Krysia Lynch - Dublin Doula

25/05/2026

Comprehensive Doula Training 2026 2027 is now registering. DM for link to free info session tomorrow at 730pm

Currently €950 worth of bonuses available for all early bird sign ups PLUS long payment plan of €200 a month for 10 months.

More details and sign up here https://www.dublindoula.com/doula-training-course-with-krysia-lynch

19/05/2026

What is the difference between a midwife and a doula? Are doulas just wannabe midwives? Find out some of the differences in training, approach, continuity and functions. Also find out why so many midwives are considering switching career to being a doula. Can doulas act as midwives in freebirths? What are the legal implications of working as a birthkeeper in Ireland? For this and much more find the DOULAVERSE and listen in where you get your podcasts.

Next Comprehensive Doula Training starts October 2026. Suitable for midwives looking to move out of obstetric settings, suitable for people who know lots about birth, suitable for people who have never given birth, suitable for people who know nothing but feel a call, suitable for those with great personal birth experiences, with challenging experiences and also with no experiences at all.

The training is also offered live on zoom and by playback!

Currently there are amazing bonus offers which end 30th June 2026 - link in bio

DM me to join the live information session on May 26th 730pm

More details here: https://www.dublindoula.com/doula-training-course-with-krysia-lynch





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18/05/2026

Doula! Sometimes labours are super short and sometimes much longer. Its not unusual for a first labour or a VBAC labour to take 24 hours or more, and as a doula I don't charge more for long labours, as I figure the universe will work it out!

So yesterday there was a nice balancing of the super short labour i attended last month with a long but beautiful journey to meet a beautiful baby girl.

As there had been a challenging previous experience, the goal was on healing this time. This client had specifically selected a private obstetrician for continuity of care, so was disappointed to hear that at 40+2 he was away. That means of course you are at the mercy of whomsoever is on call, which is the exact reason you pick someone beforehand to eliminate at least one of the unknowns of labour and birth.

However, I have to say the sensitivity of the doctor on call was really impressive. Of course it's not going to be the same, because you've built up a relationship with someone over many months, but none the less my client received kind compassionate and sensitive care that went above and beyond.

This is where having a doula helps. As doulas, we know our clients, we build up relationships with them over months, (and sometimes years if they are second clients), it's quite different to the engagement with a HCP on the day labour starts. For example this client first contacted me in September 2025; which feels like a life time ago.

We went into hospital at dawn on Saturday and baba finally came at 2am on Sunday morning What a marathon this sweet brave mama and her amazing husband managed. They made it look easy! At 12am two hours before baby came; they were still dancing!

If you are interested in my doula trainings or in receiving doula support, see link in bio, DM me or find me here on insta.

Registrations for the Comprehensive Doula Training 2026 - 7 are now OPEN More info here: https://www.dublindoula.com/doula-training-course-with-krysia-lynch/

All blessing on this new family and their beautuful baby girl! What a privilege to be their doula!

28/04/2026

Doula! Having taught a doula training for two days on Saturday and Sunday,, I was just preparing to head home from the city centre, when my phone rang to hear that "things were starting" from my current doula client (39 weeks)!

I am always fascinated as to how babies and mammas will wait for the person they need for their labour and birth! My doula client had been so well supported by my second doula during my teaching hours on Saturday and Sunday, but yet pretty much the minute I stopped teaching, labour started!

Labour has its own sweet energy and rhythm that we can never control! As doulas, our goal is to seek it, to feel it, and to flow and respond to it enabling our clients to be their best birthing selves. Also, we know our clients, we build up relationships with them over months, and sometimes years if they are second clients, it's quite different to the engagement with a HCP

Anyway, I got home at just after 630pm, told my client planning a home birth, to give me a shout once the tempo of the surges had increased, and if no change, to just text me that in an hour. I managed to grab some dinner, unpack my car, and change my clothes when the text came 45 minutes later,asking me to come over, nd to drive not to walk!

After about an hour of supporting this amazing mama boss her surges and getting the pool sorted, we called the midwife and half an hour later without too much fuss or ado a baby girl arrived

Another short sweet labour. Must be the energy of the ever growing sun!

We were all in awe and surprise! Cos first time mothers have long labours don't they? And they usually go over don't they? Not always!

