Launceston Birth Centre in Launceston, Tasmania | Education

Launceston Birth Centre

Locality: Launceston, Tasmania

Phone: +61 3 6334 3584

Address: Frankland Rise 7250 Launceston, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.birthcentre.org.au

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24.01.2022 What an exciting article printed by the Examiner on the weekend! Incredible things are happening here at the LBC and we are super proud of the amazing work our local midwives are doing. How amazing is it that we have this birth choice here in Launceston, we truly are blessed!

23.01.2022 Interesting article on the front page of The Age newspaper today!

23.01.2022 A truly inspiring piece. Love needs to be central in Midwifery practice https://midwiferytoday.com//village-midwife-where-has-al/

23.01.2022 For 35 years the midwives of the Launceston Birth Centre have served the local community with love. Many families have felt supported by these beautiful midwives as they welcomed new babies into their lives and new mothers into the community. Three years ago the climate for independent midwifery changed in our nation, requiring those midwives who wanted to practice in a homebirth setting to undertake further study to become an endorsed midwife and abide by new and ever changi...Continue reading

22.01.2022 absolutely gorgeous

21.01.2022 This gorgeous couple are soon to meet their little bubba! Almost time to enter the world little one

20.01.2022 LAUNCESTON BIRTH CENTRE OPEN Launceston Birth Centre is accepting bookings for birth at the centre and at home. Please feel welcome to call me Emma Ryder (midwife) for a chat on 0488962231.

20.01.2022 The Tailrace Centre are running a wonderful group for babies called The Baby Sensory Program.. check it out here.. https://www.babysensory.com.au/launceston-tas/

19.01.2022 ABC would like people to call up and share their stories about your birth at the birth Centre.. please call and share how important it was to you and womens choices around birth.

19.01.2022 Magnificent Mumma our first mum since the renovation is about to give birth! How beautiful she is!

18.01.2022 Thank you SO much to everyone who came on Friday night to our annual celebration dinner at the Mad Apple! What a fun night it was.. delicious food, great company and how wonderful to hear three beautiful birth stories from some of our mummas who birthed this year. We are so grateful for the supportive and passionate community here at the Launceston Birth Centre

18.01.2022 We only have 25 tickets left to our annual celebration and fundraising dinner on the 23rd October so if you are keen to come email us at [email protected] to book your tickets!

18.01.2022 The birth centre hosted a mums and bub morning tea with some of our ladies who gave birth between October and January. What a special morning connecting beautiful mothers together.. everyone is excited for the next one!

17.01.2022 Did you see Win News last night? Interviews with our committee and this gorgeous couple who were going to be the last birth in our centre.. but not anymore... such exciting news!!!

15.01.2022 Hi to our wonderful followers. We are in need of a heat pump for our meeting room at the centre. This is the room where our mums meet with their midwife and have check-ups. It would be great to have the heating and cooling option of a heat pump. Please consider making a donation on the link below. Thank you!

15.01.2022 Thank you so much to everyone for the hundreds of messages, emails and phone calls we have received. What an amazing response! We are so grateful to be able to keep this important birth choice for Northern Tasmanian women. Heres to a big and exciting future :)

15.01.2022 Happy International Midwives Day. Thank you for all the midwives around the world for all your love and nurturing to the women, babies and families and your colleagues that you tirelessly give

15.01.2022 Our closure story on Southern Cross news tonight. Thank you so much to everyone for your support. Xx

14.01.2022 Preparing for Birth During the COVID-19 Crisis A Conversation with Hannah Dahlen Friday 24th April at 9am (AEST) This live webinar will cover the latest info...rmation we have on caring for childbearing women during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will explore common areas of confusion and concern like support people at birth, water birth, use of gas and air, skin to skin following the birth and breastfeeding. An overview of what we know about COVID-19 from the evidence and the best guidelines to follow will be explored as well as why pregnant women are not as badly affected by this virus compared to other common respiratory viral illnesses. This webinar is eligible for one (1) contact hour. Presented by: Hannah Dahlen AM Professor of Midwifery Associate Dean Research and Higher Degree Research Midwifery Discipline Lead Western Sydney University The session will be moderated by Tanya Strusberg, LCCE, FACCE, Lamaze International Board of Directors and Co-founder, Lamaze Australia Lamaze members US$27 / Non-members US$32 To register, please visit https://members.lamaze.org/p/pr/vi/prodid=169 N.B. If you are not a member of Lamaze International, please create a free account first before registering for the webinar.

