Cath Tan Soulful Birth in Geraldton, Western Australia | Pregnancy care centre

Cath Tan Soulful Birth

Locality: Geraldton, Western Australia

Phone: +61 401 038 313

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25.01.2022 Dear Mamas, You are warmly invited to attend the Birth & Mama Circle series, beginning Wednesday 27th January and running fortnightly for 4 sessions. x Cath

24.01.2022 Happy Birthday to my darling Dusty Rose. 14 years ago, she made me a mama. I say she was the best Christmas present ever. Here she is, with her new bday skates on, with her ‘little mama’ - now officially taller than me even without the skates. #14yearsold #happybirthday #soulfulbirth #homebirthbaby #waterbirthbaby #geraldtonbirth #privatemidwiferycare #portalofmotherhood

24.01.2022 Our next Pregnancy Wellness Retreat is on Saturday 21st November 2020. We have 3 places left. Secure your place by sending us a message. It’s a beautiful day of self care, nurturing and connection x #pregnancyretreat #birthpreparation #nurturingthemother #soulfulbirth #geraldtonbirth @melissa_ayling @yen_sparrow

22.01.2022 Pregnancy Yoga recommences today 530pm The aircon will be on! Yoga recommences today ... 530pm We’ll be exploring the yogic mythology of the fierce feminine goddess warrior Durga. Her flowing commitment to her truth and tapping into her energy for your pregnancy, birth and mothering. Om dum durgaye namaha Art: Monica Moreno

21.01.2022 Such a beautiful day! Deepest gratitude to these mamas Our next retreat is on 20th March 2020. You can book your place, or one for someone you love by messaging us. Xx

19.01.2022 An informal gathering to explore your birthing options. Hear from other parents about their experiences of home birth. Meet other curious parents. Speak with midwives, doulas and other birth professionals about your choices. Join a juicy discussion on trust in birth. Your facilitators: Cath Dalle - Mindful Body Sophie Maloney - Your Midwife Sophie... Rhonda Bradley - By Your Side Midwifery Cath Tan - Soulful Birth Melissa Ayling - Geraldton Hypnobirthing Guest Speakers: Miya Hote Kaity Trindall Tea/coffee provided. Please RSVP. #soulfulbirth #geraldtonbirth #homebirth #choices #trustinbirth #birthstories

19.01.2022 #defymechanisationofbirth #soulfulbirth #geraldtonbirth #birthispowerful #womenarepowerful #stopfindingfaultinwomen

17.01.2022 Kalbarri mamas!! Lactation and sleep consultant Aleisha will be in town this coming weekend. Fantastic service and care

16.01.2022 And I’ve landed down south. Ahh. This Forrest. I’m ‘on leave’ this week for my 40th birthday. It was bittersweet leaving Geraldton as I leave two doula clients whos babies we’d hoped might arrive before I left! But those babes have their own plans. One will definitely be born by the time I return, the other may still be in utero. Sending love to Gero! . #soulfulbirth #40thbdayweek #geraldtonbirth #downsouth #trees #familytime #lifebalance #holisticmidwifery #birthmentor #fullspectrumdoula #onleave

16.01.2022 This was the set up for a doula client last week. How inviting does it look? We had a session of sound healing and reiki followed by birth planning. Now we are on the same page and ready for her baby to arrive when baby is ready. I know what she wants and needs from me as her doula, she knows what she can expect from me as I support her through these last months of pregnancy and into labour and early parenting. #soulfulbirth #emotionalandenergetictuning #geraldtonbirth #birthsupport

15.01.2022 Potent magic words!

14.01.2022 Another Induction Post.... Geraldton unfortunately has a culture of induction of labour at 39 weeks and onwards that is steadily growing. It’s not supported in any midwifery evidence (if you know of some, I’d be interested to read it), but there is some obstetric evidence. Although that evidence has been heavily critiqued and the authors even conclude themselves that it should not be influencing practice yet. I believe this pro-induction evidence doesn’t look at a woman’s ex...Continue reading

14.01.2022 A mother is born #ididit #newmother #thismoment #babygirl #birth #birthphotography #melbournedoula #birthbecomesher #gentleseeddoulas #Repost @breedownes_doula_photographer

13.01.2022 Yes! Different positions to help baby navigate through the pelvic dimensions, according to where baby is in the pelvis. Have a look at the third image. Knees in, ankles out, creates the most room through the sit bones (ischial tuberosities) at the end of labour.

13.01.2022 Birth Story Healing & Integration sessions book yours now xx What are they? Who needs one? What happens? We all need a birth story mentor, someone to deeply hear our story and help guide us towards new insights, healing and compassion. This is the deep work of shifting the birthing paradigm.

