Your Empowered Birth

with Monika & Claire

About Us

Empowering birth for ​every woman, every time

It is so lovely to connect with you! We are so excited ​to be working together to bring you; the women and ​families of the top end, in-person workshops, online ​resources and all-round just pour love and support ​into you as you journey through pregnancy, birth and ​motherhood. Monika brings a wealth of wisdom from ​her midwifery background, bodywork and intuitive ​healing modalities to ensure women feel supported ​every step of the way. Claire supports women and ​families through the sharing of up-to date evidence, ​interactive tools, both online and in person and ​through her private midwifery services. What a team!

Upcoming Events

Home Birth

Custom Pendant

Floating Heart

(Your Choice of Gem)

$350 and up

Empowered birth after caesarean

coming soon

Custom Pendant

Floating Heart

(Your Choice of Gem)

24/10/24 6pm-8:30pm

@ The Mother Hood

$350 and up

Your birth matters; information night

The birth toolbox:

for the support person

Custom Pendant

Floating Heart

(Your Choice of Gem)

$350 and up

coming soon

Your Empowered ​Postpart​um

Custom Pendant

Floating Heart

(Your Choice of Gem)

co​ming soon

$350 and up

Newborn Baby Lying on Mothers Chest After Birth

Empowerment after ​birth ​trauma

Custom Pendant

Floating Heart

(Your Choice of Gem)

co​ming soon

$350 and up

pregnancy ​empowerment. 1 day ​retre​at

Custom Pendant

Floating Heart

(Your Choice of Gem)

$350 and up

coming soon

EMPOWERING BIRTH AFTER CAESAREAN

FULL DAY WROKSHOP

Join Monika and Claire in ​Darwin's first workshop that ​supports women and their ​families to reclaim birth as an ​empowering experience after ​caesarean! Claire & Monika dive ​deep into birth after ​caesarean to bring you an ​informative and healing ​workshop, providing you and ​your support person with the ​knowledge and tools to have ​an empowering next birth!

Home Birth

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Light refreshments and nibbles will be provided during the ​workshop. We look forward to seeing you there!



We plan for this workshop to be not only educational, but also ​transformative and healing. We will hold space for you to unpack ​your last birth experience and learn how to turn this experience ​into something that can guide you through your next journey. We ​discuss the difference between EBAC & VBAC and also deep dive ​into understanding the physiology of labour and birth hormones. ​We help you to gain insight into the limitations and expectation of ​birthing within the hospital system. We will be using tools and ​exploring working with labour pain approach as well as a number ​of different activities to help you prepare and feel ready for your ​EBAC!!

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Workshop Gifts include;

-Hazel Keedles' book, birth after caesarean

-Decision making flowchart; choosing the who, where ​and why

-Resource of EBAC supportive services around ​Darwin

-workshop giftbag, including discounts to local ​services



Your Birth Matters

evening information event

Join us for an informative ​workshop to explore choices ​around pregnancy, birth and ​postpartum care in Darwin.

Get up to date information ​about current available ​services, unpack birth ​choices, delve into why birth ​matters and find the support ​you dream of, for you, your ​baby and family.


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We will be providing guests with the ​opportunity to deeply connect with what ​birth means to them and explore the ​importance of placing significant value of ​how being deliberate and conscious when ​choosing your care providers is integral to ​you and your baby's overall wellbeing. We ​will be gifting attendees a decision making ​kit to help families navigate maternity care ​option to better feel informed and ​empowered. As well as a resource of local ​supportive practitioners in this space.


Light refreshments and nibbles will be ​provided during the evening.

We look forward to seeing you there!


24/10/24

6pm-8:30pm

The Mother Hood Darwin

6Burnette Place, Larrakeyah

Partners strongly encouraged to attend

(ticket purchase includes 2 adulta)


The Birth toolbox:

Empowering the ​support person

DETAILS

Coming soon

To Be Advised


Ticket includes workshop attendance for 2 people



Light refreshments and nibbles will be provided during the ​workshop. We look forward to seeing you there!



Finally a workshop ​designed for Dad’s

and other support people

This workshop has been designed with one thought in mind.....How ​can we empower the support person!


Tapping into all the tricks of the trade Monika & Claire share the ​hottest tips, provide practical skills and help dads and support ​people to step into their role as labour and birth support feeling ​confident and empowered.


This is a fun practical workshop, where we shine light on ​supporting the support person.. We will be exploring the power of ​a birth map, massage and accupressure points., unpacking the ​role and responsibility of the support person/birth partner and ​understanding the working with pain options . We encourage the ​pregnant mummas to attend as there will be hands on ​component of the workshop (price of the ticket includes 2 ​attendees)


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Your Gentle Postpartum


An empowered approach to

planning and preparing for ​early parenting

EVENING WROKSHOP

Join Monika and Claire in ​Darwin's first workshop that ​supports women and their ​families to reclaim the ​postpartum as an empowering ​experience. Claire & Monika ​dive deep into the early ​transition into parenting and ​provide practical tools as ​well as informative content to ​help your prepare.

