homebirth options in Cairns

[DaintreeDream]

I don't have any answers for you Jodi but I am keen to keep an eye on this thread. I am hoping to have a HBAC with my 3rd and by then we should be living in Cairns. I am sure there are options for us but I am not sure what they are.

[amy_o]

I had an excellent doula who knows of independant midwives here who do home births. PM me if you want more details. Hope that helps.

[Baby Blue Eyes]

Hi here are the details of the two homebirth midwives in Cairns.

Appartently Dagmar is cheaper but I didn't like her 'tone' over the couple of emails and her lack of response with emails. It would take me 2 emails to get one response.

Dagmar her email is dagmarcairns@vr-web.de

Judy
Mobile: 0427932748

Judy is a homebirth midwife in Mareeba but will travel to Cairns I have heard she is good and charges about $ 3500????

We were talking about this but decided to go through the Cairns Base as it doesn't cost us anything but we are well prepared this time around and may or may not have our doula available (due to her personal situation) but am confident from the information she has given my dh and I that we can do this birth completely natural and the midwives at the hospital have my birth plan already and I will discuss it at every single appointment and I am also looking into a water birth at the hospital.

[ben&brooke]

I had an excellent doula who knows of independant midwives here who do home births. PM me if you want more details. Hope that helps.

Hi Karen,
My name is Ben and my wife is Brooke, we are looking for a midwife in the FNQ area, would you be able to point us in the right direction? maybee a phone number or an email of a practicing midwife who may know where who could help us?

Thanks,
Ben and Brooke.

[Alan]

Hi Ben & Brook
I am a homebirth midwife working in FNQ. I would be happy to talk with you.
alan@yourmidwife.com.au
0429 709 008

[Karen van]

Hi Ben and Brooke

It depends where I suppose you are in FNQ - I am anchored in Cairns so my choices are from this immediate area. I have contacts for a practising homebirth midwife I am booked with and there is a male midwife up on the Tablelands - he is more a straight homebirth I-will-be-there-for-the-birth person rather than a midwife who offers a full pregnancy care service (no insult intended - it just depends what you want). As I said another wonderful, very experienced homebirthing midwife who works between Cairns/Tablelands is currently unavailable until a disciplinary matter is resolved (and currently it is still going). Let me know if you would like more specific info if the area is relevant to you!

Good luck!
Karen van
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[ben&brooke]

Hi Ben and Brooke

It depends where I suppose you are in FNQ - I am anchored in Cairns so my choices are from this immediate area. I have contacts for a practising homebirth midwife I am booked with and there is a male midwife up on the Tablelands - he is more a straight homebirth I-will-be-there-for-the-birth person rather than a midwife who offers a full pregnancy care service (no insult intended - it just depends what you want). As I said another wonderful, very experienced homebirthing midwife who works between Cairns/Tablelands is currently unavailable until a disciplinary matter is resolved (and currently it is still going). Let me know if you would like more specific info if the area is relevant to you!

Good luck!
Karen van
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Hi Karen thank you so much for getting back to us.
We will be living in the Port Douglas area (but willing to travel to cairns, we are looking for a midwife who can offer pregnancy care. the past two children have been deliverd by myself with a midwife helping me (both in a hospital, without hospital staff). i would feel much more comfortable with a (female) midwife who has deliverd babies before.
You mentioned about an experience midwife who is currently unavailable due to disciplinary action, im not sure but i may be of assistance as iam a constitutional para legal, who has a nack for rebutting quasi legal matters.
my email is: nrg_ben@hotmail.com

Kind Regards,
Ben