About Kat

I am a qualified midwife who has over 10 years experience attending births.  I am a devoted mother who has a passion for midwifery and the wonderful women and families i have had the opportunity to work with.

Work History

1994- Completed Diploma in Nursing.  University of Nottingham. England.

1998-Completed Diploma in Midwifery.  University of Brighton. England.

1999-2001- Came to Australia and worked at the Royal Hosptial for Women in Sydney, experience in areas from Delivery Suite, Postnatal and Newborn Intensive Care.

2001-   Most of this year I worked for the organisation Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).  Working in Malawi, Africa on a Mother to Child Transmission of HIV program.  Worked in a small country hospital maternity department dealing with obstetric emergencies and births including breech and twin births.  Met my husband on this mission.

2001-2003- Worked as a community midwife in Derby, England.  Provided community antenatal and postnatal and homebirth care.

2003-Present- Working at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney.  Working in the Birth Centre and for the last 20 months working in case load midwifery within a group practice.  I have a special interest in promoting normal birth within a hospital environment, women centred care and the concept of community midwifery. 

Additional skills

• ALSO Course (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics).

 

• NSW Credentialed- Recognised by the Australian college of Midwives as a professional standard for the provision of safe high quality care to women and their families within the full scope of the practice of midwifery. www.midwives.org.au

 

• Examination of the Newborn.  (commonly known as paediatric check) 

 

• Family Planning- Cervical screening and contraception.

 

• Up to date Portfolio in line with Mid Plus.  Continuing education including: Conferences, study days, work shops, subscriptions to midwifery journals and reflective practice.

 

 

I chose to have a homebirth because I  feel that hospitals still struggle to provide the environment and care a normal healthy pregnant women needs to birth in her own time, safely and without anxiety or fear of being 'managed' by a medical model.

Some women have always known where they want to give birth be it home or hospital for others pregnancy is a journey of discovery.  For some women and their partners this decision  may not come until the end of pregnancy.  As a midwife I wish to support in this process providing and sharing information as appropriate. 

 

 

 

 My second baby Amir was born at home after a quick labour on the 4th of May 2009.  What an amazing experience!! To my midwife Tess Back words escape me (for once) your the best.  My husband Ali, little boy Hussein, my friend Melissa and her children Jemima, Bo and Elijah were all there to share my joy in inviting Amir in to the world.