Jo genuinely understands that this journey is yours and that it is her role to walk along side you, where-ever that journey takes you and whatever choices you make.

She has worked in partnership with new families for all of her working life spanning 35 years, first as a mothercraft nurse in London in the late 80s, then as a birth and postnatal doula and childbirth educator and exclusively as a privately practising midwife attending home births since 2009.

Jo birthed her own babies at home and was heavily involved in the political birth landscape as a consumer activist and lobbyist. She firmly believes in the power of informed choice, the right to decline and the right to bodily autonomy.

Her lived experience and her belief in human rights in childbirth underpin and inform her daily midwifery practice. Her approach is holistic and relationship-based. She wholeheartedly believes in and supports physiology, whilst simultaneously maintaining a healthy respect for the mystery of birth.

Outside of her clinical midwifery practice she has completed academic midwifery research, she guest lectures at UTS, mentors midwifery students and Co-Created Birth Time: the documentary. Jo is passionate about building community, support and collaboration, hence the creation of both Birth Time: the village and the Birth Time Midwives Collective.

Her greatest joy in life has been mothering her four (now grown up) children and she continues to be in awe of each of them and all that they do.

Jo loves sharing life and adventures with her partner, and they live together in Ashfield in Sydney’s inner west. Due to her central location, she services across all areas of Sydney.

Beth’s philosophy is grounded in a deep knowing that every woman is unique, as is her journey to birth and motherhood. Honouring this individuality through woman-centred care, rooted in love, respect, skill, and compassionate support, is not simply important; it is essential, and lies at the very heart of Beth’s midwifery practice.

From her very first clinical placement Beth knew that the hospital setting was not where she truly belonged. Half way through her study Beth attended homebirths alongside a kind and caring midwife. It was here within the home, that Beth felt most at ease and deeply connected to women and birth. She saw women birthing in their power and autonomy and babies being born into the warmth of their family homes, welcomed with love and familiarity, and often the quiet excitement of siblings close by.

Beth witnessed the sacred Mother Midwife relationship, one like no other: bonded by trust, honesty and respect, for Beth, this was midwifery, this was With Woman. However, it would be many years before she would return to homebirths in the Midwifery role.

Following Registration in 2005, Beth spent the next 15 years working in hospital settings and then into group practice as a private midwife, providing; midwifery care, second at homebirths, educating families, supporting and facilitating students, and continually expanding her knowledge and skills.

In January 2020, Beth launched her own midwifery practice and began attending homebirths as the primary Midwife. It was here that Beth truly came home, providing continuity of care and supporting families through their homebirth experience.

Beth feels joining The Village is like a natural extension of ‘woman centred care’. As a midwife she recognises that to truly centre women and their families, she must first care for and centre her own wellbeing, this means a reciprocity within the cohort to be loved, seen, and supported. By nurturing herself in this way, she is able to be present, reflective, and attuned to the woman as the centre of her own experience.

Beth offers homebirth services in Sydney and surrounds and offers a Bulk Bill antenatal and postnatal clinic at Birth Time: the village.

From May, Chelsea will be offering private midwifery care to families in the Blue Mountains and Greater Sydney region.

Chelsea has been a Registered Midwife since 2020, working primarily in hospital settings and supporting private midwives at homebirths. She has held the vision of working as a privately practicing midwife since she commenced her studies in 2016.

During her time working within hospitals, she gained valuable clinical skills, but also became acquainted with the results of fragmented and impersonal maternity care. This, contrasted by the incredible experience of being cared for by private midwives (Jo and Lu) in her own pregnancies, strengthened her resolve to take the leap into private midwifery practice.

Chelsea believes that the journey to parenthood is a sacred rite of passage and that it is her privilege to walk beside her clients as a grounded, heart-led companion. Her care blends evidence-based practice with intuitive knowing and is grounded in partnership: you lead, and she provides guidance, advocacy, and support.

Chelsea’s services:

• Full-spectrum midwifery care (antenatal, labour and birth, postnatal care)
• Stand-alone antenatal and postnatal appointments
• Preconception care and planning
• Fertility awareness education for contraception, conception and body literacy
• Acuneedling™️
• Bodywork

Georgie is a lactation consultant (IBCLC) and homebirth midwife and she feels so grateful to be part of the Birth Time Midwives Collective. Supporting women and their families with breastfeeding is at the heart of what she does.

She has always been fascinated by breastfeeding. The fact that our bodies can grow a baby, birth them, and then feed them still blows her mind. She loves working alongside women, encouraging them and helping them find their own rhythm with breastfeeding.

Georgie offers breastfeeding preparation and postnatal support both in the home and at her clinic at Birth Time: the village. She also really loves teaching and runs her Breastfeeding Ready workshops at the village - relaxed, practical antenatal classes for families who want to feel more confident about breastfeeding before their baby arrives.

