Abbey the Midwife

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This is the place where you can find support, information and care through the journey of building or growing your own nest, hatching your babes and growing your wings as parents. We provide midwifery care with a known midwife across the spectrum. You can have your midwife care for you through your pregnancy in collaboration with your chosen hospital or obstetrician;
You can return to your midwife after the birth of your baby for postnatal care and support at home and in our Practice for up to 6 weeks after the birth of your baby;
We have midwives who will work with you through your journey and be with you if you plan to birth your baby at home;
We provide pregnancy and childbirth information sessions, breast feeding support and education; postnatal depression prevention groups for new mothers; birth and fatherhood preparation classes for men; postnatal support groups for dads; postnatal support groups for mums
We are well linked into community resources and supports to guide you towards should you require;
We have developed and continue to develop strong and supportive collaborative relationships with Obstetricians, GPs, Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Maternity Units in metro based hospitals, Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Child Health Nurses, Paediatricians, Naturopaths, Acupuncturists, Bowen Therapists, Practitioners of Chinese Medicine, Massage Therapists .....
all with the intention to bring you a wholistic approach to your journey from pregnancy into parenting.

29/09/2025

There’s a truth I return to, over and over again:

Midwifery is not about managing birth.

It’s about *being with* birth.

Sometimes that looks like oxytocin in the air, water, candlelight, and the moment a baby meets the world.

Sometimes it looks like washing dishes after everyone is asleep, or holding space in silence when words would be too much.

It is always about presence.

Always about reverence.

Always about you: your body, your baby, your way.

🤍 To the women I’ve walked beside: thank you for letting me witness.

To those yet to birth: trust yourself. You already carry everything you need.

26/09/2025

What if supporting a healthy pregnancy was less about *adding* more… and more about *getting out of the way?

Yes. Move your body.

Yes. Nourish yourself deeply.

Yes. Care for your pelvic floor, take your supplements, eat what feels good and true.

But don’t forget

Your body already *knows* how to grow this baby

Your mind just needs the space to remember

Let the pressure soften

Let the noise quiet

Let yourself be held by community, curiosity, and trust in your own unfolding

✨ What’s supporting *you* in pregnancy right now?

Your body already knows how to do this.Babies just grow. And women just give birth. If — and it’s a big if — we can get ...
24/09/2025

Your body already knows how to do this.

Babies just grow. And women just give birth. If — and it’s a big if — we can get out of the way. And most of what’s in the way? It’s not your pelvis. Not your diet. It’s the noise in your mind. The pressure to do it all “right.”

The endless list of things you should be doing. But what if… Presence was more powerful than pressure? And softness, more supportive than striving?

Of course, there are beautiful things you can do: move your body, nourish yourself, choose food grown from healthy soil, take your iron and B12, strengthen your pelvic floor and gather in circle with those walking beside you.

But those things work best when they’re grounded in trust. Not urgency. Not fear.

Trust in your body. Trust in your baby. Trust that this is unfolding in the exact way it needs to. You don’t have to master pregnancy. You just have to be in it.

What’s one thing helping you feel more present this week?

We’re told again and again that birth requires perfection.The right mindset. The right plan. The right “readiness.”But h...
23/09/2025

We’re told again and again that birth requires perfection.

The right mindset. The right plan. The right “readiness.”

But here’s the truth I’ve witnessed again and again:

- Birth doesn’t wait for you to feel fearless.
- It waits for you to feel *held.*
- Readiness isn’t about ticking boxes.
- It’s about surrender.
- About trust.
- About allowing your body and your baby to move in their own timing.

So I’ll ask you:

What does *readiness* mean to you?

I’d love to hear your words.

Sometimes she says,*"I’m scared."*And your first instinct might be to soften it, solve it, reassure her away from her fe...
22/09/2025

Sometimes she says,

*"I’m scared."*

And your first instinct might be to soften it, solve it, reassure her away from her fear.

But then you remember,

you don’t need to fix it.

