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Midwifery Care Options
We’ve created flexible options for midwifery care with Jess. For each option, what’s included and fee information is listed to help you choose what works best for you and your family. Options are divided into two types:
Midwifery Continuity Care Packages
Individual (pay as you go) Midwifery Care Visits
If you’re not sure or you have more questions Jess would love to talk it all through with you. You can connect with her by sending an inquiry through the link below, or if you prefer you can call/text to chat on the phone.
What you receive for all options:
Exceptional Care with a highly experienced midwife who values your unique experiences and preferences
Time to explore: Most visits with Jess are 40-90 minutes (tailored to your needs). This supports time for asking questions and exploring the things that matter to you. You won’t feel hurried, and your personal experiences and story will feel important and valued.
Care and support will feel responsive to your needs (not a one size fits all) .
Visits in your preferred location (clinic, home or telehealth/phone) - you choose.
Collaboration with your maternity care team (When required and with your consent, Jess will liaise with your GP and/or other care providers to ensure you and your baby receive the most appropriate and comprehensive care.
Individual Midwifery Care Visits
Individual Visits Overview
Human Kind Midwifery also offers women the opportunity to book individual (or pay as you go) midwifery visits during pregnancy or in the postnatal period (up to 8 weeks). This option is designed to offer all women and families the option of private midwifery care in their community. Individual visits would benefit women who require additional support and guidance from a skilled, experienced midwife, in addition to their usual maternity care. Or it may be that you live outside the area for hospital home visiting services. A comprehensive description of what’s included is below;
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What’s included
Comprehensive Antenatal Checks: Personalised health checks for you and your baby, including blood pressure, monitoring baby’s growth, fetal movements and heart rate.
Ordering of Tests & Scans: As an endorsed midwifery service, with your informed consent we can order and follow up on relevant screening, blood tests and ultrasounds within our scope of practice.
Prescribing medications: We can also prescribe necessary pregnancy-related medications (such as iron supplements or morning sickness relief) directly, saving you a trip to the GP.
Holistic Health & Wellbeing support: Dedicated time to discuss nutrition, lifestyle, preparing for birth and your emotional transition to motherhood.
Birth Planning & Education: Tailored sessions to help you explore your body’s normal physiology in labour, address any fears and approach your birth with calm and confidence. We work together to create a flexible plan that honours your choices and prepares you for a positive, empowered experience
Price and Medicare Rebate (effective 26/03/2026)
Clinic:
Routine antenatal visit (40-60 minutes) $165 / Medicare Rebate $75.65Long antenatal visit (90 minutes) $265 / Medicare Rebate $113.45
Home Visits: As above + Additional $60 flat rate within 20km radius Mcleans Ridges (discuss with Jess if outside this area)
Telehealth/Phone:
Routine antenatal visit (40-50 minutes) $145 / Medicare Rebate $75.65Long antenatal visit not available via Telehealth/Phone
Available for all women with a valid Medicare Card during pregnancy and up to 7 weeks, 6 days after baby’s birth. Rebate is higher once Medicare Safety Net Threshold is reached - see more information here
No referral is required, you can self-refer by contacting Jess on the link below.
Medicare Rebates are processed online at the appointment. Medicare rebates apply for clinic, home, telehealth and phone visits.
Private Health rebates may apply, please contact your insurer for more information.
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What’s included:
Maternal Wellness Checks: Holistic recovery support, including physical assessments, wound/perineal care, and emotional wellbeing check-ins.
Newborn Clinical Assessments: In-home or clinic checks including weighing, measurements, and newborn blood spot (heel prick) screening.
Breastfeeding Guidance: Support to gain confidence and skills in mother and baby led attachment that feels intuitive, comfortable and calm for you and your baby.
Early Parenting Guidance: Practical support for infant sleep cycles, settling techniques, and understanding normal newborn behaviour.
Birth Debriefing: A safe, compassionate space to process and reflect on your birthing experience.
Price and Medicare Rebate (effective 26/03/2026)
Clinic:
Routine postnatal visit (40-60 minutes) $185 / Medicare Rebate $111.20Long postnatal visit (90 minutes) $275 / Medicare Rebate $166.80
Home Visits: As above + Additional $60 flat rate within 20km radius Mcleans Ridges (discuss with Jess if outside this area)
Telehealth/Phone:
Routine postnatal visit (40-50 minutes) $165 / Medicare Rebate $111.20Long postnatal visit not available via telehealth/phone
Important information about Medicare rebates and Private Health Insurance:
Available for all women with a valid Medicare Card during pregnancy and up to 7 weeks, 6 days after baby’s birth. Rebate is higher once Medicare Safety Net Threshold is reached - see more information here
No referral is required, you can self-refer by contacting Jess on the link below.
