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 
and being utterly humourless completely serious at all times. She parents, partners, gardens, eats a lot of Japanese food, reads a lot of feminist blogs and writes one too.
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I have another crush……..
her smile is as lovely as her heart is big.
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
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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!