Calm, practical, caring doula support through your pregnancy, birth and beyond
How doula support can help you
As your doula I am here to support you as your trusted companion throughout your pregnancy, labour and birth. I'll provide practical support and suggestions, sign-post you to credible and reliable information and I'll be here to listen and talk to you about all your options. I'll help you - and your partner - feel well-prepared and well-supported.
I want you to be able to reflect on your birth positively, knowing it was the right birth for you on the day. To make that happen, I ensure you have good evidence-based information so you can make fully informed choices. I help you create birth plan that you trust and feel confident in. I'll encourage you to create a safe and secure birth space - however your baby is going to be born.
It also means being present with you the day your baby is born, bringing the reassurance of someone you know and trust, and who knows and trusts you. I am someone your partner can rely on, and who can offer you the comfort, reassurance and support you need. I want you to feel calm, grounded, prepared and ready for the intense and wonderful whirlwind that is birth
"Honestly we would have been lost without you. Our gorgeous rock that sat by when needed, never asked, then stepped up to be incredible support"
Rachel, second time Mum after birth trauma
I support births at home, in birth centres, hospitals and planned caesarean births. All the support I offer is completely tailored to you:
The Birth Doula Support Package
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The Doula Support Packages
Every birth marks an extraordinary turning point in your life and your family. Every birth deserves to treated with care, respect and excitement! However you choose to have your baby - or your baby chooses to be born - there is support for you. The packages are an illustration of the support I'll offer you, which is tailored to completely to your and your partner and your family.
These packages are called the Diana Packages, named for my lovely Mum, Deirdre Diana, who was kind and empathetic, determined and resilient, great fun and a great thinker. You would have loved her.
The Birth Doula support package
Birth Doula support is for you if you are looking for complete continuity of care throughout your pregnancy and birth. I'll support you as you create your personalised birth planning, and write a birth plan for your midwives. We'll create a plan for your birth that gives you complete confidence for every eventuality. I'll help you navigate the complexities of the NHS, should you need to. And on the day your baby is born I'll be there to give you and your partner the practical support, encouragement and reassurance you need.
Included in the Birth Doula Support package
3x 2hr hypnobirthing-based antenatal sessions
Virtual Support in an on-going WhatsApp group 7am-9pm
On-call 24/7 from your 39th week of pregnancy
In-person attendance at your birth
Settling you, your baby and your partner together for the first few hours
2 weeks postnatal support via WhatsApp 7am-9pm
A postnatal visit to review your birth and offer Fourth Trimester support and sign-posting
Let's have a chat about what you want and need and whether I could be the right doula for your
Click here to book a free first call, or email me at charlie@thegoodbirthpractice.co.uk
The Pocket Doula Support Package
We developed this framework of support during COVID, when we weren't able to provide the in-person we'd always been able to offer. To our surprise, it worked really well for lots of women and families. Here, you get all the continuity and personalised preparation and care you have with a birth doula, the only difference is that when your labour starts, I join you remotely, with video and voice calls and messages, rather than in-person.
This is the perfect package for you if you want all the personalised support, and the freedom to speak to a trusted birth companion whenever you want, but just don't feel that you need an extra person in your birth room. Or perhaps you think I am the right doula support for you, but live outside my 'patch' - I can offer this support in the UK and internationally.
It is also a more cost-effective form of support.
Included in the Pocket Doula Support Package
3x 2hr hypnobirthing-based antenatal sessions
Virtual Support in an on-going WhatsApp group 7am-9pm
On-call 24/7 from your 39th week of pregnancy
Virtual support during your labour and birth via WhatsApp voice and video call and message
Settling you, your baby and your partner together for the first few hours
2 weeks postnatal support via WhatsApp 7am-9pm
A postnatal visit to review your birth and offer Fourth Trimester support and sign-posting
If you think Pocket Doula Support could work for you and your partner drop me a line and let's book a free first chat.
You can click here to contact me or email me at charlie@thegoodbirthpractice.co.uk
The Caesarean Birth Doula Support Package
Do doula's support caesarean births? Of course we do!
All births are important, transformational life events, and your planned caesarean birth is no different. I can doula you through practical preparations for your birth, ways for your birth partner to support you, and post-caesarean recovery hints and tips. I can join you in hospital on the day supporting you through the preparations for theatre and postnatally.
It's important to say that I have supported many beautiful births in theatre - but joining you and your partner in theatre
is at the discretion of the surgical team on the day.
Included in the Caesarean Birth Doula Support Package
2x 2hr hypnobirthing-based antenatal sessions
Virtual Support in an on-going WhatsApp group 7am-9pm
In-person support throughout the day of your birth
Settling you, your baby and your partner together for the first few hours
2 weeks postnatal support via WhatsApp 7am-9pm
A postnatal visit to review your birth and offer Fourth Trimester support and sign-post
If you're planning a caesarean birth and would like like doula support to make it the most positive and memorable experience it can be, get in touch and let's book a free first call to chat about how it can work for you.
You can message me here, or email me at charlie@thegoodbirthpractice.co.uk
Emma, planned caesarean birth