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Dr Amber Moore, Level 1 59 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy (2025)

09/09/2025

OK...I have a confession..

I have, from time to time, succumbed to the temptation of late night TV shopping. Being an obstetrician means you are up in the middle of the night and VULNERABLE to the seductive tones of TV shopping.
It started many, many years ago with a purchase of ‘The Stainorator’ (a miracle foam to remove carpet stains. I was a very junior doctor and after a particularly boozy night and after being force-fed some Berocca...but that is another story entirely..). When my new husband found it deep in the cupboard, plastered with ‘TV SHOP!’ all over it he couldn’t stop teasing me about it. That was pre-internet when TV shopping was a guilty secret. Now online purchases are compulsory! One night after a delivery I nearly handed over my credit card details for ‘Hair-agami’ (a novel little device that put your hair into various creative up-dos. Just like Origami for hair! I resisted. I was proud of myself).
Then,
I saw the ‘Jet-Hawk’!!! A nifty little pressure washer device.
Today, the 2nd day of my holidays I PROUDLY read the instructions, put it together and CLEANED THE WINDOWS! (because that is what an obstetrician does on holiday....).
And it was AWESOME!
Yay!

25/08/2025

I’m not dead yet….

I came in to birth suite last night to find there had been some concern about my welfare over the weekend. I had left my little red car in the St V carpark over the weekend because I attended a trivia night on Friday. Wanting to have a couple of wines, I went there straight from work (as soon as a baby was born Friday night..). Went home with hubby and my son drove me into the hospital last night. Apparently, the continued presence of my car but my lack of patients in birth suite led a few astute midwives to wonder if I was dead in my rooms! Well, as Oscar Wilde said: reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

I am happy to know that people notice my absence and care about my welfare…even if it is because one person was worried that I wouldn’t be there to do their operation in a few weeks!

20/05/2025

An enormous pleasure for me is seeing the babies I have delivered grow and become their own people. It is also so magical when I see the impression I have made on those babies. Sometimes I am told how little children have referred to me as the ‘tram doctor’ (because I they see trams outside my window). Or they pretend their little red toy cars are Dr Amber driving to the patients (I have a red Fiat Abarth). Or they write me cards or stories about how I helped deliver their little siblings. I keep these pictures and cards and stories close to my heart. Here is a fabulous diorama of my office with Dr Amber sitting at her desk! Note all the special Coles Minis used as props: like the little handwash and tissues. Of course, there is a coffee and snack on my desk too! Thanks beautiful Lili! This is so special.

11/05/2025

Mother’s Day 2025

This is when I became a mother for the 4th time. I am so blessed and I NEVER take it for granted. The desire to nurture exists in most of us. Having a child is a ridiculously illogical thing really. Do the analysis. Yet we do it anyway. For some they can never achieve that dream and my heart aches for those people. I thought about doing IVF at the beginning of my career but, frankly, I didn’t think I could handle the grief of those people for whom the process doesn’t succeed. It’s wonderful when it does. The IVF industry thrives on desperate hopes and joyous success. You never see the faces of those who leave bereft. I take every single patient’s journey as personal mission to help with fertility (and refer as necessary) and especially to protect their precious baby (or babies) as if it was my own. I mean it. I do everything I can to achieve a healthy mum and baby. Moreover, I want every birth to be beautiful and magical, even if the process is not as straightforward as we may have hoped. So mummas enjoy your day. Count your blessings. Do something kind for someone who has not been able to become a mum. Or has lost a child. Or lost their own mother. Or has a difficult relationship with their mother or their children. It is the desire to nurture that makes a mother. It is love and kindness and thinking about someone else that is what makes a mother or any woman a really special person in someone’s life..and that person doesn’t even have to be your own child.

12/03/2025

When your patient comes in for a gynae checkup and completely makes your day….

01/01/2025

Some of you have reached out to make sure I am OK because I have not posted much in 2024. Yes I am still alive and kicking.
Frankly it has been the busiest year of my life - too exhausted to post. 2024 included working (more than) full-time delivering hundreds of babies, doing gynae surgery, consulting at thousands of appts, doing 5 uni subjects (finishing my grad cert of arboriculture), teaching 6 terms of med students doing O&G (and co-ordinating the programme), tutoring another group of med students every week as part of their Professional Practice development, running my medical practice, supporting my youngest child through year 12 and becoming a grandmother! Not to mention being a wife, mother to 3 other kids, friend, colleague.
NO TIME was spent cooking.
I have also reflected on the purpose of social media, in general and for me personally. It is a toxic space at times and, frankly, I do not wish to invite any negativity into my life. Don’t need it. (Neither do you..) I have looked at other doctors’ pages and, whilst much of their content is informative and fun, there are aspects that I find concerning. Often content is posted by someone else (practice staff) not the doctor themselves.
I have decided I will post more regularly this year-but my goal is to maintain authenticity (everything, as always, is posted by me), avoid negativity (I will block/ delete any negativity that has no constructive purpose. Differences of opinion are fine.), respect privacy and be ethical.
I will post in the form of a regular video/ chat session to cover topics that interest you, as well as some other life/ fun stuff. I have been trying to write a book for about 5 years so I want some time to do that. I want to revive my ‘chat in the garden’ programme.
I will post a poll to find the times that suit you people the best.
I have made some changes in my life to allow me more time. I will still be working the same but better organised. I have pulled back studying (OK, I am still doing 1 subject per semester to complete my masters of bioethics and cert of garden design). My youngest is going interstate to uni, so life will be different.
I hope you will come on the journey with me!

