Birth Roots
As your Doula I support you and your family on your unique path towards birth, and beyond. I bring focused care and nurturing holding, paying attention to both the clear needs that are present and the more subtle ones that emerge along the way
I am able to help you plan for the birth you'd like, offer reassurance and practical tips for your birth partner while caring holistically for your family
With full birth support, I'm able to provide
continuity of care throughout your pregnancy, labour, birth and into post-partum.
I will be available for phone and email contact from the time we decide to work together and I am also able to attend appointments with you, as a support, listener and as an advocate, if this is something you find you need
Any information I gather for you will be balanced, well-researched and evidence based,
giving you the best chance of choosing what is right for you and your baby at all stages
The best tools I bring to a birth space are presence, stillness and a strong faith and trust in your ability to birth your baby well, in the knowledge that you are capable, strong and supported by the holding conditions - an enabling environment, care team,
and the feeling that your birth is unhurried and undisturbed
You may also benefit from touch therapy - reflexology, acupressure, massage and rebozo~ this ancient practice uses a long piece of material, traditionally a Mexican shawl, to gently massage and
relax the broad round ligaments that support the pelvis, encouraging relaxation, helping your body prepares for the release of birth. I was shown this gift through those that had directly learned from Rocio Alarcon
I'm able to use homeopathic remedies for birth, assessing your needs and choosing a compatible remedy to promote
your body's own ability to go with the flow of birth, and to aid subsequent healing
Some of the things having a Doula can help with:
Shorter labour journey
Decrease the chance of Caesarean birth
Reduce epidural requests
Reduce chances of instrumental delivery
Decrease the need for pain medication or intervention
Support Fathers/other parent, to be part of and enjoy their role within the shared birth experience
Increase maternal satisfaction
Initiate successful breastfeeding
Mothermoon
A baby is born. A new Mother is born too
My role as a post partum Doula is one of support and conscious presence with the intention of Mothering the Mother, gently supporting the transition to parenthood, helping it to unfold smoothly in the days and weeks following birth, while responding to the changing needs within it
Time taken here to rest recover and nourish oneself here is always worthwhile, acknowledging and slowly moving through this adjustment phase, while the whole family adapt to their new rhythm
Care naturally includes tending the physical healing that takes place following birth as the body centres back inwards while it simultaneously expands to tend the new baby. This will encompass restorative rest for you,
while providing focused care for needs that arise, all of which will help you ease gently into your Mothermoon. You may need assisatnce in preparing nutritious foods, light household duties and generally taking away some responsibilities, enabling you to be with your baby while establishing your preferred feeding choice.
Breastfeeding support is available along with signposting to othersupport groups and hubs
Massage may feature, for relaxation and theraputic benefits, or more specifically centred on the abdomen and womb area, using warming oils and belly wrapping to provide holding and healing
I carefully consider your emotional health, offering time and space for you to share your birth story, for you to have chance to fully reflect, process and integrate your labour and birth journey .. a holistically cared for Mother is more solidly placed to flourish into her new role
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Birth Doula Package
£1000
An initial telephone connection
Two antenatal preparation sessions
On call 24/7 for a month, from 38 weeks-42weeks, longer on call periods can be arranged
Labour and birth support
One postnatal visit ~ opportunity for more
Available for phone and email contact
Access to book library
Free loan of TENS machine
KGHypnobirthing course at reduced price for Doula clients ~ £200
Belly cast, can be done within an antenatal session, or as an extra session
(additional AN and PN visits by arrangement, charged at £25ph)
Post-partum Doula
minimum 2 hours per visit
£25 ph
For new Mother/Parent, baby and family, supporting all needs
Mothering the Mother, in a holistic, nurturing and nourishing way
I offer time and focused care so that you are able rest and recover from birth, giving all the support you need with your feeding method of choice and for you to feel deeply cared for and considered. This may include looking after baby/other children while you rest, preparing nourishing foods, snacks and herbal teas, light household duties or gathering in any shopping needs you may have. Therapeutic care, such as massage, reflexology and relaxation is something I offer too, while throughout all of these things being mindful to protect your emotional health as your hormones settle into this new phase
You may also like to include belly binding , a vsimple wrapping or more traditional methods, like Bengkung. Both offer physical support to the womb and pelvic area, encouraging blood flow here which promotes healing, encouraging your abdominal muscles back into alignment where it also acts as an emotional 'hold', soothing the now empty womb space where baby once was
Closing the Bones
Here, pregnancy, birth and Motherhood is deeply acknowledged and held, honouring the physical element that has taken place and importantly the emotional journey too. From being 'open' on so many levels, this special ceremony gives time and space for the woman to come back to herself, to draw her energy back inwards and create strong ground for the onwards journey of Mothering
Includes a herbal foot soak with dried flowers and herbs from my garden, massage and aclosing/sealing of key areas from head to toe, with particular focus on the hip and womb area
Time taken here to integrate your experience, to be fully nurtured; can be beautifully healing
This can be shared between just the two of us, birth partner also or may include significant people that are been connected to you and your birth journey
£poa
Antenatal One to One Sessions
suggested 2 hours
£50
~ for woman, or with birth partner too
How do you imagine your birth? This is where we begin. Meeting the Parents-to-be where they are offers the best beginnings.
Here is your opportunity and dedicated space to consider your journey thus far, this may involve reflecting on a previous birth/s and fully exploring what went well and what didn't, enabling a deep understanding. From here you can move forward with this birth, with full awareness of all the choices available to you and joyfully prepare for the birth you'd like.
These are very helpful for birth partners also, sharing all the ways that they can be connected to the labour and birth of their baby, within their own comfort levels, from practical help, advocacy and emotional reassurance; enabling the experience to be a shared and joyful one
From birthing environment, birth physiology, hormonal interplay, comfort measures, support team to active birth and how brilliantly we are designed to birth our babies; all this and more will help you to prepare for the transformational, sacred rite of passage, that is birth
Birth Art Session
Pregnancy and birth art is a creative and fun way to express feelings, consider your needs and connect with baby moving forwards. It can be a therapeutic tool to reflect on a previous birth that didn't go to plan and also wonderful relaxation as you move through your pregnancy journey.
Depict elements of a previous birth through art, drawing, painting ~ this can sometimes be easier than directly discussing experiences and allows processing to begin
Belly cast
Belly art - painting or henna
Labyrinth art
£poa
to gather more information please be in touch
birthrootsuk@gmail.com
payment instalments are welcome, fostering accessible support for all
please note that mileage is charged at 40ppm
