward to sharing with you!

😉RSVP via email hello@midwifesal.com.au

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