The support expectant parents receive from birth doulas can be invaluable. Birth changing. Life changing. Because with a doula, as well as being by your side during birth, a lot of our work is actually done before labour even begins. As doulas we work with you during your pregnancy, arming you with information and knowledge, walking through the options and choices you have, supporting you with your decision making, helping you to understand how your mind and body work when it comes to childbirth, so that by the time labour begins, you're at a place where you feel confident, safe, relaxed and ready.  Here are 9 reasons to hire a Birth Doula:...

Why did I become a doula? Why did I leave the stable world of accountancy, for the unpredictability of birth work? The short answer, is that I wanted to make a difference. The long answer? Well, grab a cuppa and let's go back, way back. Back to me being pregnant with my first baby, back in 2012. ...

Earlier in the year I supported a client at a home water birth. They had a birth pool, so to protect their flooring they had bought some self-adhesive carpet protection roll. You know, the stuff that decorators use. It took me and my client's husband a matter of seconds to cover the entire floor, and once it was down it stayed down. It didn't budge at all until I pulled it up after the birth, it provided grippiness so we didn't have to worry about slipping over (unlike tarp or shower curtains), it didn't make annoying crinkly noises and, of course, it protected their floor. And when I did pull it all up it left the carpet looking like it had been freshly vacuumed. Bonus!...