In affiliation with the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine (QLD), we aim to provide high quality professional development opportunities for students.
Midwife Melanie Jackson dismantles western beliefs and management of birth and presents an evidence-based alternative to modern birth practices.
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On the Midwives' Cauldren they discuss a variety of topics within the sphere of womanhood, birth, and lactation and what this entails in today's society.
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In the EBB® podcast, we cover the research evidence on hot topics about pregnancy and childbirth! Our mission is to help birth workers build the evidence based knowledge, skills, and power they need to protect families' ability to give birth with empowerment.
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Your go-to for midwifery based revision and learning. Based in the UK but ships to Australia. Keep an eye out on her reels, Jess posts the best revision quizzes to keep you in the know.
Birth Influencer, Award winning Doula, and Birth Educator, Flor Cruz shares some of the most incredible birth videos showing women in their full power. Want to see births that are:
Physiological? Breech? Homebirth?
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Core & Floor Restore encompasses preconception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum programs and services developed by Bernadette Lack. 'B' is a midwife, personal trainer, mother and published academic. And has personally healed from prolapse and incontinence. You will find lots of amazing information here.
Love physiological birth? Here are some of our fav reads to immerse yourself in and help you truly understand how to support your women on their journey to physiological birth.
In this book, Rachel Reed demonstrates how childbirth can be reclaimed to centre women and support birth physiology. The book weaves history, science and research with the experiences of women and care providers to create a holistic, evidence-based framework for understanding birth. It takes the reader on a journey through childbirth physiology and practices and focuses on what can be done to create change one mother at a time, one birth at a time.
Drawing on over 40 years' experience, internationally acclaimed midwife Ina May Gaskin shows you how to use the mind-body connection to help labour progress calmly and safely. Read by millions of women around the world, this reassuring and practical guide will take the fear out of childbirth and restore your faith in the power of your body. With Gaskin's timeless wisdom, you can approach birth with confidence and excitement, wherever and however it happens.
The Secret Midwife is a heart-breaking, engrossing and important read. At once joyful and profoundly shocking, this is the story of birth, straight from the delivery room.
Strongest supporter, best friend, expert, cheerleader and chief photographer . . . Before, during and after labour the role of a midwife is second to none. The Secret Midwife reveals the highs and lows on the frontline of the maternity unit, from the mother who tries to give herself a DIY caesarean to the baby born into witness protection, and from surprise infants that arrive down toilets to ones that turn up in the lift.