We plan for this workshop to be a gentle preparation workshop ​where we shine light on the importance of preparing and ​planning for a supported postpartum.


We go there, we talk about what it can look like, feel like, be like in ​those early weeks of parenting and explore what support can be ​invited in to help have a gentle but empowering start to life as ​parents.


We are passionate that support should not end once you have ​had your baby,. We will be covering breastfeeding and nourishing ​your baby, what to expect with sleep (how much you will get and ​how to cope), we explore a range of baby wearing options and ​look at the importance of connection base parenting and why it ​matters.


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New Workshop

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Newborn Baby Lying on Mothers Chest After Birth

Empowerment ​after birth trauma

Birth trauma is unfolding at ​unprecedented rates in ​Australia. 1:3 women report ​their birth experience as ​traumatic.If this is you, We ​deeply see you in this and we ​want you to know what ​happened to you is not ok.and ​it was not your fault. this 4 ​part healing workshop series ​is designed to help you ​unpack, process and heal


Drawing heavily on Monika’s experience and ​knowledge in how the body integrates and stores ​traumatic experiences and supported by Claire’s ​insights around system based pregnancy/birth and the ​toxic culture of disconnected “care”, this 4-part ​workshop will help you to heal and reclaim your birth ​story.


We will be providing education around understanding ​trauma in the body, diving into deeply understanding ​exploring and unpacking the ‘birth story’ using a self ​affirming and compassionate lens. We will be using ​modalities inlcuding TRE (Tension/Trauma release ​excercises)


All attendees will also be able to choose to work with ​Monika directly to access her many healing modaliites ​or to work with Claire (if appropriate) for future ​pregnancy & birth planning and preperation session.


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New workshop

coming soon!

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Returning & reclaiming ​1 day retreat

a women only day to reconnect, ​return to your deepest self and ​reclaim birth from the current ​toxic birth culture

FULL DAY EVENT

coming soon

If you are currently pregnant and craving the space to learn, ​connect and explore a holistic approach to your unfolding ​journey, this workshop is definitely for you. Think deep diving into ​bodywork, movement and nutrition. Think space for stillness to ​listen and learn and most importantly, space to tune in and really ​hear your intuition and connect with your baby. We will also be ​sharing some basic homeopathic, aromatherapy and ​accupressure tools for pregnancy and birth .


Here, in this workshop we are done talking about the system, and ​do not want to give any focus to unnescesary intervention, this ​workshop is all about your innate and diving ability to grow, birth ​and nourish your baby. This full day workshop will be deeply ​nourishing, will inlcude a small yoga and meditation practice and ​leave you feeling deeply connected to your journey.


If you believe food and movement can be the medicine, if you ​believe pregnancy and birth is a profound spiritual rite of ​passage, if you are ready to explore nature and all her divine ​ways, we will see you there!

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From Our Clients

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I wish I had been to a workshop like this with my first pregnancy!

I had no idea of my options. Becuase of your workshop I feel more informed for my future pregnancy and birth! Thank you so much.

Wow Wow Wow!

I had no idea there was so much to consider, I was just going to walk into the hospital and trust what they said. Thank you for showing me, I get to have a say in my own journey! You guys share everything so beautifully, even my partner enjoyed it!


F***ing Amazing!. You both are so calm & knowledgeable, generous in sharing and made me feel 100 at ease. I'm even considering homebirth!! Thank you for bringing this to light, this exactly what mums to be need in Darwin

Meet Monika

Nebula Healing

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For many years I have been exploring the mind-body-spirit connection, I’ve learnt that optimal wellness, happiness and healing happens when all three are united and working in balance together.

I believe the key to our growth and evolution is in finding a safe, integrated practice that resonates with our mind-body and helps unlock our true capacity for health and happiness.

Drawing on my passion for midwifery, the bodies physiology and our capacity for healing I hope to support you so that you can live a more embodied, authentic, creative and joyful life. I invite you to journey with me and restore your connection to the natural rhythms of life.



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Meet Claire

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Hi! I'm Claire, founder of Midwives in Darwin and a fiercely passionate midwife with a deep soul calling to honour and support women's journey through pregnancy, birth and motherhood. I truly believe when women receive individualised, holistic maternity care from a known midwife, a strong and empowered mother is born.

My intention is to share with you knowledge and tools that helps you to make choices that are in alignment for the type of pregnancy, birth and postpartum you desire. I want to support you to develop a deep trust in your innate ability to birth and mother. Motherhood is a profound rite of passage for many women and I am here to hold you and your family through this journey.

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Every woman, family ​and baby, deserve

a safe and ​empowering birth.