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Andrea Quanchi

Midwife / Maternal & Child Health Nurse

Education

General Nursing Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne 1979-1982
Midwifery Training Western General Hospital Footscray 1984-1985
Bachelor of Nursing (Post-Registration) Deakin University (1993)
Master of Clinical Nursing (Maternal, Child & Family) La Trobe University 2003)

Experience

Nursing at RCH (1979-1988) and rural hospital (1989 onwards)
Midwifery in Metropolitan, Regional and Rural Midwifery Units across the full scope of practice, pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatal care.
Private Midwifery Practice since 1999
Maternal & Child Health visits including sleep and settling.

Midwifery Interest

Anything to do with birth and working towards all women having the choice of a known midwife for pregnancy, labour and birth. Supporting midwives young and not so young to embrace working in continuity of care models and hospitals to give admitting rights to privately practicing midwives.

My family (Husband Ian, three grown children (Peter, Hannah and Stuart), four grandchildren (Hazel, Otis, Ari and Sylvie) and friends (who are very patient and supportive of this crazy life midwives lead).