Midwife Jo

Midwife Jo Welcome to the page of Midwife Jo. When birth is normal everyone benefits, the mother, the baby, her family, the caregivers and society as a whole.

I'm a homebirth midwife in Sydney that services the Inner West, eastern suburbs and Sydney http://www.midwifejo.com.au I consider midwifery to be trust based and built on a strong belief in partnerships with child bearing women, as well as respecting birth as a natural process and a normal life event. I believe that women should be placed at the centre of their own experience, supported to empower

themselves with knowledge and skills, given time and encouragement from their midwife, as well as being surrounded by those they love and people who believe and trust in their ability to give birth. The most important role of the midwife is to have patience and trust in the innate ability of women and babies and to be comfortable and confident to support the process. I have been fortunate to share many wonderful birth experiences with women and their families and thoroughly believe I have the best job in the world.

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29/06/2021

Important info and support available to birthing women and their families during lockdown.

12/02/2021
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The new Australian documentary, Birth Time, focuses on the birthing process in Australia, taking a look at post-natal care, birth care, and how to improve birthing care for mothers, babies, partners, health practitioners, and midwives. It is, quite simply, one of the most valuable and important film...

09/02/2021

Actor, producer and activist Zoe Naylor shares the insight she garnered while co-creating Birth Time: the documentary which explores the ins and out of the Australian maternity system - and why she believes the system, itself, is "broken".

07/02/2021

On ABC 702 this morning talking with
ABC Sydney

Midwife Jo
Kaftan Mama -

25/01/2021

Available in full for 50 days ....

In Australia the majority of homebirths are attended by privately practising midwives (PPMs). In recent years PPMs have been increasingly reported to …

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14/01/2021

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We would like to properly introduce you all to our official poster.⠀
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We could try and explain the process of how we landed with this incredible piece of art as our poster, but let’s just say that when we realised this was it, we just knew. ⠀
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On the contrary, when we showed our idea to several industry professionals, their feedback was that it doesn’t ‘look’ like a true movie poster. That made us all the more resolved to use it. ⠀
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This water colour painting is the beautiful work of Yumi Takahashi- if you’ve been following us for any period of time you will know that Yumi is one of the women we follow in our documentary. We interviewed Yumi several times throughout her journey of bringing her second baby into the world. She had a lot to process throughout this pregnancy, and like many an artist, explored the depths of her thoughts and feelings through her paint brush in a prolific manner. ⠀
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This piece of work, along with a sister piece, were exhibited at the Ravenswood Art Prize and the Mosman Art Prize, and the two artworks are now proudly owned by members of the Birth Time team. ⠀
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Something else we would like to proudly point out is the little M on the bottom right of the poster. Our official classification has come back as an M- which we are thrilled with given that we have splendidly naked women birthing babies out of their splendidly naked bodies in our film- something we have been called ‘brave’ for showing. Interesting, really. Regardless, we are very happy this didn’t bump us into a higher rating, therefore excluding an important demographic of viewers- late teens. ⠀
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Supporting local artists is one of our pledges at Birth Time, and we could not be happier to have this exquisite piece of art representing our film. Thank you, Yumi, for all of your involvement in this journey, not least of all for this incredible contribution. ⠀
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Love,⠀
Jerusha, Jo, Zoe and Selina x

Yumi Takahashi Jerusha Sutton Doula • Photographer Midwife Jo Kaftan Mama Selina Scoble OLY

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