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Mater Mothers' Private Brisbane Clinical Midwife Rachel has taken inspiration from the expectant mothers around her, mixing her career and hobby to line the hospital walls...

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25
Oct

Mater midwife says career is her muse for artistic hobby

Mater midwife Melina Connors has been named Midwife of the Year by the Australian College of Midwives for her outstanding work in improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

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19
Oct

Mater’s Melina named ACM Midwife of the Year

A Queensland mum has revealed how the trauma of losing her own baby to stillbirth inspired her to become a midwife – and help other grieving parents cope with the loss of...

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16
Oct

Tragedy inspires student midwife to support grieving parents

Mater midwife Kieran has ‘liquid gold’ running through her veins; a powerful plasma that is used to save the lives of thousands of babies across the country. ...

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16
Jun

Mater midwife’s life-saving gift to thousands of mothers

The 900 midwives who work at Mater Mothers all love babies – but Charmaine loves them more than most!

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13
May

Mum-of-nine is one amazing midwife

Caring for mothers and babies is a vocation for Mater midwives – but for these four women it’s in the blood.

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05
May

Compassion is in the DNA of Mater Mothers’ midwives

Working as a midwife takes Jessika on a different emotional journey every day – but she wouldn’t change it for the world.

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05
May

Every day is a new journey for Mater midwives

Brisbane Lions partners Emma MacNeill and Emilie Morival-Gaier have taken a mark and kicked a goal their leading men will never be able to beat.

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02
Jun

Brisbane Lions families make a play for life

Mater Mothers’ Private Brisbane has reached a new milestone after welcoming its 2000th family to Mater Moments at the Emporium Hotel South Bank.

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20
May

2000th mum enjoys Mater care at luxury hotel

Brisbane father-of-three Terry Cameron is breaking down stereotypes one baby at a time as the only male midwife to work at Australia’s largest maternity services provider...

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05
May

Male midwife Terry is truly one of a kind

Today is International Day of the Midwife – a day when Mater Mothers recognises the extraordinary work and commitment of our hundreds of midwives.

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05
May

Thank You Mater Midwives

From tracking down lost dads, to greeting the next generation of North Queensland Cowboys fans, Townsville midwife Rebekah Forrest has seen and done most things when it comes...

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05
May

Celebrating International Day of the Midwife - Rebekah Forrest

Janice Butler has been a midwife for more than 30 years and is marking 20 of those at Mater Mothers' Private Redland this month.

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05
May

Celebrating International Day of the Midwife - Janice Butler

Lucy Phillips was interested in working with women and families long before she became a nurse and a midwife.

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05
May

Celebrating International Day of the Midwife - Lucy Phillips

Judi Mogg has cared for thousands of mums and bubs in her career as a midwife, but she never gets tired of welcoming new lives into the world.

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05
May

Celebrating International Day of the Midwife - Judi Mogg

Sally Hillman has cared for more than 1,000 premature babies over the past 40 years, and the Mater Mothers' Private Rockhampton special care nursing midwife has no plans to...

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05
May

Celebrating International Day of the Midwife - Sally Hillman

After 29 years of service at Mater, long-serving Mater Mothers’ employee Lynne Elliott has hung up her uniform.

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21
Dec

Mater Mothers farewells long-serving Assistant Director Lynne Elliott

Today, on National Anaesthesia Day Mater’s Obstetric Anaesthetics team is celebrating the theme ‘Anaesthesia and having a baby’ and has answered some...

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18
Oct

Myth busting—epidurals

For almost 40 years Mater Mothers’ midwife Monica Vane has been supporting families through their most life-changing moment—welcoming newborn babies into their...

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06
Jul

40 years of care at Mater Mothers

Register for your FREE tickets now to the Brisbane Baby To Toddler Show!

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08
Mar

Will we be seeing you at the Baby to Toddler Show?

When Michele became a midwife in the early nineties she never imagined her career would take her to Project Manage the development of a multimillion-dollar health care centre...

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08
Dec

The places you can go with midwifery

Today we celebrate International Day of the Midwife and recognise the 503 Mater midwives at South Brisbane and Redland.

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03
May

Celebrating Midwives

Mater Mothers’ Hospitals is opening Queensland’s first, purpose-built 24/7, Pregnancy Assessment Centre (PAC) to care for women from the very beginning of pregnancy...

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19
Apr

Queensland’s first 24/7 Pregnancy Assessment Centre

Being a midwife is not just a job for Gai-Maree Payne, it’s been her “love” for the past 10 years at Mater.

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05
May

Mater midwives recognised this International Midwives Day

We’re offering you the chance to WIN a six-month supply of Mater Nappies. There are four prizes to be won!  Entry is simple—just purchase one...

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13
Jan

BUY + WIN

Mater Mothers' midwife Terry Lack is one of a kind. He is Mater Mothers’ only senior male midwife and one of a handful of male midwives across the Mater's...

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17
Jul

Mater's one of a kind

Need some help getting bub to sleep? Mater Mothers will be holding a web chat on sleep and settling techniques for newborns and young children on Tuesday 25 March at 11 am here...

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20
Mar

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