Birth, Lactation and Beyond - Calmbirth Educator & Lactation Consultant

Birth, Lactation and Beyond - Calmbirth Educator & Lactation Consultant ♡My passion~ Building your knowledge & confidence for birth, breastfeeding, parenting & parenthood♡

☆ Calmbirth Course and Early Parenting Essentials Workshop in Narellan ☆

Trust, vulnerability, and letting go.Prior to attending Calmbirth late in my first pregnancy, I was an anxious "geriatri...
23/01/2026

Trust, vulnerability, and letting go.

Prior to attending Calmbirth late in my first pregnancy, I was an anxious "geriatric" (dont get me started on this language! 🤬) first-time mother expecting an IVF baby.
I was subconsciously influenced by societal fears that have eroded confidence in natural birth and physiological processes in moderm times.

Despite my professional background as a midwife, having witnessed numerous positive, intervention-free births, my perspective was influenced by this fear-mongering and the medicalised view of birth.

These thoughts and beliefs were subconsciously affecting my mind-body connection.

Following Calmbirth my outlook was transformed.

Beyond equipping my husband with the knowledge and tools to support me throughout labor and birth, I gained a profound understanding of the significant impact of the mind-body connection on birth.
I discovered how our amazing mind-body connection truly impacts birth and learnt the tools to tap into my incredible inner resources I had no trust or knowledge in before.

Calmbirth was the pivotal connection and mindset adjustment required to transition from apprehension to confidence.

If you or your partner want to feel prepared for birth with confidence and excitement is the quality, independent childbirth education program you've been looking for 💫

15/09/2025

Are you expecting your baby early in 2026?

2026 dates are here!

First up, it is a January weekend to fill your cup with birth knowledge and find connection with your partner and baby so you can feel truly prepared for birth 💫

15/09/2025

What a joy hearing stories like these ❤️

Don't let your first birth be the dress rehearsal.

With knowledge comes confidence following a course ✨️

Commit to connecting with your inner resources with your partner and baby to feel prepared for birth emotionally physically and mentally.

08/09/2025

Don't walk into your birth space feeling unprepared.

is an amazing independent childbirth education program to give you and your partner the tools to feel emotionally, mentally and physically ready for birth.

Knowledge is power and with knowledge comes confidence 🙌

08/09/2025

If you're on the path to pregnancy - whether you're just starting to try for a baby or you're already expecting, join me for a virtual information evening.

Have your questions answered and be guided by a registered midwife on the next steps to take so that you can feel prepared for a positive, informed journey.

Receive all of the written information discussed from the workshop 🙌

Especially useful for IVF mummas trying to navigate the steps from fertility specialists to pregnancy ❤️

First session on October 27th.
Link in bio to book or DM me for more information.

***disclaimer- session for information and educational purposes only, not for individual medical/pregnancy advice or care.

10/08/2025

If you or your partner are nervous and feeling unprepared for birth evening sessions are for you!

Connect with your partner as you learn not only about birth but also how the power of the mind-body connection and the relaxation response will help you harness your power for birth 💫

Oran Park Podium
August 28th continuing September 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th.

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

With knowledge comes confidence🤩

10/08/2025

World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) 2025.
Where did it go!?! Lol 😆
Not some well thought out post here - just some honest thoughts to share after I managed to make a little reel...
And I'm never one to play by the rules anyway, so here it is well and truly after WBW has come to a close 🫣

I started WBW celebrating another lap around the sun and reflecting on my breastfeeding journeys that have been filled with so much grief and SO much joy.

Thinking about WBW as it ended Thursday, we were faced with an emergency visit, head injury and sutures for a little person which threw the timeline out🤦🏽‍♀️
And geez did I wish I could have offered a BF to help my not-so-little person in pain!

The privilege I have...
To have succeeded with IVF.
To have had such euphoria birthing my beautiful children safely, confidently, with choice and love surrounding me.
To have had the right to autonomy and medical care to choose a TFMR which was the most devastating but right decision for our family.
To have taken time from paid work to breastfeed and care for my children as I choose...
The list could go on...

And whilst my journey has been far from smooth I am acutely aware of my privilege and blessings and the fact that women and children everywhere do not get these basic rights. It breaks my heart.

Professionally I see it every week... women not meeting their breastfeeding goals due to a lack of adequate and or timely support from care providers and societal beliefs and pressures.

