The Bloom is Our Midwife’s signature offering of continuity of care for women holding intention to birth at home. Continuity of Midwifery care fosters consistency, familiarity, and ongoing support, allowing trust, understanding and connection to strengthen over time.  Our Midwife upholds women’s right to bodily autonomy, right to informed choice and right to decline.

While many women come with a clear vision for homebirth, I cannot guarantee this outcome. The focus remains on supporting women through this experience and their transition into motherhood, regardless of how birth unfolds. 

Continuity of Midwifery Care is associated with lower rates of unnecessary interventions and provides better satisfaction and outcomes for mothers and babies.

Yes. It is currently legal in Australian for women to choose to homebirth. Privately practising midwives are required to meet safety and quality guidelines defined by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. The primary midwife is currently covered with insurance for pregnancy, birth and postpartum care at home. The second midwife required to attend birth is currently exempt from needing insurance until December 2026.  Care agreements are implemented at the commencement of care.  I provide paperwork for you to register your baby with Medicare and for access to Centrelink payments. I also provide the Queensland health Baby record and instructions to register your baby and apply for a birth certificate.

I like to ensure that my energy is abundant and balanced with my output. For this reason I limit my commitment to 1-2 women (occasionally 3) birthing per month. I do have women contacting me even days before they miss their period. I also block out some months for self-love, holidays and professional development. So if you want to ensure availability, check in early or even in your planning phase pre-pregnancy. 

Our Midwife is located in Atherton, currently servicing the Atherton Tablelands, Cairns, Port Douglas and Innisfail areas. Additional travel costs apply if located more than 30 minutes from Atherton.

Once you enter into an agreement for continuity of care, a committment to a schedule of visits is made for pregnancy, birth and postnatal care. Each antenatal and postnatal visit is billed and paid at point of care. On call and birth attendance fees for the primary and second midwife are payable by 36 weeks. Medicare rebates can be claimed for all antenatal and postnatal visits.

To get started please send a Bloom enquiry via my website to check on my availability. I will get back to you via email with a link to book a midwifery consult if you would like to pursue further discussions around suitability for care. This consultation will attract a medicare rebate. Following this initial consultation, if you decide this is the right fit for you, a booking visit will be arranged together with completion of care agreements to begin the full bloom journey.

I have good relationships and contact with Cairns, Atherton, Innisfail and Mareeba Hospital with transparent communication and collaboration if needed at any time along your journey. If transfer to hospital is required during labour (after 37 weeks), I can accompany you, however, once in hospital my role is purely as a support person and clinical care is handed over to hospital staff.

Midwifery skills, suturing equipment, adult resuscitation equipment, IV cannulation, IV fluids and medication for emergency situations.  I also carry oxygen, suction, neonatal resuscitation equipment, neonatal saturation monitor. I am equipped for routine clinical care with infant scales, neonatal screening and new-born examination. A referral can be made to your local hospital should you wish to access the new born healthy hearing screen.

I am a registered endorsed midwife with a Medicare provider number. This allows me to order midwifery relevant medications if needed, as well as any routine pregnancy blood tests or scans you may choose to have.