Meet our MAMA Team

Get to know the incredible individuals who make up our dedicated MAMA Team, each bringing their unique expertise and passion to support our families.

Teams: Admin Midwifery Education Lactation Allied

Admin

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Admin, MAMA Reception

Minoska Godinho

Admin, MAMA Reception

I love organising, and I absolutely love to help and support people. My role at MAMA helps me do both, and it feels so rewarding!

Admin, MAMA Reception

MAMA Midwives

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Midwifery

Anna Murray

Midwifery

Connecting with and supporting women and their families through such a significant and life-changing time is definitely a highlight of my role. Building trusting relationships and walking alongside families as they navigate pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood is incredibly rewarding.

Midwifery

Ruth L’Huillier

Midwifery

I’m passionate about providing evidenced based care that supports choice and autonomy for women and birthing people. I believe in the need for people to feel safe and supported in their choices and experiences as they grow, birth and care for their baby.

Midwifery

Founder, Midwifery

Kelly Langford

Founder, Midwifery

Just as MAMA pioneered the first holistic private midwifery centre in Victoria, I believe our mentee program and sustainable midwifery model is the only one of its kind in Australia. I am looking towards the future of MAMA and private midwifery practice with gratitude.

Founder, Midwifery

Midwifery

Amy Gillies

Midwifery

To this day I remember my midwife and the impact she has had on my life- I want to be that support for other families.

Midwifery

Bridget Meehan

Midwifery

I am passionate about creating a space where mothers and birthing people feel truly held, informed, and confident to make choices that are right for them.

Midwifery

Midwifery, Lactation

Corin Whitfield

Midwifery, Lactation

I am passionate about women knowing their choices and feeling empowered to make the right decision for themselves.

Midwifery, Lactation

Midwifery

Ella Slonim

Midwifery

Childbearing and child raising asks everything of you – physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually. No one should have to navigate this time without love and care and guidance.

Midwifery

Ellie Madigan

Midwifery

My most favourite thing about being a midwife is seeing the light in the eyes of empowered parents. Especially with breastfeeding! What an honour it is to be a part of this journey, and I can’t imagine doing anything else.

Midwifery

Marita Howard

Midwifery

After having 3 very different birth experiences myself, I can appreciate the individual journeys other women embark and support them through their own.

Midwifery

Olivia Paine

Midwifery

I’m really passionate about individualised, relationship-based care. Taking the time to build genuine connections with women and birthing people is what truly fills my cup. Learning who they are and what they value most allows me to support families to feel informed and empowered to make choices that feel right for them.

Midwifery

Veronica Ingram

Midwifery

Everything that I do at MAMA centres around the women that I care for and wanting them to have the most amazing experience.

Midwifery

MAMA Midwives on Maternity Leave

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Education

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Educator

Taylor Ferne-Morris

Educator

I’m passionate about supporting families to feel informed, confident and safe as they prepare for birth and early parenthood. I love helping people understand their options, trust their bodies, and feel empowered to make decisions that are right for them and their families.

Educator

Tess Wagner

Educator

Knowledge is power and it is so rewarding seeing families come through this education program with a greater insight and ability to advocate for themselves.

Educator

Seb Basserabie

Educator

Many of us come with deep-seated ideas about healthcare, the power of women, what family means, where we hold community, and how we love. My passion is to dovetail all those elements with evidence-based midwifery practice, and sometimes be a little goofy in the process.

Educator

Stella Tehan

Educator

I believe childbirth education is such an essential part of birthing people having an empowered and positive birth experience, so I feel excited and honoured to be a part of that knowledge sharing at MAMA.

Educator

Rachel Wilson

Educator

I am particularly passionate about postnatal care and breastfeeding support, and love supporting families through the magic and challenges of the first 6 weeks postpartum.

Educator

Abby Holmes

Educator

I had a sense, the way children do about things, that birth - and the bonds formed at birth - hold all the most important secrets about our world. I also sensed I would never be at my happiest unless worked with women and babies. I now know both of these to be true.

Educator

Amanda Mutasa

Educator

I love educating and talking to families about how to care for their families. I'm passionate about making the class realistic and actionable steps you can apply in your every day life.

