PRIVATE MIDWIFERY
& HOMEBIRTH

Supporting your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum with personalised, relationship-based care in the comfort and privacy of your own home.

Servicing Bunbury, Busselton, Dunsborough, Margaret River, and surrounding areas.

your journey

You’re here because you’re embarking on one of life’s most significant and transformative journeys, and I’m so glad you’ve found me. As your private midwife, I offer a more intimate and holistic approach to maternity care. Getting to know you and your loved ones means I can provide personalised support and guidance every step of the way.

My approach to care is not about having a ‘picture-perfect’ birth, nor is it about curating an experience that anyone else thinks you should have. My purpose is to walk beside you, offering support and guidance, on this often beautiful, sometimes complicated, but always transformative initiation into motherhood.

“every woman should feel that she is the central figure in her experience of childbirth”

- Caity Atkinson

hello, i’m caity

I’m a privately practicing midwife, wife, mother, higher-degree-by-research candidate, and a dedicated advocate for women’s reproductive rights.

My belief is that women deserve current, evidence-based knowledge to empower them to make informed decisions, along with the support and encouragement of a midwife who believes in their instincts and strength.

my Specialties

  • Every mother’s journey is unique, yet too often, maternity care is restricted by a one-size-fits-all approach that leaves women feeling unheard or unsupported. A personalised approach means I take the time to listen, understand, and connect with you — your preferences, concerns, and goals — and shape my care to meet your individual needs.

    I work collaboratively with you, adapting to whatever circumstances arise, to ensure you feel informed and confident in making decisions about your body, your birth, and your baby. My aim is to support you and your family in the ways that matter most to you.

  • When I come to your home, I come as a guest. This cultivates a relationship of greater ease and trust, naturally developing in the privacy and comfort of your space. These intimate, unhurried appointments allow me to build a strong connection with you, your spouse, and your other children, reinforcing you and your family as central to your care.

    Antenatal and postnatal appointments, and birth when planned, take place in your own home. I provide all referrals for pathology and imaging. Service areas include Bunbury, Busselton, Dunsborough, Margaret River and surrounds.

  • Giving birth at home offers an unparalleled sense of intimacy, allowing families to experience labour in a familiar and peaceful environment.  The integration of modern midwifery care into the homebirth setting is a distinct area of practice. My skills and approach are shaped by experience in both homebirth and hospital settings.

  • I have supported many women who have laboured or given birth in water. I will provide you with a birth pool at no extra charge should you choose to have this option.

  • In some circumstances, medical doctors might form part of your care team. Navigating medical appointments, understanding complex medical information, and making informed decisions during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum can feel overwhelming. While providing you with midwifery care, I can help you navigate the maternity system, communicate complicated medical jargon, support whatever time you need for consideration and ensure you fully understand all of your options.

    With extensive experience across multiple Southwest hospitals, I have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the local public maternity services. I maintain strong, respectful relationships with my midwifery and obstetric colleagues if collaboration or transfer is required at any time.

  • Using my post-graduate research skills, I have the ability to engage with current evidence and communicate this information to clients. With a focus on education, I aim to empower you with knowledge to make informed decisions.

    My practice recognises the human right to bodily autonomy, the right to informed consent and the right to refusal.

BEGIN here

Whether you’re feeling excited, nervous, or simply exploring your options, our first step together is a conversation.

This is an open space to ask questions, explore your choices, and see if private midwifery care with me feels like the right fit for you.

my services

Respectful, individualised, holistic midwifery care.

  • Pregnancy care

    Midwifery care in your own home that is responsive and dedicated to you and your needs.

  • Labour & Birth Care

    Supportive, continuous care from your own midwife.

  • Postpartum care

    Advocating for and supporting a gentle transition to life as a newborn mother.

My Approach

I advocate for birthing women’s rights to bodily autonomy and believe in the transformative power of birth.

I take a holistic, personalised and professional approach to your care.

  • “Birth isn’t something we suffer, but something we actively do and exult in.”

    - Sheila Kitzinger

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