Birth Story – Holistic support for pregnancy, birth and new parenthood

Holistic, personalised, continuous support and preparation for pregnancy, birth and new parenthood.

It’s not about one way or the other, it’s about finding the information and the people you need, knowing the options and making the right decisions for you.

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Small moments of beauty. A wisp of a baby's hair a

Bring on Autumn! I'm ready for the nippy fresh day

Some of my faves on my bookshelf. I have a squilli

I'm about to enter into an intensive period of pos

I've written recently about the AWE experienced wh

When my son was growing inside of me, I felt an at

At the last birth I attended as a birth companion,

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Urgh, time and time again. Through listening to bi

Choose wisely. If birthing at home, know that any

The beauty of my full doula package is that I don'

I thought this was way too important not to share.

Postnatal doula-ing isn't about holding the baby (

A lot of my daily work involves listening to mothe $A lot of my daily work involves listening to mothers. It seems to me that after the initial birth excitement dust has settled, when life has kicked in, partners have returned to work - then the motherhood shit gets real. It can be overwhelmingly lonely for some mums. Especially if relationships with others or ourselves are fractured and difficult. The thing is, when deep in the quagmire of overwhelm, it gets harder to haul yourself out into the world. The ideal does not fit the reality. Ideals of new motherhood - imagine sitting confidently in a cafe with your newborn breastfeeding, then popping into a baby yoga/massage/singing/play group and chatting to likeminded mums. I'm not a complete cynic, it does happen, but from listening to mothers on a regular basis, it most often doesn't. What's needed? Well, I think the glamourisation and trendification of new motherhood just adds to women feeling like they haven't 'done it right'. We need community spaces where there is less focus on branding and business. Somewhere where the kettle is always on, and you are guaranteed a 'warts and all' welcome at the door. Somewhere where you're not buying into someone else's vision of new motherhood and what it should look like. A big shout out to the community led, mother led neighbourhood groups. Ivy Street playgroup, De Beauvoir playgroup, Hoxton Salvation Army, and Hackney Stay and Plays, which all saved my bacon back in the day. #newmotherhood #newbaby #motherhoodcommunity #stayandplays #babygroups #newparent #doula #postnatal #ivystreetplaygroup #debeauvoirplaygroup #hackneystayandplays #salvationarmyplaygroup$

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As a doula, I have often turned up to someone's ho

Painful, raw, beautiful and real. Life and death.

The more experienced I get, as the years pass, the

#babyloss #grief #death #stillbirth #medicaltermin

#birthchoices #rightsinbirth #informationispower #

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Holistic, personalised, continuous support and preparation for pregnancy, birth and new parenthood.

It’s not about one way or the other, it’s about finding the information and the people you need, knowing the options and making the right decisions for you.

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