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05/02/2024

Hey there I’m Laura! Founder of LUNAR HEALTH; a boutique chiropractic studio.

Although I am new to town, and LUNAR is my brand new baby, my experience with chiropractic goes all the way back to when I was 3 years old and had my first chiropractic adjustment (thanks Mum!).

After graduating from the New Zealand College of Chiropractic, I moved back home to Australia where for the past decade I have practiced in both the city (Brisbane) and the country, caring for all types of humans big and small (and a few well loved dogs!).

Over the years I have completed extra studies in women’s life-stress management, pregnancy/postpartum care, infancy + paediatric care (including tongue + lip tie support) and the mind-body connection.

I am always in awe of the body’s ability to heal and feel truly blessed to have a career that I still feel as enthusiastic about now as I did my first day in practice.

I’m so looking forward to meeting you!

Dr. L

07/03/2023

10/12/2022

28/10/2022

Edit - I have had a lovely midwife reach out and plans for February in Darwin are underway!!!

Yay bucket list item to go to Darwin is happening!

I have been so lucky that my workshops and book events have taken me all over Australia and there is more to come.

I would love to get it all States and Territories but I am missing the NT!

Would you like to host / attend a supporting women to have a better birth after caesarean in the NT, if so DM me and lets get it booked in!

16/08/2022

Pelvic Health Physiotherapy in the Top End- Darwin & Palmerston Pregnancy & Postnatal Home Visits.

22/07/2022

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26/05/2022

It’s finally happened…..after months of deliberating and a few failed attempts I now have an online booking system.
Yay!!!

This means you can book massages, birth debriefs, birth preparation sessions, private TRE sessions and classes all via my website booking button.

Hopefully this makes it easier to find an appointment that suits you, rather than having to wait for me to get back to you.

I imagine mostly smooth sailing with a few hiccups so please contact me with any feedback you may have.

Here’s to me embracing a new “online” path -

11/05/2022

I haven’t had a consent rant in a while, so let’s do it!

Nothing can be done to you during pregnancy or labour without your consent.
Stretch and sweeps, monitoring, vaginal exams, episiotomies, caesareans…any intervention requires an informed decision-making process and at the end of that discussion, you can say yes or no.

In order for consent to be valid, certain legal criteria must be met. This holds for both oral and written consent.
• the patient giving consent must have capacity
• the consent must be freely given (without pressure, coercion, or intimidation)
• the consent must be sufficiently specific to the procedure or treatment proposed
• the consent must be informed (benefits, risks, alternatives)

So, let’s consider the following.
Your caregiver suggests a stretch and sweep but does not explain the risks of the procedure. This is not informed consent.
Your caregiver says you have to have a vaginal exam before you can be admitted to the birth suite. This is not informed consent.
Your caregiver books you in for an induction without providing alternative options. This is not informed consent.
Your caregiver performs an episiotomy without an explanation of why it is necessary. This is not informed consent.

Obtaining consent is important not just because it is a legal requirement.
It is important because being actively involved in your care matters, what happens to you during labour matters, you matter!
If you don’t engage in that informed decision-making process, you aren’t the one determining what is best for you and for your baby…someone else is.

Unfortunately, informed consent is the number one human right violated in birth in Australia.
It is important to understand your rights and it is just as important that your birth partner understands your rights.

I get into all of this…as well as how to communicate with your caregivers in a way that encourages informed consent, a decision making framework, and birth preferences that can uphold your rights…in the Positive Birth Program.

You are the decision maker!
Taking ownership of that role is so empowering!

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11/05/2022

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