About Me

I am a birth and postpartum doula, former primary school teacher and mother of two. I live in Wye River (Gadubanud Country) with my partner Jake, two daughters and our dog Pinto.

My own initiation into birth is what ignited my passion for the birth world, and the depth of care I received from my midwives and doula is a gift I intend to keep spreading to other women on their own birthing journey. After feeling very much unequipped for the intensity and uncertainty of labour the first time around, I threw myself deeply into the birth world in preparation for my second birth and my eyes were opened to the empowering possibilities of birth and everything that surrounds this sacred, yet everyday, phenomena. My obsession with all things physiological birth began in 2019 and there continues to be a fire ignited deep within me about changing the landscape of labour and birth preparation and postpartum care in our modern day culture. One small way I can do this is to provide ongoing doula support centred around you, your family and your wishes for birth and postpartum.

Before becoming a mother myself and completing my doula trainings, I was a very passionate primary school teacher. I am so glad I have found something where I can fuse together my love of guiding and nurturing others, my thirst for new knowledge, and my love language of cooking and nourishing others. In recent years I have also ventured beyond 1:1 doula support and am involved in meeting with parliamentarians to advocate for change in our maternity care system.

Living on Gadubanud country, slowing down and reconnecting with nature after spending twenty years livings in Naarm, feels so aligned with this work. Having grown up in rural Victoria, I am so glad to have made the move out of the city to the coast to raise my own children. Listed below are some of the trainings I have completed to support my work as a birth attendant and postpartum doula, but my biggest teacher will always be birth itself, and the women I support through this threshold.

Rhea Dempsey Birth Attendant Training, Rhea Dempsey

Newborn Mothers Postpartum Doula Training, Julia Jones

Birthing in Hospital Course, Karli Smith

Reclaiming Childbirth Collective, Rachel Reed

Breastfeeding & Lactation, The Fundamentals, Katie James

Postpartum Practices and Womb Massage, Sarah Smits

Birth Mapping Cartography Training, Catherine Bell

Held in (Birth) Space, Sunni Hart

Birth Work is Death Work, Amy Lou

Herbal Remedies for Birth and Postpartum, Carla Sage

Body Ready Method, Better Birth Pro Course, Lindsay McCoy

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Rowie is wearing a black and white check dress, preparing a fennel dish in the kitchen. She is standing behind a wooden kitchen table, with a green bowl in one hand sprinkling fennel fronds with the other. There is a vase of yellow flowers too.