Birth Doula Packages and Prices

Initial zoom and face to face:

• Our zoom and/or our face-to-face meeting gives you, your partner (if you have one) and I time to see if we feel comfortable with each other and ask questions. I look to develop a strong connection with you on our journey through trust, empathy, and an unbiased, non- judgmental perspective. I understand that working together to meet your individual needs, whatever the birth setting (homebirth, or hospital) or type of birth (vaginal, VBAC or caesarean), helps make an already wonderful experience more empowering.

Between our first and second meeting I will ask you to complete a questionnaire which helps me understand more about you, your partner, your family, and your feelings around your birth.

• In our second meeting we will go through the questionnaire together. My aim is to ensure that all women and their birth partners feel prepared, included, and supported and provide evidence-based information so that you can make your own informed decisions. I am passionate about you having autonomy over your birth, that you feel that your voices are heard, and we will explore how we can work together to help you advocate for yourself to achieve this. We will also explore the female pelvis and the journey your baby will make to be born.

Between our second and third meetings I will provide you with templates to use should you wish to write down your birth preferences.

• In our third meeting we will go through your birth preferences, led by your hopes, dreams and past experiences. We will explore all options available, as my aim is to enable you to make your birth as empowering and fulfilling as it can be. We will all practice guided breathing techniques, massage, visualisation, and affirmations, and explore various labour and birth positions and techniques so your partner and I can form continuous support during labour. We will also finalise the practicalities for the birth (hospital bag, planning when to call me and the journey to the hospital if you are not having your baby at home).
• The next time we are together is when you are in labour. My overarching aim is to support with care, comfort and calmness. Create a safe and protected environment which will help to maintain an oxytocin-fuelled sacred space and enable you to feel in control throughout labour and birth. Once your new baby has arrived, I will be there to ensure that you feel settled and comfortable and will be on hand to help with achieving skin to skin, the first feed and provide any information on taking care of yourself and your baby as your postnatal journey into parenthood begins.
• Our fourth meeting will be in the first two weeks after the birth. This is a time for reflection on your experience and a de-brief which brings my recollections and you and your partners together to form a full picture of the birth of your precious baby.