Medicare Rebates are processed online at the appointment. Medicare rebates apply for clinic, home, telehealth and phone visits
Private Health rebates may apply, please contact your insurer for more information
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Service Overview
Lactation and Feeding Support visits are offered for women experiencing breastfeeding challenges and wanting effective support and strategies to reduce pain and nipple trauma, build confidence and resolve feeding issues.
What’s included:
Lactation Support, Education and Guidance: Professional guidance on latching, positioning, and achieving comfort during feeds. This includes developing a feeding plan and resources to support you between visits.
Milk Supply Management: Assessment and tailored plans for challenges like low supply, oversupply, or mastitis.
Bottle & Mixed Feeding Support: Non-judgemental advice for families using bottles, expressing milk, or transitioning between feeding methods.
Antenatal Feeding Preparation: Private sessions to identify potential challenges early and create a confident plan before baby arrives.
You will also receive:
Maternal Wellbeing Checks: In-home, clinic or telehealth holistic recovery support, including physical assessments, wound/perineal care, education and emotional wellbeing check-ins.
Newborn Wellbeing Assessments: In-home or clinic checks including weighing, measurements, and newborn blood spot (heel prick) screening.
Price and Medicare Rebate (effective 26/03/2026)
Clinic:
Routine breastfeeding support/postnatal visit (40-60 minutes) $185 / Medicare Rebate $111.20Long breastfeeding support/postnatal visit (90 minutes) $275 / Medicare Rebate $166.80
Home Visits: As above + Additional $60 flat rate within 20km radius Mcleans Ridges (Discuss with Jess if outside this area)
Telehealth/Phone:
Routine breastfeeding support/postnatal visit (40-50 minutes) $165 / Medicare Rebate $111.20Long visit not available via telehealth/phone
Important information about Medicare rebates and Private Health Insurance:
Available for all women with a valid Medicare Card during pregnancy and up to 7 weeks, 6 days after baby’s birth. Rebate is higher once Medicare Safety Net Threshold is reached - see more information here
No referral is required, you can self-refer by contacting Jess on the link below.
Medicare Rebates are processed online at the appointment. Medicare rebates apply for clinic, home, telehealth and phone visits
Private Health rebates may apply, please contact your insurer for more information
Midwifery Continuity Care Packages
Packages Overview
Midwifery Continuity packages are designed to provide comprehensive midwifery support and coordination of care across your pregnancy and early parenting time, with a known and trusted midwife. By choosing a package you secure a consistent, skilled and experienced midwife, with a schedule of visits planned in partnership with you.
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The deluxe package offers full continuity midwifery care across pregnancy and postnatal, until your baby is 6-8 weeks old. With this option, Jess coordinates and manages all aspects of your care in partnership with you - Jess is “your person” throughout your pregnancy, and as you settle into the early days and weeks of parenting.
What’s included:
Pregnancy management and coordination (secures continuity of care with Jess)
Available for phone/text/email support (as you need) between scheduled visits
Reviewing results and following them up with you, and any other care providers supporting you (eg. GP, Obstetrician), between scheduled visits
Liaising with your maternity care team at the hospital or birth centre
Travel to your home for scheduled visits (Once at 28 weeks, and up to 5 times in the first 2 weeks after your baby is born for postnatal care and support)
Please note that this option does not include labour and birth support.
Antenatal & Postnatal Visits (bulk billed to Medicare)
When you choose this package all antenatal and postnatal visits are bulk billed to Medicare. This means that, after paying the package fee, there is no extra “out of pocket” cost to you. Medicare pays the rebate directly to your midwife.
The number of visits will be guided by what you and your baby need during pregnancy and after your baby’s born - We’ll plan this together. Here’s a an example of how visits might look:
First Antenatal Booking Visit - 90 min
8 Antenatal visits across pregnancy - 40-90 min
Antenatal phone support between visits
1 birth plan meeting at 28-30 weeks - 90 min (home visit)
First Postnatal visit after discharge from hospital - 90 min (home visit)
7 Postnatal visits to 6 weeks - 60-90 min (4 home visits in the first 2 weeks)
Postnatal Phone Support between visits
Final Postnatal Discharge visit at 6-8 weeks - 60 min
If you have any questions, please send a query via the contact form here, or call/text Jess.
