My Midwives Toowoomba
Address: 331 Margaret St , Toowoomba QLD 4350
Phone: 07 4642 2977
Fax: 07 46 391 118
Email: admin@mymidwives.com.au
About Us
At My Midwives Toowoomba we are all so fortunate to do what we love and love what we do. We provide ultimate care to women and their families in a unique environment. We are also fortunate enough to be able to provide our midwifery care in a beautiful community setting, an old renovated Queenslander which women tell us “just feels like coming home”. If you would like to see where we provide a portion of our midwifery care you can take a the Google walkthrough is at the top of this page. The clinic, based in Margaret Street Toowoomba (just up the road from Grand Central) is where we hold the majority of our pregnancy and post-birth appointments and also our group sessions.
My Midwives Toowoomba is a little bit different to the other My Midwives in that we were the first midwives in Australia to have visiting access to a hospital. This significant step in 2012 has allowed our women to continue to receive care from a midwife they employ rather than someone that has been “allocated” to them to provide their care. The midwives are very fortunate to also be able to provide care to women in the Toowoomba Birth Centre, which means many of our women have access to water immersion for pain relief and also water birth. Fortunately as private midwifery becomes more of the “norm” other hospitals around the country are also giving midwives access so that women are able to have the carer of their choice within a hospital facility.
Having access to a the hospital means our midwives are able to consult if there are any concerns, with obstetricians and other medical staff at any time for pregnancy, birth and postbirth care. The other benefit is women are able to receive Medicare rebates and rebates from a select group of private health funds.
It is important to us that women have the ability to “choose” what type of care they would like for pregnancy, birth and those days of early parenting, so we invite you to attend an initial antenatal appointment which we bulk bill, so you can ask questions and find out what we are all about.
Services
We offer a range of Midwifery Services including continuity of midwifery care, which encompasess antenatal care, birth care and postnatal care. We also have a range of classes including antenatal classes, Next Birth After Caesarean Classes and Breastfeeding workshops. .
Group Sessions
For more information about group sessions please see our events or go to our Facebook page for updates.
Birth Preparation Group: On a Wednesday night for a 4 week cycle from 5.30 pm. Topics vary each week from the pelvis through to hormones and fear and tools for support. Please visit our events for more information.
Mothers Group: On Friday mornings from 10:00 am to 11:00 am for mothers with babies no more than 6 weeks old. This session is facilitated by a midwife with a different topic offered weekly. You can stay all morning or just stay for a quick cuppa and a catch up with a midwife.
From 11:00 to 12:00 any clients with bubs over 6 weeks are welcome to come along. At this stage this session will not be facilitated we will just be providing the space.
My Midwives Antenatal Classes – One Saturday per month, fully catered, small groups.
Next Birth After Caesarean Courses - Bi-monthly and covers options for VBAC and repeat caesarean sections.
COMING SOON - Breastfeeding Workshops
Events
Mother's Group
On Friday mornings @10:30 am. Come along for a catch up and chat with other new mums.
Classes
Birth Preparation
This workshop is designed to be held in small groups of couples or singles any time from around 16 to 22 weeks of pregnancy.
28th August 2018 | 24th October 2018 | 12th December 2018
My Antenatal Class
Our one day Antenatal Class is focused on your active birth. This class is designed to be taken anywhere from 28 to 34 weeks of pregnancy by couples and their support people.
11th August 2018 | 8th September 2018 | 13th October 2018 | 10th November 2018 | 8th December 2018
Newborn Care Workshop
This completely hands-on practical workshop prepares you for the first six weeks of newborn life.
15th August 2018 | 12th September 2018 | 14th November 2018
Sleep, Settling and Support Workshop
Our newest class is targeted at mums around 4 to 6 weeks after birth. This group session includes your newborn if you wish, but is targeted at you and your strategies in early mothering.
22nd August 2018 | 26th September 2018 | 10th October 2018 | 28th November 2018
Breastfeeding Class
This class is facilitated by well know Toowoomba Lactation Specialist Jen James.
14th August 2018 | 11th September 2018 | 16th October 2018 | 4th December 2018
