Our Midwife Team
Anne Moore
Managing Director and Endorsed Midwife
Anne completed her midwifery education in the UK where she worked as a midwife in the community prior to relocating to New Zealand with her family. In New Zealand her belief in women and their ability to birth their baby’s with support from a midwife they know and trust became fundamental to her practice. Working in partnership with women is a privilege, with lifelong friendships and wonderful memories.
Since 2000 she has worked in Queensland across a number of different health services, implementing, promoting continuity of care and midwifery. Her midwifery roles have included management and higher levels, continually striving for change and reform in maternity services in Australia.
“Pregnancy and birth are a special time in a woman’s life and I absolutely love working with women, their partners and family, guiding them during their journey,” Anne said. “I have the ability and skills to offer women pregnancy and birthing information that will empower them to look at their options around birthing at home or hospital.”I always use these skills to work in collaboration with other health professionals and if the partnership extends to encompass others, a positive birthing environment can be achieved for the woman and family.
As a midwife I have an inherent belief that childbirth is organic and holistic in context and that it is important that whenever possible the normal physiological journey of birth should progress uninterrupted.”Anne believes in promoting, protecting and supporting normal birth and that all women have the right to self-determine their childbirth experience.
Most importantly, she believes it is every woman’s right to choose the place she births her baby with the support of a skilled midwife and that women have the right to make informed decisions and choices about their childbirth experience.
Antonia Segura
Endorsed Midwife
Texas-born with a wanderer’s start,
Antonia explored pageants and production before following her heart.
Two births of her own lit the homebirth flame—
And midwifery soon became her name.
A surrogate twice, she carried love wide,
With steady hands and a grounded pride.
Now endorsed in Australia, skilled and serene—
Antonia brings calm to every birthing scene.
Antonia is looking forward to meeting you and sharing this beautiful journey together.
Renee Opelt
Registered Midwife and Ultrasound Technician
Renee is a proud mother of three and a Registered Midwife at Coast Life Midwifery.
Her journey in the world of maternity care began as a Registered Nurse, and over the years, Renee dedicated her career to supporting families through some of life’s most meaningful and transformative moments. Alongside her midwifery role, Renee brings additional experience as a Baby & Child Sleep Consultant, Family First Aid Instructor, and Early Childhood Educator – all of which contribute to a holistic approach to the families she cares for.
Renee has a deep passion for pregnancy ultrasound and offers specialised non-diagnostic imaging through Coast Life Baby Bump. She especially loves creating unforgettable 3D, 4D, and 5D ultrasound experiences that allow parents to connect with their baby in a truly special way. Every moment is one she feels honoured to share.
At the heart of Renee’s practice is a commitment to providing warm, personalised, and reassuring care. Renee understands how important it is for safe, informed, and emotionally supported care throughout pregnancy, birth and the postpartum and she strives to provide this to every family she meets.
At this time, Renee is available to support clients through Antenatal and Postnatal care packages, provide education, attend home births as a second midwife, and offer emotional and advocacy support during hospital births.
Renee looks forward to supporting you through your journey and she can not wait to meet you and your family soon!
Heidi Karleusa
Endorsed Midwife
Heidi is originally from Victoria and has spent most of her life there before recently making the move to Queensland for a tree change with her husband. Drawn to the Sunshine Coast for its warmer climate and more relaxed, outdoor-focused lifestyle, Heidi has embraced this new chapter. While her three beautiful daughters remain in Victoria for now, she is hopeful the family will be reunited in the future.
Since relocating, Heidi and her husband have been busy renovating their home on the Sunshine Coast, a project that keeps them occupied in their spare time.
Heidi began her midwifery career later in life, starting her journey in 2008 after transitioning from a career in banking to healthcare. During Heidi’s last pregnancy, she experienced some complications, and the remarkable care she received from her midwives during her hospital stay left a lasting impression. It was then Heidi realised midwifery was her true calling.
A passionate midwife, Heidi strongly believes that all women deserve individualised care tailored to their personal needs during pregnancy. Her goal is to empower families to feel comfortable and confident in the decisions they make throughout their journey.
Heidi is deeply committed to supporting women in having a physiological experience and feeling truly supported through pregnancy, birth, and beyond.
A strong advocate for continuity of care, Heidi became a private midwife in 2020. This allowed her to offer an alternative to hospital-based care, providing women with security and support during a time when they are most vulnerable and ensuring someone is always there to advocate for their beliefs and preferences.
Heidi is excited to continue her midwifery work on the beautiful Sunshine Coast.
Rachael Trenouth
Endorsed Midwife
Rachael brings a calm, caring presence to the Coast Life Midwifery team and feels deeply honoured to support women through pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood.
She completed her Bachelor of Midwifery at the University of Newcastle and is an endorsed midwife, offering evidence-based, individualised care across the antenatal, birth, and postnatal journey.
Rachael’s midwifery experience includes working in a large tertiary hospital birthing suite, where she developed strong clinical skills while caring for women in a complex environment. She has also worked in Midwifery Group Practice, and values the continuity of care model and the meaningful relationships it allows her to build with women and families.
