About me.
My journey as a doula started in 2007 after an empowering homebirth. Having a homebirth felt so normal and yet I was confronted with many challenges. I hired a doula who reflected back my own voice to enable me to trust my instincts and my daughter’s birth became the most amazing experience in my life. I had given birth to my firstborn son, 2 years earlier without much support and the whole experience felt very out of my control.
Having a doula to support me through my homebirth enabled me to trust my instincts and follow my dream. She nurtured me through my second birth and gave me the information I needed to make choices and feel listened to.
And this is why I decided to be a doula to support other women to have peaceful and enjoyable birth experiences.
Having a doula gives women support to feel confident about their bodies, their feelings and their decisions at a time of life when contradictory advice can be damaging.
I undertook a preparation course in 2007 with "The Birth Consultancy' (now known as Mindful Doulas' and am now a recognised and experienced birth doula providing postnatal support.
I have a DipHe in Antenatal Education, ratified by the University of Bedfordshire in 2010, this means I have a licence to practice with the NCT (National Childbirth Trust). I have completed study days in normal labour, abnormal labour, care of the labouring woman and attended the Sheffield Homebirth Conference 2008 & 2010, 2011.
I have attended lectures run by Ina May Gaskin http://www.inamay.com/ 'Ina May's Guide to Childbirth' and Dr Sarah Buckley (http://www.sarahbuckley.com/ ), both inspirational women.
In 2011, I undertook a Birthing from Within 'Birth Art Course' with Pam England and become an instructor with the new and exciting ‘Dancing For BirthTM’ http://www.dancingforbirth.com/home.html, see page for more details.
