RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT WITH DOULA INVOLVEMENT YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE THE KIND OF BIRTH YOU WANT AND LESS LIKELY TO HAVE MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS.
YES – add me to the statistics!!!
I credit Anne with the fact that I…:
- Birthed at home.
- Birthed without fear.
- Had an incredible positive birth that was magical.
- Had a totally un-medicated birth (something I would never have imagined possible).
- Had minimal involvement from midwives during birth.
I felt like a powerful goddess birthing my son . It was so magical and incredible that I wish I could get to relive it again.
I highly recommend Anne (and do to many) for her Doula qualities, hypnobirthing course and for being such a genuinely lovely amazing person.
Anne gave me the birthing experience I could only have dreamed of and we shall always be so grateful to her.
She is so incredibly knowledgeable, supportive, caring, nurturing and a great advocate for women.
I experienced a lot of opposition from medics regards birthing at home. If I had not had Anne’s support I would not have had the confidence to push through on having a home birth. Anne was always able to centre me and be my calm when I wobbled.
Anne did so much for me:
- Trained me in hypnobirthing (truly amazing, amazing, amazing)
- Developed my knowledge
- Developed my skills
- Gave me confidence
- Helped de-stress me
- Informed me of my rights which led me to being able to get a good plan in place with the hospital (that was in line with my wishes and which I was in control of)
- Supported me
- Was my safe space
- Championed me
- Advocated for me
- Empowered me
- Loaned me books and birthing equipment eg birth swing, tens machine
- Held space for me when I needed it
- Made me laugh when I needed it
- Attended hospital meetings with me
- Gently and respectfully challenged medics on my behalf when I needed it
- Researched stuff for me
- Nurtured me
- Did fear release exercises with me
- Helped me with morning sickness
- Was always at the end of the phone when I needed her
- Made me delicious cake
- Gave me confidence to have my 3 year old present at the birth and ideas of how I could prepare her (was so special that she got to be there and help daddy tie the tie cord and cut the cord)
- Helped with the set up the birthing space and filled pool
- Was on call for the birth
- Provided me with hypnobirthing meditations
- Attended my birth and instinctively knew what I needed and when I needed it
- Gave breastfeeding support
- Captured special moments of my birth and us bonding as a family via video and photos
- Called postpartum with lovely gift for baby