Alongside her ongoing clinical work with Queensland Health, Rachael works with Coast Life Midwifery providing antenatal and postnatal care and offering experienced backup support for home and hospital births when needed.
Rachael is a strong advocate for physiological birth and is passionate about helping women feel informed, supported, and empowered to birth in a way that feels right for them. As a mother of four, she understands the profound and transformative nature of this time and feels privileged to walk alongside women on this journey.
Kit Edwards
Registered Midwife
After a long journey studying midwifery, Kit finally became a registered midwife in 2020. Kit had the privilege of some brief causal work with Coast Life Angels and then Coast Life Midwifery for a short time before deciding to make the life changing decision to move to Tasmania to complete her graduate year at a lovely little regional hospital. However, home called to say it’s time to return to the Sunshine Coast, and to the dedicated team at Coast Life Midwifery.
Kit is a proud mother of five mostly grown children and following the five vastly different personal birth experiences, she understands the importance of an individualised approach to pregnancy, birth and postpartum, as each pregnancy/birth/baby is so different.
Kit has a passion for education and preparation, especially for the postnatal period. So much focus is on before and during birth but what about after? When you are suddenly responsible for a whole new little life?
Kit has done some postgraduate study in the NICU and special care nursery space and enjoyed her time working in the SCN, gaining her the title of ‘the baby whisperer’. Similarly, she has begun more graduate study in child and family health, truly enabling her to support families further in the potentially tricky and challenging postpartum period.
Outside of work Kit enjoys staying active with running, hiking, adventuring and spending time with her husband, kids and fur babies in the glorious sunshine.
Daniel Evans
Endorsed Midwife and Clinical Midwifery Manager
Daniel has had the privilege of supporting families through pregnancy, labour, birth and early parenthood for over 2 decades. Starting off his career as a Registered Nurse in 2000, with a love for mental health care and families, before undertaking Midwifery studies in 2001. Daniel was always certain of my ‘calling’ to work closely with families.
Daniel has a strong focus on engaging with parents in a way that fosters a deep confidence in the journey through pregnancy and birth – highlighting the innate ability of women to grow, birth and nurture new life. Daniel values partnering with families and sharing tools which support learning and decision making as parents navigate the joys and challenges of the pregnancy care landscape.
Daniel is a lover of learning and sharing that knowledge. Daniel works with families and pregnancy care professionals in the areas of birth and parenting education, fatherhood, maternity emergencies and vaginal breech birth. Daniel has also been working with Southern Cross University as a lecturer, tutor, supervisor and facilitator for our future midwifery professionals for a number of years. Daniel recognises the value of this investment as we grow the confident, competent, questioning and compassionate midwives of the future.
Daniel has experience as a midwife with a history or working with and establishing continuity models across the east coast of Australia is highlighted by experience working as a continuity midwife in public Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) and homebirth services (Newcastle, Belmont), Clinical Midwifery Educator and continuity midwife (Coffs Harbour), Endorsed Private Practice Midwife (EPPM, own practice, Newcastle) and Clinical Midwifery Manager/EPPM (My Midwives – Brisbane, Toowoomba).
Daniel’s best achievement to date is ‘home grown’. With a beautiful (and patient) wife of over 20 years and 5 uniquely amazing children of their own – Daniel continues to work on (to varying levels of success) modelling the healthy family approach he promotes – equipping himself with plenty of stories of failure and forgiveness that he gets to share along the way.
Natalie Douglas
Registered Midwife
As a mum of four and a passionate midwife, Nat brings a beautiful blend of professional know-how and real-life experience to the families she supports. Since graduating from the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) in 2021, she’s been all in supporting women and families through pregnancy, birth, and those wild, wonderful early days of parenting.
Nat is especially passionate about antenatal education, believing that when women feel informed and confident, they’re empowered to make the choices that are right for them (because you know what’s best for you). Her care is grounded in a women-centred approach, calm, respectful, and deeply supportive where every voice is heard and every decision honoured.
Nat strives to offer truly personalised care, tailored to each family’s unique story. Whether you’re navigating your very first pregnancy or adding another little one to the crew, Nat is here to walk beside you with warmth, compassion, and zero judgement.
When she’s not in the depths of Midwife Life, you’ll likely find Nat off the grid with her family, camping, exploring, and soaking up quality time in the great outdoors.
Alongside her midwifery work, Nat is also part of the Coast Life Angels team, offering in-home postpartum support to Sunshine Coast families. Because let’s face it, those early weeks can be intense, and every parent deserves a little extra love and support.
Sasha Hopkins
Endorsed Midwife, Educator and Ultrasound Technician
Sasha Hopkins is an endorsed midwife and educator committed to restoring confidence in physiological birth, with a passion for breech presentation. Sasha has been practicing in the home birth space since 2020 and as an endorsed midwife since 2022. With experience teaching antenatal education at Coast Life Midwifery prior, Sasha is excited to reconnect with the women in this space.