14.01.2022 Thankyou to Gordon Willcock from Direct Relief here in Australia who donated N95 masks to all the privately practising midwives in Australia facilitating homebirth. I enjoyed facilitating this initiative with Gordon and with the much needed help of three other women we got the masks out there to all the midwives facilitating Homebirths at this time. Amazing what networking, cooperation and love can do. And all totally free of charge and delivered to the doorstep. Thank you

14.01.2022 With only a few weeks until we officially reopen work is progressing well with our renovation inside the birth centre! Everything feels so fresh!

13.01.2022 "Breastfeeding is about so much more than food. So much so, that I often wish we could rename it! Breastnurturing seems a fitting term. Many mothers I meet beco...me quite consumed with how much their baby is feeding. Worrying that they cant have enough milk, that their baby is taking too much milk, their baby is just feeding for comfort or making bad sleep associations. The truth is that your baby will go to your breast for countless reasons. Milk is just one of them. Breastfeeding to comfort your baby, promote sleep and to connect are all important and normal reasons for your baby to be at your breast, along with meeting their requirements for milk. As a mother breastfeeds, it really does look something like this. Those amazing hormones that flood her brain also impact on the brain of her baby, enhancing and nurturing the bond between mother and child. Nutrition, Bonding, Immunity, Attachment, Safety, Responsive, Nurturing, Love. ". . #Repost Sian Aldis, IBCLC Breastfeeding Practitioner . . . #breastfeeding #breastfeedingsupport #breastfeedingmum #breastmilk #breastfeedingproblems #postnatal #postpartum The Natural Parent Magazine is available from Countdown stores NZ wide as well as selected New World, Take Note and other lovely stores nationwide. Note: Were giving away a free organic sunscreen from Solo Organics Sunscreen with every Countdown bought copy - see the free gift packs in the magazine aisle. The Australian edition goes on sale throughout Australia on December 20. If youd like to subscribe, you can receive your copy direct to your mailbox worldwide! Just head to our website and you can subscribe there.

13.01.2022 We have some exciting news... as you are aware we announced our doors were closing a few months ago. This announcement sparked a media frenzy and over 20,000 people saw the post. Through all the exposure a lovely midwife named Emma (pictured in the middle) contacted us.. long story short, she is COMING, although she has a busy home birth practice in Victoria, to work here in order to ensure our birth centre doesnt have to close. We all loved her straight away and cant wait ...for you to meet her. We were also contacted by Minister Michael Ferguson who has been working hard behind the scenes to secure a very generous amount of money from the federal government that will be used to upgrade the centre with a new kitchen, flooring, heating and a big deck out the back so we can host prenatal classes etc. We have had to pinch ourselves with all this excitement and its all hands on deck to launch into a brand new future for the birth centre. Thank you so much for all your messages, emails and support. Please spread the word that we are open for births and will continue to provide this much needed choice for pregnant women in Northern Tasmania. See more

12.01.2022 Hi everyone, our annual celebration and fundraising dinner is back on!! This time we only have 50 tickets so email through to secure your ticket! If you booked and paid for our cancelled event earlier in the year.. don't worry.. we still have your ticket ready for you! We can't wait to see you all there :)

11.01.2022 We have a wonderful article in the Sunday Examiner today. Please go and buy it to read the exciting future of the Launceston Birth Centre and hear from our beautiful midwives.

11.01.2022 Is this accurate??

11.01.2022 Too cute not to share! "This big brother hopped in the tub to help his mom labor through some intense contractions." Photo credit: @babymooninn

10.01.2022 Hi everyone, we just had an interview on ABC RADIO 91.7fm about the LBC re opening and they are asking people to call to share their own stories and how important the birth centre is. Please call 1300361688 in the next half hour if you have a spare minute to share your story!

10.01.2022 As soon as I stood, things began to intensify. I was standing in the doorway to our bedroom, holding the door frame and starting to make deep moaning noises, bo...th Ben and I thought Gees, that is way too early to be making those noises!, but I needed to make them so I continued. At that point I was very thankful for the heavy rain masking my noise and not waking Juniper. I checked myself in the mirror and realised I was as white as a ghost and shaking. I asked Ben to get up with me and try to lie on the couch while I rested. It was 3am by this point and we thought we were nowhere near the finish line. I couldnt understand why my body wanted me to get up and not be lying down. Eventually I said I need to get this baby down. Ben agreed, he helped me up and gave me a banana as well as some pre-birth arnica and some home-made labour aid to boost my energy. It was a relief to stand but it also made things intensify again. At this point I was needing Ben to press on the acupressure points on my lower back and the pain relief was instant! I had also tried the bath but I couldnt handle the lower pressure and was making the tightenings very close together. I still had no thought that this baby was going to arrive any time soon, I was thinking it was going to be another day or two away! An except from https://thenaturalparentmagazine.com/your-birth-stories-az/ @callthedoula . . . . For support in your gentle parenting journey pick up your copy of The Natural Parent Magazine NEW SPRING ISSUE 36 from supermarkets throughout NZ and newsagents throughout Australia! NOTE: All NZ bought copies receive a copy of "This too shall pass" valued at $15.95!! To find your closest retailer: New Zealand http://bit.ly/2TNHdcK Australia bit.ly/2ZiwmZm And subscribe from anywhere else in the world bit.ly/2ZlUbn8 Follow The Natural Parent Magazine on Instagram bit.ly/TNPInsta , YouTube bit.ly/TNPYouTube and Podcast bit.ly/PodcastTNP If your like to advertise in The Natural Parent Magazine bit.ly/TNPAdvertise

