Birth Doula & Birthkeeper in Gloucestershire

Traditional, relationship-based pregnancy and birth support

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Based in the Forest of Dean, I provide birth doula and birthkeeper support across Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire and Herefordshire, including Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, Ross-on-Wye, Monmouth and surrounding areas. Travelling and virtual support are also available.

With nearly 20 years of experience supporting women and families, I offer preconception & early pregnancy support, antenatal preparation, bodywork, partner preparation, advocacy, continuous support during labour, early and deeper postnatal care.

I am passionate about supporting women to stay in their authority and families to prepare for birth with clarity, confidence and discernment.

I will not tell you what to choose or take your decision-making away from you. I help you gather the information you need, listen to your body and instincts, think through different possibilities and build a support team that understands what truly matters to you.

This is preparation for head, heart and hands: understanding your choices, tending to your emotional world and nervous system, and learning practical ways to support your body through labour and birth.

My role is to walk beside you — bringing deep wisdom, grounded perspective and skilled, hands-on support while keeping you firmly at the centre of your own experience.

You know in your bones that modern maternity care is not what it should be.

To you, pregnancy and birth are not illnesses. They are rites of passage.

You value continuity — but not with just anyone. You want a wise woman beside you who understands your values, honours your choices, beleives in you and helps you stay deeply connected to yourself.

And who knows how to really make a difference.

The women I work with know that birth matters, that the people around them matter, and that they have the right to decide what care they accept.

You may be planning a home birth or freebirth, exploring wild pregnancy, or choosing particular elements of maternity care while declining others. You may know what you want while still needing experienced guidance, practical preparation and someone who can hold steady when doubts arise or others question your choices.

As a traditionally trained birth attendant, my role is both deeply supportive and practically skilled. I do not simply watch from the sidelines. I help you prepare physically through body balancing, movement, positioning, rebozo and bodywork; use breath, relaxation and hypnobirthing to support the hormonal conditions birth needs; and help you become more attuned to the subtle messages your body is giving you.

I bring experience, perspective and birth wisdom without taking your authority away. I can help you think through different possibilities, prepare your partner and support team, and recognise when you need reassurance, a change of approach or further help.

I am there to hold space, offer calm and confidence, and help you stay connected to your instincts throughout pregnancy and birth. You remain at the centre, making your own informed decisions, with skilled and trusted support beside you.

Birth on Your Own Terms

What it feels like to work with me

Women who choose to work with me understand that health and vitality are not created through tests and monitoring. They want to actively nourish their pregnancy, prepare their body, strengthen their instincts and build the conditions in which they and their baby can thrive.

  • Working with me means having one woman who gets to know you over time.

  • Someone who actively supports you to build health, vitality and confidence.

  • Someone who checks in and genuinely cares.

  • Someone you can speak to without worrying that you are wasting time, making a fuss or asking the wrong question.

  • Someone who knows your hopes, fears, history, your family and the birth you are moving towards.

Our work will include nourishing food, diet, lifestyle support and practical wellbeing, massage, shiatsu, reflexology, rebozo, acupressure, body balancing, movement, breathwork and deep relaxation.

We can explore your maternity choices, prepare for different possibilities, support your partner and make calm, practical plans for when you would seek medical assessment or change direction.

Sometimes you may need information or perspective.

Sometimes your body may need skilled touch.

Sometimes you may need practical help, emotional steadiness or simply a listening ear from somebody who understands the path you are walking.

I bring knowledge, experience and traditional ways of caring for women—but I do not ask you to hand your authority to me instead.

My role is to help you remain connected to yourself: supported practically, physically and emotionally as you make conscious decisions for yourself and your baby.

This is continuity.

This is traditional woman-to-woman support.

This is the kind of care so many women have always longed for, often without knowing it was possible.

With me, you will not be preparing alone.

You will feel deeply held, supported and nourished so that your body can relax and surrender to the process it was ultimately designed for.

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What my clients say…

  • A woman with long brown hair holding a sleeping baby close to her face inside a room with a window, purple curtains, and an orchid plant on a wooden cabinet.

