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Katelyn Comerford

Doula, VBAC/NBAC guide, and President of Homebirth NSW; co-host of the Australian VBAC Stories podcast and homebirth advocate in Western Sydney.

Oct 25, 2026

BronwynHOST
10:37
So how did we get to this point? Was this issue raised during consultation and what response has there been from the relevant authorities?
10:44
Yeah.
10:45
When the insurance product was announced, it took everybody by surprise.
10:49
So even people like the Australian College of Midwives, they had no idea it was happening.
10:53
They were sort of like, where has this come from? Who were you consulting with? Who helped you develop this? How do you know it's good for purpose? Spoiler alert, it's not, by the way.
11:02
Just putting that out there.
11:04
That was brought up with Dev at the time.

19 MINS LATER

BronwynHOST
30:20
And so what are Home Birth New South Wales and Home Birth Australia doing to address this issue at the moment? We are
BronwynHOST
10:40
So how did we get to this point? Was this issue raised during consultation and what response has there been from the relevant authorities?
10:48
Yeah.
10:49
When the insurance product was announced, it took everybody by surprise.
10:53
So even people like the Australian College of Midwives, they had no idea it was happening.
10:56
They were sort of like, where has this come from? Who were you consulting with? Who helped you develop this? How do you know it's fit for purpose? Spoiler alert, it's not, by the way.
11:05
Just putting that out there.
11:07
That was brought up with Devett and Time.

19 MINS LATER

BronwynHOST
30:23
And so what are Home Birth New South Wales and Home Birth Australia doing to address this issue at the moment? We

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