Matriarchal Midwifery Care with Our Midwife

Walking women towards HOMEBIRTH and their becoming as MOTHER

Relationship-focussed private midwifery care, centering women as the authority through their sacred rite of passage into motherhood.

 serving The Atherton Tablelands and Cairns Region

For women feeling called toward homebirth as a way of meeting themselves more deeply in their becoming as mother.

Do you sense a quiet pull toward greater self-responsibility? Maybe you know what you want but you are seeking to nurture a deeper trust in your own decision making?

Matriarchal Midwifery Care honours the organic nature of motherhood and the inner knowing that becomes clearer through a woman’s relationship with her body.

Here we focus on creating conditions for physiological birth and intuitive mothering to bloom. Are you ready to feel seen and heard through your sacred rite of passage? 

about

Matriarchal Midwifery Care is a weaving of divine mother presence, matriarchal wisdom and grounded clinical care.

The relationship you cultivate with your own body is one of the greatest influences on your journey through pregnancy, birth and motherhood. Together we will explore practices that help you understand your anatomy, nourish your physiology and deepen your trust in your body’s innate capacity to grow, birth and nurture your baby.

Matriarchal Midwifery Care fosters a reciprocal relationship through continuity. My role is not to direct your choices, but to walk beside you, holding unwavering trust in your capacity to meet each decision as it unfolds. Throughout your journey, you’ll receive clear information, thoughtful guidance, and consistency as you navigate your options.

You are here because you know choosing homebirth does not mean choosing to do it alone. Should complexities occur during your pregnancy, birth or postpartum, you will be supported by a midwife who brings decades of relational and clinical experience, helping you navigate care pathways and connections with local healthcare facilities as needed.

Are you ready to be witnessed with presence and respect as you bloom into motherhood? 

Our Midwife walks with you to meet birth as an initiation to motherhood.

Integrity, trust, and self-responsibility are the foundations of this relationship focussed midwifery care.

When a woman feels safe in her body, safe within her home and safe with her midwife, birth is more likely to unfold by physiological design.

LET’S Connect

the Seed

I am planning to conceive and would like to connect with a midwife 

book an online midwifery call
Sow the Seed here

the Bud

I am in my first trimester and ready to have care with a midwife

book  an online midwifery call
Nurture the Bud here

the Bloom

I am ready for the full journey to Homebirth & want to connect with a midwife

reach out to our midwife tanya
feel the Bloom here

the Seed

Where the pregnancy path is sown

The Seed is a 90 minute online session for women preparing to conceive.  A space to connect with a midwife, to plant the seeds that may influence your fertility, pregnancy and birth journey ahead. This online session allows time to explore where you are now, and to navigate pathways for preconception and or pregnancy health and midwifery care. Here you will be guided on ways you can optimise your female physiology during preconception and early pregnancy. 

300 AUD
BOOK midwifery call

the Bud

Where first trimester care begins

The Bud offers personalised midwifery care throughout your first trimester.

We begin with an initial online consultation, with on going access to scheduled video or telephone appointments as needed. The Bud provides a place to bring your concerns and questions, discuss your pregnancy and receive individualised care as you navigate these early weeks.

Your initial 90 minute online consultation attracts a Medicare rebate, and subsequent eligible follow up telephone/video appointments are Medicare bulk-billed. Relevant ultrasounds, pathology and screening tests can be arranged as part of this care.

300 AUD
book initial bud consult

the Bloom

Where the homebirth journey unfurls

The Bloom offers full continuity of midwifery care throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum for women desiring to birth at home.

Grounded in relationship, personalised clinical care and the physiology of birth, The Bloom brings together the many dimensions of midwifery care to support you throughout your pregnancy, birth and becoming as a mother.

If you are considering The Bloom, I invite you to complete the enquiry form linked in button below, so I can review my availability for your seasons.

enquire about homebirth

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE BLOOM JOURNEY

Seasons ofCare

    • The Bloom Midwifery Care follows on from the Bud Journey after 12 weeks.

    • Midwifery visits take place in your home or at an agreed location, scheduled at mutually convenient times. Partners and siblings are welcome to be included as desired.

    • Regular pregnancy care visits commence with an initial face to face booking appointment. Visits are typically monthly in early pregnancy, progressing to fortnightly and then weekly as you approach birth.

    • Each visit allows 1.5–2 hours, providing space for clinical care and wellbeing checks for you and your baby. These visits unfold in a bespoke way, to cater for your unique needs and may include conversation, guidance, inner work, debriefing, education or body work.

    • Our Midwife is on-call for birth from 37 weeks. Support is provided by phone and in your home as labour unfolds, with continuous support and presence for birth as required. Clinical monitoring of both you and your baby is provided throughout labour and birth.

    • A second midwife attends the birth and remains present for three to four hours following the birth. This is a legal and safety requirement and ensures appropriate care during birth and the immediate hours after.

    • Postpartum care is tailored to your individual needs, with frequent visits in the first week following birth, transitioning to weekly or fortnightly visits up to six weeks postpartum.

    • Postnatal visits focus on physical recovery, emotional wellbeing, birth debriefing, early parenting adjustment, and lactation support, with care centred on both Mother and baby. Postnatal visits also involve newborn wellbeing checks.

    • Extra phone support is available during the post-partum period as needed.