Package Fee
$2,800 Once off - Private Midwife Continuity Management Fee * **
*Payment Plans available - please ask Jess for details
** Your Private Health Insurance policy may cover all or part of this fee, please inquire with your provider directly. -
This package secures continuity of midwifery care with Jess across your pregnancy and postpartum, and offers the option of sharing care with your GP and/or Obstetrician. Jess works in partnership with you, providing midwifery care and support in collaboration with your doctor. Including a midwife in your team means you receive the support, education and guidance that doctors don’t usually offer - including time for emotional support and comprehensive education at each visit on a range of topics such as; labour and birth preparation, talking through any fears or previous birth experiences, preparing for breastfeeding and early parenting, changing relationships and debriefing after your birth.
What’s included:
Pregnancy management and coordination shared with your GP and/or Obstetrician
Available for phone/text/email support (as you need) between scheduled visits
Reviewing results and following them up with you, and other care providers, between scheduled visits
Liaising with your maternity care team at the hospital or birth centre
Travel to your home for scheduled visits (Once at 28 weeks, and up to 5 times in the first 2 weeks after your baby is born for postnatal care and support)
Please note that this option does not include labour and birth support.
Antenatal & Postnatal Visits (bullkbilled to Medicare)
When you choose this package all antenatal and postnatal visits are bulkbilled to Medicare. This means that after paying the package fee, there is no extra out of pocket cost to you. Medicare pays the rebate directly to your midwife.
The number of visits will be guided by what you and your baby need during pregnancy and after your baby’s born. Here’s an example of how visits might look:
First Antenatal Booking Visit - 90 mins
4 additional antenatal visits across pregnancy - 40-90 mins
1 birth plan meeting/antenatal visit at 28-30 weeks - 90 mins (home visit)
Antenatal phone support between visits
First Postnatal visit after discharge from hospital - 90 mins (home visit)
7 Postnatal visits to 6 weeks - 60-90 mins (4 home visits in the first 2 weeks)
Postnatal Phone Support between visits to 6 weeks
Final Postnatal Discharge visit at 6 weeks - 60 minutes (clinic)
If you have any questions, please send a query via the contact form here, or call/text Jess.
Package Fee
$2,400 Once off - Private Midwife Continuity Management Fee * **
*Payment Plans available - please ask Jess for details
** Your Private Health Insurance policy may cover all or part of this fee, please inquire with your provider directly. -
Package Overview
This package secures continuity of midwifery care with Jess across the first 6-8 weeks postnatal. Jess works in partnership with you and your family to support your recovery and transition to early parenting. . Engaging a private midwife in your postnatal care means you receive expert, consistent and personalised care and guidance to support you in the early days and weeks after returning home with your baby. In addition to mother and baby clinical assessments, postnatal visits include time for emotional support and guidance in learning to feed with confidence and painfree, understanding your baby’s behaviour and rhythm, changing relationships and debriefing after your birth.
What’s included:
Travel to your home for scheduled visits (eg. at 36 weeks to plan postnatal support, and as many times as required in the first 2 weeks)
Available for phone/text/email support (as you need) between scheduled visits
Reviewing results and following them up with you, and other care providers, between scheduled visits as required
Liaising with your Child and Family Nurse and/or GP before our discharge visit
Postnatal Visits (bulk billed to Medicare)
When you choose this package all postnatal visits are bulk billed to Medicare. This means that after paying the package fee, there is no extra out of pocket cost to you. Medicare pays the rebate directly to your midwife.
The number of visits will be guided by what you and your baby need. Here’s an example of how visits might look:
1 postnatal plan meeting at 28-30 weeks - 90 mins (home visit)
First Postnatal visit after discharge from hospital - 90 mins (home visit)
8 Postnatal visits to 6 weeks - 60-90 mins (5 home visits in the first 2 weeks)
Postnatal Phone Support between visits to 6 weeks
Final Postnatal Discharge visit at 6 weeks - 60 minutes (clinic)
If you have any questions, please send a query via the contact form here, or call/text Jess.
Package Fee
$1,400 Once off - Private Midwife Continuity Management Fee * **
*Payment Plans available - please ask Jess for details
** Your Private Health Insurance policy may cover all or part of this fee, please inquire with your provider directly. -
This package secures continuity of care with Jess from the third trimester of pregnancy, through the early weeks after birth. Jess works in partnership with you and your family to help you prepare for breastfeeding, and support you and baby to build confidence and learn how to establish comfortable mother and baby led feeding.
Engaging a private midwife in your lactation journey means you and your family receive expert, consistent, personalised care and guidance. In addition to comprehensive clinical assessments for mother and baby, lactation support visits include time for guidance, learning to feed with confidence, fine tuning and support to experience a pain-free, deep latch, understand your baby’s behaviours when ready to feed/when satisfied and what to expect with their developing rhythm.
