“Everything that I implement with my own son I’ve learnt from my mum – I have next-level appreciation for her. “Mum was my main support through my birth and it was super special having her with me,” she said. “Seeing your daughter transition into being a mum is a pretty spectacular experience.”ĭaughter Mikayla was happy and proud to have her mum by her side on her own journey into motherhood. “I was trying really hard to be a support for Mikayla and not a midwife – but it was hard! “It was probably one of the most magical births I’ve ever been at,” Charmaine said. She was in the delivery room at Mater Mothers’ Hospital nine weeks ago when daughter Mikayla gave birth to her first baby, Hudson.
“I know how tricky it is when you have a baby and are juggling toddlers, life and everything else that comes with it – but I never put my journey into theirs because everybody's journey is different.”Ĭharmaine insists she has “definitely no” plans for a 10th baby and is now looking forward to having more grandchildren. “It's really helped me relate to women throughout their pregnancies and birth, but especially post-natally,” she said. You have to have processes – making school lunches is like drill camp! – but you can’t sweat the small stuff.”Ĭharmaine, who previously ran a Subway franchise, says her experience of motherhood had been a big help in her role as a midwife at the Mater Mothers’ Hospital in South Brisbane. “Raising a big family is all about organised chaos.
“I mostly had very easy pregnancies and births, which helped, and the more children I had the easier that post-natal period became. “I would say ‘This is the last one’ after having a baby, but then I’d start thinking ‘Oh, OK, maybe not the last one!’ “I certainly didn’t set out to have nine kids, but I’m very blessed to have them,” Charmaine said. This is definitely the right job for me!”Īs well as being mum to Te’a (25), Mikayla (24), Brayden (22), Lincoln (20) Rene’e (19), Ryan (16), Olivia (14), Charlotte (13 ) and Brooklyn (12), Charmaine is also gran to Micah (5) and nine-week-old Hudson. “Qualifying as a midwife is my next best achievement after my children. “It was definitely a juggle, but the kids were very supportive because they saw that it made me happy. “But after I had my second last baby I decided to take the plunge and start studying while raising my family – and I just fell in love with it. “I had always wanted to be a midwife, but because I started my family when I was young I thought I had missed the boat,” Charmaine said. The 42-year-old has a bumper brood of nine children and decided that midwifery was the job for her after she gave birth to baby number eight. The 900 midwives who work at Mater Mothers all love babies – but Charmaine loves them more than most!
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