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Your Midwife Astra Joynt
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25.01.2022 Ok this might sound ridiculous, but one of my favourite things about private practice is that I can wear whatever the hell I want! It really makes my day! I never understood why all us midwives in the hospital had to look like a small blue army in our uniform scrubs, while the doctors could get around in whatever they want. I always felt like it made me blend into ‘the face of the health service’ whereas the doctors can just be themselves. Which is something I rate highly. So... now I get to be myself at work, and whilst that is definitely not a slick professional persona, my clients know that their authentic midwife is showing up. The second thing I love about my work is returning clients! This little guy is 18 months now, and is soon to be the middle child. There really is something extra special about being trusted to be the family midwife. #itsallaboutrelationships See more
24.01.2022 Posted @withregram @melaniethemidwife ‘At least your baby is alive’ is the most bullshit phrase ever uttered. ‘At least your baby is alive’ suggests that a baby and woman who are alive represent the top rung of the ladder when it comes to birth outcomes. I’ve got news for you, it’s the BOTTOM one! A live woman and baby is the minimum expectation of maternity care, the bottom rung! Not the top rung! The ultimate expectation of maternity care is that the woman and her family are completely blissed out and satisfied with their birth experience, they are blown away with joy and elation at what they just did and they feel autonomous and respected. A joyful birth is the standard, a live woman and baby is simply and expectation. #birthtraumaawarenessweek #birthtrauma #transformativebirthwork
24.01.2022 Attending home visits is one of my favourite bits! Everyone gets involved, plus there’s usually snacks #privatemidwife #homebirth #homebirthbaby #livingmybestlife
23.01.2022 This is a beauty! For everyone with a womb, or into someone who’s got one.....
22.01.2022 EXPECTING MOTHERS Are you due to have a baby in the Northern Rivers this winter season? As I complete my training as a Birth Doula, I am seeking a few... mothers due in June, July and August to work with at a dramatically reduced price. If you are interested in having a me as your doula or would like more info, please don’t hesitate to get in contact via Facebook or Instagram - @surrender.birth Looking forward to hearing from you! Ash
19.01.2022 A humble and interesting opinion piece by an obstetrician about the differences in the rates of Caesarean section between midwifery care and obstetric care. Choose your caregivers carefully! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/birt.12517
18.01.2022 This is a really important topic, even if/ especially if you are planning a homebirth. Understanding what is involved and what your choices are when the unexpected happens in birth, can hep you to navigate your way through the experience and minimise feelings of disappointment or trauma afterwards. Only $5 per session, I strongly encourage you to attend.
17.01.2022 It’s true; I’ve never had so many enquires for homebirth! We need the Medicare reform NOW to make this option affordable and therefore equitable. https://aboutregional.com.au/new-wave-of-support-for-home/
17.01.2022 Don’t let anyone tell you that making noise in labour means you ‘aren’t coping’. For a lot of women, making noise in labour is exactly how they get through. Choose caregivers who support you to be unselfconscious in labour. #expressyourself #homebirth #australianbirthstories #homebirthmidwife
16.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/1680653075534136/posts/2888531031412995/?d=n
13.01.2022 One minute I’m in my car listening to @midwifethinking talking about her new book on @themidwivescauldron podcast; the next minute it’s in my hot little hands . As I unlearn and unravel from a decade working in mainstream midwifery services, I think more and more about this very topic: Childbirth as a Rite of Passage. Can’t wait to sink my teeth into this . #itstime #ritesofpassage #honouringwomen #enough #homebirth
