My name is Tamika Newman and I am an Endorsed Midwife, Registered Nurse, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and Orofacial Myology Therapist.
My initial training in midwifery began in 2005 and I feel privledged that I was able to be part of a autonomous model of a smaller hospital that cared for women during their pregnancy journey and from there I moved to a large tertiary hospital and worked in multiple different areas across my midwifery scope for over 18 years. I provide continuity of care for women across their pregnancy, birth and postpartum window as their primary care practitioner whilst working as an Endorsed Private Practice Midwife to women of the Gold Coast and Northern NSW region.
Since I gained the qualification of International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in 2010, I have been able to apply my knowledge gained from my midwifery work and focus and expand on the finer details of human-lactation and oral motor feeding skills. I started my lactation private practice on the Gold Coast in January 2015 and have enjoyed caring for mother/baby dyads ever since.
Throughout my years of practice, I have stayed current with latest evidence based practices by attended many conferences and spending countless hours studying all things related to infant feeding, growth, sleep and development. I am also very interested in oral anomalies such as tongue/lip ties and enjoy working with families to correct and establish effective feeding strategies.
As a mother of two beautiful children and my own home birth baby, I understand just how important exceptional birth and breastfeeding support is. I am passionate about assisting mothers during their transition to motherhood and particularly enjoy working with mothers to help meet their own personal goals during their unique journey’s.
In 2023 I completed my Orofacial Myology Therapy training through Australian Orofacial Myology Collaboration to further increase my skill and knowledge based of oral motor function and to be able to utilise these skills to support families to improve oral function, speech, breathing, airway and overall wellbeing.
Look forward to meeting with you soon.
Midwife Tamika 