The Nest Southwest Midwifery

03/09/2024

The time for action to support women’s access to choice is now!

This is a human rights issue, even if homebirth is not a choice you would access, all women deserve the right to have access to this choice, whereas the current legislative changes that are slated will remove the basic right of self determination, autonomy and choice for so many families and do nothing to improve safety or maternal and neonatal morbidity or mortality outcomes.

The Federal Government has committed to underwrite an insurance product for Privately Practising Midwives (PPMs) attending ‘low risk’ homebirths. PPMs estimate that between 70 and 80% of their current client base would be considered medium to high risk. We are lobbying the government to ensure that ALL women can access homebirth with a midwife, regardless of ‘risk’.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-mp-how-the-insurance-changes-will-impact-you

🙏please follow the link above 👆 and share with others to support women and their families having the choose to birth with a midwife in a birth place that is right for them without endangering the families or the midwife with unnecessary restrictions.

What is this about? The Federal Government has committed to underwrite an insurance product for Privately Practising Midwives (PPMs) attending ‘low risk’ homebirths. PPMs estimate that between 70 and 80% of their current client base would be considered medium to high risk. We are lobbying the go...

12/08/2024

Women of Australia, it is time to raise your voices and have your say, birth choices are human rights choices and the Women of Australia deserve equality and transparency around access to care from a known midwife, please read the attached post and share widely. Even if you have finished your families we need to fight for other families right to choose where they birth and who they birth with, as well as for our children and grandchildren!

https://www.instagram.com/dr.midwifeclare/p/C-jL75hTeqn/?igsh=YTN6M2RnNmJoc3V2

02/10/2023

Such a fabulous day, if you love all things birth, make sure you sign up for next year’s Strength to Progress Conference!!

17/09/2023

Never have truer words been spoken…..🙌🏼

Monday Mama inspiration.

05/04/2023

For whoever needs to hear this today, you’re doing a great job, hang in there ❤️

https://www.instagram.com/p/CqqXzeLBegZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

30/03/2023

This is such a beautiful self compassion reminder! ‘You do what you can and when you know better you do better’ ❤️❤️❤️

We can only ever do our best with what we know and what support we have. Be kind to your younger self, she did her best.

15/03/2023

This makes so much sense and I see this so often with mummas PN worrying about bubbas tummy💩 🧠 Follow Dr Pamela Douglas and her fabulous Possums Clinic and Possums Perth for more brilliant evidence based breastfeeding and sleep info.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpzZm3tvyVv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

07/03/2023

💜Happy IWD💜
I feel so honoured to travel alongside so many amazing strong and wise women, and today I give thanks to them 🙏To my private midwifery colleagues who bring calm joyful energy to every birth space- thank you 🙏 to my beautiful clients and their daughters- thank you for allowing me the privilege to journey alongside you while you show me strength and teach me more with every pregnancy, birth and postpartum🙏to my own divine mother- thank you for showing me how to have grace while choosing self love 🙏 to my awesome friends- thank you for walking beside me in the light and the dark, and sharing my crooked sense of humour and love of dog videos on Insta 🙏 and most of all to my daughters- thank you for bringing me the lessons I needed to learn, I feel ridiculously proud and fortunate to call you my daughters and be given the opportunity to watch you grow and blossom🙏 Strong women- May we be them, May we surround ourselves with them, May we raise them 🙌🏼💜

05/03/2023

Who else loves a quality comb for their labour tool box🙋🏼‍♀️ this is a great quick reel that shows how using a comb in labour activates the Laogong acupressure points which in turn supports the brain with the gate theory, essentially encouraging your brain 🧠 to focus on the sensation coming into your hand and not so strongly on your surges. Combined with this awesome breathing The Naked Doula demonstrates in her reel, you’ve got yourself a great relaxation combo 🧘‍♀️

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpVvg55OA_k/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

22/02/2023

Can anyone help out the wonderful people at The Family Room WA with some gold for their How to Dad workshop?

👋🏼 I need your help! I'm putting together a How-To-Dad workshop and need your input 🙏🏼

🤓 What do you wish your partner was more prepared for? What were they great at? What amazing/funny/crazy thing did they learn that blew their mind? 🤪

Tell me everything 👇🏻

I appreciate it 💜

14/02/2023

Omg I couldn’t agree with this more!!! Anyone else guilty of comparing- pregnancies, labours, births, postpartum, children?!!! 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️
It’s so easy to do and yet robs us of so much joy, so join me in reading Lyndsey Hookway’s post of comparison and babies and children blooming in their own time, and hopefully we can all approach our experiences and fellow humans with curiosity and acceptance rather than criticism and judgement ❤️

https://www.instagram.com/p/ConKIQ_oVP4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

07/02/2023

I love these beautiful drawings and simple explanations on the biomechanics of birth, rebozo and the ‘Shake the apple trees’ motion is a particular favourite of mine for relaxing the ligaments, pelvic floor and allowing space in the pelvis while the mum gets a chance to melt a little into your hands 🙌

Thank you for the divine slides

https://www.instagram.com/p/CoRgcPpN9uM/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=