12.01.2022 This is another goodie!
12.01.2022 I bloody DID IT!!!! Your midwife is also now an international woman of mystery, I mean international board certified LACTATION CONSULTANT . Thanks to all the sweeties who helped me out and put up with my discombobulated brain while I sat the exam in September, and thanks to Hope, wherever you are, for knitting me this rad bosom to demo with. Whether you’ve got or (hopefully) I’ve got the information and support (ha!) you need. HMU 2021 for your postnatal and lactation needs. #lactationconsultant #privatemidwife #homebirthmidwife #homebirthnsw
12.01.2022 This is a pretty accurate depiction of what happens around a homebirth transfer to hospital in Australia. Covid restrictions are sometimes preventing us from staying with the birthing person in recent times. FYI. Edit: please call 000 for emergencies is Australia
11.01.2022 Yet another reason for midwifery care in the comfort of your own home #regram from the amazing @drsarawickham Cochrane reviewers assessed evidence for 61 dif...ferent strategies for preventing stillbirth during pregnancy, or infant deaths around the time of birth. High-level evidence for a reduction in fetal loss or infant death was found for only one of these 61 strategies. It was midwife-led models of care. Where midwives were the primary healthcare provider, particularly for lowrisk women, loss of the fetus or infant deaths fell by 16%. That's pretty remarkable. But it's not often discussed or shared. More often, the focus is placed on technologies, or on strategies that will help powerful groups profit or benefit. If those in power were truly committed to reducing stillbirth and neonatal deaths, they would fund, support and promote the one thing that really works: models of midwifery-led care. You can read the full review at https://www.cochrane.org//what-are-most-effective-interven And there's loads more birth information at www.sarawickham.com and in my books, whose topics include induction of labour, vitamin K, birthing your placenta and group B strep. #midwife #midwifery #pregnancy #birth #doula #childbirth #childbirtheducation #birtheducator #birthdecisions #studentmidwife #childbirtheducator #drsarawickham #writersofinstagram #positivebirth #youdoyou #midwifeled #midwifeledcare #midwifeledunit #evidenceinformedmidwifery #cochrane #cochranereview See more
11.01.2022 Here’s a virtual tour of the Maternity Unit at Lismore Base Hospital for those who are interested. Face to face tours are currently suspended due to Covid 19. https://nnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au//lismo/womens-care-unit/
10.01.2022 This is such an important issue, I’m adding email addresses to help you out! We’ve got to strike while the iron is hot, and the MBS review has been sitting in someone’s inbox since last November. Here are our main players: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]... If you believe in choice in birth, please sign this, and consider sending a personal email to those above. https://homebirth.good.do/homebirthmedicarerebates/ See more
10.01.2022 This video has changed my practice! For those of you who are pumping to increase your milk supply, or to maintain lactation whist separated from your baby, this technique could be a game-changer. I’ve never seen this in 15 years of midwifery! Midwives: must watch ... https://youtu.be/_btCMw5WYas
10.01.2022 Good news! Lismore Base now allowing two support people for labour and birth Good news! Lismore Base now allowing two support people for labour and birth
10.01.2022 It’s not my birthday, but it was the best cake in the shop! Last day at #amihs (Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service) tomorrow. Thanks to the families for welcoming me into their lives, and the role for further opening my eyes to the racism that exists within our culture, our birthing services, and the unexamined corners of my mind. It’s been exhilarating and challenging and worth every minute. Now let’s get some more #birthoncountry
07.01.2022 Here’s a great example of a neonatal resus at a homebirth. The cord is intact, and still providing life-giving oxygen to the baby through his supported transition. I think it’s important for people to see that we don’t practice hocus-pocus during births at home, although personally I say my ‘hallelujah’ on the inside. But you get the gist! What are your thoughts?... https://m.youtube.com/watch
07.01.2022 Hugo: ‘Aaaaaargh, Brian fed allllll night, and now my boobs are empty’ #internationalbreastfeedingweek #chestfeeding #humanmilkforhumanbabies #homebirthmidwife @ Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
04.01.2022 BABY MASSAGE WORKSHOP 2021 We will be running our baby massage workshop bi monthly @empowering_birth_journeys Learn the ancient calming and connecting ...technique of baby massage. The benefits of massaging your baby is to enhances bonding, improve your babies sleep, encourage relaxation, relieves colic and reflux, relieves wind and constipation, enhances your babies immune system, relieves chest and sinus congestion and so much more. The best time to attend is when your baby is between 6 weeks - 9 months. Limited places available. BOOK NOW. www.empoweringbirthjourneys.com.au #babymassage #bonding #reflux #boostimmunesystem #connection #touchtherapy #indianrelaxation #sweedishreflexology #lismore #booknow See more
03.01.2022 For all the partners wondering what their role is...
02.01.2022 Kelly limbering up in the back room at a homebirth #homebirth #homebirthnsw #midwifelife
01.01.2022 #studentmidwife and basically everyone; see how the posterior shoulder births spontaneously when no direction is given to the baby? Question everything you learn! And fellow midwives; question everything you think you know #midwife #questioneverything
