Generation Her Midwife Education

24/11/2025

✨ Midwifery Care = Fewer Inductions, More Physiological Births ✨

Did you know that women receiving continuity of midwifery care experience significantly lower rates of induction of labour?
When women are supported by a known midwife who understands their body, their pregnancy, and their preferences, they’re more likely to go into labour naturally — and feel confident doing so.

Lower induction rates mean:
🌿 More physiological births
🤍 Reduced need for interventions
✨ A calmer, more empowered experience for women
👶 Better outcomes for mothers and babies

Midwives protect normal birth. And when midwives can work to their full scope, women get the evidence-based, personalised care they deserve.

Let’s continue to support models of care that put women at the centre. 💛

https://bmcnurs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12912-025-02789-4 #:~:text=Furthermore%2C%20a%20lives%20saved%20tool,18%2C19%2C20%5D.

24/11/2025

✨ Maternal satisfaction isn’t a bonus — it’s a core outcome.
And research continues to show that midwifery care leads to higher maternal satisfaction across pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

When women feel heard, respected, and supported, they step into parenthood with greater confidence. Maternal satisfaction shapes more than a memory — it influences bonding, mental wellbeing, early parenting, and the long-term journey of raising a child.

Midwives don’t just provide care.
We walk alongside women, protect their choices, honour their experiences, and help them feel safe. And that feeling matters.

💛 When women thrive, families thrive.
💛 When midwives are enabled to provide continuity, satisfaction rises.

Let’s keep advocating for maternity care models that centre women — because how a woman feels about her pregnancy and birth will stay with her for life.

22/11/2025

🔥 Midwives, This Is Our Moment — And Our Responsibility 🔥

We’re witnessing a confronting reality:
➡️ Growing disrespect toward midwives
➡️ The steady degradation of women’s rights
➡️ Fewer voices defending safe, woman-centred care

As midwives, advocacy is part of our DNA.
We stand up for women every day.
But now, we also need to stand up for ourselves — boldly, visibly, and together.

The National Endorsed Midwife Conference is one powerful and important way we can do that.
It’s where we gather, learn, recharge, and strengthen our collective voice.

But it can’t stop there.
We all need to be doing something right now.

So today, we’re asking midwives to pause and reflect:
✨ What are your strengths?
✨ Where can you make an impact?
✨ How can you use your knowledge, influence, and courage to protect the future of midwifery and women’s rights?

Whether it’s speaking up, educating others, mentoring a colleague, joining a committee, or simply refusing to accept disrespect — your contribution matters.

🌀 Stand up for women.
Stand up for midwives.
Stand up for what’s right.

And join us at the National Endorsed Midwife Conference — one essential step in a much bigger movement.

22/11/2025

🌿 Midwifery Care Makes a Measurable Difference in Labour 🌿

When women have continuous midwifery care in labour, the need for pharmacological analgesia significantly decreases.
And this isn’t just anecdote — the evidence backs it. Research consistently shows that the presence of a skilled midwife providing continuous, woman-centred support can reduce interventions, improve comfort, and enhance the overall birthing experience.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35486962/

Midwives bring calm, confidence, and clinical expertise that helps women tap into their own strength during labour — and that matters.

✨ Evidence-based.
✨ Woman-centred.
✨ Proven to make a difference.

This is the power of midwifery care.

22/11/2025

🌿 Breastfeeding rates are higher when women receive midwifery care — and that matters more than ever.

Midwives don’t just support birth — we support breastfeeding from the very first feed, helping families establish confidence, comfort, and connection. And the evidence is clear: breastfeeding rates improve with midwifery continuity and woman-centred care.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5852850/

Why this matters:

🍼 Breastfeeding is a public health issue.
Higher breastfeeding rates mean stronger immunity for babies, reduced chronic disease risks for mothers, and healthier communities overall.

🌏 It’s also an environmental issue.
Breastmilk has zero environmental footprint — no manufacturing, transport, packaging, or waste.
Formula, on the other hand, comes with significant environmental and economic costs.

💛 And of course — breastmilk is free.
For many families facing rising living costs, this support matters.

Midwives play a crucial role in helping women reach their breastfeeding goals, strengthening both public health and the health of our planet.

