Your Local Midwife

Midwife in Australia-wide Antenatal, VIC

Your Local Midwife is a midwife in Australia-wide Antenatal, VIC. You can contact a private midwife directly, without a referral. It is one of 43 midwives listed in Victoria.

Contact and location

Who practises here

  • Your Local Midwife Private Midwife

Services listed

  • Homebirth

What a midwife does

Midwives are specialists in healthy pregnancy, birth and the early weeks afterwards. A privately practising midwife offers continuity: the same person through pregnancy, at the birth, and in your home in the postnatal weeks.

Women engage a private midwife from early pregnancy, often when continuity of carer matters to them. Midwifery-led continuity is associated with less intervention and higher satisfaction for women with healthy pregnancies, and midwives work alongside doctors when something needs specialist input.

Referrals, fees and Medicare

You can contact a private midwife directly, without a referral.

Medicare rebates are available for care from an endorsed, Medicare-eligible midwife, and cover part of antenatal and postnatal visits. Private midwifery is usually charged as a package, so the out-of-pocket depends on the practice. Homebirth is generally not covered by private health insurance.

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Common questions about Your Local Midwife

Does Your Local Midwife offer telehealth?

This listing does not tell us either way. Many practices added telehealth and kept it, so it is worth asking when you call.

Do I need a referral to see a midwife in Victoria?

You can contact a private midwife directly, without a referral.

Is Your Local Midwife taking new patients?

We do not hold appointment availability, and it changes week to week. Ringing 0440 134 477 is the quickest way to find out.

What if Your Local Midwife is not the right fit?

That is a completely reasonable thing to decide. We list 43 midwifes in Victoria, so there are other options nearby.

Questions worth asking

  • Are you endorsed and Medicare eligible, and what can I claim back?
  • What does your package include, and what sits outside it?
  • Which hospital do you have visiting rights at, if we need to transfer?
  • How many women do you take on around my due date?
  • What happens if you are unwell or at another birth when I go into labour?

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