Joyous Birth Forums
The world’s only forum devoted solely to home birth is right here, filled with energy, enthusiasm and information.
The safest way to birth now has a meeting place for all parents, professionals and community groups to gather, exchange information and offer support. A range of topics are covered including:-
- choosing and finding a private midwife, birth attendant or doula
- locating your nearest home birth group
- home birth after caesarean
- how to provide support to home birthing women
- the latest studies into home birth worldwide
Women planning home births after previously traumatic birth can do so in
private and a special forum is devoted to the needs of partners as well. Another
closed area of the forum allows women to privately process and seek support
for miscarriage and stillbirth.
Those seeking more information or considering all their birthing options
are welcome to join, explore and ask questions.Australia’s online and real life home birth network.
Have you birthed at home? Are you considering a homebirth?
We are a community of homebirthers, midwives, birth attendants and doulas, past, present and future across Australia and beyond.
Come along to socialise, feel supported and strengthened, share knowledge and experience and enjoy the company of others who believe in gentle birth.
Although we are not focussed on parenting, we promote and encourage gentle, evidence-based parenting, which complements our birthing practices.
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Online Community Blogs
Blogs on topics dear to Joyous Birth. Please contact us for a reciprocal link.
Birthy and gentle parenting blogs
Dr Sarah Buckley
Autonomous Birth
Observant Midwife
MamaMid(wife)Madness
Homeschooling blogs
Life of Learning (Lisa)
Feminist blogs
Sazz Eaton
Research/Informative Blogs
Bawling Babies
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Online Community Websites
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NSW Community
Homebirth Access Sydney
Homebirth Access Sydney is a not for profit organisation run by volunteers. Its members comprise homebirth families, their care providers, supporters and others interested in natural birthing.
Hunter Home and Natural Birth SupportWe h old monthly meetings at various locations in Newcastle and surrounding regions.
Location varies between Newcastle/Lake Macquarie/Maitland/Cessnock area
Email: Yolande Morton hhnbsgroup@gmail.comKinma Primary, Preschool and Playgroup
A parent-managed democratic school community in the bushland of Terrey Hills, Sydney. Child-centred with small classes and a wonderful sense of community, Kinma offers families an alternative to mainstream education.
We have a playgroup each Monday from 9.30am-11.30am which is held in the Kinma preschool. The majority of parents have an attachment / natural approach to parenting and it is a wonderfully supportive playgroup which offers children the opportunity for unstructured play in beautiful bushland surrounds, and parents a place where they won\'t feel out of place breastfeeding a toddler or talking about co-sleeping! Lots of co-sleeping, breastfeeding, home-birthing, cloth-nappy crazed mamas!
Name: Jennifer Kable
Email: jennykable@yahoo.com.au
Phone: (02) 9453 2685
Website: www.kinma.nsw.edu.au
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VIC Community
Homebirth in the Hills
A support group for Homebirth families living in the Dandenong Ranges and surrounds. All are welcome to join us as we share a cuppa, our stories and celebrate this very special way of birthing our babies into the world. We meet monthly in family homes.
For more information please contact: Melinda Whyman
Phone: 03 9754 1347
Email: mummamel@gmail.comBendigo - Home Birth Support Group
Birth Support Bendigo Inc. is a network of people who believe that birth can be a positive, powerful and joyous event in the life of a woman and her family.
Website: www.bsb.bendigo.net.auGeelong
Homebirth support & alternative/attachment parenting support and friendship in Geelong.
We also connect parents together to form smaller groups as an alternative to council run 'mothers groups'. All welcome.
Contact Geelong branch of Maternity Coalition www.maternitycoalition.org.au/geelong/geelong.html
Email (homebirthmum): rachelaparkinson@hotmail.comEast Gippsland Birth Support Group
Women, their partners, support people, midwives and friends meet. There are chat gatherings with a special topic. Some of the topics so far have involved intervention and how to prevent it, supporting women during birth.