    Emma attended my homebirth last April

    Emma was brilliant. During pregnancy, she helped me through some low emotions with visualisation and art journalling. She also gave me a lovely relaxing massage to help with tension. Her calming presence is a balm for the soul and really helped us all. She worked with the midwives brilliantly, and ensured my wishes were kept to, even making a little station for them outside of my birthing room at home, so one of them just came in every now & again to check on my baby, which is what I wanted.

    - Hayley, Local Mum of 5

  • A woman with light skin and long blonde hair embracing a young child with curly blonde hair and light skin, both with closed eyes, sharing a tender moment.

    Thanks to Emma amazing pregnancy yoga, my baby is no longer in a breech position

    I have felt so much more relaxed throughout my pregnancy thanks to Emma’s classes, her voice is so relaxing. Would highly recommend any pregnant ladies to come try a session x

    - Lauren, Yoga Mum

  • A woman with light-colored hair and sunglasses on her head is smiling and carrying a baby in a sling on her chest. The woman has tattoos on her arm, and the background is filled with greenery and pink flowers. The baby is resting with a hand on the woman's chest and is wearing a hat.

    Emma supported my pregnancy and planned homebirth.

    Baby was undiagnosed breech and I transferred to hospital for a few reasons. Emma advocated & made sure I didn't have any unnecessary procedures and knew all the things to ask for. I opted for a gentle caesarean, Emma was brilliant with the medical team, it was the first time they’d done delayed cord clamping & skin to skin in a c/s!! Emma made sure we had a golden hour afterwards so baby could do a breast crawl.

    - Jennie, Sister

  • A family of four outdoors, smiling at the camera. The mother has blonde hair and wears glasses, while the father has brown hair. The boy on her back is smiling, and the younger child in front appears surprised or excited. They are all wearing casual clothing and carrying backpacks, with trees in the background.

    Emma has been a wealth of knowledge and a rock of calm.

    Emma has truly helped me. I’ve had some wonderful online sessions with Emma as well as continued support, communication and factual sharing of information I’m so grateful.

    I’ve made some big decisions and advocated more so for myself as a result during the poor decisions of my trust, I’m now at peace with my journey and path forwards and know it’s right for me and baby.

    Bethany, Mum of 3

  • In a difficult four day labour Emma was a rock for me and my husband.

    She looked after us before, during and after and was available at short notice when another Doula cancelled we were so grateful for her support respect kindness and love during the whole process.

    She had tinctures she helped administer my homeopathy that I’d already had prepared beforehand. She used traditional rebozo techniques and lots of massage and reassuring touch which as a chiropractor I really appreciated and it helped regulate my nervous system.

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    Meg, Freebirth Mum

  • Emma was wonderful as our doula on our journey into parenthood.

    Every step & chapter of the way during pregnancy & postnatal visits, she was kind, wise, honest & nurturing.

    Her support for mummas & sisters & little ones in community clearly flows from a place of deep passion & care. I would & do recommend her offerings, she’s a special soul.

    -Clo, Mum of 1

  • A woman with light-colored hair and a young child with a bald head are lying close together, touching foreheads and smiling with closed eyes.

    Emma’s calm and supportive guidance made all the difference.

    Her classes gave us the tools we needed to feel prepared and confident for birth and beyond. Especially learning the acupressure points and ways that we could stay connected throughout labour & advocate for ourselves. All the little tricks were invaluable - everyone should have an Emma for their birth!

    –Hannah and James

  • A woman is giving birth in a home setting, supported by a man and a woman, as she leans over a blue inflatable birthing pool.

    Emma has a gift for making you feel calm and confident.

    Each preparation session felt like the perfect balance of information & practical skills. By the time baby came, we felt so prepared & calm, and Emma’s presence at the birth - which was a freebirth was the perfect calm, strong energy we needed to remind us that we could do it! Our baby was born in the pool after a long but beautiful labour.

    – Sarah and Tom

  • Closing The Bones

    I will never forget this and highly recommend anyone has this, whether after having a baby, or other life transitions.

    There was a 4 handed full body massage that was so loving and nurturing, a herbal bath that was magical, one friend drummed thru the whole thing while Emma poured the herbal water onto me. Then there was the rocking and holding with the rebozo.

    Emma is professional, intuitive and so nurturing.

