Sonja Newton Doula & Massage

15/06/2026

15/06/2026

"The people who claim that induction leads to fewer caesareans are quoting the results of one study, the ARRIVE Trial, which was flawed, and did not reflect real world maternity care.
In the real world, having your labour induced increases your chance of having a caesarean." Thanks much sarawickham.com for comprehensive summary of real-world studies. https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/induction-increases-caesarean/

27/04/2026

Urgent request for Breast Milk donations…

A beautiful doula client recently birthed her babe. We are urgently seeking donations of expressed breast milk to support this mumma and babe while they establish a supply following a tongue tie release.

Please message if you can help 🥰

30/03/2026

Love this man and his comments.

28/03/2026

Matresence Massage ❤️

This coming May is the 18th anniversary of me stepping into Matresence. My daughter, Ella, made me a mum on the 17th May 2008. In celebrating 18 years of Matresence I offer the first 18 Mothers to book a pregnancy or postpartum massage in May an 18% discount on a 90 minute treatment. That's $98.40 for 90 minutes of being celebrated, nurtured and rejuvenated.

Over the years I've treated hundreds of mums to connect with their bodies, to adjust to the epic changes our bodies experience in pregnancy and postpartum and also supported the most sacred of experiences...Matresence.

If I had my time again I would have loved myself more and believed that I deserved to be celebrated and nurtured. I'd love to do that for you.

Message me to book your Matresence Massage

❤️

15/03/2026

It’s with deep sadness and shock that I’m sharing this. Carley was a Doula client of mine. I supported her and her Husband Bryden and daughter Elsie to welcome Albert into the world in 2020.

Carley was so funny! Her sense of humour often having me in fits of laughter. She saw the best in people and had an enormous amount of gratitude and love for everyone, especially her family.

Many of my homebirth families who have young children enjoyed little birth kits that featured some of Carley’s eco toys from
Her business Beadie Bug Play.

A Go Fund Me has been set up for Carley’s family to lessen the burden of her unexpected passing. Bryden also has two beautiful young children, one with complex and fragile medical needs, to support.

Please donate if you feel you can.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/carley-quirk-nee-smith?attribution_id=sl:4eb4c8ab-31c0-43e1-800a-e2973315d59d&lang=en_AU&ts=1773573324&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp20_control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&fbclid=IwZnRzaAQkGsBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeiWnw1kzU0qSX-VV4G5theX1A4betlmJtVNm_BUk36pxuEr5Z9eRptH1uXX8_aem_VwziTVxLCGoF6Dght7YtMw

It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we share the unexpected passing of… Joanne Sharrett needs your support for In memory of Carley Quirk (née Smith)

08/03/2026

This cord is still full of blood.

Blood that belonged to the baby.

Blood that was meant to finish transfusing back into the newborn after birth.

Instead, it was cut short.

The placenta and cord hold up to ⅓ of a baby’s total blood volume.

That blood carries oxygen, iron, stem cells, and immune support that the baby is supposed to receive in the first minutes of life.

When a cord like this is clamped too early, that transfusion is interrupted.

And the baby simply loses it.

The question we should be asking is: Why are we still rushing the one transfusion every newborn is born waiting for?

This blood belongs to the baby!

Not rushed systems.

Not protocols.

Not “this is how we’ve always done it.”

Not “30 seconds is long enough.”

Imagine interrupting someone’s blood transfusion after 30 seconds and calling it ‘standard practice.’

Babies need their blood!

Photo taken by: Shannon Serrano

𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐙 / 𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 ©

16/02/2026

Very true! 🤣

😄 How true is this!?!

🌸Leila

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31/01/2026

✨ Before I get to comfy in 2026, I thought I had better recap 2025….a year of personal achievement, milestones for my family, and continuing to show up wholeheartedly for my Doula families.

I was blessed to hold 21 families as they welcomed their babes. 13 homebirths, 7 hospital births and 1 cheeky babe who came so fast and as I ran through the front door.

6 repeat families and 8 first time parents. 5 VBACs, 1 ceserean, chosen mid labour by a very empowered Mumma.

Longest gestation - 42+6 weeks
Shortest - 34 weeks
Longest labour - 42ish hours
Shortest labour - 40 minutes
The biggest babe - 4.45kg, smallest - 3.2kg
Longest attendance from me was 52 hours Shortest support - 11 hours.
6 postpartum families, cooked hundreds of meals, and who knows how many massages 🤷‍♀️

I travelled to Tassie for training in Scar Release Therapy and am thrilled with the results clients are getting.

Ella and I travelled with .action.abroad to Nepal in April/May. Ella used the trip as part of her year 12 and I rekindled my love for Nepal after a 20 year hiatus. With pride and sense of purpose I accepted a position on the .action.abroad Board of Directors, and went back to Nepal in Dec/Jan to research women’s health issues and to develop ‘Women2Women’ health programs in partnership with Nepali health providers, professionals and women.

With Michael away for work for at least half of 2025, there were challenges while parenting solo and living an on call life. I couldn’t have got through the year without the kids being so understanding and flexible and my tribe of ‘birthy’ women who always back me, check in and hold me.

2026 has began. I’m humbled to be booked out into September for birth support. I’ll also be building AAA’s health programs and striving to do to my best with the many hats I wear…mother, wife, doula, board member, friend, mentor….and hopefully I’ll do more relaxing, gardening and drinking tea.

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21/01/2026

🌿 Doulas are the specialists in continuous, hands‑on, emotional, physical, and informational support during labor.

Not medical care.
Not clinical decision‑making.
But labor support? That is their entire domain.

Midwives are experts in physiologic birth and clinical care.
Doulas are experts in supporting the birthing person through the process itself.

Their skill set is unique:
Comfort measures
Positioning
Coping techniques
Advocacy support
Partner coaching
Trauma‑informed care
Continuous presence (something no other provider offers)

And the research is rock‑solid:
Continuous labor support from a doula leads to:
Lower C‑section rates
Less need for pain medication
Shorter labors
Higher satisfaction
Better outcomes for parents and babies. No other role in the birth room is trained specifically and exclusively for this.