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I am a Prenatal, Birth & Postnatal Doula eager to educate, empower and support all women ❤️ Birth your way. The right way

I am a Prenatal, Birth & Postnatal Doula eager to educate, empower and support all women in their life changing transition to Motherhood. Every woman and every birth deserves the very same respect to create a safe, positive and empowering experience for you and your family. No matter who you are, no matter the path you choose; as your Doula I strongly believe Its your body, Your Birth, Your choice.

31/03/2026

If you’ve suffered through the endurance of labour, to only then feel like your body has failed you, I see you

If you’ve reluctantly signed waivers and put on a surgical gown with tears rolling down your face, I see you.

If you’ve stood up with fresh stitches, taking one cautious step after another to tend to your baby crying, I see you

If you’ve ever shuffled your way to the bathroom after 48 hours of being hooked up to a catheter, I see you.

If you’ve held your breath through the pain, and pushed your body past its limits just to feed your baby, I see you

If you’ve stood in front of a mirror, lifted your swollen tummy and glanced at your incision for the first time with tears in your eyes, I see you.

If you’ve try to cry, laugh or cough but the agonising pain stopped you in your tracks, I see you.

If you’ve felt every deep internal ache and every pull on your stitch as you’ve lent over to console your baby when really you were the one who needed consoling, I see you

If you’ve felt mentally weak and physically vulnerable whilst somehow finding the strength to protect and nurture your baby, I see you

This month isn’t about comparison or measuring experiences. It’s about honouring the reality of birth through surgery; the strength it takes, the recovery it asks of you, and the quiet resilience that lives in every c section warrior 💛

As a Doula and a C-section mum, you are seen and your birth matters 🫶

17/02/2026

I am a true believer that every woman deserves a Doula by her side during her birthing journey. And when it came to my own birth… I made sure I had my own doula too 🫶

I knew I wouldn’t want to be in my frontal brain; the analysing, decision-making, policy-interpreting part of me. I knew I wanted to surrender entirely 🧘🏼‍♀️

My labour unfolded over three days at home. There was laughter, love, there was even an entire day spent in the pool… 💦
Fast forward, we were monitoring my temperature, and when it began to rise and wouldn’t settle, we knew something was shifting. Bub’s head had also begun to swell, as he became a little lodged… 🥺

During one of the midwife changes, hospital transfer & epidural was suggested, with the idea that my body might need to ‘rest and reset’, having only dilated 7cm.
A pivotal moment - Had my doula not have been there, I would have agreed (and deeply regretted this). Because suggestion, when you’re vulnerable and exhausted, carries weight🫸

Once I was grounded by my doula and reminded of my objective, we pushed through for another day, but disappointedly my infection markers didn’t change

I still had fight left in me. That part was devastating. The decision to move was emotional, but it was calm, collected & discussed in detail.
This is where having a doula changed everything.
- I didn’t have to carry the weight of interpretation
- I didn’t have to filter tone from fact.
- I didn’t have to wonder whether something was policy bound or true necessity

Sadly, the safest way to meet my baby became an unplanned caesarean. And with the diagnosis of a Bandl’s ring around my uterus, we knew for certain my baby wouldn’t have to be born vaginally 😭

Was it the birth I had envisioned? No. Was there disappointment? Absolutely! But has my experience led to birth trauma? Thankfully no 💛

Birth will always take its own course, no matter how prepared or knowledgeable you are. Mine is proof of that. But having someone there whose only role is yours and bub’s wellbeing, can completely transform how that journey transpires and the sense that you’re still in control 💪🙏

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