Welcome Happy, Healthy & Exquisite Elowen
“Elowen Costin was born 6 January 2017 at 2:44pm weighing 3634 grams. She is everything I dreamed she would be and so much more. Healthy, happy, exquisite. As her mother I am forever grateful to MAMA midwives Jan and Rachel and birth attendant Gemma Lawson Candy. Without their advocacy and support I do not believe, as a woman considered to have a “high risk pregnancy”, I would have been able to birth Elowen naturally. Their backing gave me the confidence to assert my wishes within the, at times, daunting public hospital system and believe in the readiness of my body and baby for this challenge. A wonderful experience. Above and beyond, Rachel held Elowen skin to skin for the duration of my post birth medical procedure. I will never forget this mindfulness for Elowen’s nurture in those early hours of her life, nor the genuine excitement and joy of these women in helping me realise my dream. You are so very beautiful to me.”