It was myprivilegee to be there to see such a beautiful labour and birth and to work alongside such amazing midwives

If you are interested in my doula trainings or in receiving doula support, see link in bio, DM me or find me here

Next training is the mega Comprehensive Doula Training 2026 - 7 which starts registering on 1st May 2026. More info here: https://www.dublindoula.com/doula-training-course-with-krysia-lynch/

All blessing on this new family and their beautuful baby girl!

24/04/2026

Lactation Doula Training

25th and 26rh April 2026

Last chance to do it live for 2026
Two spots left

What you get:
16 hours of instruction
75 page manual
Life time access to recordings
Membership of peer support group
Lactation Doula Certificate
The confidence to support people in their breastfeeding journey

What you'll learn:
Everything doulas, birth workers and complementary therapists need to know about breastfeeding support in a highly medicalised birthing system.

You'll study theory and physiology but also practical tools to help the following
1. The sleepy baby
2. The baby that doesn't latch
3. Constantly feeding babies
4. When milk supply is low
5. Transitioning from CMF to breastmilk and vice versa
AND MUCH MUCH MORE

See https://www.dublindoula.com/breastfeeding-support-training-for-doulas or link in bio

Available in person in Dublin
Live by zoom all over the world
On demand by playback

Cost €395 40 HOURS Lactation Doula Certificate available.

Payment plan available

DM with questions!



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little.birds.iewillow.doula

23/04/2026

How can I help you breastfeed?
Unbelievably for Ireland studies show that about ¾ mothers interviewed antenatally actually want and plan to breastfeed their babies, but somewhere along that continuum from antenatal visit to coming home from hospital with their newborn baby things change, and we know that only about 35% of women actually do breastfeed their baby exclusively after giving birth. What influences this decline in breastfeeding and how can we as doulas and other birth workers and health care specialists reverse it and support mothers in their feeding journeys to achieve their own goals rather than those set by a medicalised birthing culture? If you want to find out, listen in to the latest episode of the Doulaverse here or wherever you get your podcasts.
https://www.dublindoula.com/podcast/how-can-help-yo-breastfeed

If you genuinely want to be part of the change and offer support to breastfeeding families, then maybe my Lactation Doula Training is for you?

Next in person training is 25th to 26th April in Dublin

Available in person in Dublin
Live by zoom all over the world
On demand by playback

Cost €395 40 HOURS Lactation Doula Certificate available.

Payment plan available

DM with questions!

More details here:https://www.dublindoula.com/breastfeeding-support-training-for-doulas

PS this is a unique training offered by an IBCLC specifically to suit doulas and other postnatal care givers. It is entirely bespoke and founded on the 20 years of experience I have in working with postnatal mothers focusing on solving problems and identifying solutions to the most common issues people face..



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22/04/2026

Lactation Doula Training

25th and 26rh April 2026

Limited places

What you get:
16 hours of instruction
75 page manual
Life time access to recordings
Membership of peer support group
Lactation Doula Certificate
The confidence to support people in their breastfeeding journey

What you'll learn:
Everything doulas, birth workers and complementary therapists need to know about breastfeeding support in a highly medicalised birthing system.

You'll study theory and physiology but also practical tools to help the following
1. The sleepy baby
2. The baby that doesn't latch
3. Constantly feeding babies
4. When milk supply is low
5. Transitioning from CMF to breastmilk and vice versa
AND MUCH MUCH MORE

See https://www.dublindoula.com/breastfeeding-support-training-for-doulas

Available in person in Dublin
Live by zoom all over the world
On demand by playback

Cost €395 40 HOURS Lactation Doula Certificate available.

Payment plan available

DM with questions!



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little.birds.iewillow.doula

14/04/2026

Baroness Amos spoke to over 8,000 people in the UK about maternity care. Many of the aspects that she highlighted as gaps also feature in the Irish Maternity Services.

Listen in to this week's episode of The Doulaverse to hear Niamh Griffin Health Correspondent with the Irish Examiner and myself discuss some of these in more detail including institutional racism, lack of choice in care options, poor communication, maternal death, coercion, over medicalisation of labour and birth, poor working conditions, understaffing and lack of open disclosure.

09/04/2026

I m in the Irish Examiner today discussing gaps in Irish Maternity care and the need to listen to women.

It's 10 years since the National Maternity Strategy and we still have a long way to go before we can say that women s need in pregnancy labour and birth are being met and .that people are actually being listened to.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41823935.html

Advocate highlights persistent issues in Irish maternity services, including communication failures, lack of trust and gaps in patient care