Ms Elizabeth Hughes RN RM

Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife, GDipNursing (Child & Family Health)

Libby is a registered nurse and midwife with over 30 years experience caring for new parents and their babies. She grew up in Hobart and then spent many years living and working interstate and overseas before returning to Hobart in 2002, with two young children. Libby has worked in many states in Australia and in all areas of maternity care. She has a special interest in antenatal education and sleep & settling for babies. 

Libby also works at Hobart Private as a Midwife and has her own successful sleep and settling consultancy business. She runs sleep and settling workshops every month for new parents at Hobart Private Hospital. Libby has been helping families in Tasmania with their babies and sleep since 2006. She has a strong belief that we enjoy the challenges of parenting more when we have had a good night’s sleep!

Libby’s partner is Craig, a talented and passionate chef and she has two beautiful children William and Claire. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, walking the dog, going to the gym (well, not really enjoy), good food and travel.

Ms Zoe Noye RN RM

Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife

Zoe is a Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife. She has worked in all three hospitals in Hobart since 2012, in both surgical and medical nursing. Having been a midwife since 2015, Zoe loves all aspects of Midwifery at the Hobart Private and now at TasWomen.

Zoe has lived in Hobart her whole life with a brief move to London to follow her now husband, Chris. She loves to travel, with her favourite places being Italy, France and Hong Kong.

Zoe played a lot of sport growing up and now mostly enjoys gyming and running outside (but only when it’s warm!). Her special interests include holistic health and nutrition and this flows through to a love of cooking. Zoe has two young boys, Hugh and Louis – and dog Suzie. (She will happily obsess over anyone’s dog!)

Ms Debra Harper RN RM

Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife, Masters (Child & Family Health), International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Graduate Diploma Social Science, Nurse Immuniser, Master Child and Family Health Nursing.

Deb started her nursing in 1986 and completed her enrolled nursing. She loved nursing and decided to commence her registered nursing, which she completed in 1990, in Whyalla, South Australia. She then completed her midwifery in 1995, through The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide.

Deb has two daughters Megan and Ashlee, who were both born in South Australia. After having Megan Deb became passionate about supporting women with breast feeding and decided to study to become a lactation consultant and passed the exam in 2000. She has maintained this certification and currently works part time as a lactation consultant at the Royal Hobart Hospital.

Deb, her husband Brent and their daughters moved to Hobart in 2010. Deb worked in Child and Family Health and worked some shifts at Hobart Private Hospital.

Deb completed a Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Health in 2005 and then a Masters of Child and Family Health in 2016. She has completed previous study in Social Science, (counselling) and Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, both of which she has a real interest in.

She “enjoys” studying and is about to commence further study at Flinders University.

Deb enjoys spending time with her family and watching her daughters play sport. Deb is also active and enjoys playing touch footy, going to the gym and beach walks.

Deb has a special interest in antenatal care, obstetrics, breast feeding support and maternal and infant mental health. She has been a member of the TasWomen by TasOGS team since 2017 and enjoys the opportunity to offer knowledge and support with families both antenatally and when they return postnatally with their babies.

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