Welcome to MAMA
MAMA is Victoria’s largest private midwifery practice, supporting over 2,500 births in the last 15 years.
Our team is passionate about you feeling empowered throughout your pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. Our aim is to make your entire experience positive, informed, and deeply meaningful.
Your journey is at the heart of everything we do.
Speak with a midwife to explore the best birth care options for you
MAMA Midwifery Booking Pathways
Early pregnancy tests, screening and scans, and Q+A
Discuss all care models for pregnancy to birth + MAMA midwifery
Book a MAMA Midwife for your pregnancy + birth care
Once-off consult with a midwife (pregnancy + birth care elsewhere)
No referral needed - online or in clinic
Can’t find a suitable time, call 03 9376 7474
Our Services
MAMA Birth Stats 2024
16%
Unplanned (Emergency) Caesarean Births
88
First Time Parents
72.8%
Unassisted Vaginal Births
175
Home & Hospital
Births
MAMA has supported over 2,500 births since 2011
MAMA Birth Stories
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“Giving birth is an invitation to turn inwards, recognise the immense power of the body, and be guided into a state of complete presence”
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![A woman with a distressed expression, pregnant, sitting on a chair with a large hand on her belly. Another woman is leaning in close to her, holding her belly. A young child is in the background, looking down and sitting on a surface. The scene appears emotional, and the photo is in black and white.]()
“I looked up back at Edie, she was no longer the centre of my universe. Now, there were two centres”
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![A woman holding a newborn baby during childbirth, with two other women present and a man nearby observing in a hospital or birthing center setting.]()
"I was able to share the magic of my labour and birth with my daughter. She witnessed the pure strength and capability of women and how we can birth our babies."
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![A black and white photograph of a man and a baby in an inflatable bathtub. The man is holding the baby close to his face, and they appear to be sharing an intimate moment. The background shows string lights and a hose connected to the bathtub.]()
“Birth was everything and nothing like I had imagined, intense yet calm, humbling yet incredibly empowering and the best damn thing I’ll ever do in my whole life.”
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![Woman in a bathtub holding a newborn baby with another person gently touching her shoulder in a dimly lit room.]()
“It was the most calm, gentle, nurturing experience. I felt held and cared for - while everything was at my pace and my choice. It felt like a truly magical experience.”
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![A woman holding a newborn baby and another woman hugging and smiling at each other in a joyful moment.]()
"Maeve’s birth was profoundly healing, revealing my strength and fulfilling dreams I missed with Jude’s emergency C-section. It was one of the most unforgettable and magical experiences of my life"
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“The relaxed and tailored support alleviated my anxiety about being overdue and the possibility that I may need to be induced. I felt so at peace with the process and felt no stress or pressure. I truly believe this allowed my body to feel safe and go into labour naturally.”
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![A woman in a hospital room holding a newborn baby, with another person in the background, all in black and white.]()
The birth was everything I had hoped for and more. For the second time I had a magical and empowering birth at home that left me inspired and in awe of how amazing the human body is".
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![A woman and a man smiling and laughing together, with the woman holding a newborn baby, in a close, candid moment in a home setting.]()
“My little girl entered the world vaginally at home in our bath. Around familiar faces, serenity and love.”
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![Melbourne MAMA Midwife with mother and baby after homebirth.]()
“A warm shower rinsed off the debris of birth and symbolically washed away any trauma I’d been holding onto from my son’s birth”
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![Mother holding newborn baby in birth pool after empowering home birth]()
“Harry was born at 42 weeks, despite the pressure from the hospital to induce labour. I trusted my body and Veronica. I was determined to have a homebirth in a birthing pool”
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"The calm of home gave space for the primal nature of birthing, a fierce energy that gives you the power to leap into the unknown. We were supported by a team we chose and deeply trusted, a team that made the beautiful experience a joyous celebration.”
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"My relationship with [my midwife] Marita became something I deeply treasured as bonds of trust grew. This was one of the key components that had been missing in all my previous birth experiences.”
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![A woman lying in bed breastfeeding a newborn baby, both covered with blankets, in a black and white photo.]()
“ 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. “
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![A woman is smiling and holding a newborn baby on her chest in a hospital room.]()
"I only pushed for 12 minutes. I was so proud of myself!”
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“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”
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"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"
Lizzie
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