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Midwives Exclusive is a small but dynamic midwifery practice consisting of a team of passionate midwives and whole team of support personnel, all working together to offer families excellent care in pregnancy, the opportunity to give natural birth in a setting in which they feel comfortable, and to give support and guidance in their early weeks with a new baby.

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Sr Heather Pieterse

Specialist Midwife and Manager/Founder of Midwives Exclusive

I have never got tired of being a midwife even though it has to be said, it’s can be very tiring spending long hours with a woman in labour and at birth.    I love facilitating a woman to birth her baby in the way she chooses. Attending a birth automatically puts me, as a midwife, in a ‘safe and quiet space’ without disturbances. Nothing else matters in those hours I’m with a labouring woman other than what is going on inside that chosen birth space.

This is exactly as birth should be for all woman.

I went became an independent midwife in 1998 so have been loving my chosen calling for many years. It’s a blessing to still love what I do and see how midwifery in Pretoria as well as natural birth has gained momentum over the years.

My belief is that birth should be a positive experience regardless of the type of birth you end up having.   We don’t have control of the outcome as birth can be unpredictable but with support, choices and compassion it can be positive.

Informed choices, freedom to choose your own birth space and care provider is an enormous part of the process and vitally important.

Each person should be granted the space to explore their options and have a venue best suited to them to realize their unique birth wishes.

I am proud to have been instrumental in creating a safe spaces for woman to give birth with midwife led care in Pretoria.  This safe space may be  home, the free standing birth centre or hospital.

I am also passionate about seeing midwifery grow and continue to thrive safely and professionally as one day I want to know that when I hang my gloves up there are passionate, dedicated midwives with endurance and courage to continue in my path.

The way I am doing this is to find new, younger midwives with the same ‘heart and soul’ and grow them through patience, passion and support.

Midwives Exclusive was the very first Midwife led birthing centre to achieve full global accreditation through Goodbirth.net in February 2024.    Proudly South African!

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Sr Emily Greeff

Midwife & Lactation Consultant

Sr Busisiwe Gambu

Midwife

A calling! That’s what I believe midwifery to be. I feel blessed and privileged to be called a midwife and to be able to assist and support women during such a life-changing moment.

I studied my BCur (Nursing) degree at the University of Johannesburg and when I was introduced to Midwifery during my studies, I was immediately drawn to it and knew that this is what I wanted to do. My love and interest for Midwifery was fuelled even more by my mother, who is a retired nurse and midwife, who spent many years working as a midwife. It was her stories, the lessons and constant motivation that kept me so interested in Midwifery over the years.

I did my Community Service in the Labour ward at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in the Westrand in 2019 and continued to work in the labour ward. I then also had a chance to work in the post-natal ward for a short time before leaving. I gained experience and knowledge from working in a fast paced and busy department. I enjoyed that I was always meeting different patients daily with different stories. Though, over the years I was drawn to private midwifery, as I believed that women’s care during pregnancy should be unique and that women should be given a voice during this time and afforded the right to have a beautiful birth experience.

I’m a passionate midwife who loves working with pregnant women and babies. I have a big interest in traditional midwifery and caring practices that I believe have been lost over time. I joined the practice because I believe in giving women and their families’ holistic care during such a precious time in their lives. I really wanted to be able to fully support and guide women during this period and to be able to walk this journey with them from the beginning of their pregnancy till they have their new baby.

When I’m not catching babies, I’m a mom to 2 amazing boys, Lesedi and Langa, who are my absolute world.

I am excited and looking forward to walking the journey of pregnancy and beyond with all the families I’m yet to meet at Midwives Exclusive.

 

 

 

 

This is our amazing Midwives Exclusive team – dedicated, compassionate and passionate about what we are doing as a family!

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