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BIRTH, POSTNATAL & SIBLING DOULA SERVICES. My aim is to assist you to craft a positive and empowering birth experience and a nurtured postpartum

With a passion for childbirth and a background in mothercraft nursing, I'd love to talk to you about your support needs. Whether it be for VBAC, first birth, solo birth or assistance involving your partner, I can customise your birth to meet your needs. Postpartum care also available.

01/03/2026

FREE SEMINAR
The Role and Scope of a Doula

Open to midwives, obstetricians, GPs providing shared care, allied health professionals, students and families who wish to better understand the evidence, role and scope of practice of doulas and how they integrate within multi-disciplinary maternity care.

TOPICS COVERED:
The research and evidence base underpinning doula support, including outcomes and key statistics
The defined role, scope and professional boundaries of doulas
Continuity and individualised support for mothers, partners and families in pregnancy, birth and postpartum
Interprofessional collaboration in practice
Q&A

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Presented by national doula trainers, the aim is to promote clarity, collaboration and shared understanding, while opening space for professional conversation. A marketplace of related services and training providers will be open before and after the session with networking opportunities available during this time.

A handout can be provided for CPD logbook purposes.

The seminar is on the final day of the Australian Doula Conference, to register for this free session, click the link in bio

15/10/2024

Light a light for all the babies who didn”t stay

28/03/2024

Since the dawn of time women have supported women: to gather knowledge, to educate, to share resources, to support, to remind of inner strength, to listen deeply, to gatekeep, to point out choices available, to cheer on, to provide a shoulder to cry on or arms to hold, to give space. To care.

Happy World Doula Week!

04/04/2023

What a brilliant start to my 50th I’ve had. The year of Kylee started with the bucket list adventure challenge of climbing Cradle Mountain. Thanks to those who came along on my adventure - it was a heck of a climb but we did it and it was spectacular! We then travelled over Tassie with my Mum, reliving many childhood memories and catching up with her last cousin and drank in all that we could of the beauty of Tassie as well as stopping at many cellar doors for actual drinks (and we had pretty great weather while we did). Next on the list …

27/11/2021

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There was a huge response yesterday to the our repost of Hannah Dahlen’s summation of the Mothers and Babies Report.

How do we make a difference here in Australia? This. The BESt study which collaborated with UWS on.
It has been translated into many languages to get a broad range of responses, and it is CLOSING on November 30th.

If you had a baby in Australia in the last 5 years, please take part in this study. We want to hear your experience. We’ve had a huge response and we need MORE… numbers are what makes a difference. Have your say.

Link in our bio until 30th November.

Posted • The BESt survey is closing on 30th November!

If you have not completed the survey or you have started but not completed it then this is your last chance to be in the largest national birth experience study ever undertaken!

Include your experience, every experience matters!

Link to survey: https://surveyswesternsydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d7lb1dyOczveOxw

10/11/2021

Dr Sara Wickham has a new book out “In Your Own Time - How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop”.
Moving on from her previous bestseller about induction, Sara shines the light on more recent research and studies so women can make informed choices because many hospitals induction policies are not evidence based.
Bonus- this one is available as an e-book, which is just as well because even though it was only officially released yesterday, the book is out of stock at many retailers.
I recommend anyone pregnant or making preparations read this because if you’re going to birth in a hospital you will be offered an induction and better that you know the evidence ahead of time than be confronted with the decision under pressure at the pointy end of pregnancy.

https://books2read.com/InYourOwnTime

03/10/2021

BirthTime - the Documentary is now available to stream. With lockdowns continuing the BirthTime team decided to move up the streaming timetable. An incredibly moving and important documentary asking what would it take for every woman to emerge from their birth physically well and emotionally safe. Exploring the gold standard of continuity of care, one woman one midwife, this beautifully shot film is a must see for not only all women but all families. https://www.birthtime.world/stream-now.

20/09/2021

Growing and birthing a baby takes a lot out of you, literally and postnatal depletion occurs when you don’t top up lost or depleted nutrients after birth. Traditional and ethnokinship cultures have been managing this situation for centuries with the practise of a postnatal confinement in the first weeks and months.

