MAMA Midwifery Practice

MAMA Midwifery Practice MAMA is a private midwifery practice & hub for holistic care during pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

MAMA is Victoria’s largest private midwifery practice, supporting over 2,500 births in the last 15 years. We’re here to help you feel empowered, informed, and supported through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.Your journey is at the heart of everything we do. MAMA was created by two passionate midwives, Jan Ireland and Kelly Langford & is the first centre of its kind in Victoria, offering Me

dicare rebates for individualised midwifery care across the continuum. From pregnancy to postnatal care, we’re here with expert midwifery care and allied healthcare support for every step of your journey into parenthood. MAMA offers a range of services including:
- Pre-pregnancy counselling
- Early pregnancy consultation and support
- Antenatal midwifery care including ordering & interpreting of ultrasounds and blood results
- Labour and birth care at home or support in hospital
- Postnatal care through to 8 weeks
- Shared care with The Women's Hospital, Mercy Health and Western Health
- Complementary therapies including yoga, massage, counselling, naturopathy, aromatherapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, physiotherapy, baby massage, birth debriefing, internal pelvic release
- Lactation support with a team of internationally board certified lactation consultants
- Free feeding support groups
- Parent morning teas
- Mothers groups
- Women's circles
- Birth education classes
- Parent education classes
- Professional education classes
- Quality products recommended by MAMA for retail
- A resource library

More information on our website; www.mamabirth.au

Continuity means the same midwives with you through pregnancy, birth and postpartum, whether you're birthing at home, in...
03/09/2026

Continuity means the same midwives with you through pregnancy, birth and postpartum, whether you're birthing at home, in hospital, or you genuinely don't know yet and just want someone to help you figure it out. It is not reserved for those who are planning a homebirth, despite what you might have heard.

If you're not sure what kind of birth or model of care that you want, a discovery appointment with one of our midwives is a good place to start to start learning about your options. 40 minutes with a midwife, no obligation, in clinic or via telehealth.

It was so lovely to catch up with Victorian Chief Midwife Elisa McDonald recently!We chatted over a cuppa and then wande...
01/09/2026

It was so lovely to catch up with Victorian Chief Midwife Elisa McDonald recently!

We chatted over a cuppa and then wandered through the women's peace gardens in Kensington to talk through all things midwifery. We both took away some great 'action items' to work on! We feel really grateful to have such a strong advocate for midwives representing Victoria.

Curious to hear, what would be one thing you would like to have talked to Elisa about when it comes to midwifery/maternity choices?

You can count on your midwife to do everything she can to get to your birth, and her equipment will be fully stocked & t...
31/08/2026

You can count on your midwife to do everything she can to get to your birth, and her equipment will be fully stocked & triple checked.. but fashion isn't high on the priority list.

Midwife Amy recently rushed to a birth and looked down to find that matching shoes just didn't make the cut - luckily babies don't seem to care about the dress code when they're in a hurry to join the party!

Fellow midwives, have you had this happen to you before?

The moment you finally reach down and lift your baby up, heaven on earth!There is something so special about a baby bein...
26/08/2026

The moment you finally reach down and lift your baby up, heaven on earth!

There is something so special about a baby being gathered up by their parents, while the midwives observe & ensure that all is well right beside them.

Did you catch your own baby? We'd love to hear about your birth (we clearly can't get enough, how could you when it's like this?!)

beautiful image of a beautiful family by

Meetings as midwives.. always interesting and always full of learning! Recently our midwives caught up to case conferenc...
25/08/2026

Meetings as midwives.. always interesting and always full of learning!

Recently our midwives caught up to case conference, but took the opportunity to also get some suturing practice in. Many of our midwives have trained with , who we host every year to upskill practitioners locally, but we keep the practice going any chance we get.

The midwives used some cow tongue (we know lots of farmers!), which is often a better choice than chicken breast as it's more similar in layers and consistency - fun fact!

Keeping your skills up doesn't always look like hitting the books as midwives!

24/08/2026

Have you given birth in our 'Sue' pool? This is the face of the wonderful midwife who the pool is named after!

At MAMA, every pool we give to a client for their birth is named after a midwife who has guided us, mentored us, taught us and simply improved care for families in many different ways. Sue is one of those brilliant midwives and midwife Veronica nabbed her for a video recently.

Shout out to Sue & all of the brilliant midwives we respect and adore!

If you've birthed with us.. whose pool did you get?

It can often surprise parents that babies can be alert & quiet when they're born. We've come to think of crying as the o...
20/08/2026

It can often surprise parents that babies can be alert & quiet when they're born. We've come to think of crying as the only indicator of wellbeing sometimes when you watch birth in the general media. However, often at a gentle birth (particularly in water when the transition to one warm environment to the next occurs), it can look more like this.

Quiet moments where your baby is calm, alert, looking at you and the world & finding familiarity in your smell, heartbeat, voice (all those things they've known as home for the last 10months).

It still amazes us midwives too, to really stand and watch a baby soak up their first experience of the world and to just 'be' so in their bodies immediately. It's really hard to even put into words how much of an honour it is to witness.

Beautiful image of a beautiful family by

Address

Wurundjeri Country, 38 Gatehouse Drive
Kensington, VIC
3031

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+61393767474

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