You just need to stay.

Stay with the shaking voice.

Stay with the tears that come with transition.

Stay with the silence between surges.

Because presence *is* the medicine.

Because midwifery is not about having the right words —

it’s about being the safe place where all words are welcome.

To the midwives becoming:

You don’t need to be perfect.

You just need to be present.

And that, in itself, is sacred.

🤍

No degree, title, or credential can take the place of presence.Of meeting someone, heart to heart: in their most tende...
14/09/2025

No degree, title, or credential can take the place of presence.
Of meeting someone, heart to heart: in their most tender, liminal moment.

In birth, it’s not just knowledge that matters.
It’s presence.
Tenderness.
A willingness to sit in the mystery with her.
Not needing to fix, or guide, or solve,
but to be.

With hands that are steady.
With a heart that’s open.
With reverence for the sacred unfolding.

Because that’s where real midwifery lives.
Not in knowing it all —
but in remembering that she already does.

🤍

There is a quiet power in the way a woman softens.Not in surrender, but in readiness.Not in weakness, but in a wild, dee...
10/09/2025

There is a quiet power in the way a woman softens.
Not in surrender, but in readiness.
Not in weakness, but in a wild, deeply grounded knowing.

Birth doesn’t ask you to fight —
it invites you to open.
To lean into trust.
To let the waves carry you
all the way to your baby.

You are strong.
You are safe.
You are sacred.

🌸

There’s a moment in birth, just before the baby emergeswhen time pauses.The veil between worlds feels thin.And a mother ...
09/09/2025

There’s a moment in birth, just before the baby emerges
when time pauses.
The veil between worlds feels thin.
And a mother finds something ancient inside her.

It’s not loud.
It’s not fierce in the way we’ve been taught to understand power.
It’s soft. And it’s strong.

Strength that whispers instead of screams.
That sinks inward.
That opens, even when everything says “close.”
I’ve seen it in hundreds of births,
this quiet knowing,
this body wisdom,
this deep, primal yes.

You don’t have to force it.
You don’t have to prove it.
Your body already carries the blueprint.
Your strength can look like softness.

🤍
Softness is strength.
Slowness is power.
Birth is holy.

Before bassinets and blankets…There is you.Your heart beat, your skin, your breath.This is their safety. Skin-to-skin is...
02/09/2025

Before bassinets and blankets…
There is you.
Your heart beat, your skin, your breath.

This is their safety.
Skin-to-skin isn’t just bonding, it’s biology.

Your body knows your baby.
And your baby knows you.
Keep them close. Let your warmth do what it was made to do. ✨

A place to pause.To ask, to feel, to remember.The Journey to Motherhood Journals aren’t about filling pages.They’re abou...
02/09/2025

A place to pause.
To ask, to feel, to remember.
The Journey to Motherhood Journals aren’t about filling pages.

They’re about returning to yourself.
✨ Inside each one:
— Gentle questions to meet you where you are
— Spacious prompts for birth preparation
— Pages for fears, for hopes, for what no one else sees

These aren’t checklists.
They’re companions.
Soft guides, written to be lived with.
So you can walk your journey your way—
with trust, reflection, and deep inner knowing.

💛 Included with the course
The Journey to Motherhood
Out soon.

How do we reclaim birth in a system that was never designed with our wisdom in mind?When institutions are rooted in fear...
28/08/2025

How do we reclaim birth in a system that was never designed with our wisdom in mind?
When institutions are rooted in fear, it’s no wonder so many of us enter labour carrying tension, doubt, and silence in our bodies.
But here’s what I’ve seen, time and again…
Physiology speaks.
Even when the room forgets how to listen.
Even when the system resists it.
Even when the path home to your body feels far away.
This post isn’t here to demonise care providers, many are doing their best within rigid frameworks.

But it is here to ask:
✨ What would it take to rebuild birth spaces that trust the intelligence of the body?
✨ What if evidence-based care began with reverence for the evidence within us?

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