    -Rosie, Mum of 2

  • I had wonderful support from Emma, that allowed me to accept what was happening instead of fight it.

    This experience has helped me to open up and pass what needed to be passed.

    It is my second miscarriage & I feel so much more at peace than the first time.

    This experience also helped me to realize some of the fears I had about pregnancy. So I can work through it, before trying for the baby again.

    -Eugine O Liberty

  • Red and white Chinese-style paper cut-out illustration of a horse with flowers and a circular border, featuring a large Chinese character within a red scalloped shape.

    What an inspiring power woman!

    I am blessed to enjoy so nourishing, food every day at Da-a-Luz Birth-keeper School. Emma is a birth and wisdom keeper, that is a gift for this world and shares her knowledge from many years of studying and experience with joy and straight from her heart.

    Reach out to her, her wisdoms and support is a blessing!

    Thank you for everything Emma!

    -Sophie Klama, Student

  • Emma was with my wife and I during our beautiful freebirth.

    I could not recommend anyone better to help you prepare for birth. The techniques she taught me for massage and just how to be and connect with my wife during the process were absolutely invaluable.

    Of course birth is a natural process, but it is also natural to have a wise woman to walk alongside. Don't hesitate to work with Emma to prepare for your perfect birth.

    -Glenn, Freebirth Dad

  • Amazing lady empowering women in pregnancy and birth

    Very grateful for Emma's help with preparing for birth, she has provided us with the tools, techniques and mind set that we need for going into birth and beyond ❤️

    -Cara, 2nd time Mum

  • I was struggling to find my inner power

    to follow a path that deep down instinctively I knew was right for myself and my baby. Emma very kindly spoke with me over video call for an hour, reassuring me that listening to my own intuition and instincts was the best call. Emma really empowered me and gave me the confidence I needed again to trust myself, my body and my baby to fight the pressure I had been feeling from the hospital system and to do what I believe was the right thing, not what anyone else believed was right.

    -Natalie Hughill

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Birth is not just something to get through.

It is a rite of passage — physical, emotional, instinctive and life-changing. It can ask everything of you: your body, your trust, your courage, your vulnerability, your voice.

-Emma

The Spiral of Support

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My work brings together the best of modern knowledge and ancient wisdom — supporting women and couples to prepare for birth not just physically, but emotionally and instinctively.

I often describe the way I work with women as a spiral of support.

At the beginning of pregnancy we might simply be exploring ideas, maybe you’ll attend a retreat day, vision your birth and learn some practical skills.

As your journey unfolds, the support deepens & visions begin to manifest

— through conversation, preparation, hands-on techniques, bodywork and emotional investment, you will feel more and more confident with your chosen team.

When you book your free discovery call, you will receive my Spiral of Support downloadable guide, which gives you a deeper look at the journey you can step into with me—and helps you begin exploring the support you already have, what may be missing and what you would like to consciously gather around you.

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Packages

I offer birth support in a way that allows us to build a real relationship before labour begins.

The quality of the support comes from the preparation we do together beforehand — the conversations, bodywork, trust, planning, emotional processing, partner preparation and understanding of what matters to you.

For that reason, my core package is designed to support you properly through pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal days.

If you are booking later in pregnancy, please still get in touch. Late bookings may be possible, but they usually require more concentrated preparation and may carry an additional fee.

  • From preconception up to 16 weeks — because it is never too early to start building your support system.

    You do not need to wait until birth feels close to bring in support.

    This is a supported two-month journey designed to help you create strong foundations for your health and wellbeing, make informed decisions and move towards birth feeling more confident and connected to your body.

    If you begin before conception, we can explore cycle awareness and tracking, nutrition, supplements, physical and emotional wellbeing, and the daily rhythms that support you as you prepare for pregnancy.

    Using my Foundations framework, we will work through six key areas:

    • Cycle awareness, nutrition, supplements and physical wellbeing

    • Sleep, movement and daily rhythms

    • Nervous-system and emotional support

    • Family birth stories and previous experiences

    • Understanding your antenatal care and maternity pathways

    • Beginning to shape your birth values, support system and next steps

    Your four sessions can include women’s shiatsu for conception, early-pregnancy safe holding, reflexology, gentle bodywork and Yoga Nidra, alongside detailed, personalised guidance around nutrition and supplements.

