About

Janet Fraser is the National Convenor of the Australian Homebirth Network, Joyous Birth. She lives in Sydney and divides her time between community birth education, birth activism, supporting women and families in healing from birth trauma She has been writing since she was seven. Like many people, she lives in a house, in a city. She has children and a dog and is indulged by three cats. She is considered to be of adult years although not overly tall. She likes to garden but doesn’t sufficiently to warrant the title gardener. She writes because she has to and reads because not to do so would thus appear churlish. She prefers cake. She is on a lifelong odyssey to locate the best coffee. She is clearly over run with bourgeois notions and pastimes and therefore with sufficient time to advocate revolutions of various kinds in the best white, middle class tradition. She is intimidated by poetry and startled when it emerges from her keyboard but persists nonetheless. She hopes to live a very long time and see social change unfold worldwide. Sometimes things she writes end up on tshirts which is an unusual form of publishing but better than the alternative.

18 Responses to About

Eostre says:

November 2, 2009 at 6:24 pm

I have another crush……..
Samantha Burckhardt says:

November 2, 2009 at 6:30 pm

her smile is as lovely as her heart is big.
flory gout says:

July 2, 2010 at 5:44 pm

Hi,
I just love what you do here!!! How can i “join” ??? So that I can get all the fun stuff in my mail/facebook or whatever??

Great, great great! Keep it up Janet!!

big hug,
Flory
Janet says:

July 2, 2010 at 9:54 pm

How kind, thank you so much!There are hordes more like me on the forums I run. I don’t know if that scares or attracts you!
http://www.joyousbirth.info/forums

I think I have an RSS feed somewhere on here too. http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/feed/

Lovely to “meet” you.
Joy Reidenberg says:

July 29, 2010 at 9:07 am

Thanks so much for including me on your site as a mind to admire! I would like to send you a photo of me dissecting the fin whale in Ireland that might be better than the one you have. Unfortunately, the person depicted in the photo you posted is not me, but one of the members assisting me. Please send me an e-mail address to which I can send the photo. Thanks!
Joy
Janet says:

July 30, 2010 at 12:05 pm

Hello Joy! What a treat to hear from you. We love your work here! I see google has steered me wrong and I would love a pic of you, how generous.
Zoe says:

October 6, 2010 at 8:34 pm

I have loved looking around at your site, I’m not yet pregnant but when I am I will definitely be going the home birth way. For me, it just makes sense to birth in the comfort (and safety) of the home. Most of my reading has been US based so it’s great that you’re Australian like me!
Janet says:

October 6, 2010 at 11:20 pm

Welcome aboard, Zoe. There are heaps of Australian homebirthers, I bet there’s a group right near you! I hope I get to hear about your joyous birthing sometime.
Fidelle Luciano says:

May 30, 2011 at 8:30 pm

Greetings!

My name is Fidelle Rosa Del Rosario Luciano, a practicing midwife in the Rizal Province, Philippines. I am very interested in migrating to Australia and would like to take the Migration Skills Assessment for Midwives. I would like to request for learning resources in preparation for this.

I got interested in migration thru relatives who are Australian citizens and residing in Sydney.

The focus of my Midwifery studies in Unciano Colleges, Antipolo was Public Health Care. I have two years experience in home and clinical maternal and child care, mostly in the rural areas. Since I have studied Midwifery and Public Health Care in the Philippine setting, I find my knowledge of Midwifery in the Australian perspective very limited.

I have been researching on how midwifery is practiced in your country and would like to request for more learning resources. Where can I get books, pdfs, or websites dedicated to Australian Midwifery?

I am very happy and excited to learn more about your country and your medical practices.

Thank you for your kindness.

Yours truly,
Fidelle Rosa D. Luciano, R.M.

Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
Janet says:

July 3, 2011 at 3:25 pm

Hi Fidelle, great to meet you. I suggest you get onto Facebook and join our forums at http://www.joyousbirth.info. You’ll meet lots of midwives and birthing women there.
Naomi says:

October 6, 2011 at 2:27 pm

Hi Janet,
Love your site. On your travels, have you come across anyone in Adelaide, SA, that does placenta encapsulation? My husband and I have 2 children already and are currently ttc number 3, I am extremely interested in doing things differently this time and placenta encapsulation is one of those things. Please let me know if you can help.
Kind regards,
Naomi.
Janet says:

October 6, 2011 at 9:07 pm

Thanks, Naomi! Good to “meet” you! What I’d suggest is getting in contact with The Birth Place because all things birthy can be found there and those women would definitely find you someone who could do it. You can learn to do it yourself by seeing it on youtube and I know some mws in other states who do it and would be happy to chat to you as well. You can also slice teeny bits and freeze them for consumption either like pills or in smoothies. Enjoy your ttc and I hope you have a beautiful birth for your babe and placenta alike!
Sonya Wildgrace says:

March 9, 2012 at 5:26 pm

Love your passion and your commitment to say it like it is. More women need to hear like it is. Keep it up and coming Much love Sonya Wildgracexo
Janet says:

March 10, 2012 at 10:23 am

Thank you, Sonya. <3
Nicholas says:

May 1, 2012 at 11:21 am

Thinking of you!
Janet says:

May 1, 2012 at 4:08 pm

Thanks. x
Amanda says:

September 17, 2012 at 4:28 pm

Reading this made me miss you xx Wish we were closer.
Janet says:

September 21, 2012 at 10:46 am

I wish it too. <3