Midwife Sal

Midwife Sal I am a homebirth private midwife in the Sunshine Coast, Australia.

Feel welcome to connect with me via 📞 📧 🛜
I specialise in homebirth, physiological birth and continuity of midwifery care. ♥️🌿 I have been a midwife since 1998.

16/06/2026

A little glimpse into part of my day as a midwife 🌿

A day is made up of so many layers.

Some moments are big.
Some moments are quiet and soulful.
Many happen behind the scenes.

There are births, of course…
but there are also the moments before and after.

The conversations.
The preparation.
Deep listening.
Holding space.
The reflections.
The paperwork 😉
The travelling.
And, lots of cuppas ☕️

The relationships built over time.

Yesterday included:
🐦 starting with birdsong and grounding in nature
🧘‍♀️ moving my body and nourishing myself at yoga
☕ everyday home rhythms
🚗 travelling country roads
🤍 visiting a new family in their early days together
💻 connecting with women preparing for birth
🤍 chatting with families enquiring into care
🌿 connecting with fellow midwives and sharing the wisdom of this sacred work
🎸listening to sweet guitar tunes by my son
✨enjoying my family coming together at dinner time.

I don’t have photos of every part of my day, but this little snippet gives a glimpse into the many threads that weave together my midwifery life.

I feel so grateful to be welcomed into the lives of women, babies and families.

Thank you for trusting me to walk beside you through these sacred journeys 🌿🤍

And, I’m so thankful for the people around me, who support me to keep showing up for the women, babies and families I serve. 🥰





28/05/2026

Pregnant, planning for birth, planning to conceive, or in your postpartum season? 🌿

You don’t have to walk your childbearing journey alone.

I offer online sessions for women seeking grounded, experienced support through pregnancy, birth preparation, postpartum, and navigating the maternity care system here in Australia.

Are you looking for -

✨Someone who truly hears you, honours your instincts, and keeps you at the centre of your own childbearing journey.

✨Someone who understands the complexities of the maternity system.

✨Someone who can help you explore your options, answer the lingering questions, and support you to feel deeply heard, informed, and held in your journey.

Every woman deserves to feel supported through this transformational time.

If you feel drawn to work with me, reach out via my website, or follow the links in my bio to book an online session.

I look forward to supporting you. ♥️🌿

Why do I care so deeply about birth politics and the future of midwifery. Because I have lived it.As a woman.As a mother...
27/05/2026

Why do I care so deeply about birth politics and the future of midwifery. Because I have lived it.
As a woman.
As a mother.
As a midwife.

Over the years I have watched waves of policies, restrictions, and barriers threaten women’s choices around birth and the longevity of privately practising midwives. I have also witnessed the profound power of what happens when women are truly supported.

I trained in midwifery in Alice Springs, Northern Territory in 1998 to 1999 in a deeply experiential model of learning. I lived and breathed midwifery alongside experienced registered midwives. I learnt through immersion, continuity, mentorship, observation, responsibility, and relationship.
That training shaped my midwifery career.
It infused the art, soul, and rhythm of midwifery into my bones.

I trained in nursing through university and experienced a very different style of education - one that confirmed for me just how important experiential, apprenticeship style learning is within midwifery and health care.

This is one of the reasons I care deeply about protecting pathways and options for midwives, mentorship, and midwifery continuity models of care.

Because midwifery is not simply learnt from textbooks.
It is witnessed.
Absorbed.
Refined over years.
Passed from one midwife to another while caring for women together.

I have stood in advocacy spaces many times over the years because I believe women deserve access to safe, relational, respectful birth care.

I drove from the Blue Mountains to Canberra for the Mother of All Rallies with my own homebirthed baby.
I contributed to the Birth Trauma Inquiry as both a woman, and a midwife.

And now, I will have my say and speak up.
Birth is not fringe.
Birth is not niche.
Birth shapes women, babies, families, and communities.

And the quality of birth matters.

I invite you to pay attention to current birth politics. I’ll be sharing more over the coming weeks about the current NMBA consultation process and why so many midwives, mothers, and advocacy groups are concerned about the future of homebirth access in Australia.

Birth is political.

There is a special kind of joy I feel when I share homegrown food and produce with the families I support 🌿A bag of home...
23/05/2026

There is a special kind of joy I feel when I share homegrown food and produce with the families I support 🌿

A bag of homegrown greens.
Bananas from the banana circle.
Passionfruit from the vine.
Cumquats.
Seasonal abundance shared from one home to another.
And every season is unique.