We have such a long way to go for the cultural change that is needed so that breastfeeding is valued and women's contributions are more highly regarded.

To those of you who are in the thick of breastfeeding lows or to those who did not reach their breastfeeding goals, I hope you can celebrate the glimmers and your wins on your journey because the way you feed your baby does not define you...
I see you.
I send you love.
Be kind to yourself❤️

28/07/2025

Calmbirth evening sessions ♡
You and your partner are busy preparing for this new little person to join your family and I'm here to help you keep your precious weekends free with weeknight classes.

Starts Oct 23rd over 5 evenings.
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm at Oran Park Podium.

When I did Calmbirth in preparation for my first birth over 7 years ago, learning the power of the mind-body connection and Calmbirth tools helped me replace my anxieties with confidence setting me up for a powerful, positive birth ✨️

My wish is for every couple to feel connected to each other in preparation for a positive birth and joyous journey into parenthood.

Contact me for more information about Calmbirth 🤩
With knowledge comes confidence

Did you know? Research shows that independent childbirth education drastically reduces the chance of unnecessary medical...
25/07/2025

Did you know? Research shows that independent childbirth education drastically reduces the chance of unnecessary medical intervention during birth.

Calmbirth has provided quality independent, evidence-based education to 50,000 couples over the last 21 years.

classes will not only cover the essentials of birth, but also provide an understanding of the mind-body connection so that couples feel emotionally, mentally and physically prepared for birth.

With knowledge comes confidence✨️


23/07/2025

Pregnancy information session 20th August ✨️

Are you newly pregnant and wondering where to find the answers about care providers, birth options, all things pregnancy and birth and how to plan for a positive journey into parenthood and postpartum?

Come and join me and other professionals focused on women having a healthy and positive pregnancy and birth.

Women trying to conceive are also warmly welcomed ❤️

Oran Park August 20th, 530pm.
More booking information is coming soon!
DM me for more information and to register your interest 🙌

05/05/2025

Happy International Day of the Midwife ✨️

On this International Midwives Day, I think about the many transformational moments in my life professionally as a midwife and personally being so warmly supported by some incredibly beautiful midwives with my own birth experiences.

There is just SO much love I have for all things midwifery and the reason I started private work, prioritising women's needs and truly supporting their education.
Also, for my own needs as a midwife, as wife and a mother.

However, as I continue to reflect each year on my role in the public system, whilst it gets harder in some ways to keep going, it is also so easy to continue with each AMAZING midwife I meet and learn from. Every day, my current team supports women in such a beautiful way, advocating and striving to be the light in a broken system.

The midwifery crisis HAS to be fixed and I have not lost faith that it will be.

Midwives deserve better.
Women deserve better.
Babies deserve better.

Midwives make a difference.

Midwives truly matter.

You're already the perfect fit for your baby... you don't have to be 'perfect' 💓A note to myself and to anyone else who ...
01/04/2025

You're already the perfect fit for your baby... you don't have to be 'perfect' 💓

A note to myself and to anyone else who needed to hear it today.. Be gentle on yourself 💖

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Welcome to Calmbirth with Natalie

I am a Registered Midwife (RM), Child and Family Health Nurse, and Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), and have worked with women and their families for 16 years.

My partner and I attended Calmbirth® prior to the birth of our baby, and despite already being a midwife, I found it a valuable learning experience. The Calmbirth® knowledge and skills, in particular learning how the mind-body connection affects birth, increased my trust in my body, and enhanced my partner’s ability to support me throughout labour and birth. Welcoming our child into the world was such a calm and joyful adventure, and it is my wish that every couple could experience this kind of empowering birth.

My personal experience with Calmbirth®, and the passion I have for guiding couples through pregnancy, birth and into the early years of parenthood, are the reasons why I became a Calmbirth® Educator. I believe that how you and your partner prepare for the birth of your baby is the most important factor in creating a positive birth experience, and a smooth transition into becoming a family.

Whilst fear is an understandable emotion surrounding pregnancy and childbirth, Calmbirth® can ease your anxiety by helping you to understand how the normal birth process can be supported, how to maximise and feel confident in your body’s abilities, and how to have a positive birth, no matter how your journey unfolds. The skills that you and your partner will learn from Calmbirth® are not just for labour and birth, but they are skills for life s.