Welcome to MAMA Midwifery Practice
We are Victoria’s first private midwifery practice, privileged to be caring holistically for families since 2011. We now have three clinics serving the community in Kensington, Hampton and Gippsland. Our midwives support you to receive continuity of midwifery care with the person that you feel most aligned with.
If you are looking for loving care & clinical expertise, we’re here for you from early pregnancy, as you birth your baby at home or in hospital and up to 8 weeks postnatally.
Want to know more? Read more about our midwifery care & team of midwives.
MAMA Services
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Home Birth Package
We offer full-spectrum care with the midwives you choose, including bulk-billed pregnancy appointments that keep you connected, access to breastfeeding education, labour and birth care in your home, early post-birth visits at home, bulk-billed postnatal appointments in the clinic for eight weeks, and a birth debrief with a counsellor
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Hospital Birth Package
We offer continuity of care for those birthing in hospital, including bulk-billed pregnancy appointments, access to breastfeeding education, early labour care at home with a midwife who stays with you through your hospital birth, early post-birth visits at home, bulk-billed postnatal clinic appointments for eight weeks, and a birth debrief with a counsellor
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Early Pregnancy Package
Our early pregnancy package offers first-trimester guidance and a feel for private midwifery care, including education on nutrition, pregnancy symptoms, mental wellbeing, care models, blood tests, early ultrasounds, and genetic testing. Our midwives can order your tests and scans, go through the results with you, and make it easy to continue into further care
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Education
We offer comprehensive birth and parent education for everyone, whether or not you’re receiving midwifery care through MAMA. Our small group classes are led by midwives and lactation consultants to help you feel confident heading into birth and early postpartum, with evidence-based options including birth courses, VBAC workshops, newborn and infant first aid, and breastfeeding classes
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Lactation
Our IBCLC lactation consultants offer individualised feeding support so you feel confident and supported. This includes one-on-one appointments in your home or in the clinic, as well as free postnatal group sessions where you can connect with other parents and receive ongoing guidance from our LC team
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Allied Health
We offer on-site trusted practitioners to ensure smooth referral pathways and holistic care during pregnancy and postnatal. Services include birth debriefing, internal pelvic release, osteopathy, yoga, chiropractic care, women’s health physio, and baby massage, with collaborative connections to support you every step of the way
Meet Your Midwives
The Heart of MAMA - Meet Our Clients
Every birth is unique, and each story reflects the strength, love, and support at the heart of MAMA care. Explore real journeys from families we’ve walked beside.
“It was such an intense yet beautiful experience. Apart from the head game of a stop/start early labour, it was actually a blessing in disguise to have such a short active labour! A third beautiful home birth experience and finally the arrival of our baby girl!”
“We chose to have our first baby at Royal Women’s Hospital and what started with many unknowns and overwhelm in a system that we were unfamiliar with, instead became an experience of empowerment thanks to the support of our midwife Marita and the MAMA team throughout our pregnancy and during the birth of our girl.”
“I was almost into my third trimester when we decided to have a homebirth. Being our first baby and not knowing what to expect, this was a difficult decision for us, particularly with homebirths still feeling taboo in modern society. Once we made our decision, I was confident in it, and it felt right to follow my gut.”
“Preparing for my VBAC initiated a healing process around my first birth. I learnt that it wasn’t my fault that I couldn’t achieve the natural birth I wanted. I connected with the most supportive women to help me mend my broken heart. By the time my baby was due, I was in a grateful state of mind.”
"I cried with her as I held her for the first time, in shock that she was actually with us after what felt like a long road of secondary infertility. I’m so proud my bright eyed little girl was born surrounded by such incredible women, practicing the oldest and most sacred job"
“It was redeeming and healing to have things be so straightforward this time. I was able to trust my body and birth as a natural process”
“ The full body relief I felt when I heard [midwife] Ellie’s voice is something I will never forget. While I felt so safe and in control throughout my whole labour I so desperately wanted Ellie there when I met my baby. “
Discover Your Options
We know that choosing a care model & provider are big decisions and that talking to somebody knowledgeable can be invaluable. We also know that these choices can have large impacts on women’s experiences & outcomes. As midwives, we care deeply about this - so we have created the discovery visit! Our bulk billed discovery visit gives you the opportunity to meet with an experienced midwife for 40minutes to discuss maternity care options, learn about us, and truly ask any questions that matter to you.
The perfect first step with MAMA for everybody, including those who are simply gathering information about their options or those who are ready to take the first step in beginning their ongoing care with us.