12.01.2022 IT’S BEEN A BIG WEEKEND // this is me, resting - after a birth on Friday, the Pregnancy Wellness Retreat on Saturday and two placentas encapsulated - it’s rest time #soulfulbirth #geraldtonbirth #bigweekends #lovemywork #rest

11.01.2022 Happy Sunday! Family bathroom birth

11.01.2022 A wonderful opportunity for a free birth story healing session....

11.01.2022 Next mum & Bub yoga course starting soon with my friend Cath Dalle

10.01.2022 Perfect end to a tough week #midwiferyinamedicalworld #natureknowsbest #natureheals #soulfulbirth #geraldtonbirth #holisticmidwife #fullspectrumdoula #birthmentor

09.01.2022 Please note the date change: from October 1st to October 8th xx

09.01.2022 You’ll find a collection of our fave birthy products for purchase tomorrow too #pregnancywellnessretreat #geraldtonbirth #soulfulbirth #holisticmidwife #fullspectrumdoula #birthmentor #birthygoodies

09.01.2022 Haha! I think I might have shared this before, but I love it. Useless nipples!

09.01.2022 emotion I LOVE siblings at birth. It’s such a normal part of life, children should not be excluded. They need loving preparation and support, yes. Sometimes it feels easier to exclude them than to properly prepare. But what a powerful way of teaching children to revere, not fear birth? Of normalising the power of women and birth? The face on this sibling says it all ... A client was recently told she couldn’t have her older child present at her birth. Haha!! So not true! Rather, it was the care provider’s own bias and discomfort with having siblings present at birth that informed their view/rules. If birth has never been normalised for a care provider, it’s always a medical event to be medically managed, always risky and scary, always an emergency waiting to happen - I too would fear siblings at birth. But that’s not the whole picture. As a midwife and doula, I have been privileged to support hundreds of births that are normal and physiological. I have also witnessed hundreds that aren’t. But I have a far more balanced view of what’s possible. @danieladjeanpartos #soulfulbirth #holisticmidwife #geraldtonbirth #fullspectrumdoula #birthmentor #siblingsatbirth #reverenotfear #powerofbirth #teachingthenextgeneration

08.01.2022 We have the births we have to teach us what we need to learn Just like everything in life. Understanding the gifts of our births, especially when they don’t go... the way we had planned or wished is an important part of the fourth-trimester process. The question is what did this birth teach me about myself? Me and Sam 1985 Day 2 post c/section, in hospital, figuring out how to breastfeed! So happy to have my baby earthside and wondering wtf just happened! This birth taught me about surrender, and I learned that from realising I didn’t do that - that I didn’t even know how to and I didn’t know I didn’t know!! This was also the beginning of birth teaching me about the interconnectedness of everything and the shamanic dimensions of pregnancy and birth, what would end up being my life work.

07.01.2022 Oscar! You say it so well!!

06.01.2022 All placentas are unique, as unique as each babe they help to grow. But check out this divine heart- shaped one! #placentalove #placentaencapsulation #soulfulbirth #geraldtonbirth #holisticmidwife #fullspectrumdoula #birthmentor #postpartumremedy #wellness

05.01.2022 New date!!! Now 8th October, one week later xx #soulfulbirth #geraldtonbirth #homebirth #birthoptions #trustinbirth

05.01.2022 Just over 12 months ago, I sent a prayer out into the universe. I had been struggling big time with fitting into the maternity model of care offered in Geraldton, WA. It wasn't a new struggle, it was an on-going one which had brought me to my knees (and continues to) time and time again. But this time, I felt that I was at breaking point. I just could not see a way forward, or through it, or where to next. My prayer was that within 12 months, I'd be in a radically different place within my work. I had no idea how I would get there, yet I knew that things just had to be different, it was non-negotiable.

04.01.2022 Mmm yes. ‘Birth is not just one day in your life, it is the healing and unravelling of everything within.’ It’s so helpful to have the right support to hold this process.

02.01.2022 Final pregnancy yoga class for 2020 tonight at 530pm, taught by the magnificent Cath Dalle

02.01.2022 http:// POSTNATAL LACTATION SUPPORT Feeding your baby can be challenging. That’s why I offer in-home lactation support, to help you through those first days and weeks of breastfeeding. My visits are up to 2 hours long: I stay as long as needed to witness a full feed, hear your story and make tweaks and suggestions to support your feeding goals. I ensure you have a feeding plan that makes sense and feels right to you. I also refer you onto specialists and other therapists if I fee...l that’s what’s needed. Personally, I have six years of experience breastfeeding my two babes, and many years experience supporting parents to feed their babies as a midwife and doula. I LOVE breastfeeding. It is definitely one of the most rewarding, intimate and yet challenging experiences of mothering. Often, there are many factors that affect breastfeeding including emotional, psychological and spiritual aspects. My postnatal lactation support includes an exploration of these factors, supporting you holistically. Feel held and nurtured as you transition into parenthood. #soulfulbirth #holisticmidwife #birthmentor #fullspectrumdoula #geraldtonbirth #breastfeedingjourney #lactationsupport

01.01.2022 I tell parents, the journey in centimetres is 10-15cm, but it’s a journey to the edge several times and finally through. that’s true whether babies are born vaginally or via cesarean birth.

01.01.2022 PREGNANCY WELLNESS RETREAT Nov 21 2020 // some favourites from the day. It really is such a joy to create and offer this retreat every few months. Mel and I are always blown away by the courage, depth and beauty of the mamas who embrace this journey. Holistic support for the emotional transformation that is the sacred rite of birth passage, is too often missed or neglected in our current medico-legal technocratic culture of pregnancy care. Each retreat, I am reminded of the sacredness of this journey, and the importance of being in community with those that understand and value this join us on March 20th 2021 on the next retreat xx #pregnancywellnessretreat #sacredbirth #soulfulbirth #birthasariteofpassage #geraldtonbirth #transformation #holisticsupport #holisticmidwifery #doulasupport #growthandtransitions #gratitude @melissa_aylin