Postnatal Doula South Wales, Cardiff, Bridgend, Pontypridd

As you’re holding your new baby, who is holding you?

Babies come into this world expecting to be loved, held, and have their physical needs met. New mothers also need all the things their babies need - to be fed, to be held, to sleep. In those precious, exhausting early days our ancestral mothers and grandmothers would have surrounded the new mother with care and attention as she got to know her new baby.

As a postnatal doula my role is that of “wise-woman friend”. I am an experienced birth worker who is trauma informed and has supported hundreds of women through their transition to motherhood. I can visit you during those first few weeks with your baby and listen to your birth story, how you are finding becoming a mother… I can make you a cup of tea, massage your feet, tidy up around the house. I am a trained babywearing consultant and am able to teach you how to use a baby sling, I am also a breastfeeding peer supporter and can support you to understand normal breastfed baby behaviour, as well as being a baby massage instructor and supporting you to use positive touch with your baby.

I can weave healing ceremony work into my postnatal doula role, you can learn about Closing the Bones here.

My postnatal visit is £80 plus mileage for two hours and includes

🌹 A home made sourdough loaf

🌹 Warming vegan curry, soup or stew

🌹 Herbal tea to support postnatal womb healing and breastfeeding

🌹 A flower remedy chosen just for you to gently support the energy body

🌹 Option of foot or shoulder massage