About
Homebirth Victoria
Empowering Families Through Homebirth
Homebirth Victoria (previously Homebirth Victoria Network) is a community-driven group that serves as a valuable resource for those interested in homebirth, planning a homebirth, or seeking connections with fellow homebirthing families.
Additionally, we play a crucial role as a consumer group in advocating for homebirth access.
The website aims to provide information, resources, and a directory of midwives, offering useful features for the community.
Our Commitment
Homebirth Victoria is a community group that is for women, families and birth workers. We are guided by the concerns within our community and are led by volunteers who are within this community. Our aim is to use our collective voice to raise awareness of and reduce barriers to homebirth. We support women and their families to birth where they themselves feel safe, and we recognise that most people in Australia have stigmatised views of homebirth, or don’t even know it is a safe and legal birth choice.
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Broadly, it our aim to improve access to homebirth by improving community understanding, including GP’s understanding, improving knowledge of what is available, and contributing to broader efforts to promote positive change within the birth culture of Australia.
For the purpose of our advocacy we define homebirth as a birth at home with the intended presence of two registered midwives, and freebirth as a birth at home without medical professional for the purpose of assistance. These definitions may vary within the broader homebirth community and we respect this.
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