I am a private midwife and I specialise in providing comprehensive, personalised pregnancy, birth and postnatal care for women across the Sydney Regions, including Wollongong, the Central Coast, the Southern Highlands and the Blue Mountains.

My philosophy encompasses pregnancy, labour and birth as a normal physiologic process, which women are designed to do, particularly when they are cared for sensitively, guided and supported by a trusted midwife.

Clearly, pregnancy, labour, birth and caring for the new baby is a powerful social and emotional experience for a woman, a most significant life experience, to which I bring respect and confidence, to enhance the journey for the woman.

Just to let you know a little more about me: I grew up in Australia and studied midwifery here as well. I completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Australian Graduate School of Management. I have been a midwife for almost a decade, and have worked in private and public hospitals, birth centres, private practice home birth, delivery suite, postnatal, community, antenatal wards and clinics, and neonatal nurseries. I have also worked in senior health management.  I provide my services exclusively in a private practice capacity because this allows me to meet women's needs in pregnancy and birth.

My true passion lies in natural birth, and I am committed to helping you achieve a safe and satisfying birth either at home or in hospital.

About my practice

My goal in private midwifery practice is to provide continuity of carer.  I believe that it is important for every woman to be cared for by her chosen midwife throughout pregnancy, birth and the early days with her new baby because this form of care has been demonstrated to make for a safer and more satisfying birth experience for women and babies.

My vision sees that as well as having continuity of midwifery care, women will have the option of home birth or hospital birth.  I would love for the birth centre option to be more widely available, but in the absence of abundant birth centre facilities, I strive to create a birth centre environment in the delivery suite.

I hope that my Clients will find the service to live up to the three Cs, being confidence, choice and convenience: I would like for women to feel confident as they approach their birth and this is achieved with thorough preparation; it is important that families are given choices and that their decisions are respected; finally, the service ought to be convenient in terms of appointment times and locations and access to resources.

I am passionate about natural birth and homebirth and I always have been!  The women who come to see me are also passionate about natural birth and are committed to achieving this.  I assist families to birth naturally, whether their pregnancy is straight forward or complicated, and it is my experience that a natural birth can be achieved in any setting.  In providing responsible and safe birthing services, I promote homebirth for women who are experiencing a healthy pregnancy, and hospital birth for women with complicated pregnancies.

My aim for all of my Clients is that they achieve the birth experience that they desire in a safe environment, attended by the midwife that they have chosen, who has followed them through from the very beginning.  My goal for you is that you will have a beautiful, healthy baby in your arms, a smile on your face, and a feeling of contentment and satisfaction in your heart.

Melissa's professional memberships and associations: 

Melissa Maimann, MBA RM RN BN Grad Dip Midwifery