HOPE Birthing

04/08/2026

SECOND SESSION TIME ADDED - Get Your Tickets🌟

A gentle morning, made just for you.

We’re teaming up with Julia from Empower Health NQ for a pregnancy safe pilates morning, and honestly, we can’t wait.

This one is gentle by design. No pressure, no pushing your body past where it wants to go. Just movement that feels good, in a room full of women who get exactly what you’re carrying right now (literally and otherwise).

Stay after for coffee, thanks to our friends at Townsville’s Best Cinnamon Rolls & Stuffed Cookies.

We will a*o have hydration thanks to our Hydramama which is available in store.

Only 10 spots available, because this is a small, safe space, not a big class. $15 per person.

🤎 Sunday 30 August 🤎

Secure your place online, the link is in our bio.

02/11/2025

Midwives have been saying this for countless years!
Please don’t rush your baby’s womb development!
Check out the research in Every Week Counts…..

https://everyweekcounts.com.au/

Make the RIGHT choice, a few more weeks CAN make ALL the difference to your baby’s brain 🧠 development.

25/09/2025

The Trump administration has made highly controversial claims about the causes of autism and ADHD, asserting that paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) use during pregnancy increases the risk of children being diagnosed as neurodivergent.

RANZCOG joins leading clinicians and scientists worldwide in rejecting these claims. Scientific evidence shows no link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism or ADHD during childhood, with several large and reliable studies directly contradicting the administration’s statement.

The causes of neurodivergence are incompletely understood and remain complex, involving both genetic and environmental factors. Earlier studies raising concerns about paracetamol could not determine whether the medicine itself was responsible, or whether other factors explained the association.

A much larger and stronger study, published in 2024 by Ahlqvist and colleagues, looked at 2.5 million children in Sweden. When they accounted for important factors like family history of autism/ADHD and sibling comparisons, they found no link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and children developing autism or ADHD.

The use of medications during pregnancy should always balance the potential benefits against any potential harms - both of the medication and of the condition being treated - to the mother and the fetus. The Ahlqvist study provides conclusive evidence that paracetamol use during pregnancy does not increase the chance of neurodivergence in the offspring and therefore should be considered safe to use in pregnancy where there is a clear rea*on to do so.

People who are uncertain about medication use in pregnancy should discuss this with their doctor or midwife.

Learn more in a statement on the College’s website: https://ranzcog.edu.au/news/paracetamol-use-in-pregnancy/

05/05/2025

Happy International Day of the Midwife. We're celebrating the incredible care and compassion that midwives bring to families every day. What inspiring stories or heartwarming moments have you shared with your midwife? Supporting Women. 🎉

28/04/2025

I can not recommend Midwife Zoe & her expertise offerings enough, please visit her page like, share & perhaps book an appointment.

Endorsed Private Midwife offering Acuneedling and bodywork to Muma's of Townsville QLD

05/02/2025

Well my daughter went back to school today in Townsville (Yay), & businesses are beginning to OPEN, (Bigger Yay) & I’ve done 4 loads of washing because it’s not rained (Yay) typed too soon just started again☔️

Still my thoughts are with everybody being affected by this severe weather event 💕

I just was to remind you all to PLEASE support LOCAL and support SMALL business whenever you possibly can and above all pleas e be nice to each other and STOP panic buying, think of the Elderly - Sharing is caring 🫶🏻 let’s make
through the rain 🌧️

31/01/2025

Absolutely
Your body,
Your baby,
Your Decision………

If you haven’t checked out Sarah Wickham books 📚 then I can not recommend any of them highly enough to assist in your pregnancy journey.

I've written 18 books now.

Several of them are designed to help women and families to understand the evidence so they can make the decisions that are right for them.

And I sometimes think that this might be the most important sentence I've ever written.

Your birth decisions and experiences are nobody's business but yours.

You have the right to make the decisions that are right for you and your baby.

No matter whether that's to do with where you give birth, who you have with you or what you want going on around that.

We need to ensure that ALL birth decisions are respected.

No-one should be hassled, groomed, shamed, coerced or bullied about pregnancy and birth decisions.

Before, during OR afterwards.

This quote comes from my book, "What's Right For Me? Making decisions in pregnancy and childbirth."

That and my other books have helped tens of thousands of women and families for more than 20 years.

If you need information on induction of labour, plus size pregnancy, Anti-D (RhoGAM), group B strep, vitamin K, placental birth, or any other birth decision, I have a website full of information at www.sarawickham.com

I also have books on each of these topics, which are written to help you make the decisions that are right for you.

Your body. Your baby. Your decisions.

It's the simple 💜💜

26/01/2025

Happy Australia Day to everyone whom is blessed to call this land home. I know I am privileged to live in this wonderful multicultural part of the world.

I’m wondering how many beautiful bubs will be born today? Whatever you are doing I hope it’s with friends & family & you are surrounded by love & positivity for each other & the country in which we live.

📸
An image from the 'Birthing on Country' series by indigenous Australian photographer Bobbi Lockyer.

15/12/2024

Thankful for being able to share my knowledge to help empower new parents to be.
Such a rewarding session today, love reading the feedback forms.