We can also explore important life transitions in the early postnatal period, such as changing relationships, emotional wellbeing and debriefing after your birth.
Being able to experience this important life phase with a midwife you know and trust, and who is “your person” can make all the difference.
Already home with your baby and needing more support with feeding?
This package is also great for women experiencing breastfeeding challenges and wanting effective, consistent and experienced support to reduce pain and nipple trauma, build confidence and resolve feeding issues.
Examples of challenges we can work on together:
Nipple pain/trauma
Previous difficult experience with breastfeeding
Baby not latching to breast
Breastfeeding twins
Confusion and low confidence (experiencing conflicting information or support)
Transitioning from “top ups” after breastfeeds to exclusive breastfeeding
Supply issues: oversupply or low supply
Mastitis
Coming home with a baby that has spent time in the Special Care Nursery
All of the other situations that can make breastfeeding feel really hard (when it so often doesn't need to be) and you need the right support
Inclusions:
Breastfeeding preparation education and preliminary breastfeeding plan (if commencing care in pregnancy)
Lactation Support, Education and Guidance: Professional guidance on latching, positioning, and achieving comfort during feeds. This includes refining/developing a feeding plan and resources to support you between visits.
Milk Supply Management: Assessment and tailored plans for challenges like low supply, oversupply, or mastitis.
Bottle & Mixed Feeding Support: Non-judgemental advice for families using bottles, expressing milk, or transitioning between feeding methods.
You will also receive:
Maternal Wellbeing Checks: In-home, clinic or telehealth holistic recovery support, including physical assessments, wound/perineal care, education and emotional wellbeing check-ins.
Newborn Wellbeing Assessments: In-home or clinic checks including weighing, measurements, and newborn blood spot (heel prick) screening.
Postnatal Discharge Summary sent to you and your GP (with consent)
Lactation Visits included in this package (bulk billed to Medicare)
When you choose this package all visits are bulk billed to Medicare. This means that after paying the package fee, there is no extra out of pocket cost to you. Medicare pays the rebate directly to your midwife.
The number of visits will be guided by what you and your baby need. This means you are free to access as many visits as needed, without having to consider out-of-pocket costs.
Here’s an example of how visits might look:
Visits included with this package
1-2 Telehealth or Home Antenatal (to complete booking in, lactation education session and develop preliminary feeding plan)
40 minutes per visit
Week 1: Postnatal Home Visit - Estimated at 2, more if needed
90 minutes per visit
Phone support for questions about feeding before and after birth - As needed
10 mins per call
Routine postnatal Telehealth Visits - As needed
40 mins per telehealth
Week 2: Postnatal Home Visit. Estimated at 1, more if needed
90 mins per visit
Phone support for questions about feeding before and after birth - As needed
10 mins per call
Routine Postnatal Telehealth Visits- As needed
40 mins per visit
Home Visit Surcharge (3 home visits $60/visit within 20km radius of Mcleans Ridges included in Package Fee. Additional home visits are charged at $60 per visit). Please talk with Jess if you live further than 20km from Mcleans Ridges - additional distances calculated at $1/km.
Total approximate value if paying for individual visits and travel “pay as you go” = $2550 (or $1150 out of pocket)
Package Introductory Fee - $550
Payment Plans available - please ask Jess for details
* Your Private Health Insurance policy may cover all or part of this fee, please inquire with your provider directly.If preferred, you are also very welcome to request individual visits with Jess. Please see Individual Midwifery Visits - Lactation and Feeding Support below for details and pricing.
Important information about Medicare and Private Health Insurance:
Bulk billed visits are available for all women with a valid Medicare Card during pregnancy and up to 7 weeks, 6 days after baby’s birth.
No referral is required, you can self-refer by contacting Jess on the link below.
Interested in Lactation Support with Jess?
Bulk Billed Lactation Visit
Available Thursdays @ our Lismore Clinic Jess is offering one-off bulk billed lactation visits.
Bulk billed visits are 40 minutes, and include time to get to know what’s been happening for you and baby, feeding assessment, education and strategies.
Please note that more complex challenges with feeding usually require care beyond a one-off visit. Jess can work with you to make a plan to support feeding success.
Eligibility
Valid Medicare Card
Your baby is 0 - 6 weeks old (for Medicare Bulk Billing)
To request, please click on the link below. Jess will contact you within 24 hours to confirm.
Please be aware that bulk billed visits are for non-urgent support only. If you need urgent care for you and/or your baby you should contact your existing health services (hospital or GP).
