If you're expecting a baby in Hampshire or West Sussex, you might be wondering whether hiring a birth doula is right for you. Whether you're planning to give birth at a hospital, a midwife-led birth centre or at home - having a doula means having someone in your corner who is there entirely for you. In this guide, I'll share what a doula does, how I support births across this region and what makes doula care different. What is a role of a Birth Doula? A birth doula is a trained companion who...

The days and weeks after birth are unlike anything else. You're recovering, learning, falling in love, running on no sleep - and often doing all of it with very little support around you. A postnatal doula doesn't just help with the baby. She's there for you - the woman underneath all of it. What is a Postpartum Doula? A postnatal doula is a trained companion who supports new mothers and families in the weeks after birth. Unlike a midwife or health visitor, whose visits are brief and...

Across cultures and throughout history, one of the most fundamental human experiences there is. And yet somewhere along the way, we collectively began to believe that birth was something women needed help to do. That it required oversight, management, intervention - from partners, from professionals, from systems built around the assumption that the body, left to itself, might not be trusted. This belief didn't arrive overnight. It was absorbed slowly - through medicalized maternity care,...