    We can also explore the physical and emotional changes of early pregnancy, with practical support for symptoms such as nausea, exhaustion, digestive changes, sleep difficulties, anxiety and physical discomfort.

    Alongside our sessions, you will have ongoing WhatsApp support and virtual check-ins throughout the two months. This gives us space to respond to what is actually happening, talk through symptoms, appointments or decisions as they arise, and keep you supported as you put changes into practice.

    You will gain a clearer understanding of what you and your body need, practical steps you can begin taking immediately, and a personalised plan for the months ahead.

    Early pregnancy does not always unfold as hoped. If you experience uncertainty, bleeding, miscarriage or loss during our time together, you will not suddenly be left without support. I can offer emotional and practical care, space to understand your options, gentle bodywork and nourishment where appropriate, and ritual or remembrance if that feels meaningful to you.

    This is not full pregnancy or birth support, and it does not include being on call or attending your birth. It is a focused early journey for women who want to prepare consciously and begin with knowledgeable, relationship-based support already around them.

    Includes:

    • 4 × individual in-person sessions

    • Women’s shiatsu for conception and early pregnancy

    • Early-pregnancy safe holding, reflexology and gentle bodywork

    • Yoga Nidra and nervous-system support

    • Cycle awareness and tracking for conception

    • Detailed nutrition and supplement guidance

    • Practical support with early-pregnancy symptoms

    • A personalised wellbeing and pregnancy foundations plan

    • Ongoing WhatsApp support throughout the two months

    • Virtual check-ins and support between sessions

    • Preparation for appointments and decisions as they arise

    • Support through early-pregnancy uncertainty, miscarriage or loss

    Available from preconception and bookable up to 16 weeks of pregnancy.

    Price: £1,250

    If you go on to book my Signature Birthkeeper & Doula Support package, £200 will be taken off the Signature package price.

  • I am honoured to walk beside and support women who know themselves, trust their instincts and are ready to consciously create the support team around them.

    Women who choose this package already understand that steady, continuous support, bodywork and genuine care can make a real difference to their birth experience and outcomes.

    This is my core birth support package, beginning from 20 weeks of pregnancy. We use our antenatal time to build trust, prepare your body and nervous system, explore your choices, strengthen the support around you and make clear plans for birth and the early postnatal days.

    If your pregnancy ends unexpectedly, my care does not simply disappear. I can continue to support you emotionally and practically through late miscarriage, pregnancy loss or stillbirth, including preparation, birth support, postnatal care and remembrance.

    The package also includes a trusted backup doula or birthkeeper wherever possible, should illness, emergency or circumstances outside my control prevent me from attending.

    Includes:

    • Antenatal preparation sessions

    • Birth planning and advocacy conversations

    • Mother Blessing Ceremony

    • Support and preparation for your partner

    • Body balancing and body-based preparation

    • Breath, movement, positioning and comfort measures

    • Rebozo & birth biomechanics where helpful

    • WhatsApp and message support throughout pregnancy

    • On-call support around your due time

    • Continuous support during labour and birth

    • Support through late miscarriage, pregnancy loss or stillbirth

    • Backup doula or birthkeeper support

    • Early postnatal visit, care and birth reflection

    Signature support begins from 20 weeks of pregnancy.

    If you would like support before then, you can begin with my 2 Month Starter Package, available from preconception and bookable up to 16 weeks. If you later move into Signature support, £200 will be taken off the Signature package price.

    Price: £2,800

  • A complete, personalised antenatal preparation journey with continuous virtual support through pregnancy, labour, birth and the early postnatal period.

    Sometimes families do not want or need someone physically present at their birth, but still value having a trusted person with birth wisdom who knows them deeply and can remain quietly in the background.

    This package is particularly suited to women planning a home birth, freebirth or wild pregnancy, including those choosing some elements of maternity care while declining others. You remain at the centre, deciding what support, information and care are right for you.

    Across four private online sessions, we will build a relationship and prepare thoroughly for birth. We can explore birth physiology, your choices, your body and nervous system, the support you need around you and how your partner can confidently support and protect your birth space.

