Embrace Midwifery Services

22/10/2025

Happy Birthday to our dear friend and colleague, Jo 🎉
We hope you’ve had the most amazing day celebrating 💜

Lots of love,
The Embrace Team 🤍

22/10/2025

✨ We’re excited to welcome 'Heal in the Home' to Embrace! ✨

Tomorrow, Heal in the Home will be in clinic from 9:30am to 3:30pm, offering both walk-ins and booked appointments. They’ll now be joining us fortnightly on Thursdays, bringing their caring, holistic approach to support women and families in our community. 💜

As a mother of three, Courtney brings genuine empathy and understanding to every consultation - creating a safe, supportive space to chat about anything you’re experiencing, without judgment.

If you’d like to book a specific time for a private consultation, head to 👉 https://healinthehome.com.au/product/15-minute-consult/

Otherwise, if you’re in the clinic tomorrow for any of our amazing services, pop by and say hi! We’re so happy to have Heal in the Home as part of the Embrace family 🤍

22/10/2025

'Every woman and their baby deserves safe, respectful care.

Yet, mistreatment during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period remains far too common in many parts of the world.
It doesn’t have to be this way.

Dignity, equity and respect must be part of every aspect of maternal and newborn care' ~ World Health Organisation

22/10/2025

✨ A wonderful visual showing the stages of dilation during labour. Women’s bodies are truly incredible 💫

Don’t you just love how much pregnancy education uses fruit and veggies to make it all easier to understand? 😂🍊🥑🍉

21/10/2025

We’re Hiring! 🌿

Embrace Midwifery Services is looking for a passionate Midwife based in Mildura — or someone who is open to relocating to this beautiful region 🍊

We’re seeking a midwife who is already endorsed, or keen to work towards endorsement with our support.

If you’re dedicated to providing compassionate, woman-centred care and want to join a supportive, like-minded team, we’d love to hear from you 💜

Please send 'Expressions of Interest' to enquiries@embracemidwifery.com.au

21/10/2025

✨ Exciting News ✨

Fleurieu Hypnobirthing & Her Nurtured Journey have added an extra Prenatal Yoga Class at !

🗓 Starting November 8th
🕤 Saturdays 9:30am – 10:30am
📍 Embrace Midwifery Clinic – 2 Gertrude St, Morphett Vale

The lovely Jamie from .hypnobirthing will be guiding this beautiful class — expect gentle movements, deep relaxation, and extended meditation & breathing techniques to support your pregnancy journey 🤍

You can book via the link below, or if you already have a pass, just send Nadia a message and she’ll add you to the new class:
👉 https://tinyurl.com/bdh7fha4

Our Tuesday 6–7pm class will still be running, giving you more flexibility — or the option to join two classes per week!

Feel free to reach out to Nadia or Jamie if you have any questions 💫

20/10/2025

We’ve been nominated! 🌿

Hey everyone 👋
We’re so excited to share that Embrace Midwifery has been nominated for the Onkaparinga Business Awards 🙌🏻

We’d love your support, if you have a moment, please take a minute to vote for us 💕

Thank you all for your ongoing encouragement and belief in what we do!

🗳️ Vote here: gosouthgolocal.com.au/awards

20/10/2025

A gentle reminder of the ups and downs....

Have you been told to “enjoy every minute!” It’s often well-meaning advice but can leave new parents feeling bewildered and disappointed when they simply don’t.

Becoming a parent, like life generally, is full of ups and downs. Of steep learning curves. Good days and bad days. Soul-stretching love and utter frustration.

Those early months are certainly full of enjoyable moments. Holding your baby for the first time. Searching their squashed newborn features for family resemblance. Taking a deep breath and inhaling the sweet, new baby scent. Passing your bundle around to love-struck relatives and clucking friends. There are smiles that erase entire bad days. Warm, time-stopping cuddles. And the joy of free-falling in love again.

But there are moments of sheer exhaustion, too. Fatigue that morphs you into a grumpier, tearier version of yourself you had no idea you were harboring. When you physically don’t think you can go on any longer without getting some sleep. When you find yourself arguing with your partner over things you’d never usually be bothered by, simply because you’re both so tired you can’t think.

When your writhing, pink-faced, overtired baby won’t settle, no matter what you do and you feel helpless and incompetent. And when you find yourself, just briefly, aching for aspects of your old life. And of who you used to be. There are moments, you simply need to get through. Enjoying them, doesn’t even come into it.

And yet, not enjoying every moment, doesn’t take away from the fact that being a parent is a privilege. And that while it can be tough and challenging at times, the rewards keep coming in first words and giggles and wobbly first steps.

If you’re finding it hard it’s because it *is* hard. You’re not alone ❤️

cope.org.au

20/10/2025

FYI
November & December Catch Ups are cancelled. Instead we are having our Xmas party 🎄

𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓!

Embrace Midwifery Christmas Party 2025 🎄
We’re celebrating the festive season with our wonderful families at Lazy Ballerina – 1152 Brookman Rd, Dingabledinga on Saturday, 15th November from 10am – 12pm.

🎁 $80 per family – includes:
📸 5 professional family photos by Olivia Dickeson Photography
🍽️ Delicious food & festive cheer
✨ $20 per family (no photos) – includes:
🍽️ Delicious food & festive cheer

Register here > https://form.jotform.com/252862666333867
This is a special opportunity to capture beautiful memories and enjoy a morning together with our Embrace community.

📅 RSVP by 5th November so we can allocate your family’s photo time slot.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

20/10/2025

Repost from Melanie The Midwife...

"Ok partners and support people, listen up... massage in labour can really get a woman through each contraction, but you have to be INVESTED! Ep. 170 about pain management in labour without medication has a pile of tips on massage during labour.
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Tag your partner or support people so they know that when they massage:
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1. Be firmer than you think
2. start just as the contraction is starting and keep going right to the end of it
3. You'll need to massage for every contraction if your partner likes it. Stay close.
4. You'll be working for every contraction just like she is
5. alternate with your thumbs, elbow and palms of your hands so you can sustain the pressure over the long haul"

19/10/2025

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15/10/2025

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 💫

From hockey games and monster trucks to bush walks, beach days, and time out in the paddock, our Embrace team have been making sure to enjoy moments both alone and with their loved ones 🌿

Taking time to recharge isn’t just a luxury, it’s an essential part of maintaining a healthy mindset and the energy we bring to the families we support. Whether it’s a quiet moment in nature or laughter shared with friends, self-care allows us to show up with presence, compassion, and balance 💛