https://www.facebook.com/110347330808775/

Macarthur Midwife, Sydney (2026)

08/03/2026

✨ Private Midwifery Care Availability✨

If you’re looking for continuity of care for your pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey I have some spaces available 💛

What does Private Midwifery Care include?  
🤍 One-on-one support throughout your pregnancy, birth & postpartum journey.  🏡 Home visits - no long waits in the clinic.  🌼 Extended visits that aren’t rushed. Time and space to talk, ask questions, and feel heard and supported.  📝 Support with birth planning, decision-making, and navigating your options 👶Supportive care as you transition to newborn life.

📍Servicing: Macarthur/ Wollondily/Penrith/ Western Sydney  📩 DM for more info

05/03/2026

✨ Parents & Bubs Catch Up ✨

Take #2 🫣
Everyone is welcome — mums, dads, siblings, family & friends 🤍
Are you currently pregnant? Of course we’d love to have you join us too ❤️

Let’s get together for a catch up.

Bring a rug for the grass, let the kids play in the park, grab some lunch, and connect with other incredible families 🌿👶☀️

📍 Camden Valley Inn
📅 Wednesday 18th March
⏰ 11am – 1pm

Don’t forget to pop it in your diary ✍️
We can’t wait to see you there 💫

04/03/2026

Words and images shared from

Birth culture loves to debate how women give birth, when there really isn’t a “right” or “wrong” way.

Home vs hospital.
Natural vs medicated.
Vaginal vs caesarean.

What really matters though, is how she was treated.
Was she given real information?
Was her consent clear and ongoing?
Was her “no” respected?
Did she feel like the central decision-maker in the room?

Because a woman can have every intervention in the book and still feel powerful.
And she can have the most physiological birth imaginable and walk away feeling silenced.

The difference is respect.

📷

27/02/2026

Reshared from

Home birth benefits everyone 🤍
One thing I’ve noticed? After a home birth, the biggest advocates are often the partners.
They usually begin the journey feeling unsure… but by the end, they’re the ones telling everyone how incredible it was ✨
There’s something powerful about witnessing birth unfold in the comfort of home — it changes you, it changes everyone 🥰

21/02/2026

Shared from •

Just a reminder of a really important question.

In an editorial in The Lancet’s EClinical Medicine, Professor Hannah Dahlen looked at the meta-analysis by Hutton et al (2019), which looked at 14 studies involving around 500,000 women.

It showed (again) that home and hospital birth are equally safe and that homebirths in well-integrated settings appear to lead to better perinatal outcomes.

She then raised an important question: ‘Is it time to ask whether facility based birth is safe for low risk women and their babies?’

If you’d like to know more about the evidence on home birth, head over to https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/is_home_birth_safe/

has an entire page of studies and links to load of evidence-based information about homebirth.

Dahlen HG (2019). Is it Time to Ask Whether Facility Based Birth is Safe for Low Risk Women and Their Babies? EClinicalMedicine doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.08.003

16/02/2026

Reshared from

Who you have on your team matters!
It’s never too late to change care providers 🌤️
Reach out for more info or to arrange a meet and greet 😊

birthteam

15/02/2026

✨Delayed Cord Clamping✨

How long is considered delayed?
⏱️Instead of being time focused tell your care provider what you want to wait for:
✨Wait for white 🤍
✨Wait for pulsating to stop ✋🏼

In a lot of facilities 60 seconds is considered delayed. But is this is enough for you?

What e baby is missing out on if the cord is cut while it’s still pulsating:
☝🏽Up to 30% more blood volume ☝🏽 Increased iron stores (supporting brain growth and development 🧠) ☝🏽Higher hemoglobin levels 👇🏽Reduced risk of iron deficiency anemia in the first year ✨Better oxygen delivery during the transition to breathing ✨Transfer of valuable stem cells that support immune function and tissue repair ✨Smoother cardiovascular adaptation after birth

Every baby is different — some cords stop pulsating quickly, others take several minutes or even hours 🫣
The beautiful cord and placenta pictured was pulsating for 2 hours ⏳

It’s not about the clock ⏰
It’s about completing the transition. 💫

📸 taken by

08/02/2026

Shared from

Have you met beautiful Jess yet?
Do it - you’ll love her!

