‘Doula’ is Greek for "woman servant" = a woman who supports another woman (or a couple) during pregnancy, birth and in the postnatal period. She stays by the side of the mother and parents as long as birth takes, offering calm reassurance and physical support.
Lydia BIRTH DOULA
As your Birth doula and trusted person at your side I support and respect your choices in childbirth, be it in hospital, birthing centre or home birth. I will help you to build your confidence, clarify your choices and to feel empowered to birth your baby.
Our Antenatal Time
Labour & Birth
Postnatal Time
Your investment - £900 + parking and taxi transfer home from hospital - I offer a payment plan !
As your Birth doula and trusted person at your side I support and respect your choices in childbirth, be it in hospital, birthing centre or home birth. I will help you to build your confidence, clarify your choices and to feel empowered to birth your baby.
Our Antenatal Time
- informal first meeting, online or in person to get to know each other
- minimum of 2 antenatal meetings
- discuss your birth preferences, enabling you to make conscious and informed choices in birth wishes
- discussing worries & questions
- active birth preparation - journey of labour, labour progress, brain and hormones dynamics
- rebozo massage, affirmation
- getting to know siblings and other family members
- email and phone contact weekdays (for emergencies all days)
- access to books / videos from my library
- helping you to set up your birth space, use of birth pool
- on call 24/7 from 38 weeks - 42 weeks
Labour & Birth
- continues emotional help & physical help throughout your labour and birth
- making sure you are respected and feeling safe
- respecting your choices for labour and birth
- offer of massage
- acupressure
- rebozo massage
- support with undisturbed golden hour after birth to bond with your baby
- placenta smoothie if you like (Home Birth)
- helping you with the first feed
- birth pool use for your home birth
Postnatal Time
- min of 1 postnatal visit to debrief your birth experience, admiring your baby,
- helping with breastfeeding
- help with baby care, help around the house
Your investment - £900 + parking and taxi transfer home from hospital - I offer a payment plan !
One-to-one personalised ANTENATAL SESSIONS
How do you feel about labour and birth? What would you like to know to be better prepared? During my my birth journey sessions I will talk about,
How do you feel about labour and birth? What would you like to know to be better prepared? During my my birth journey sessions I will talk about,
- Planning your birth – Birth place , your options. Creating a safe and comfortable atmosphere for birth. Managing expectations – creating a birth plan that is flexible, being open to change whatever your birth experience
- Managing labour - What to expect throughout the birthing journey. Physiology of labour, role of hormones. Understanding the physiology of the pelvis, how its shape can affect your labour, positive interventions that can help baby travel through the pelvis. Use of rebozo & acupressure techniques
- Coping with labour - Massage & relaxation. How movement can help facilitate birthing.
- Use of rebozo & acupressure techniques
- Birthing your baby – Comfortable labour and birth positions
- After birth – birth of placenta, golden hour, breastfeeding
- Staying positive – being overdue
REBOZO MASSAGE
How a long piece of beautiful cotton can help you during pregnancy and labour.
“Rebozo” means “shawl” in Spanish. It’s a traditional Mexican shawl about 4-5 feet in length. It is a multifunctional tool used during labor and birth.
How a long piece of beautiful cotton can help you during pregnancy and labour.
“Rebozo” means “shawl” in Spanish. It’s a traditional Mexican shawl about 4-5 feet in length. It is a multifunctional tool used during labor and birth.
- to alleviate aches and pains of pregnancy
- light sifting to allow more room in the womb for baby to move into the best position for labour and birth
- for holding, carrying, warming, hiding, relaxation, massage of womb and pelvis
- tool for postnatal massage & closing mother's hip to help body to coming back to herself
- baby carrier
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ACUPRESSURE
I offer acupressure for natural labour induction and pain relief during labour and birth. Acupressure is the lesser-known companion to acupuncture. The idea is to relieve pain and prevent illness. But instead of needles, acupressure requires physical pressure to be applied to points that run along your body’s meridian system. Most common pressure points for labour induction & pain relief are Bladder 60, Spleen 6 , Bladder 32. |
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BIRTH POOL HIRE
I offer Birth Pool Hire for your Home Birth
Inflatable La Bassine Birth Pool - £50
incl. cover, air pump, sub water pump, hose, thermometer.
Pool liner need to be ordered separately. For more information see
https://labassinebirthpools.co.uk
Lydia POSTNATAL DOULA
Protecting the 4th Trimester
The first weeks after the birth are crucial for the mum to recover from giving birth and bond with her new baby. I’ll be able to offer you a helping pair of hands, emotional support and non-judgemental suggestion, giving you the time to enjoy those precious first few weeks, -whether that means you spending time with baby while I get on with all the ‘stuff’ that builds up in house, or taking baby while you get some precious ‘me time’.
I have supported first time mums, mums with more than 3 children, parent with newborn twins.
Postnatal support can include
The first weeks after the birth are crucial for the mum to recover from giving birth and bond with her new baby. I’ll be able to offer you a helping pair of hands, emotional support and non-judgemental suggestion, giving you the time to enjoy those precious first few weeks, -whether that means you spending time with baby while I get on with all the ‘stuff’ that builds up in house, or taking baby while you get some precious ‘me time’.
I have supported first time mums, mums with more than 3 children, parent with newborn twins.
Postnatal support can include
- helping with breast feeding
- support and signposting with newborn care including feeding
- listening and supporting you as you make the transition to motherhood
- light cooking for you and siblings
- tidying
- appointments like baby health clinic, breast feeding support
- sibling care
- food shopping
