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Mother of Sam, Ellie and Jackson, stepmother to Ella.
Grandmother of Bentley.

Married to Paul, lives in the country in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia.

Jane is an Independent Midwife and has been attending homebirths for over 20 years.

Jane leads Women's, Mother's and Maiden's circles and teaches the wisdom of the cycles to high school girls and boys in her local town.
Jane with her husband Paul are founding members of the EarthDance community in the Southern Highlands that gathers to honour and celebrate the sabbats.

Jane facilitates seminars and two day workshops for women and high-school girls and boys.
"WOMEN'S MYSTERIES - Crack the code through connection with the cycles" This 2 to 3 hour seminar will illuminate the connection between our menstrual cycle, the moon phases, our life seasons and the earth's seasons, and how these shape our experience. Remembering this information and practicing it in rites of passage and in our daily lives, helps heal the wounded feminine of our time.

"MAIDEN MOONSONG" and "SUNSONG" full day experiential workshops for highschool girls and boys (separately) teaching the wisdom of the cycles.

"MOONSONG - Reclaiming Feminine Power Through Reconnection with the Women's Mysteries" teaching the wisdom of the cycles, the power of rites of passage, and the sacred nature of the menstrual cycle. A two day workshop. "PREGNANCY - THE INNER JOURNEY" the best preparation for birth is a conscious pregnancy, spending time contemplating and updating your inner beliefs and attitudes, connecting with your baby inside you, hearing the voices feeling the feelings, seeing the visions all the while developing your natural mothering essence. A two day workshop.


Jane self-publishes three helpful tools for women all available from this website.


  • The ‘how to chart your cycle handbook and journal’ titled “THIRTEEN MOONS – a woman’s guide to the four main cycles that influence her year”, and …

  • “SPINNING WHEELS – a woman’s oracle of truth” a unique and innovative tool allowing women to unravel why they feel the way they do as they see the influence of the Earth’s season, their life season, the moon phase and their menstrual cycle on any particular day.

  • “HERSTORY – knowing this will change the way you see things” - a look at the development of our current patriarchy and its influence on women
email Jane
Lot 3 Kirkland Road, East Kangaloon, NSW 2576 Australia
PO Box 290 Robertson, NSW 2577
(+612)4888 2002, 0408 035 808

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Southern Highlands News, Friday, November 3, 2006
Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia

HOME-BAKED: Midwife Jane Hardwicke-Collings (far right) with mothers and residents visiting the stand.


Sharing
the joys of
homebirth

Midwives and mums gathered at Bowral to let women know about the miracle of birth in the comfort of the home, JULIE-ANNE ADAMSKI writes…

Women in the Southern Highlands have been enlightened on the old-fashioned tradition of homebirth.
Mothers and women of all ages visited an information stall held by midwife Jane Hardwicke-Collings.

The Bowral mother of three has been delivering babies at home for 22 years and shared her knowledge with residents on Wednesday.
About 100 women and a couple of men visited Corbett Plaza to collect pamphlets and ask questions.

Bowral mother April Love delivered all three babies at home. "It's private, intimate and labour was easier each time around," she said.
"The feeling of having the entire family there is beyond amazing and something that every woman should experience."

Some women find that having their baby in the comfort of their own home provides a supportive environment and consequently they have an easier birth.

Other women choose a homebirth, as they believe in their body's ability to give birth and wish to decrease the chance of needing intervention in their labour.




FUTURE MIDWIFES: Victoria Kleeberg, Darienne Boyd, Maureen Mattick and Nicole Foder with Jane Hardwicke-Collings.


Colo Vale mother of two Melissa Perrot and her husband Andrew are expecting the birth of their baby at home any day now.

"The two boys were born at hospital so this is going to be a whole new experience for me and the family," Melissa said.

Midwives have a supply of oxygen, emergency drugs and a device for monitoring heart rate at the time of birth.

"It's in the event of an emergency but it's rare for healthy women to have complications," Jane said.

The following was for November and December, 2006.
Go to Menu and click Workshop Information and check each item to find scheduled workshops.
Jane will hold three-day homebirth workshops on Thursday, November 30th, Friday, December 1st and Saturday December 2nd.

Top 10 homebirth reasons

  • Less use of medication.
  • No separation from the baby.
  • Babies have fewer problems after birth.
  • Women have fewer complications in labour.
  • Increased success rates with breastfeeding.
  • No separation from partner or other children.
  • Decreased need for interventions during labour.
  • Being in comfortable and familiar surroundings.
  • Women have the choice of who is present at the birth.
  • Less risk of infection during a homebirth, as homes generally are not a haven for bacteria, unlike hospitals.

For further information about the workshops
Contact Jane on 4888 2002 or 0408 035 808.



Mother: April Love with daughters
Iris (5), Mimi (4) and Cedar (2).

‘The feeling of
having the entire
family there is
beyond amazing’


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