I always wanted to become a nurse and so at the age of 17 I left school to pursue my dream. A degree in nursing is a great asset for travelling the world and I ended up in Dublin and in love with an Irishman. After our first daughter Sinead was born we moved back to New Zealand, my home country. Three years later we had twin daughters, Gemma and Stephanie, 2 busy little treasures and 8yrs later we welcomed into the world our 4th daughter April. The home birth of April opened my heart and inspired me to share my wealth of knowledge as a nurse and mother and study to become a midwife. When April was 3yrs old I went back to school to study full time as a midwife and ended up with a Bachelor of Health science Degree in Midwifery. For 2 years I worked in the hospital system in New Zealand supporting women in pregnancy, birth and postnatal. In 1998 my family and I moved back to Ireland to spend time with my husbands’ family and from here my journey into midwifery was transformed. Ireland was so different to New Zealand in the birthing world. The Irish hospitals were very controlling of birth with little room for birth plans and choices. This was the perfect opportunity for me to do what I’d always wanted, home birthing. I worked for 18 months as a home birth midwife in Ireland learning so much about birthing and myself. I’d always had an intrigue and love for the metaphysical world and it was in Ireland that discovered and grew my skills in the healing arts and Body, Mind Connection. Over the years I gained various qualifications in numerous healing modalities such as Reiki, Energy Healing, Meditation & Visualisation, Massage, Journey Work and Counselling in the Demartini Method®. These alternative methods that I bring to my skill as a midwife have been beneficial to my clients in helping them get in touch with their sub-conscious mind to release fears, patterns and beliefs for the birth process and transition into motherhood. Having assisted hundreds of mothers around the world in the birth process, antenatal and postpartum, I am also a birth consultant in Australia and New Zealand. I work holistically attuning to the body, mind and spirit of mother, father and baby for this precious transition of life to be an empowering and smooth transition. I look forward to meeting you!