09/08/2024

I’m so excited to let you know about this podcast episode. I have been interviewed along with the amazing Professor Mark Cook and two wonderful and impressive women whom I am honoured to be able to say are my patients.
This podcast gives a great insight into pregnancy and birth for those women who live with epilepsy.

31/07/2024

Recently returned from a fabulous holiday in Singapore (it really is a great place for a family holiday with kids of any age: not too far, safe, clean, lots to do: Universal Studios theme park, shopping, swimming etc). I spent several days visiting the magnificent Gardens by the Bay. Here is me with one of the sculptures in the garden - the FLOATING BABY !! Seriously- babies and gardens - I was in heaven! My GENIUS daughter directed me like a professional to have me “deliver” the baby’s head.

12/05/2024

Happy Mother’s Day

2024

Here is a flashback photo of me being swamped by my four children.

Honestly, motherhood is 99% hard work and 1% pure joy. The joy outshines the work, but it is still work. Work we are willing to do but it can be a shock to the system (remember the first 6 weeks of parenthood anyone??)
My tips? (For what it is worth…)
🐣 Doing your best is good enough.
🐣 Healthy meals every night are optional. (My all time low point: “here is a packet of Tim Tams, kids, knock yourselves out”)
🐣 Mismatched clothes do not matter.
🐣 Missing some school/ sporting events will not matter, just try to get there. Your kids need to know that sometimes other things must take priority. Get to the important ones (like if your kid is in the final at the Paris Olympics)
🐣 Memories are more valuable than things.
🐣 No matter now much Lego they have, if it is the only thing they love to get for Christmas or birthdays, just get it anyway.
🐣 Your kids are not extensions of you. Don’t assume they will like what you like or understand your motives or actions. Never use them as a weapon against someone else (like your ex-partner). However, it IS OK to indoctrinate them to have the same sense of humour as you, like the same music you do and follow the same footy team. (After all, you need to have things in common….you need to have fun together)
🐣 If you never yell at them then they will have unrealistic expectations about the world (and you are just internalising your stress and will probably get cancer. Sometimes you just have to let it rip).
🐣 If they ask for a cuddle/ to play a game/ to watch them do something/ to participate in something special to them just do it. Unless you need to attend something urgent (“Darling, the lady’s baby is coming out of her va**na - I’ll be back as soon as I can, promise”) then take the time to put everything aside for what is likely to be a few minutes. They have short attention spans anyway.
🐣 Don’t be afraid to say no. You are the parent.
🐣 Love them unconditionally.
🐣 Protect them with your life.
🐣 When you have that 1% joy moment just soak it up.

06/04/2024

I have a special interest and expertise in caring for women who live with epilepsy. I liaise with the fabulous Professor Mark Cook, a neurologist who specialises in epilepsy at St Vincent’s. He is acutely aware of the issues for women who live with epilepsy and have the normal desire to have babies. He will often send women for a crucial “pre-pregnancy” review when I have an opportunity to chat over these issues with women and their partners/ families. We analyse their meds, discuss issues and optimise their situation to keep women seizure-free and minimise/ remove risks to their developing babies. It is an area I feel very strongly about.

Women live with epilepsy every day (either as a primary condition or secondary to acquired brain conditions such as tumours / surgery or injury). They often feel very nervous about pregnancy, guilty about needing to take meds, anxious to stop them even though their own health is at risk, shamed by ignorant others who have no understanding of epilepsy and seizures and are frightened. We have a good chat about the real issues, I review their meds (and sometimes challenge the neurologist to find other options to consider if I think it is important for the pregnancy) and hopefully women feel more empowered with the facts and reassured about their journey.

It is a balance.

Babies are important.
Mums are important too ❤️

31/03/2024

New Life

Happy Easter!

In the spirit of re-birth, or just birth, I needed to announce something….

I’ve been a bit quiet on Insta lately for a few reasons: most IMPORTANTLY, however, is that I have been blessed to become a GRANDMOTHER!!

Yes, I hear you gasp … but she is so YOUNG! (Actually yes I am…my vanity has stopped me being more vocal because I thought people might think I was really old! Took me a while to come to terms..!)
In the tradition of my family, I have become a grandmother at a relatively young age (by today’s standards). My mother was 54, my mother-in-law 51 and my grandmothers were 41 and 49 when they first became grandmothers. So, I am following the tradition!!

My precious firstborn son, Campbell, and his spectacular partner, Natalie, became first-time parents just 6 weeks ago.
My granddaughter is ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE and is thriving. As young parents, Campbell and Nat are just absolutely nailing parenthood and I am SO proud of them. I am also forever indebted to Dr Jonathan Nettle, my fabulous friend and colleague, who cared for Nat to keep her safe and also delivered the precious cargo safely. It is very stressful to be selected by a senior colleague to care for a family member (I know, I have been tasked with caring for a colleague’s daughter on many occasions and it is stressful). Jonathan was fantastic; putting up with me trying NOT to micromanage everything. As you can see from the photo, I was SO RELIEVED when I saw her I sobbed and sobbed. So pathetic.

I have already babysat ON MY OWN and spent time at their house to help out overnight. Not only is that a special honour, but it was an amazing experience. I thought I might have forgotten (even after 4 kids myself, and my youngest still only in year 12), but it all just came back! My husband got all excited and spent a fortune at Baby Bunting on baby stuff. With my son being one of 4 and Nat being one of 5, there are 7 aunties and uncles and 4 grandparents on board to help.

I feel so bloody lucky and I do not take it for granted.

22/03/2024

I love all babies…even dinosaur babies!
Having fun at the Flower and Garden Show. (Conveniently just down the road from St Vs) 🌸🏡⛲️👩‍🌾

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