As the creator of the new Breech Birth Podcast and creator and facilitator of Australian College of Midwives CPD-endorsed breech birth workshop, Sasha offers professional education that blends evidence-based research with grounded midwifery practice. Her work in this space is to reclaim the skills as midwives and give the power back to women to support their decision making. To stay up to date with the podcast and stories being shared head to Instagram @breechbirthpodcast.
In addition to this Sasha facilitates Closing of the Bones Ceremonies for women in the postpartum period and is a qualified KaHuna Massage Therapist with knowledge and skills to provide pregnancy massage. Sasha is also a co-facilitator for the Homebirth QLD north Brisbane homebirth monthly gathering.
Ruby Rotohiko
IBCLC Lactation Consultant
Ruby brings over a decade of experience as a Registered Nurse, having trained at Mater Mothers’ Brisbane and cared for some of the tiniest and sickest babies in Queensland in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Her passion for supporting new mothers deepened during her own maternity leave, which led her to become a certified IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) in 2022.
As a mum of two, Ruby understands firsthand the emotional and physical challenges of breastfeeding, adjusting to new routines, and navigating early motherhood.
She offers grounded, compassionate support through pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond, creating a calm judgement free space for you to ask questions, share honestly and feel deeply supported.
Ruby’s mission is to walk with you through the tough moments and help you feel confident, capable, and connected as you grow into this new chapter.
Lois Wattis
IBCLC Lactation Consultant
I have over 25 years of experience as a Midwife/Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) practising in community, home birth and hospital settings. I gained advanced skills during my 14 years as Clinical Midwife Lactation Consultant with Sunshine Coast Health Service, including medical accreditation to perform infant tongue tie surgeries (scissors frenotomy). I am the author of “NewBaby101 – A Midwife’s Guide for New Parents” www.NewBaby101.com.au
The care and expertise I provide as an IBCLC is well known and respected in the Sunshine Coast community, and I have over 10K followers on social media via NewBaby101 Facebook https://www.Facebook.com/NewBaby101 and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/loiswattis I provide in-home Lactation Consultations on the Sunshine Coast, as well as on-line consultations and can be contacted via my website: www.Birthjourney.com
Ros
Volunteer
Ros brings over 50 years of midwifery experience and deep love for the work. In the later years of her career, she was devoted to private practice, cherishing the privilege of walking alongside mums, babies, and families during some of their most meaningful moments.
After retiring, Ros found herself missing the connection and community that midwifery offers and has returned to Coast Life Midwifery as a volunteer.
These days, she balances this with the simple joys of family life, time at the beach, gum trees, and tending her garden.
We feel incredibly luck to have her wisdom, warmth, and gentle presence as part of our community.
Our Admin Team
Samantha
Samantha is the Administration Manager and Bookkeeper for Coast Life Midwifery.
“I love my work as I am able to be around women and families experiencing their transition to being parents,” Sam said.
“My work is underpinned by my experiences from birthing my beautiful boys with an awesome midwife, followed by a passion for breastfeeding, the joy of my own mothering and ability to provide consumer support to women, while managing the administration of a busy practice…..” Sam said.
Georgia
Georgia joined the Admin team at Coast Life Midwifery in late 2024, bringing her background in Naturopathy and a deep passion for women’s health and wellbeing. After taking a break from clinical work, Georgia was thrilled to return to a field where she could once again contribute to a supportive environment for women, by joining a team of women dedicated to empowering others.
With years of experience as a Naturopath, Georgia specialised in fertility, preconception care, pregnancy, and postpartum support. She worked closely with medical specialists to integrate natural health solutions, focusing on enhancing nutrition, mental, and emotional wellbeing, while helping women manage and alleviate pregnancy-related symptoms. Georgia also taught pregnancy yoga, creating a safe, nurturing space where mums-to-be could connect with their bodies, their babies, and other women on the same journey.
Georgia’s dedication to holistic health and her love for supporting women through every stage of their reproductive journey perfectly align with the values of Coast Life Midwifery. She is excited to continue playing a part in helping women feel empowered, informed, and supported in their unique experiences.
Georgia joined the Admin team at Coast Life Midwifery in late 2024, bringing her background in Naturopathy and a deep passion for women’s health and wellbeing. After taking a break from clinical work, Georgia was thrilled to return to a field where she could once again contribute to a supportive environment for women, by joining a team of women dedicated to empowering others.
With years of experience as a Naturopath, Georgia specialized in fertility, preconception care, pregnancy, and postpartum support. She worked closely with medical specialists to integrate natural health solutions, focusing on enhancing nutrition, mental, and emotional wellbeing, while helping women manage and alleviate pregnancy-related symptoms. Georgia also taught pregnancy yoga, creating a safe, nurturing space where mums-to-be could connect with their bodies, their babies, and other women on the same journey.
Georgia’s dedication to holistic health and her love for supporting women through every stage of their reproductive journey perfectly align with the values of Coast Life Midwifery. She is excited to continue playing a part in helping women feel empowered, informed, and supported in their unique experiences.