Midwife Lauretta

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Midwife Lauretta

Hi � I’m Lauretta - a Midwife, Birth educator & Acuneedling Midwife.

19/12/2025

How are we all doing? I hope your lead up to Christmas has been filled with SOME moments of slow and rest!

I wanted to share my hours for the next few weeks as we move into holiday mode..

I will be working over Christmas and New Years;

- 24th December - Waitlist only - DM me as I often have cancellations (babies will baby!)
- 31st December - 5pm available
- Back on the 14th Jan - Waitlist

I’ll be taking a little social media break for a couple of weeks so please email me if you have any Q’s or need to get in touch.

AND I’m excited to be adding more hours as of Feb 2026 - with Thursday morning appointments!

Thank you for being here, for every share, like, recommendation to a friend or family member, for being here, following along, commenting and connecting with me and in turn supporting my business and ME, so that I get to do this work that I adore - supporting you.

This year has really felt like a big step in terms of having the space to really put the time and energy into my business, now that my girls are at school. Thank you so much in helping share what I do and in turn filling my classes and appointments.

Wishing you all a beautiful Christmas, positive births and restful supported postpartums xx

10/12/2025

Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas and having little ones to share it with is SO special and brings me many moments of happy tears with the pure magic of it all..

BUT it can also be a LOT when you’re in the life season of pregnancy and postpartum.

It can mean added pressure, places to be, a longer ‘to do’ list and a whole heap of those sh*tty ‘shoulds’..

So I’ve shared some reminders to help dampen those ‘S’ words when you feel yourself wavering about saying yes to hosting at 39 weeks or bringing anything other than a bag of chips to the family Xmas lunch 😜.. stay strong lovelies, so that you get to enjoy and not be a frazzled hot and resentful mess.. (like I was!) xx

02/12/2025

It’s been four weeks since I had a hysterectomy… and it still makes me feel a bit nervous sharing that, and some weird kind of shame..

I think it’s a combo of being in the pregnancy & birth space, alongside the emotional attachment to my uterus, as it grew and housed my beautiful girls, a is/was big part of my ‘womanhood’ I suppose..

But I feel safe in sharing it here to my lovely community and I might not have a whole heap of pregnancy & birth content at the moment, but the lessons I’m learning as I rest and recover are ones that can crossover into postpartum and healing after birth as well.

I really thought I’d learnt to surrender to things better by now - two HG pregnancies, breastfeeding challenges, a chronic illness and just mothering in general!! But here we are, still trying to fight the way things are and feeling frustrated when things aren’t a constant upward trajectory 😆 and my capacity and ability to do the things I feel I ‘should’ be doing are a constant daily battle..

I know rationally that there is SO much internal healing that is happening and that’s why the fatigue is real! But It doesn’t stop those evil ‘shoulds’ creeping up - ‘you should be able to do this by now’ ‘you shouldn’t be so tired after that’ etc.

And I know I felt similarly postpartum to, and in many moments as a mum. So if you only take one thing from this, let’s agree to put the ‘shoulds’ in the bin..

These lessons are as much to remind myself as they are for you, and I’d love you to share yours ❤️ thank you for all the beautiful messages and words as I share this process, I feel so lucky to have you all following along x

30/10/2025

I get it, being a support person is a BIG ask!! But there is SO much that you can do to be a really valuable support person - but you gotta make the effort and do the work to prepare! Let me know what you think & what review you’d give your partner - how many stars? ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

29/10/2025

Barbie hair wash, slippers.. it’s a wild ride 😆

20/10/2025

The language used in conversations with your care-provider can have a BIG impact on the decisions you make, you gotta have alll the information, presented in a way that is meaningful to you, as well as accurate statistics, so that you can make decisions based on facts not fear.

07/10/2025

It’s easy to think that doing one birth class, reading a book, or listening to a podcast will be “enough”…

But birth prep is like anything else — it’s a skill. And skills need practice!

They don’t just work for you because you learnt about them on one day!

But the good news? It doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming.

You could try bringing your birth prep into your day-to-day, here are some ideas;

🌬 Use your breath techniques when you’re challenged, maybe a wall squat, or a walk or a toddler tantrum
🙅‍♀️ Build your advocacy muscle and Say “no” without over-explaining.
🧘‍♀️ Tune into your pelvic floor before bed, can you connect to it with your breath and let it go?
🤲 Do your daily Stretches to support comfort & optimal positioning, practice the massage, counter pressure of acupressure (or choose one) with your partner each night

Small things, done often, add up.

So when you get to labour, these tools aren’t “new.”

Let me know, what’s one small way you’re weaving your birth prep into daily life?

My next class in October is FULL (I do have a waitlist so DM me) but December has 6 spots so book on in for your Jan & Feb babies (it’s all in my link).

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Mount Clear, VIC
3350

Website

http://www.midwifelauretta.com.au/

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