Jo’s Midwifery and Lactation

05/09/2026

✨NORA tea
✨ It may look and smell a little like grass clippings 😳 but this is a powerful blend of mineral rich herbs that supports reproductive health, hormone balance and overall wellness. I leave it to brew overnight and drink some cold every day 🥰

01/09/2026

✨ This is what continuity of care can look like…
✨ This is what could be lost if we don’t find a viable solution to the PII exemption ending December 31st
Care that supports and strengthens women and their families as they grow..
Our local MP Matt Smith has been invited to our home birth circles but is unable to attend.
We do have the opportunity to meet him however, to explain how these changes will affect our community.
If anyone wants to join please let me know 🤗💕

26/08/2026

This morning my favourite coffee cup shattered into pieces.
Just a few days ago this would have sent me spiralling, a symbol of how I was feeling with my nervous system well and truly in fight or flight.
Today, I calmly cleaned up the pieces and moved on with my day and plans to continue to get my nervous system back to baseline.
We are not always meant to be calm.
What is important is setting that baseline and being able to return to it.
Back to where the magic happens and creativity and intuition flow ✨
Thank you to my beautiful friend Celina Fearn for the gift of a float 💕

10/08/2026

✨ And so ends another 7 weeks fully immersing myself in private practice.
✨ Welcoming new life into 5 families with very different journeys through birth and early parenting
✨ Getting to know new families to go on this journey with and getting excited with others coming up closer to the time to welcome their babies
✨ Working through feeding challenges together with others
✨ Spending time with valued colleagues and friends and women in circle and in formal education
It’s always challenging coming back to having a foot in 2 worlds, but I’m coming back nourished and focused on meeting women where they are at and providing them with the tools and confidence and resources they need going into feeding their babies. 🥰

02/08/2026

Next home birth circle is August 12th at Gomboora Park.
Monika will be sharing her story and,
as it will be Caitlin’s last FNQ circle and she is a loved member of this community, she is also being invited to share.
Hope to see you there. 🤗

02/08/2026

✨ The focus of World Breastfeeding Week this year is on nutrition, food security and poverty reduction.

✨This is relevant even in a first world country like Australia and becoming more so every day.

✨The aim is to look globally and strengthen what works and look for areas for improvement.

✨ What part can you play to support families and create a sustainable future for our children and our planet 🌎

27/07/2026

26/07/2026

Caitlin’s story in her own words shared with many thanks. I’m sure many of you will relate.. 🥰

✨My first birth stripped me bare. I questioned everything I believed about myself and every plan I had laid out ahead. Unresolved emotions rattled me in the early days postpartum.
I had planned a homebirth and then made a pivot in my plans when I went past 42 weeks. I experienced a challenging posterior labour where I demanded an epidural and then gratefully accepted a vacuum and episiotomy after 2.5 hours of pushing (she came out deflexed OP - iykyk). I have no regrets about the decisions I made, as best as I could at the time, but I am sad that my mental state at the time resulted in me making those choices. And then followed a very painful 2 year breastfeeding journey.
Postpartum rebuilt me. Stronger, softer, intuitive, more resilient, more accepting, and an established trust in my body’s abilities.
This journey has felt vastly different. More trust, less attempt to control and decisions made with reverence for my values, not from fear.
My son was again conceived by IVF, I again chose to plan for a homebirth. My pregnancy was uncomplicated. I laboured at 41+6 and birthed at home in water after a 3.5 hour labour. He emerged en caul, a little stunned, but perfect at 4.08kg. I was surrounded by strong women who’s presence i am so grateful for. Unfortunately we had a trip to ED for breathing support 10 hours later which resulted in a 4 day hospital stay. I am navigating the feelings that have resulted from this separation.
My second birth was the culmination of years of growth and healing after my first birth.

21/07/2026

It’s a strange way to live life but looking into next year this is how it’s currently unfolding 🫣
Lactation support generally available ad hoc so please reach out if you are needing this at any point in your journey 🥰

21/07/2026

✨ This woman had a mantra to get her through hard things in life- ‘confident and capable’
This transition proved just how capable she is and her confidence grew in so many ways
Confidence in her body and its ability to grow and birth a baby.
Confidence in her ability to make decisions that felt right for her.
And now the confidence to take on the role of mother to her beautiful daughter.
All supported by women who absolutely believed in her and gave her the space to feel safe in this knowledge too. 🥰