Our workshops just for student midwives aim to extend your knowledge base by combining theory and practical skills to help you support and communicate with women and their families.
We aim to give you confidence in these essentials as you begin your career as a midwife.
Our presenters are all MAMA midwives and are passionate about creating a safe and inclusive learning space where there’s no such thing as a silly question.
The cost is $40 per workshop and they run on Tuesday evenings.
Please note, these workshops are in high demand, booking out with wait list, which means invariably keen students miss out on coming. As a result, we’ve had to introduce a strict refund/cancellation policy as below.*
Using Water for Labour & Birth
In this workshop you will learn practical skills and ways to support a client using water in labour and birth. You will learn about the shower and bath (and birth in the water), using water injections, water for hydration and other ways we can use water to support women through their labour.
Homebirth
In this workshop, experienced homebirth midwives will teach you all about homebirth. We will show you videos of homebirth, show you our homebirth equipment and how we manage emergencies in the homebirth scenario.
Supporting Physiological Labour & Birth in the Victorian Maternity System
This workshop is aimed at any student who has felt like they have not been able to support a woman to have a physiological birth in the Victorian maternity system. This is all of us.
In this workshop we will explore ways we can work within the system and still assist women to avoid the cascade of intervention we are all so familiar with. How do we inform women of the risks and benefits of certain procedures when there are time pressures?When others with seniority in the room? When conflicting information being given? We will workshop conversations you can have and talk about past experiences you may have had in these situations.
Upcoming Dates and Bookings
Please see terms and conditions below before booking in.
Terms & Conditions
* By paying your course fees and thus making a booking, it is assumed you have read and agree to the above terms & conditions. Course fees will not be refunded if you have booked without reading the terms & conditions; including our Refund Policy as outlined below.
Refunds/Transfers Policy:
- Please note your course fees are non-refundable, so if you’re likely to have commitments such as placements around the dates of the workshop, we suggest waiting until they’re confirmed before making your workshop booking, as we cannot provide refunds.
- You can transfer your booking to another participant by emailing admin@midwivesandmothers.com.au with details PRIOR to the date of the workshop.
- You may request to transfer your booking to another workshop (pending availability) by emailing admin@midwivesandmothers.com.au PRIOR to the date of the workshop you’ve booked into.
- You are only entitled to 1 booking transfer. In the event you are unable to make the 2nd workshop you’ve booked into, course fees are forfeited.
- If you cancel on the day of the workshop or do not show up, course fees will be forfeited.
- If you wish to book but have any concerns or questions, please email admin@midwivesandmothers.com.au BEFORE paying your course fees.
No Shows / Arriving Late
- Classes times will not be rescheduled or postponed due to lateness; missed time & content will be forfeited.
- Full or partial refunds will not be granted for no-shows or arriving late unless under exceptional circumstances, and only at the sole discretion of the MAMABirth presenter.