Let’s keep advocating for the care that supports women, babies, and the world they’ll grow up in.

Midwives- saving the environment, the health budget and the health of mothers and babies.

20/11/2025

🌿 50 Days. 50 Reasons.
I’m launching a 50-day series on why women’s reproductive healthcare, pregnancy and birth are best with a midwife.
This isn’t just content — it’s a response to the diminishing support for midwives worldwide, and the growing pressure on women’s right to safe, respectful, woman-centred care.
Please follow along and share widely.
Women need great care. Midwives need visibility. And together, we can shift this narrative.

Day 1 is Midwives are the experts in physiological birth.
The International Confederation of Midwives emphasises pregnancy, birth and postpartum as normal and profound life experiences and stresses the role of the midwife in keeping them normal. https://internationalmidwives.org/resources/keeping-birth-normal/
Midwives are the best weapon we have against the growing rates of interventions and should be acknowledged as such.

18/11/2025

🌿 What Private Midwives Don’t Do 🌿

As private midwives, our practice is grounded in respect, partnership, and autonomy.
Part of holding that standard is being clear about what we don’t do:

❌ We don’t make decisions for women
❌ We don’t push a particular birthing plan, philosophy, or ideology
❌ We don’t hurry the birthing process or suggest induction to fit convenience
❌ We don’t rush off or leave women without the support they need
❌ We don’t offer quick fixes or pills in place of thoughtful, evidence-informed care
❌ We don’t dictate who women can have with them in labour and birth
❌ We don’t restrict support people at antenatal appointments
❌ We don’t dismiss worries, concerns, or a woman’s intuition

✨ Private midwifery is relational work.
It is about standing with women, not above them.
Protecting choice, preserving autonomy, and supporting physiological birth remain at the heart of what we do — and what we steadfastly refuse to compromise.

13/11/2025

Perinatal mental health is vitally important and The Held Project are having an event in Mackay to support that very thing💕

Hello ladies! We have an exciting FREE event that's been generously sponsored by Bunnings Paget on the 20th November from 5-7pm.

THP will provide the charcuterie and punch, Bunnings will provide the plants and pots, and all you need to do is bring your lovely selves!

THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT! Numbers are capped, so please book here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/you-grow-girl-tickets-1968934557263?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please don't take tickets unless you'll definitely come, we'd hate for someone to miss out.

❤️❤️❤️

13/11/2025

To change the world, we must share knowledge.
To share knowledge, we must first gather.

That’s what the National Endorsed Midwife Conference is all about — midwives coming together to connect, learn, and share the wisdom that transforms care, communities, and futures.

Together, we grow stronger. Together, we change the world. 💫

12/11/2025

🌸 “Midwives are like flowers.” 🌼
Each one of us is unique, beautiful, and essential in our own way. Some of us are in full bloom, some are budding, and some are resting, gathering strength for the next season — and all are vital to the ecosystem of care.

Just like flowers, midwives thrive in supportive environments. When a flower struggles, we don’t blame the flower — we tend to the soil, the light, and the conditions around it. The same is true for us.

And just as some see the humble dandelion as a “weed,” we know its true worth — healing roots, bright blooms, and seeds that carry wishes. Every midwife, like every flower, has purpose, value, and beauty. 🌼

Let’s celebrate the diversity and resilience of midwives everywhere — together, we create a thriving garden of care. 🌷

11/11/2025

With endorsed midwife jobs across Australia, there's a perfect new role just waiting for you.
From the tropical markets of Darwin to the wineries of Victoria or the sandy coasts of Queensland and the smiling quokkas in Western Australia, your new job could be waiting for you right now!
Have a look at the job board and find your perfect new endorsed midwife job now.
https://generationhertribe.com/job-board

05/11/2025

There's been discussions lately about legislating against women's right to choose who they have providing care in their birth.
To be clear, a woman has the right to choose her environment and her carers during pregnancy and birth, but the proposed legislation aims to change that.
We all have a role in the revolution, and the Generation Her Midwife Education role is education, which is why there is now a FREE course on the website about Defending Choice in Childbirth. It's aimed at midwives but, really, lets not be gatekeepers here (that's not cool). Head over to the website https://generationhertribe.com/ and go to the education page to find it.