Please note: Our Midwife is a private midwifery practice led by registered and endorsed midwife Tanya Pensini. Care is provided in accordance with the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) Guidelines for Consultation and Referral and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) guidelines for privately practising midwives.

meet our midwife

Hi, I’m Tanya

I have now been a midwife for more than half my 50 years of life.  Alongside my midwifery training and years of clinical experience, I bring a depth of presence that cannot be taught. I have a grounded capacity to meet women in their power without needing to manage or diminish it. The work I do with women nourishes my heart and fires my passion. 

My work is informed by years of listening. To women, to birth, to the land, and to the subtle and deep intelligence of the female body.  I am the steady anchor when intensity rises.  Midwifery is not something I do.  It is how I live and how I serve women as they cross the most potent thresholds of their lives.

My deepest and most formative learning came through a path of devotion, birthing my five children at home with a midwife between 1999 and 2011. In 2020, I stepped into the path of private midwifery, offering homebirth support across the Atherton Tablelands and surrounding regions. 

While my formal training began within the university and then hospital system, I courageously questioned all that I witnessed in the medicalisation of birth. I saw what was wrong and knew there was another way to midwife. Another way to birth.

Read more about Tanya here

Your Body is your Temple.  

Your Womb is your Altar.  

Birth is your Blessing. 

I don't save women.

I SEE WOMEN.

I don’t coddle women

I HOLD WOMEN.

And in being seen and held women remember the roots of their wisdom and their voice.

Matriarchal Midwifery is for the woman who —

  • Desires continuity of care with a midwife who walks beside her rather than directing her journey towards homebirth.

  • Values informed choice, autonomy, and embodied decision-making.

  • Is willing to prioritise her wellbeing and engage in practices that support her female physiology

  • Understands that trust is built through relationship, not transaction.

  • Sees pregnancy and birth as a rite of passage, not medical events to be managed

  • Is open to accountability for her body, her choices and her  journey.

  • Is ready for reflection, responsibility, and deep relationship with her care provider.

Matriarchal Midwifery is not for the woman who —

  • Wants a purely clinical or checklist-based model of care

  • Expects decisions to be made for her or the responsibility to be carried by someone else.

  • Is unwilling or unable to engage in preparation or lifestyle support.

  • Is not in a position to invest in this journey.

  • Seeks care without boundaries, limits or reciprocal commitment

Choose your pathway

Are you planning to conceive?

1

Curious to know more about options for pregnancy and homebirth care?  Or perhaps you are seeking some guidance with preparing your body for a healthy pregnancy and birth.  Book a Seed Session.

Have you recently found out you are pregnant?

2

Don’t want to go to a GP and not sure where to or what next? Desiring early contact with a Midwife and accessible, personalised care for your first trimester?   Book a Bud Session.

Are you looking for support to prepare for birth, or to process and integrate a previous birth?

3

A safe space to reflect and integrate your previous experience? Your previous birth/s was not what you had envisioned and you are desiring a different path for your next pregnancy.  Visit Birth Medicine here.

Are you pregnant and wanting midwifery care and support to birth at home with Tanya?

4

You have read all about Matriarchal Midwifery Care and want to connect with Our Midwife Tanya, to move towards the homebirth journey.  Send a Bloom enquiry.

The Seed is a place where you explore and access midwifery guidance on your path towards and into pregnancy and homebirth.

The Bud is a place where you receive early midwifery care and support during your first trimester of pregnancy.

The Bloom is a place where you live and embody the homebirth journey that transitions you to motherhood.

Have more questions? Visit the FAQs below or Wanting to know about Tanya’s availability to support you to Homebirth? Enquire Here

I know women are designed to create, birth, nourish and nurture life on this earth.

I believe birth is a sacred rite of passage. One that initiates us into motherhood.  Birth sets the blueprint for the way we live and how we Mother.  This carries lifelong significance for the health and well being of mothers, babies, families and communities. 

The Deeper Making of Matriarchal Midwifery Care

Alongside formal midwifery training and clinical experience, this work has been shaped through mentorship, lived practice, and years of embodied inquiry into birth, feminine physiology and the seasons of the land. These learnings are not applied as techniques, but inform how I listen, how I hold space, and how care is offered.

My path has been influenced by somatic and systemic birth work, Womb Continuum Care, Optimal Maternal Positioning, childbirth education, homeopathy and herbal applications, traditional chinese medicine, movement, body biomechanics  and practices that create space for babies within the body. It has also been shaped by sisterhood work, shadow integration, and shamanic ways of listening to women, to the body, and to what is asking to be met beneath the surface.

These strands come together quietly within matriarchal midwifery care — not as modalities to be delivered, but as ways of perceiving, attuning, and responding to what is present.

FAQ

  • I understand that the first trimester can be one of the most challenging yet unpredictable times of pregnancy. I have created The Bud Journey as an opening to access midwifery care that offers emotional support and clinical care during this season of uncertainty and adjustment.

    For first time mothers and clients new to Our Midwife, this is a great way to begin establishing a midwifery care relationship and to access information and support that may transform your pregnancy pathways.

    The Bud is also a great segue into the full Bloom journey in the second trimester.

  • 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.

  • You can begin with a Bud Consult if you are desiring first trimester care right now.

    Or to get started on the Full Bloom journey, please submit a homebirth 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.

Birth does not end in the body.  It lives on — in the Mother.

The journey toward birth is bigger than birth itself. Who you choose to walk with you as you prepare for this rite of passage is foundational and will shape the way you meet birth and the mother you become.

The Seed (pre-conception)  

The Bud (First Trimester)

The Bloom (Homebirth)