10.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to our beautiful mumma bears. What a privilege we have watching babies come into the world and seeing women become mothers. Have a wonderful blessed day!

09.01.2022 The renovation of the living area and kitchen at the Birth Centre is finally complete thanks to our federal government grant and we are so excited to show you the finished areas! We took out the wall to a small side bedroom to make a big living area and updated the kitchen. With the new paint, flooring, joinery and heating, I am sure you will all agree it looks fabulous! The rest of the house has had a fresh coat of paint and many extra touches which we will show you soon. All completed just in time for the arrival of our new midwife Emma - WELCOME EMMA!!

09.01.2022 Seems pretty simple, really? Debra Pascali-Bonaro of @orgasmicbirth breaks it down to the basics. #itstime #birthtime #debrapascalibonaro #orgasmicbirth

08.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/648513411/posts/10156242993713412

07.01.2022 Happy Mother's Day to our beautiful mumma bears. What a privilege we have watching babies come into the world and seeing women become mothers. Have a wonderful blessed day!

07.01.2022 Today Birth Times Jo and Jerusha joined thousands of women in Sydney for the Womens Wave Sydney. The speakers were incredible, the atmosphere electric and the... message was clear. We are DONE with being victims of violence. We are DONE with being silenced and we are DONE with inequality. Women around the world are coming together and rising up. ITS TIME!! #womenswave #womenswavesydney2019 #itstime #birthtime #metooinbirth #metoo

06.01.2022 https://www.examiner.com.au//launceston-midwife-helps-au/

05.01.2022 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT The N95 masks that have been donated to privately practising midwives by Direct Relief with the exhalation valve on the side protect the wearer not others. The N95 mask without the exhalation valve apparently protects both the wearer and others. Check out the info below regarding the N95 masks without the exhalation valve. These masks can be bought through the link below.

03.01.2022 Hello to our wonderful supporters. As you know, the Launceston Birth Centre has recently announced that we are able to continue our amazing service of providing a "home away from home" birth experience for the families of Northern Tasmania. We have received a fantastic grant of money to do a renovation and extension of the birth centre, however due to the lack of an endorsed midwife over the last year our funds for paying weekly bills have been completely exhausted. We normal...ly would have a fundraising dinner each year to cover our basic running costs and this year we werent able to host one due to the possibility of closing our doors. Now our doors are well and truly open and we are excited about the future with a new endorsed midwife joining with us. We ask that you would consider a donation, no matter how small to help us with our weekly running costs for this year. Every bit helps and enables us to keep providing this birthing choice to Northern Tasmanian families. Thank you! See more

03.01.2022 Got a wonderful parcel in the mail yesterday. Thanks so much to #directrelief for providing myself and all the private midwives facilitating Homebirth around Au...stralia with N95 masks. These masks will help to keep us and those we care for safe during this COVID-19 pandemic and allow us to continue to provide safe women centred, continuity of care to the drastically increasing numbers of women choosing to #stayhome to birth. Personal protective equipment is already in short supply across Australia and midwives, particularly those of us who work in private practice have been overlooked by governments in their orders. Anyway, Im feeling richer than ever today thanks to this generous donation and all the efforts by #homebirthaustralia #midwifecollective #yarravalleymidwives and #emmaryder at #launcestonbirthcentre See more

02.01.2022 This evidence based study says it all about where the safest place to give birth is for healthy fit women https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/9//e029192.full.pdf

01.01.2022 A truly inspiring piece. Love needs to be central in Midwifery practice https://midwiferytoday.com//village-midwife-where-has-al/

01.01.2022 Hi everyone, it's only two weeks until our annual celebration and fundraising dinner at the amazing Mad Apple! If you still haven't booked a ticket please email us ASAP as we only have 15 tickets left! Email [email protected]..