
Hi! I’m Ellie, and I’m one of the MAMA midwives.
From an early age, listening to my own family’s experiences of maternity care, I realised my passion for midwifery and the importance of supporting women and their families to make informed and empowered decisions. This belief has led m...


Hi there, I’m Naomi and I graduated from the Bachelor of Midwifery (ACU) in 2016.
I currently work at a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, both as a midwife and a researcher. I also provide midwife cover for their alcohol and drug service, as well as a program for pregnant w...

Course completed BMID at ACU 2021
Joined MAMA team as a postnatal midwife in January 2022
Proud mum of Kaidan (10), and Adeline (9), I enjoy attending football games with my son, long road trips and swimming.
My desire is to draw from my own life experiences, to promote positive pregnancy ...


I am a mother of three children, who are becoming more self sufficient now aged 11, 16, 18. I have worked as a midwife for more than 20 years,(in Australia and UK) having trained initially as a general nurse but always had a passion for midwifery. Having had 3 very different experiences wit...


Travelling around Europe in a Combi van with my husband in the early 70’s, I was one of the original flower children when I fell pregnant with my first child, Emma. Such news put an end to our hippy lifestyle and we sold the Combi van and came home to Australia to raise a family.

I graduated from a double bachelor degree as a Midwife/Nurse in 2007. After two years of practice in a major maternity hospital in Melbourne, I was lucky enough to be mentored by two wonderful Midwives into private practice. Soon after, in 2011, I founded MAMA with Jan Ireland. I have...

Hi! I’m Laura (she/her). I’m so happy to be a MAMA midwife – it feels like coming home!
I have been working with pregnant women, birthing people and new families for many years, as a social worker and a researcher. After experiencing joyful and empowering pregnancy, labour and postn...

I’ve had a few different careers including engineering and yoga teaching but my heart truly belongs to midwifery.
I was lucky enough to join MAMA after I graduated a few years ago, and have had an incredible time learning and practising midwifery in such and amazing team and model of car...

I was living in Boulder, Colorado with my teenage daughter, working in the field of nutrition, nourishment, and healing when I began to dream about becoming a midwife. At the time, I had loosely stepped into the world of postpartum care by preparing nourishing and yummy foods for new parents...

Rachel was born and raised in the Lake District, England. She obtained her BA (Hons) Midwifery degree from the University of York, England, in 2013. It was during this training that Rachel opted to take a month long elective placement in Melbourne with MAMA, and it was here that planted the ...