Educator

Dianne Morris

Educator

Information on parenting is constantly evolving, and delivery of content will change depending on the participants who attend the class, and the current research.

Educator

Lactation

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Lactation Leader, Feeding Drop-in

Sarah Thijs Smit

Lactation Leader, Feeding Drop-in

What I love most about my role is to support new families in the rollercoaster of (preparing for) postpartum. To give them knowledge, skills, hope and support, to achieve their goals and even more important to feel heard, seen and supported in this intense time.

Lactation Leader, Feeding Drop-in

Lactation, Educator

Rhiannon Kelly

Lactation, Educator

I especially love facilitating some of the free feeding drop-in sessions that run twice weekly, they are such a great opportunity for women to seek some general advice and support from an IBCLC and meet other mothers.

Lactation, Educator

Lactation

Madison Sloan

Lactation

There is so much in the traditional hospital and birthing system that is missing, misunderstood or stacked against the mother and I feel so lucky to be able to contribute to the evidence-based, women-centred practice at MAMA.

Lactation

Midwifery, Lactation

Corin Whitfield

Midwifery, Lactation

I am passionate about women knowing their choices and feeling empowered to make the right decision for themselves.

Midwifery, Lactation

Allied (Kensington)

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Acupuncture, Allied

Lara Blumer

Acupuncture, Allied

Providing support through pregnancy is a big passion of mine and I love sharing how acupuncture and Chinese Medicine can be supportive during this time.

Acupuncture, Allied

Allied, Chiropractor

Jessica Thatcher

Allied, Chiropractor

Supporting someone through pregnancy, then checking their newborn, and continuing to care for them as they grow is truly special. Being part of families’ journeys at every age and stage is something I value deeply.

Allied, Chiropractor

Allied, Counsellor, Author

Rhea Dempsey

Allied, Counsellor, Author

I have worked in the birth arena for over forty-five years, attending births, educating countless birthing women and their partners, also offering counselling and birth debriefing.

Allied, Counsellor, Author

Allied, Physiotherapist, Counsellor, Birth Trauma Circle

Anna Chanty Welsh

Allied, Physiotherapist, Counsellor, Birth Trauma Circle

Treatment is not one-size-fits-all so I always take the time to learn where my patients are at to be able to provide individualised care.

Allied, Physiotherapist, Counsellor, Birth Trauma Circle

Allied, Osteopath, Yoga

Bonnie Maplestone

Allied, Osteopath, Yoga

I love helping parents, and when I see them come into the clinic a couple of months later and they look like parenting professionals, it's nice to think that maybe I had a hand in supporting their journey.

Allied, Osteopath, Yoga

Allied, Yoga, Mums and Bubs Yoga

Julia-Rose Gribble

Allied, Yoga, Mums and Bubs Yoga

Yoga has greatly supported me throughout my pregnancies and into motherhood, and this, along with my experience as a teacher, energises a particular passion for holding space and educating women.

Allied, Yoga, Mums and Bubs Yoga

Allied, Internal Pelvic Release

Libby Crow

Allied, Internal Pelvic Release

Knowledge is power, and the more we know about our bodies (especially a part of our bodies that many have been taught to feel shame or embarrassment about) the more we can understand and use it to its full potential.

Allied, Internal Pelvic Release

Allied, Aromatherapist, Massage Therapist, Baby Massage Instructor

Sonya Edmonds

Allied, Aromatherapist, Massage Therapist, Baby Massage Instructor

I am passionate about the natural healing properties of essential oils and the ability to tailor my massage treatments to the individual.

Allied, Aromatherapist, Massage Therapist, Baby Massage Instructor

Directors

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Admin, Director

Ben Hodge

Admin, Director

Private midwifery can be genuinely life changing so MAMA has a privileged purpose. I want to amplify the positive impact and help the team empower more families.

Admin, Director

Megan Mansfield

Admin, Director

Through MAMA, my dream is we can ensure all families can choose to have an empowering and supported journey into parenthood.

Admin, Director

Meet our MAMA Team

Admin

MAMA Midwives

MAMA Midwives on Maternity Leave

Education

Lactation

Allied (Kensington)

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