Mel Swinbourne Doula

01/05/2025

🌸 Mums, this one’s for you… 🌸

I know how hard it can feel when your child is having a meltdown, acting out, or pushing every button — and you’re just trying to keep it together. I’ve been there (many times), and I want to offer something that might help.

With my background in education, child development, counselling, and now as a certified Neuro-Transformation Therapy practitioner, I’ve spent years learning how to understand what’s really going on underneath our children's behaviour. And now, I want to use that knowledge to help you feel more calm, connected, and in control — even when things get messy 💖✨

So, for the month of May, and to celebrate Mother’s Day, I’m giving away five free 1:1 coaching sessions to mums who could use a little extra support 💝

These 30-minute sessions are a chance to:
💛 Talk through a challenge you’re facing
💛 Understand what’s underneath your child’s behaviour
💛 Walk away with practical tools that actually help — for both you and your child

No pressure. No judgement. Just support, insight, and some real talk from one mum to another.

If you’d like to be considered, please fill out this short form:
👉 https://www.jotform.com/form/251192461944863

Sending love to all the mums doing their best — I see you 💛
— Stace x

29/10/2024

👏 Congratulations!

Congratulations to the Midwifery Group Practice, operating out of Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals, who have been shortlisted as a finalist for a Stronger Medicare Award!

The team is recognised for its far-reaching effect on primary health care in the Top End, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Its innovative model of integrating midwifery care with broader health services sets families up for success and helps give babies the best start in life ❤️

30/05/2024

https://www.birthtime.world/podcasts/birth-time-the-podcast

Yes 🙌 This is awesome!

Jump over and have a listen and if you haven’t seen the movie, YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST!

Birth Time LOVE THIS ❤️

Every fortnight Birth Time: the podcast will take a deep dive in to all things pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Following the success of our world renowned and international award winning film Birth Time: the documentary, we have come back together. By way of exploring different...

05/12/2023

This.

12/07/2023

How awesome is this!!! I’m loving the extra support for families! Thank you Rachel and team 💕 This will make a difference.

Hooray! We have started a Baby Clinic! 👶🏼 This clinic is a self referral clinic, and will see baby’s from ages 6 weeks to 12 months. Come talk to our midwives about developmental stages, starting solids, and any other baby and toddler questions you have! Phone the rooms for more information.

25/04/2023

For all the Ipswich and Surrounds Mums, such an awesome way to get active and socialise at the same time with women going through the same stages of motherhood!

06/02/2023

Easy Access Snap Button Front

16/11/2022

Everything here ✅ except need to add putting the kids to bed over and over and over for hours and hours every night!
And to unteach the kids the swear words I don’t so silently scream anymore 😝

19/10/2022

My favourite one of these so far!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

04/10/2022

Oh this is true! However it needs to add at least three different topics in there, all spoken about at the same time, while drifting to and from each one. Then completely forgetting why you started telling the story in the first place 😂

Trying to have an adult conversation during a play date is like…. 🤪😫😵‍💫