Supporting Women, Midwives & Families to achieve positive birthing experiences.

Mums@Ryde is a group of mothers who have had or are having babies with the Ryde Midwifery Group Practice and are passionate about supporting the service. We all have our own backgrounds and birth experiences but all share an interest in helping other women to experience the midwifery care at Ryde.

Ryde Midwifery Group Practice offers women the opportunity to give birth assisted by a named midwife in a low-risk setting. Mums@Ryde believe that not all women need medical intervention in pregnancy and birth and women that are able to access the service get the best possible care from their own midwife. We believe that there are many women in the community who would really benefit from having their babies with Ryde who either do not know about the wonderful service or have concerns about medical procedures being carried out off-site. We want to share our experiences and encourage other women to birth with Ryde also.

Children’s Fun Day – Friday 18th May

Mums Know Best

Things to do around Ryde

From paintings to parks, to a punt and puffers – Ryde has plenty of low-cost ways to keep life interesting.  Here are some ways that Mums@Ryde enjoy spending time with their kids…

Mums@Ryde in Parliament

Thanks to Dominic Perrottet, the Ryde Midwifery Group Practice and Mums@Ryde received a mention in the NSW Parliament.  Here is an excerpt:

“On 28 September my wife, Helen, gave birth to our second daughter, Amelia Frances, through the maternity service at Ryde Hospital. It was a perfect birth—as perfect as births can be—through the support and care provided by the midwives at Ryde Hospital. The philosophy of the Ryde Midwifery Group Practice is to offer women the opportunity to give birth assisted by a named midwife in a low-risk setting. The group was acknowledged in 2004 as a leader in the provision of continuity of midwifery care within a primary health model to women without identified medical risk factors.

From my recent experience I can acknowledge them as the best in the business when it comes to support, preparation and post-natal care—in fact they are so good that they have their own fan page called Mums@Ryde,”

For the full report, click here to be taken to the Hansard Report.

Support our campaign for a Ryde Birth Centre

Mums@Ryde have decided that it is time to campaign for a new birth centre.  Women need to know that they can have the best outcome by being cared for by their own midwife in a supportive enviroment, and they need a new centre to encourage the growth of the new birthing philosophy gradually permeating our culture.

To get an idea of what we could have, our President visited the new birth centre at Townsville in October.  It is fabulous.  We now have a new webpage dedicated to our cause.  Visit it now!

We will need lots of help to campaign and fundraise.  If you’d like to have a new Birth Centre at Ryde, please email us and offer your services.

Special Offer for Ryde Mums

Mums@Ryde has teamed up with a fabulously talented local photographer, Janette Osvay of Janette Photography to bring you great deals on pregnancy and newborn photographs.  Janette has created a special package for pregnancy and newborns which is available to all Ryde mums.  Janette took the wonderful photo above.

Mums@Ryde is keen to have a beautiful labour and birth photo presentation linked to our website to demonstrate how wonderful and empowering a Ryde birth can be.  Janette has kindly agreed that the first mum to take up the labour and birth package will receive the photography session free of charge.  Conditions attached to this offer are available on discussion with Janette.

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