Homebirth Queensland

Homebirth Queensland We advocate for the right to choose how, where, and with whom you give birth.

Homebirth Queensland to thrives as a community of women, families, midwives, and birth workers who believe every family deserves real choice in childbirth and healthcare. Brisbane HBQ Support Group Meets
Date: Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of each month
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Annerley Baptist Church 560 Ipwich Rd, Annerley - next to Hungry Jacks
Cost: $3 for members, $5 for non-members

Gold Coast HBQ Support Group Meets
Date: Meetings are held on the first Monday of every month
Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Country Paradise Parklands, 231 Beadesert Nerang Road, Nerang - look for the large open shed adjacent to the oval


Sunshine Coast HBQ Support Group Meets

Our white unisex onesie is ethically manufactured and printed with a beautiful design by . Gentle on baby skin and alig...
20/02/2026

Our white unisex onesie is ethically manufactured and printed with a beautiful design by . Gentle on baby skin and aligned with the values we care about.

You can shop via the link in our bio and head to Shop on our website to purchase.

Thank you for supporting HBQ in a way that’s both practical and meaningful.

It is deeply unsettling that so many women feel they must fight to have their most basic needs respected during pregnanc...
19/02/2026

It is deeply unsettling that so many women feel they must fight to have their most basic needs respected during pregnancy and birth.

The safety of planned homebirth is not ambiguous. The research is substantial and clear. Homebirth deserves to be offered as a standard option at scale.

Health professionals carry a responsibility to understand the evidence, challenge their own biases, and provide balanced information.

If women are stepping outside the system, perhaps it is because they are trying to protect the physiological and emotional conditions that birth requires.

Our Homebirth Community Circles are facilitated by birth workers, mothers, and midwives.They’re a space to slow down an...
17/02/2026

Our Homebirth Community Circles are facilitated by birth workers, mothers, and midwives.

They’re a space to slow down and talk honestly about birth. Parents, grandparents, new homebirthing families, freebirthers, and the simply curious are all welcome. We share stories and ask real questions without judgement or pressure.

Just come as you are and join the circle 🤍

15/02/2026

Bashi Hazard, Human Rights in Childbirth Lawyer, making things very, very clear.

A quote from Birth Time: the documentary.

Have you seen the film? If not (or to watch it again!), head to our website where you can rent it to view at home. You can gift it to someone with a voucher, and if you’re a practitioner/doula/educator you can buy in bulk with a discount to gift it to your clients.

According to Jackson et al. (2012), women who birth outside the system acknowledge that birth carries risk and, after ca...
13/02/2026

According to Jackson et al. (2012), women who birth outside the system acknowledge that birth carries risk and, after careful consideration, often perceive hospital interventions and interruptions as the greater risk to themselves and their babies.

HBQ exists to create community, support, and advocacy for women navigating a wide range of birth pathways, including those outside the system.

Membership is $33 per year and helps sustain advocacy, education, and community.

Freebirth is legal, and like all birth choices, it exists along a wide spectrum shaped by individual circumstances.At HB...
11/02/2026

Freebirth is legal, and like all birth choices, it exists along a wide spectrum shaped by individual circumstances.

At HBQ, we centre choice and respect for women’s autonomy. Our role is to support community conversation and advocate for maternity care that genuinely meets women where they are, rather than judging or excluding them.

For $33 a year, you can join HBQ and support a member-led community.

Many women who plan a homebirth do so because they want care that trusts their body, protects their autonomy, and keeps ...
10/02/2026

Many women who plan a homebirth do so because they want care that trusts their body, protects their autonomy, and keeps decision-making in their hands.

When a homebirth transfers into hospital, that sense of control can feel suddenly fragile. For women who have previously experienced disempowering or traumatic hospital care, this can be especially confronting.

And yet, when choices are clearly explained, when time is given where possible, and when consent is real rather than assumed, even a transfer can be experienced as empowering. This can include situations where labour is augmented, monitoring is introduced, an assisted birth occurs, or a caesarean becomes part of the picture.

The point here is not that these situations are easy or desirable. It’s that how care is provided matters.



Being respected.
Being included.
Being treated as the authority on your own body.

When plans change, these are the things that protect women.

06/02/2026

"Overall, about one in eight primiparous women in four Nordic countries [Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden] experienced a physiological birth without complications. This finding invites reflection on how maternity care systems, professional practices, and cultural attitudes toward birth may shape opportunities for women to experience childbirth as a normal physiological process."
Thanks to and colleagues for documenting this confronting reality. Love to hear your comments especially people from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877575626000030?via%3Dihub

In care that supports physiological birth, slow or stop–start labour can still be completely okay. Often, it’s managed b...
06/02/2026

In care that supports physiological birth, slow or stop–start labour can still be completely okay. Often, it’s managed by paying attention to how the woman is feeling and how the baby is coping, rather than watching the clock. Good care makes space for that, instead of rushing to “fix” it.

Time passing isn’t the problem. The problem is when decisions are driven by the clock, rather than by what’s actually happening.

Public homebirth programs don’t just exist out of nowhere (in fact, many women have fought hard for access to homebirth,...
04/02/2026

Public homebirth programs don’t just exist out of nowhere (in fact, many women have fought hard for access to homebirth, especially given that for most of human history, birth happened at home, and hospital birth is the much newer model).

These programs exist because women asked for choice and because evidence was brought forward.

Homebirth Queensland is part of that ongoing work, supporting families, backing research-informed care, and advocating for maternity systems that offer real choice, not just one default pathway.

We also support women’s right to birth where they choose, with whom they choose, whether that’s at home, in hospital, or elsewhere.

If equitable access to homebirth matters to you, membership is a simple, tangible way to support it.

💛 $33 a year membership that supports advocacy and community

A lot of women worry that if they plan a homebirth and end up transferring, they’ve somehow “lost” the benefits of that ...
02/02/2026

A lot of women worry that if they plan a homebirth and end up transferring, they’ve somehow “lost” the benefits of that choice. But the research doesn’t support that story.

Planning a homebirth is associated with lower rates of intervention overall, including for women who transfer into hospital. That protection doesn’t disappear the moment the setting changes. It carries through because of the way labour is approached, the trust in physiology, and the expectations set long before birth begins.

And critically, it’s also about people. A care team that knows you, trusts birth, and continues to centre your consent can make a profound difference to how transfer is experienced.

What has helped you feel most supported when plans changed?

Homebirth is often reduced to where it happens. But for many families, it’s really about how they’re treated.Birth setti...
27/01/2026

Homebirth is often reduced to where it happens. But for many families, it’s really about how they’re treated.

Birth setting shapes experiences and outcomes.

It influences how labour unfolds, how decisions are made, how quickly interventions are offered, and how much autonomy a woman has in the process.

Where you birth matters, and women deserve honest information about how different settings shape their care.

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Women, mothers, midwives, doulas and families connecting together to enable empowered birth choices; and improved accerss to homebirth.

Brisbane HBQ Support Group Date: Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of each month Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Annerley Baptist Church 560 Ipwich Rd, Annerley - next to Hungry Jacks Cost: $3 for members, $5 for non-members Gold Coast HBQ Support Group Date: Meetings are held on the first Monday of every month Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Location: meeting sites will vary. Please check Gold Coast events page for more information. Albany Creek HBQ Support Group Date: Meetings are held every fourth Friday of the month Time: 9:30am - 11:30am Location: Albany Creek Community Centre 15 Ernie St, Albany Creek Cost: $3 for members, $5 for non-members

Sunshine Coast HBQ Support Group Meets. TBA.