Nadine Tipping, a midwife with CareFlight Northern Territory, has delivered six babies in remote communities where women haven’t been able to reach a hospital in time for their birth. Tipping emphasizes the importance of empowering women in their most vulnerable state.
Nadine Tipping has been a midwife for almost two decades and has experienced both the highs and lows of supporting women through labour. Despite her wealth of experience, the 47-year-old said, “the day I stop being emotional at a birth, is the day I need to stop going”. Tipping is a nurse and midwife with CareFlight Northern Territory, providing medical assistance to people in regional and remote areas in the Top End.
During her six years with CareFlight, she’s delivered six babies in remote communities where women haven’t been able to reach a hospital in time for their birth. In her previous role with the Royal Flying Doctors in Queensland, Tipping said she delivered a baby in the middle of an airstrip. “She came from a homestead. We got to the point where we couldn’t load her and she actually birthed on the airstrip before loading,” she said. “You try to maintain privacy as best as possible, so you might use bystanders to hold blankets up and things like that.” Tipping said “empowering ” women when they are in their most vulnerable state is critical to doing her job wel
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