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Doula based in Leicestershire. To support YOU, provide evidence-based info, practical skills & the knowledge to make empowered decisions.

Be a pillar of strength, hold space, & validate your feelings. To ensure you are at the heart of this unique journey.

22/06/2026

🌻 Jess who 🌻

A few new people have found their way here recently, so hello 🥰🥹

I did briefly consider one of those ‘here are 10 facts about me’ posts, but I couldn’t think of 10 interesting facts and I’m not convinced anyone needs (or wants) to know my favourite biscuit!

So instead, here’s something I spend a lot of time thinking about…

Pregnancy can be really noisy.

Not necessarily literally (although sometimes that too if you’ve already got children 😅), but noisy in the sense that there’s always something. An appointment. A symptom. Something to Google. Someone else’s opinion. A hundred things you feel like you should be doing.

And sometimes I think what people need most is a bit of space away from all of that.

It’s probably one of the reasons I ended up becoming a doula, and definitely part of the reason I’ve recently started putting together a Pregnancy Relaxation Circle.

Anyway, if you’re new here, welcome. I’m Jess, and I’m really glad you’ve found your way to my little corner of the internet 🌻

P.S. In the spirit of sharing an actual fact about myself, I am spectacularly bad at coping with hot weather. If you see me looking slightly bereft this week, please know I’m simply mourning the loss of jumpers, blankets and temperatures below 20°C.

19/06/2026

🌻 NEW: Pregnancy Relaxation Circle 🌻

Pregnancy is a lot…do we even need to elaborate?!

Am I glowing? Will I ever glow? Why is this baby practising for the Olympics at 3am?! 😅

So, I’ve created a space to step away from all the appointments, advice and endless to-do lists for a while. Join me for a relaxed evening of connection, guided relaxation and hopefully the odd laugh or two.

Whether you’re expecting your first baby or your fifth, this is a chance to slow down, switch off and spend some time focusing on you.

✨ No pressure
✨ No awkward icebreakers
✨ No need to have anything figured out

Just a warm welcome, a hot drink and a little breathing space.

And yes, if you’re navigating the summer holidays whilst growing a human, you’re especially welcome too.

📍 Woodhouse
🗓 Friday 7th August
🕡 6:30pm–8:00pm
💷 £15 / person

Small group, refreshments included. Suitable for any stage of pregnancy

Booking link in bio 🌻 Do shout if you’ve got any questions!

04/06/2026

🌻 Judgement free zone 🌻

People often apologise when I arrive…usually for the washing. Sometimes for the toys. Occasionally for things I genuinely hadn’t noticed until they pointed them out.

I think there’s an assumption that because I’m coming into your home, I’m assessing it somehow. I can promise you, I’m not.

In fact, if your house looked like a show home, I’d probably be a bit disappointed. There is nothing wrong with a tidy house, obvs…but I want to know about you 💛

I like the clues. The books you’ve actually read. The weird ornament you inexplicably love. The child’s drawing that somehow became part of the décor.

The chair that’s clearly your chair…

I’ve never gone home thinking about someone’s washing pile.

I have gone home remembering the people who live there 🫶🏼

02/06/2026

🌻 Right in the feels 🌻

These words meant so much 🥹

When I support a family, my aim isn’t to take centre stage or have all the answers. It’s simply to offer steady, personalised support so that people feel seen, informed and less alone as they navigate pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

I’m so very grateful to have been trusted with this chapter of their story 🫶🏼

11/05/2026

🌻 Brb, crying 🌻

So…Mr. Able has left for puppy university 🦮💛 How lucky we’ve been to play a small part in his journey towards maybe changing someone’s life one day.

For the last 18 months, we’ve shared our home with this cheeky, handsome boy - watched him confidently stroll into completely new situations without a care in the world…while also being stupid enough to walk into a bin because he was too busy looking at a squirrel.

He’s stolen socks, eaten things he absolutely shouldn’t have, invaded the personal space of almost every dog he’s ever met…and somehow still managed to make every human fall in love with him.

And we have too.

He’s off to fulfil a purpose much bigger than us, and I’m incredibly proud of him 🌻 But I can’t pretend I’m not sad today…

Because love isn’t really love without the risk of loss somewhere alongside it.

We’ve loved having you, Mr. Able Bable 🐾🫶🏼

30/04/2026

🌻 Policy is not law 🌻

Every part of your maternity care is voluntary.

Guidelines and policies are just that - guidance. They don’t always account for individual circumstances or nuance.

You have every right to ask questions and understand what’s being recommended.

Especially when it’s your body, your baby, your care…your experience 🫶🏼

24/04/2026

🌻 1:1 Birth Chats 🌻

We often talk about birth plans like it’s something you just…sit down and write.

But if you don’t actually know what your options are yet, it feels more like “where the eff do I even start?” 🫣 Or worse…you start googling and somehow end up more confused than when you began 🙃

You don’t have to figure this out on your own. Sometimes what helps most isn’t more information - it’s having the space to talk things through, ask questions, and make sense of what actually matters to you 🫶🏼

That’s exactly what my 1:1 Birth Chats are for 🌻

A calm, no-pressure space to get your head straight and feel a bit more confident in your decisions. If that sounds like something you’d find helpful, feel free to message me 💛

23/04/2026

🌻 I’m multi-layered 🌻

Consistency is important. Just not here 😆

22/04/2026

🌻 In case you need a reminder 🌻

There’s no timeline on making sense of something big…

20/04/2026

🌻 Caesarean birth & HIE awareness month🌻

This photo was taken a couple of weeks before my first baby was born. We were excited…nervous and completely unaware of what was about to unfold.

Their birth ended in an emergency caesarean and a NICU admission. Afterwards there were questions about what might have happened - including possible Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE).

We never really got clear answers. And honestly, that uncertainty was one of the hardest parts to sit with. We were told ‘just wait and see’.

It was all so incredibly traumatic. And for the longest time afterwards, it felt like something that had changed me in a way I wasn’t sure I’d ever move past.

I share this carefully, because I never want my story to scare anyone. But these experiences do happen - leaving physical and emotional scars.

I know that’s not a unique experience.

When birth is difficult, or just very different to how you expected, it can stay with you. Not just as a memory, but in how you make sense of things afterwards.

That didn’t just disappear for me and in some ways it’s still there. But, it doesn’t feel the same as it once did.

Over time, it’s become one part of my story rather than the whole of it. And it’s a big part of why I do this work, and how I show up in it 💛

If your experience still feels close, or complicated, or a bit unresolved - you’re not the only one.

However it sits with you now…it doesn’t have to stay exactly like that forever.

hie

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