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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Doula and Hypnobirthing in West Lothian and the Central Belt (and virtual anywhere)

www.thescottishdoula.com

💖 Account Monitored Thursdays - whatsapp me if needed outwijt those days 💖

17/01/2026

HOME BIRTH SUPPORT GROUP

An empty room - chairs set out waiting - it doesn’t look much does it?

But soon the space will be filled with stories - sharing, listening and gentle words of encouragement. A safe space where all emotions are held and valid - curiosity, hopes, fears, big feelings.

Support in pregnancy matters, and for those considering home birth it’s important to have a space like this - we need to hear real stories, from real people. For those who have experienced home birth or planned to but things took another path, we need to share our stories too.

This isn’t about convincing anyone to have a home birth and it’s not about glorifying it (though it can be pretty fu***ng glorious). It’s simply about being able to say this is a thing you can do, here are people who have done it or planned to and who may have had similar hopes and fears as you have - come and chat, share and hear the stories;

The group has a Facebook and WhatsApp group and we meet in person once a month at Livingston. We would love you to join us!

Mandy and Laura x

09/01/2026

Well what a story to tell!

11/11/2025

GOING LIVE!

This Thursday morning, I’ll be going live with my wonderful amazing sister chatting all about her home birth experience with baby Finn - who is turning 1 on Wednesday.

This is of course a very personal and special birth story for me. The one that made me an auntie. Very grateful to be having this conversation!

I hope you’ll join us or catch up on the replay 💖

Mandy x

08/10/2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEET ALBA TODAY!

Two years ago, Alba was born freely, instinctively and way harder than I ever imagined. We narrowly missed the first that year, but we did at least get to experience our own physiological birth 😂

Her birth - at home unassisted - was a huge test of trust - in my body, my baby in the beliefs I had come to hold leading up to that day.

I’ve given birth five times, four at home, but the only times I’ve experienced truly physiological birth were when I was completely alone - by accident or in this case by choice. That’s not a judgment, just an observation. Because even at home, even with wonderful midwives - our maternity system isn’t really built to protect physiology.

That doesn’t mean empowered, positive birth can’t exist within it - it absolutely can - but physiology asks for things the system doesn’t always know how to give: privacy, time and trust.

Every birth has taught me something new. Every experience has unravelled a layer of what I thought I knew about birth, about myself, about power - and about the maternity system. I walk forward with the wisdom gained - not to centre my own story but to bring that depth of understanding to then hold space for others in their own stories.

This is a vulnerable share for me so please be kind. I am so grateful to have had this experience and I’m so grateful for what it taught me and the wisdom each of my births has given me.

Mandy x

05/10/2025

WORLD PHYSIOLOGICAL BIRTH WEEK - MONDAY 6 to SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER!

This coming week I’ll be going live each day to chat all about physiological birth - what it means, why it matters and how we can better understand and support it. I’d love for you to join me in these conversations - whether you’re curious, preparing for birth or simply passionate about protecting birth physiology.

I’ll be joined by some wonderful birthworkers for these conversations:

💖 Monday - the fabulous a badass Irish doula and activist based in Northamptonshire, England and one half of the brains behind the original World Physiological Birth Week two years ago. We’ll chat about why it’s so important to have these conversations and celebrate physiological birth.

💖 Tuesday - the wonderful Hayley, .of.pearl_doula based in Gloucestershire, England. Together we’ll speak about the very important topic of physiological birth after baby loss.

💖 Thursday (Part 1) – Alex, a doula of many years who now trains other doulas via - and who also happens to be my wonderful doula mentor. I can’t wait to hear more about Alex’s experience supporting birth and how she trains other doulas to best support their clients.

💖 Thursday (Part 2) – my beautiful friend and doula colleague Magdalena .in.birth a doula based in Leeds, England. Our chat will focus on physiological birth from the perspective of the baby.

I’m so excited to host these conversations and I hope you will join us live. if you can’t make it all conversations will be saved onto the grid after.

A little note: I’m limiting my own time on social media just now, so this is a pre-scheduled post. As always, if you’d like direct support please reach out to me via WhatsApp (link in bio).

Mandy x

Address

Bathgate

Telephone

+447917547207

Website

https://linktr.ee/thescottishdoula, http://www.thescottishdoula.com/

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