For further information contact group members:
Cath 03 51562929
Colleen 03 51564148
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SA Community
Homebirth Network of S.A. (Inc)
Contact: www.maternitycoalition.org.au/member/homebirthsa.html
Homebirth Network of SA meet on the first Friday of each month, from 10-12 at the Eastwood Community Centre, 95 Glen Osmond Rd, Eastwood. Donation of $2 is appreciated for hire of the hall, and we ask that if you have the means and the time, please bring something small to share for morning tea.There is always plenty of food so if it's just too hard, please don't worry! We have a large and vibrant group and a library of books and videos, and a birth pool for hire too for members.
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QLD Community
Homebirth Organisation
QLD Home Midwifery Association (HMA)
THE ROLE & ACTIVITIES OF H.M.A.:
We promote the right of choice in all birth and health matters
We offer education and support to all pregnant women who seek it
We offer information on natural healing methods, pain relief and nutrition
We recommend Homebirth Midwives who have applied to our association for recommendation, and have shown themselves to practice according to standards endorsed by Home Midwifery Association (Qld) Inc. (HMA)
We encourage the active participation of all member Parents and Midwives in all areas concerning the HMAGeneral enquiries: Phone 3839 5883 or e-mail info@homebirth.org.au
Website: www.homebirth.org.au
Brisbane support group
Neal Macrossan Park Hall
10 Moreton St., Paddington
Phone: Sharlene 3427 5911
Meets: Every second Monday, 10am-2pm
Last meeting for 2006: 12th December
Gold Coast support group
Bert Swift Community Centre
11 Centurion Court, Nerang
Phone: Deirdrie 5533 2258
Meets: First Wednesday of each month
Last meeting for 2006: 6th December
Gympie (Angels) support group
Meets at various locations
Phone: Su 5484 0099
Meets: Fourth Wednesday of each month
Last meeting for 2006: 22nd November
Membership to HMA is encouraged after attendance at two support group meetings.
"Down to Birth" is the society's quarterly magazine, and includes contact details for midwives, doulas and labour coaches across Qld, and also for the north coast of NSW. If you are interested in being added to this list, or updating your information, e-mail dtb@homebirth.org.au.SUPPORT GROUP
The Home Midwifery Association (Qld) Inc. runs a Homebirth Support Group called "About Homebirth".
Meets: Second and fourth Monday of each month, 10am-2pm in Windsor, Brisbane.
The support group meets in the mornings and joins in a shared lunch. Everybody is welcome! Mothers, Fathers, Babies, Toddlers, Children, Midwives and anyone interested in Homebirth get together to socialise, support each other, talk, listen and learn.
At these sessions you can meet with Mothers and their families who have given birth at home. Please come prepared with a plate of wholesome food to share for lunch and a gold coin donation to contribute to the rent of the building.
Please phone H.M.A. on (07) 3839 5883 for more information.The Homebirth Queensland group provides reminders about HMA support group meetings across Queensland, and other HMA events.
Website: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...rthQueensland/
Joyous Birth Brisbane
PM Cyathea or Gaia in the JB forums for contact details.
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A.C.T Community
There is currently no home birth group in Canberra but information can be obtained from;
Margie Perkins mperkins@netspeed.com.au
62416031
or
Women's Centre for Health Matters 62902166.
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N.T Community
Darwin Homebirth Group Inc.
PO Box 41252 Casuarina NT 0811
Phone (0 8 ) 8981 5841
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W.A Community
Perth Birthplace Support Group Inc (and Fremantle Community Midwives)
80 Canning Highway
Fremantle WA 6158
Phone (0 8 ) 9319 8043Birth Choices
Pete Malavisi Independent Midwife
South WA.
We have a group in Busselton, Bunbury and Margaret River.
Click here to view our brochure.
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TAS Community
Coming soon.
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National & Other Community
Homebirth Australia
Contact: homebirth.australia@bigpond.com
Aims: Homebirth Australia is a group of consumers and midwives committed to ensuring the survival of homebirth as a birth option for Australian women, with the overall aim of public funded homebirth across the country.
Website: http://homebirthaustralia.org/home/modules/content/?id=7
Homebirth Aotearoa
Home Birth Aotearoa is the national organisation representing the many local associations throughout Aotearoa / New Zealand.
Home Birth Aotearoa supports and celebrates home birth and provides birthing women and whanau with information about the home birth option.
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