During this confinement, or “fourth trimester”, the mother would stay indoors, rest, recover and feed her baby. Women from the family or community would prepare special meals to rebuild her energy and replace lost nutrients, help her keep rested and warm and look after other children and the house.

In China this is known as zuo yuezi and lasts for a month. Indian jaapa and Persian chilla lasts for 40 days as does la cuarentena in Latin America countries. In Pakistan sawa mahina translates to five weeks and in Korea samchil-il lasts 21 days. In England and the West, lying-in could last anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months but has severely dwindled in recent decades in technocentric cultures.

The fourth trimester practices of mothering the mother are observed to ensure recovery and avoid ill health in later years. As more is learnt, or re-learnt should I say, about postpartum care we come to understand how the first forty days can impact the next 40 years. Not just the health benefits of avoiding depletion but allowing a transition into motherhood as well.

It’s for this reason I’m launching a postnatal meal service. Cooking warm, comforting, nutrient rich meals to help give you a great start to your recovery and help prevent depletion. Soups, one-handed meals, bowls, brunch, dinners for 2 as well as snacks. As I cook for you (also shop and clean up afterwards) you have more time for lying in with your bub and can put your energy into bonding and feeding and replenishing lost stores.

Check out the menu, loaded with organic grains, vegetables galore and grass fed or organic proteins. Each dish has a strong nutritional base and either needs to simply be reheated or finished off. Stored in recyclable containers, put some in the freezer for later in the week.

Contact me through my website and let’s talk food.

**Please note: with my LGA in lockdown I am offering a weekly / twice weekly drop-off service.

08/08/2021

Sometimes breastmilk can take a little longer to come in for example if you’ve had gestational diabetes, trauma, severe stress from a premature birth, PPH, retained placenta, an emergency caesarean or even strict bedrest during your pregnancy to name a few. Delayed onset of lactation can be a normal reaction to these situations but there are things you try to keep your breastfeeding journey on track.

IBCLC: Get help as soon as possible if your milk isnt in by day 3. An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) is the best person to help here. If you’re in the hospital, there should be one on staff, if youre already home you can usually still access the hospital for assistance or hire a private one. The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) has a list on their website, as well as round the clock counsellors if you need a chat.

Donor milk: Mothers who have an over supply often donate their milk. It’s available for premature babies in the NICU from a Milk Bank but there’ll also be groups in your local area, like HM4HB, that will be able to get you donor milk to use.

Line Feeder: Hook yourself up to a supplemental line feeder filled with donor milk and put your baby to your breast - often. As they feed, they stimulate your breasts to help bring your milk in and the line feeds them the donated breastmilk so they don’t go hungry.

Feed Often: The first hour, then the first 3 hours and the first 3 days are very important for “switching on” your milk ducts and setting up your milk supply for the next 6 months. Feeding often is key and also makes sense when you think they have had 24/7 access to a buffet while inside. If your baby is sleepy or ill after birth then feed as often as possible and pump, pump, pump in between.

Skin to Skin: Keeping your bub skin to skin, both of you, is not only good for reducing stress and invoking calm (again for both of you) but it increases oxytocin and prolactin, hormones essential for production and release of breastmilk.

You may not know your milk is delayed until it doesn’t come in but if any of the above situations have occurred in your pregnancy or birth, it’s a possibility. So seek assistance, set yourself up for the best possible outcome and stay as close to your baby as you can.

Photo credit: Scarymommy.com

06/08/2021

The Golden Hour, The Sacred Hour, The Magic Hour, The Enchantment Hour -all names for the first hour after birth.
Keep your baby skin to skin – don’t rub baby down too much, especially their hands and don’t put clothes on, place a towel over both of you. This will allow for the most amount of skin contact to let them take full advantage of the microbiome living on your skin as part of their immune enhancement. Take advantage of the high oxytocin levels in you both to create a lasting bonding association bathed in the love hormone. It also allows baby to have that important first feed in the first hour and as many as they need in the first 3, setting them, and you up, for successful breastfeeding.
Not being separated for the first hour – minimum, ideally for the first 3 can make an incredible difference to your breastfeeding journey. Everything that needs to be done to baby can be done on mums chest and everything else can wait.

Photo credit: Chiara Doveri / Birth Becomes Her

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