    I can help you prepare for maternity appointments and conversations, attend appointments virtually where needed, and support you to understand your options and make decisions that feel right for you.

    When labour begins, I will be available by phone or video to offer reassurance, help you think through anything that arises and guide your partner in positioning, comfort measures, rebozo and bodywork.

    Includes:

    • 4 × private online antenatal preparation sessions

    • Home birth, freebirth and wild pregnancy planning

    • Understanding birth physiology and creating supportive conditions for labour

    • Exploring your choices and individual circumstances

    • Birth mapping, including different possibilities and backup plans

    • Practical preparation for birth outside standard maternity pathways

    • Advocacy preparation and support navigating maternity policies

    • Preparation before antenatal appointments

    • Virtual attendance at selected appointments where needed

    • Body awareness, movement, positioning and birth biomechanics

    • Emotional and nervous-system preparation

    • Practical tools for labour and birth

    • Partner preparation and guidance

    • Feeding and early postnatal preparation

    • WhatsApp and message support throughout our work together

    • On-call virtual support around your due time

    • Phone or video support throughout labour and birth

    • Guidance for your partner in bodywork, positioning and comfort measures

    • Postnatal reflection call

    This package does not include in-person birth attendance. It offers something different: a known and trusted birthkeeper in the background, providing continuity, wisdom and practical guidance wherever and however you choose to give birth.

    Price: £1,125

  • For some families, the right support is worth travelling for.

    I may be able to offer travelling doula or birthkeeper support for families outside my usual area, depending on availability, timing, location and the level of preparation needed.

    This works best when we begin the relationship earlier in pregnancy, with a mixture of online preparation and planned in-person time before birth. Depending on distance, this may include one or more longer preparation days, travel to you near your due time, accommodation arrangements, and a clear plan for how support will work if labour begins quickly.

    Travelling support is bespoke. It needs to be realistic, well planned and properly resourced, so that I can offer grounded support without rushing, overextending, or creating uncertainty around availability.

    May include:

    • Online preparation sessions

    • One or more in-person preparation days

    • Birth planning, partner support and advocacy preparation

    • Bodywork, biomechanics, rebozo and relaxation work

    • On-call birth support, depending on location and arrangements

    • Travel to your home or birth setting

    • Early postnatal support before handover to local support where needed

    Additional travel, accommodation, parking, tolls or mileage costs may apply.

    Price: bespoke, from £3,500

  • Shared care is for families who understand the value of being held by more than one trusted woman through pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal days.

    It is especially recommended for first babies, longer labours, families travelling from further away, births with additional considerations, or situations where you know you may need more support around you.

    In this model, another doula or birthkeeper from my close-knit team is brought into your care. We share the same values around autonomy, deep listening, practical preparation and protecting the birth space, while bringing our own different strengths and personalities.

    Shared care means we can offer more spacious support — including the early stages of labour, when many women need reassurance, steadiness and practical help — without one person becoming exhausted before the birth itself unfolds.

    Some labours take time. Some births need a bigger container. Shared care gives you a wider circle, more resilience and a deeper sense of continuity.

    Shared care add-on: £850

    This can be added to regular or deeper birthkeeper support, depending on availability.

  • Sometimes families come to this work later in pregnancy, especially after feeling unsupported, pressured, or uncertain within maternity care.

    If you are later in pregnancy, please still get in touch. I may be able to support you, depending on my availability and your due time.

    Late bookings usually require more intensive preparation over a shorter period. Because of this, an additional late booking fee applies.

    This reflects the extra work needed to build trust, understand your needs, prepare properly and offer safe, grounded support when there is less time before birth.

    Late Booking Add on £300

  • For families who want practical, emotional and traditional support after birth.

    This can be booked by the hour or as a 30-hour Traditional Postpartum Support Package. Support may include birth story holding, breastfeeding support, babywearing, safe cosleeping information, nourishing food, light household help, deep postnatal nutrition, body support, closing the bones, Placenta Magic, and emotional holding as you settle into life with your baby.

    Prices:

    • Postnatal support: £45 per hour

    • 30-hour Traditional Postpartum Support Package: £900

    • Placenta Magic: £100

    • Night support: £250 per night, subject to availability

    Closing the bones can be included within the 30-hour package and uses 10 hours from the package.