My love for acuneedling began after experiencing acupressure during my own labour.

It supported my body throughout my pregnancies and continues to support me well into motherhood.

Supporting women through acuneedling, seeing beautiful results, and working with the body naturally is something I’m so passionate about years later ~

Holistic support for women — truly a win win 🤍

05/02/2026

Shared from

❤️The Breast Crawl ❤️

No matter how many times you see it… it is still one of the most miraculous things to witness on this planet ❤️🥰

Please know that in a normal physiological birth this is part of a baby’s reflex. Note a couple amazing things:

This baby is free to move as intuitively needed. There is no hat, her vernix is fresh on her body. There are towels but only because they had just gotten out of the tub.

The cord is still attached. 🪢 each step reflex the baby makes she gently presses on mama’s belly to help her placenta release. Tell me that isn’t part of the perfect design of this. ⭐️

Mum’s ni***es are making colostrum which smells like amniotic fluid. A familiar smell for baby to seek and find. ❤️

There is also a couple other things the help in this process… the darkening of mom’s ni***es, the pheromone smell of moms body odor, maybe even possible the línea negra on mom’s belly. It’s all part of this incredible system.

I always encourage parents to be intuitive, you can see how dad reaches out his arm so she didn’t fall. There is no right or wrong way to do this. ❤️

All you need is the patience and trust to allow this to all unfold ❤️

Head over to for full video 😍

breastmilk breastisbest breastfedbab

03/02/2026

Get •

Babies are meant to be close 🫶🏼

Humans are considered carry mammals
Our babies are born expecting to be held, worn, and touched often, for MONTHS after birth. not because they’re needy, but because it’s biological.

When babies are physically close to you:
• Their nervous system regulates from yours
• Heart rate and breathing become more stable
• Stress hormones decrease
• They receive constant physical + sensory input that supports brain development

Movement, warmth, voice, rhythm, and touch all provide essential information to a developing nervous system, and kick start years of development to come!

This closeness supports:
• Emotional safety
• Physical development
• Sensory integration
• Long-term mental and nervous system health

You’re not “creating bad habits.”
You’re doing exactly what your baby’s body expects!

Hold them. Wear them. Rest together.
Closeness is how regulation begins.

31/01/2026

✨ Parents & Bubs Catch Up ✨

Our catch-ups are back on!
Everyone is welcome — mums, dads, siblings, family & friends 🤍

Let’s get together for a catch up.

Bring a rug for the grass, let the kids play in the park, grab some lunch, and connect with other incredible families 🌿👶☀️

📍 Camden Valley Inn
📅 Friday 13th February
⏰ 11am – 1pm

Don’t forget to pop it in your diary ✍️
We can’t wait to see you there 💫

22/10/2025

🎀 Pink Ribbon Raffle Now Live! 🎀
Tickets are $5 each — available now via the link in bio 💕
Every ticket sold helps raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, supporting life-changing research and care 💗
Grab your tickets today and help make a difference! ✨

PRIZE PACK 3
✨The Blueprint to Informed Choices Through Pregnancy (value $79)
✨The Sleepy Squish Co Method
✨$750 voucher towards birth support with Kayla

Each $5 donation will receive a raffle ticket.
Link in bio ☝🏽
Raffle will be drawn at our morning tea/brunch - you do not need to be present, winners will be notified by 8pm on the 30th October.
Raffle not affiliated with Instagram or Facebook.
All proceeds will be donated to The National Breast Cancer Foundation 💕

https://fundraise.nbcf.org.au/fundraisers/taliastrickland?fbclid=PAZnRzaANlgs5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpy9CchJnvlyDA8swR3z_zIaQRTCdAj0rfb7txa9mIij1s4uFyy77Qelvdg93_aem_JaVjMQoW45OFWIQmOfQ_UA

Macarthur Midwife

08/03/2026

05/03/2026

04/03/2026

27/02/2026

21/02/2026

16/02/2026

15/02/2026

08/02/2026

05/02/2026

03/02/2026

31/01/2026

22/10/2025

Address

Website

Alerts

Contact The Practice

Shortcuts

Share