Supporting you through pregnancy, birth and beyond

I am a doula mentor and an experienced birth and postnatal doula.  I have been an active doula for 15 years, supporting 100s of families over the years in many different ways.

My practice as doula is known to be rooted in my understanding and experience of the benefits that can be gained from undisturbed and appropriately supported physiological birth.  I have a strong belief in the wisdom of the body and the power of letting things unfold in their own time. I am also realistic and deeply respectful of the nature of birth and the skills that are offered by medical practitioners when needed.  Every birth is unique and every woman makes decisions from their own place of strength and limitations and with a deep love for their unborn child.   I will support you and your family however your plans for birth unfold and wherever your decisions take you.

I offer a range of services including birth preparation and hypnobirthing classes, mother blessing ceremonies, birth and postnatal support and trauma debrief and support.  

I offer my services primarily to people living in Peterborough, Stamford, Oakham, Oundle, Corby, Kettering and across North Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.  If you live further afield than this, I am happy to talk to you and to help you to find someone who can support you closer to home if needed.

 

My passion is to support others to become truly empowered and to support other women to become doulas and role models within their own communities.

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Doula Services

The support of a doula during labour and childbirth brings many benefits. I have worked with people in a range of birthing situations.

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Hypnopbirthing

If you are looking to have a calm and relaxed birth, then hypnobirthing could be for you. Hypnobirthing can enable you and your baby to have a calm, gentle and more comfortable birth, however and where ever you give birth.

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Closing the Bones

Closing the Bones is a postpartum healing ceremony, created by a Mexican tradition where the postpartum mother is anointed, massaged and wrapped. It helps to nurture the mother after her birth journey into motherhood. It is a celebration, a setting of sacred space, and a way to nurture mother and baby.

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Mother Blessing

A Mother's Blessing ceremony honours and celebrates the path into motherhood. This a magical service that I am now able to offer.

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Rewind Technique

The Rewind Technique is a non-intrusive, safe and highly effective psychological method for de-traumatising people. This technique can bring relief to parents who are traumatised after a difficult birth experience.