My Support & Packages

We Talk About Every Subject In Detail Ensuring You Can Completely Understand

Your Birth Vision: What does your perfect birth look like right now? Do you have any non-negotiables?

Stages of Labour: Walking through each stage in detail to understand the process and know what to expect. As well as what is happening within your body before you go into labour & what happens after you have given birth.

Understanding Your Body: Learning about your uterus, the muscles involved in labour, the hormones that play a role in labour and birth & how to work with your body instead of against it.

Birthing Environment: We discus the importance of your birthing environment & how it impacts your birth. From where you are choosing to birth, to what it physically looks & the people who are in your space and how they effect you.

Feeding Your Baby: Discussing breastfeeding and bottle-feeding options, tips & how to prepare for your feeding journey. 

Looking After Your Baby: What your baby actually needs from you, emotionally & physically. As well as some practical things like how to put clothes on a baby, how to change a nappy & tips for soothing a baby.

Birth Mapping: We play this choose your own journey board game to visualise your birth,  thoroughly discuss the possible interventions and scenarios that could pop up during labour & birth, helping you to navigate choices and possibilities with confidence. This makes writing your birth preferences a lot clearer.

Postpartum Planning: We plan for your postpartum period to ensure you have the support, boundaries, and space you need for a healthy and harmonious transition to parenthood.

Partner Support: Empowering your partner with knowledge and techniques to be your rock during the postpartum period, especially in supporting with feeding and nurturing

Comfort Measures Galore: We go through the '50 Comfort Measures' flashcards from The Naked Doula, pinpointing those that resonated most with you.

Massage Techniques: Together, we will explore various massage methods, including soft touch massage to enhance oxytocin levels and specific techniques for relieving muscle soreness. These hands-on skills are a valuable resource for your labour & birth. 

Pressure Points and Positions: We practice the hip squeeze and talk about other pressure points to interrupt the signals of the power from your uterus getting to your brain. We also go through positions for active labor, focusing on how movement can help your baby move through the birth canal more effectively.

Pushing Positions: We talk positions that encourage efficient pushing, aiming for 2 steps forward one step back with each contraction to help your baby in their earthside journey.