I am a registered general nurse & registered midwife who trained at the Johannesburg Hospital, qualifying with ”Honours” in both General nursing in 1983 & then again with “Honours” in Midwifery in 1985. It was then that my passion & dedication to midwifery led care developed & I felt a need to go out & somehow make a difference. I am also a mother & grandmother, & I believe that “Birth should be an empowering, safe & supported experience for both the mother & father/partner as well as a gentle & safe experience for the baby” & the care also extends to the family as a whole. My philosophy of birth is that it is a “unique & intimate experience, which I am blessed to have the privilege & responsibility to conduct in a humanistic manner”. I believe that the pregnancy & birth journey of each & every baby & how they are welcomed into this world has lifelong consequences not only for the individual but also for their families & society as well. I have a passion for natural, physiological birth & believe that “Midwives Make A Difference” My approach is both compassionate & holistic to pregnancy, birth & beyond.
I have subsequently acquired “over 37 years of experience” in various maternity clinics both provincial & private. Working in various maternity units as a midwife and in management positions. I birthed my own private practice & have been operating as an independent midwife for “more than 20 years now” caring for pregnant moms & assisting at their births in their own homes (Homebirths) as well as at various midwifery birthing units & hospitals in Johannesburg. I currently have an over 90% natural vaginal birth rate & approximately 7 to 8% caesarean section rate, due to the fact that I limit medical
nterventions & only use them if it becomes necessary. Midwifery is an art that I have learnt over years & requires the attaining of specialized knowledge & skills that are learnt through, professional education as well as practical experience. My clients & their families are an ongoing learning experience & it is rewarding to empower them on one of the most important journeys in their lives – “Pregnancy, Birth, Afterbirth & Parenting”. Women become mothers. Men become fathers & they jointly become Parents. Remember, “When a baby is born…..a Family is Created’
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