    Want to know more about full traditional postpartum support?

    A dedicated page is coming soon.

I accept limited clients each month

In person birth support requires spaciousness, flexibility and the ability to be fully present when you need me.

With nearly 20 years of experience supporting women and families, my availability often needs to be reserved early.

My preconception and early pregnancy packages are the best way to start your journey.

If you feel I may be the right person to walk beside you, you are welcome to begin the conversation now.

The Doula Team

I work closely with a small, trusted, local team of doulas and birthkeepers.

We each bring different personalities, experiences and ways of working, but we share the same passion: supporting birth with women at the centre. We believe in autonomy, continuity, deep listening, practical preparation and protecting the birth space.

This means I can offer both backup and shared care models.

For some families, I am your main birthkeeper/doula, with another trusted woman available as backup if needed. For others, especially those wanting a deeper level of support, two of us may share the antenatal preparation, on-call period and birth support.

This gives you more resilience, more continuity, and a wider circle of support — while still keeping the relationship personal and grounded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • I’m Emma Gleave, an experienced birth doula and birthkeeper based in the Forest of Dean. I offer relationship-based support throughout pregnancy, labour, birth and the early postnatal period.

    My support includes antenatal preparation, birth planning, bodywork, partner preparation, advocacy, continuous support during labour and space to reflect and be cared for after birth.

  • I support families across the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, including Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, Ross-on-Wye, Monmouth and surrounding areas.

    I may also travel further for the right family and offer virtual antenatal and birth support throughout the UK and internationally.

  • Yes. I support women planning home births, freebirths and wild pregnancies, including those choosing some elements of maternity care while declining others.

    We can explore your individual circumstances, prepare thoroughly, think through different possibilities and create practical backup plans. I will offer information, perspective and grounded support, but you remain at the centre and make your own decisions.

  • Yes. Doula support can be deeply valuable during a hospital birth. I can help you prepare for appointments, understand your options, communicate your wishes and create a birth plan that reflects what matters to you.

    During labour, I provide continuous emotional and practical support, help protect the atmosphere around you and support your partner to feel confident and involved.

  • You can contact me at any stage of pregnancy, but beginning earlier gives us more time to build trust, prepare your body and nervous system, explore your choices and create a strong support team around you.

    I accept only two in-person birth clients each month, so it is worth checking availability early. Later bookings may still be possible, depending on your due time, location and the preparation required.

  • A doula provides continuous emotional, physical and practical support through pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period. Birthkeeper is a term I use to describe the deeper, relationship-based way I work: bringing together practical preparation, traditional wisdom, bodywork, advocacy and steady presence.

    Neither role replaces a midwife or doctor. I do not provide clinical care or make decisions for you. My role is to walk beside you, help you understand your options and support you to remain connected to your instincts and authority.

  • Yes. My virtual package offers personalised antenatal preparation, support with appointments and decisions, partner preparation, birth mapping and phone or video support during labour and birth.

    I may also travel to support families outside my usual area. Travelling support is arranged individually and may include online preparation, longer in-person sessions, travel near your due time and accommodation where necessary.

  • My Signature Birthkeeper and Doula Support includes antenatal preparation, birth planning, advocacy conversations, partner preparation, body balancing, massage, rebozo, birth biomechanics, nervous-system support and continuous care during labour and birth.

    It also includes ongoing message support during pregnancy, on-call availability around your due time, backup support wherever possible and an early postnatal visit for care and birth reflection.

  • Choosing a doula is about more than qualifications or finding someone who is available around your due time. This person may be beside you during one of the most vulnerable and transformative experiences of your life, so it matters that you feel safe, understood and able to be fully yourself with them.

    Ask about their experience, approach to birth, availability, backup arrangements and how they work with partners, midwives and medical teams. Consider whether they genuinely respect your authority and choices, including choices they might not make themselves.

    Most importantly, notice how you feel in their presence. The right doula should not take over or make decisions for you. She should help you feel calmer, clearer, more confident and more connected to yourself.

Do you feel I may be the right person to walk beside you?

Book a free call to explore what my support could offer.