Access to Empowered births

Better Births Illawarra (BBI) is a community volunteer organisation advocating for all women and birthing parents to access an empowered birth through respectful maternity care. Read more

Active Birth Skills Workshop

Sunday 1st December

A hands-on workshop for you and your support person to prepare for birth.

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Resources for you

What is midwifery-led continuity of care? How safe is homebirth? Where can I listen to birth stories? How do I make a complaint? We have what you need.

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Sign the petition to end birth trauma

1 in 3 women experience birth trauma. Most of it is preventable. Will you join us to call on NSW Health Minister Ryan Park to do the right thing and end preventable birth trauma?

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Want to help create change?

Now more than ever, we have the chance to ensure all mothers and birthing parents have access to empowered births.

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View fullsize We are so inspired and motivated by the hard work shown by the Waminda team amd Birthing on Country Project team who put in eight years of hard work, relentless advocacy and determination to make Waminda's Birthing on Country holistic birth centre a
View fullsize We deserve choice. From Wollongong, Sydney or Wagga - the NSW Government and Health Minister needs to commit and invest in the right to access and empowered birth. If a woman like Olivia chooses to homebirth they have a right to choose their preferr
View fullsize The full 5 min read article is at ABC News, search "Mothers NSW Birth Trauma Inquiry". It's an excellent retrospective and future look at the NSW Birth Trauma Report by @pennyburfittnews for @abcnews_au. Penny was one of the first on the
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View fullsize Yesterday, a historic report was handed down into birth trauma. It backed the thousands of women around the state who shared their experience of a broken maternity care system and want to see change. This report, and these women and parents, have ta
View fullsize BBI supports the NSW Birth Trauma Inquiry Report by the Parliamentary Select Committee. This once-8n-a-generation Report will ho a long way in ensuring all women and birthing parents have access to empowered births. We acknowledge and pay our grati
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Our work is conducted on what always was and always will be Aboriginal land — the Countries of the Wodi Wodi, Wandi Wandandian, Dharawal, Yuin of the Yuin Nation. Our work is committed to justice for all people including the sovereignty of First Nations people, knowledge systems and practices. In our work, we commit to reverence, healing, respect, responsibility and reciprocity with all beings, the land, sky, seas and waterways and pay our deepest respect to Elders past, present and emerging.