Whether this is your first baby, or you’re a seasoned pro, every mother deserves to be nurtured in this sacred time.
I believe in a whole-istic approach to doula life, offering pregnancy, birth and postpartum support that focuses on your whole family, because mums and baby’s are the primary focus but partners, siblings and everyone else around – yep even the family pet! – are experiencing a transition when a new little earthling is born.
Alongside in person doula support, which runs from pregnancy into your 4th trimester, I offer birth photography locally (in an around Helensburgh) because your journey into parenthood for the first time, or the next, deserves to be captured and held while you birth your bundle earthside.
With a background in yoga and pranayama and study in Traditional Chinese Medicine, hypnotherapy techniques and birth imprints, I work with you to build the best plans, make sure you feel informed and empowered and create an unforgettable experience. I also offer online 1-1 sessions that aren’t the typical zoom call kind of jazz, but rather a slow, meaningful conversational form of support via Voxer, that works around your life.
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Doula Support
I believe that every woman deserves to have a birth experience that reflects her values and wishes. Whether that’s an elective cesarean birth or a quiet, undisturbed freebirth, as long as the choices you make are for you, I’m here. Together, we’ll explore your options, create a birth and postpartum plan that feels right for you, and navigate these new exciting waters. I’ll be by your side, and also a wallflower, offering the reassurance and holding space, but ultimately supporting you to make the best decisions for you and your baby.
Birth Photography
Capturing your birth story: the quiet moments, the intensity and the beauTiful messy details in between. Birth Photography is still a bit of a taboo, which in my opinion is all the more reason to embrace it! It isn’t for everyone, but you’ll know if it’s for you. There’s an intimacy about having these precious moments captured, it’s raw, and powerful, and it’s all about you. No matter how or where you choose to birth, my job is to tell the story from the moment I arrive.
1-1 online support
If you’re not in my local area but you’d still love to work together, this is the next best thing. Using the Voxer app, you can book in with me to chat over the course of a day, a week or longer. For example, with postnatal clients, I’ll offer Voxer support for the first 6 weeks, or 4th Trimester if that works better; where I’m able to be a voice at the end of the phone, and no topic is off limits, and no time of day is ‘wrong’, because quite simply, I’ll respond as soon as possible – that might be minutes or it could be a few hours. I will always respond within a day.