These moments always open deeper conversations about nourishment in pregnancy, postpartum and beyond.
In my care, we talk about food in practical, grounded ways. Not perfection. Not rigid rules. Simply supporting the incredible work your body is doing through childbearing, growing a baby, transitioning into motherhood, and welcoming a new family into the world.

Together we explore simple and practical ways to support wellbeing:
• eating close to the source where possible
• local markets and growers
• clean water
• slowing down around meals
• bringing support people close
• noticing how food makes you feel
• making changes that realistically fit your life.

Starting where you are matters 🌿

If this resonates, or you are curious, feel welcome to follow along and sign up to my monthly newsletter for blogs, events and gatherings.
See bio for details.

🌿 Midwife Sal ❤️

Pregnancy • Birth • Postpartum • Mentoring Midwives









20/05/2026

🌿 Greetings to you Sunshine Coast 🍂

I would love to invite you to my Midwife Sal Gathering for May 2026.

WHEN

✨ Thursday, 28th May 2026.

✨ 8:30am - 11:30am 😉😉

WHERE

✨ Fairhill Gardens, Ninderry, Sunshine Coast

Fairhill Gardens
114 Fairhill Rd, Ninderry
www.fairhill.com.au
(Just 5 mins from M1 exit 215 at Yandina)

There’s a wonderful cafe on site for food and drinks, and some seating available - but you’re welcome to bring a mat, rug, or cushion if you’d prefer. There are some toys for the children to play with also.

These gatherings are a relaxed place to come - just as you are.

We create together a space for sharing stories of womanhood, pregnancy, labour & birth, breastfeeding, and the deep seasons of postpartum.

♥️✨♥️

There is always such power in women coming together.

I am passionate about bringing women together - listening and sharing our lived experiences.

Learning from one another, and supporting our rich journeys of being woman.

While each woman walks her own path, we are not meant to walk it alone.

When we gather, we find comfort, wisdom, and connection with other women.

Please feel welcome to bring a friend, a family member, or any woman in your community, whether she is seeking private midwifery care, curious about homebirth, or seeking connection.

Reach out for more details.

If you would like to know when future gatherings are you can go to

https://www.midwifesal.com.au/contact and fill out the contact form.

Many blessings to you, Sal.

Today, while wandering through 🌿✨ Sunshine Coast - I found myself once again drawn toward the magnificent preserved gou...
18/05/2026

Today, while wandering through 🌿✨ Sunshine Coast - I found myself once again drawn toward the magnificent preserved gourd that sits proudly within the store.

She's at least thirty years old. 🧡
Rounded.
Textured.
Ancient in presence, with the most beautiful, earthy brown tones and brilliance.

As I held her, I felt joy, creativity and a deep connection to my femininity.

Across many cultures, the gourd has long symbolised fertility, abundance, nourishment, and the continuity of life itself. Its womb like shape, countless seeds and sprawling vines mirror the creative force found throughout nature, and within women.

As a midwife, I am deeply drawn to the symbolism of the feminine, the ever-changing female body through pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the many seasons of womanhood. ❤️

The beautiful gourd invites awe, curiosity and wonder. A reminder to remain connected to our creativity, our softness, our female bodies and the wisdom woven through nature itself. 🌱

Today, this 'gourdgeous' encounter was truly one of the highlights of my day.(he he - had to be said). 🧡

Thank you Wildwood, for offering spaces like this that remind us how deeply humans long for beauty, nourishment, simplicity, and connection to the natural world. 🌿

13/05/2026

Nature and birth reflections… waiting for fruit to ripen… I reflect about when we rush labour and birth.

When harvesting and foraging, I wait for the pawpaw 🧡to be ready, the passionfruit 💜to fall from the vine.

I know if I pick it too soon, it won’t be ready… it won’t be ripe… nature has her own rhythm.

I sometimes wonder… if a baby is pulled into birth before they’re ready, could it feel for them like life is happening TO them, with no say of their own? That first experience of being rushed, that loss of their natural timing… might it linger somewhere in their body and story, shaping how they meet the world?

(Yes I acknowledge that sometimes inducing labour and birth is needed medically) 🫶🏼

There’s fascinating research exploring how our cells can hold memory. Experiences imprinted deep in our being, even before we have words. It makes me curious about how those earliest moments echo through a lifetime.

I’ll be sharing more reflections like this in my upcoming blogs… weaving pregnancy, birth, postpartum, nature, and real life experiences and reflections that underpin these musings.

If this speaks to you follow along with me. Sign up to my newsletters. Let’s learn, grow, and stay curious together… because it’s not only valuable, it’s so much more fun.

See my bio for links to my website and how to work with me.

Thanks for being here. 🙏🏼♥️


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