She brings a lot of empathy into her feeding support because her own breastfeeding journey wasn’t straightforward. Even with all of her knowledge as a midwife and lactation consultant, she faced challenges she didn’t expect. That experience deeply shaped how she practises and helps support families with honesty, compassion and zero judgement.

Alongside her lactation work, she also practises as a second midwife with Jo Hunter, supporting families through pregnancy, homebirth, and the early postnatal period. After her own homebirth two years ago with Jo, she was completely hooked. Being invited into people’s homes to witness birth in such a powerful, intimate space is incredibly special and she still feels that buzz every time.

Her approach to both breastfeeding and homebirth is the same: calm, down-to-earth, and supportive. She wants families to feel comfortable asking questions, speaking honestly and finding what works for them, not what they think they’re supposed to be doing.

Servicing Sydney’s Inner West for breastfeeding support.

The birth of a baby is a sacred and unique journey for every woman and her family. Birthing your baby at home with your midwife gives you the freedom to follow your body’s instinctive knowledge of birthing.

Jacqui has a holistic approach to midwifery, and every woman and her family have unique needs and wishes which are responded to individually and respectfully. With over 30 years of experience as a Midwife in both Australia & New Zealand, she is immensely passionate about her career.

Jacqui’s practice is focused on relationship building; providing you with continuity of midwifery care, hearing your story and what matters most to you, as she supports both you and your family through pregnancy, birth, and beyond.

She loves living in Sydney and making the most of everything the city offers, especially being close to the ocean, no better medicine.

Jacqui is happiest with a few craft projects on the go and has quite a few waiting to be finished!

She’s a mum to two grown men, both born in New Zealand; birth centre & home. She’s now stepped into grandmother to a beautiful girl who fills her heart in the most unexpected ways.

Kirstie is a privately practising homebirth midwife supporting women and families across South West Sydney and the Macarthur region.

She offers continuity of care through pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period, guided by relationship-based midwifery that honours the innate wisdom of the body, informed choice, and each woman’s lived experience.

Alongside midwifery care, Kirstie offers somatic therapy and craniosacral therapy, supporting women to return to their bodies, soften their nervous systems, and reconnect with themselves across the many transitions of life.

She values working in community and being part of a collective where midwives are nurtured, creating space for calm, attuned presence and trust.

Lu is a homebirth midwife with over 25 years of experience supporting women and families through pregnancy, labour, birth, and postpartum. Her work is grounded in deep respect for women, their bodies, and their innate ability to give birth in a way that feels right for them.

Lu’s journey into midwifery was shaped both professionally and personally. Before becoming a midwife, she worked as a doula, providing emotional and physical support to women throughout pregnancy, labour, birth, and the postpartum period. She has also experienced homebirth herself, having birthed her two daughters at home. Now adults, they remain a powerful reminder of the transformative nature of supported, woman-centred birth and continue to inform her practice today.

Lu has two home bases in the Lower Blue Mountains and Drummoyne, giving her the flexibility to support women and families across Sydney. She offers care in women’s own homes as well as at Birth Time: the village, where she holds a clinic and provides a calm, welcoming space for antenatal and postpartum appointments. She is passionate about placing women at the centre of their care and works collaboratively with each woman and her family. Understanding that every woman, pregnancy, and family is unique, Lu tailors her care to reflect individual needs, values, and circumstances.

Her midwifery care begins in early pregnancy and continues through labour, birth, and into the postpartum period, up to eight weeks after birth. Lu is committed to providing continuity, building trust, and supporting informed choice at every stage, offering steady, experienced care throughout this important transition into motherhood.

Midwifery is to be ‘with women’.  To be with women in their multifaceted journey through one of the most life changing important experiences.

As the WHO states, midwives are the most appropriate health care providers for women and normal birth.    

Forming relationships with women and their families and providing one to one midwifery care enables trust, communication, respect, education, support and care.  

Janine believes in wellness in our minds, bodies, homes and in our communities and when women are involved and responsible for their pregnancies, births and parenting, there is a significant sense of self worth, pride, accomplishment and well being that is attached.    

This in turn affects her relationships within her home, with family and friends having a ripple effect.  As a midwife it is Janine’s role to guide not rule, inform not decide, support not do, be with not rescue a women in her transformation from woman to mother.

She has been in the nursing & midwifery field since 1999 and has provided care for women & their families in all models of care from Public, Private to Public MGP, Publicly Funded Homebirth & now providing Homebirth with Visiting Rights at Westmead collaborating with Dr Martin.

Janine provides Midwifery care to families in Sydney's beaches and across Sydney and encourages physiological birth where women and families are placed at the centre of their care.

Care is commenced usually in the first trimester and women are able to attend regular visits in one of my clinics or in their home.  I have Medicare Eligibility so all visits are rebatable.

Janine is now working collaboratively with The BirthTime Midwives Collective and is a Calmbirth practitioner. She has clinics in Bilgola Plateau and Birth Time: the village.