a doula in your pocket
Flexible and personalised birth and baby preparation tailored to your needs.
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Flexible and personalised birth and baby preparation tailored to your needs. *
An affordable package focussing on personalised antenatal preparation and postnatal support.
Many parents find the cost of hiring a doula to attend the birth prohibitive. So we came up with a way to make having a doula affordable.
Our many years of experience have taught us that parents looking for a doula have these priorities:
Thorough personalised birth preparation from an expert
An encouraging voice during the weeks leading up to birth
Someone to talk things over with DURING the labour - at whatever time of night or day
Support with feeding and babycare AFTER birth
Ideally, all parents-to-be should be supported like this. However with doulas in London now charging upwards of £1800 per client, it’s not easy for everyone!
The Doula In Your Pocket package provides all these key aspects of a classic doula service - at a fraction of the price. Our priority is to empower you with all the tools - mental, physical and emotional - you need to have the birth experience you want.
The Doula in Your Pocket is a comprehensive one to one birth preparation programme tailored to your needs. For example, you may choose to prioritise:
breathing, relaxation, movement
basic hypnobirthing techniques
biodynamics of birth
a coaching session for your partner
a walk-through of caesarean birth
preparing for a second or subsequent birth
starting breastfeeding
considering a home birth
These sessions may be by video call/Zoom, or in person at your home if you are in the London area.
Add postnatal visit (face to face in London area only). These invaluable visits are the key to a positive start to life with your baby! During these visits we’ll support you in building your confidence with expert feeding support, helping you to understand your baby’s sleeping, practical help with bathing and generally caring for your baby - and if necessary we might be just holding your baby while you get a well-earned rest.
Session length: we always allow 2 hours.
Extra add-on: 24/7 on-call phone contact to make sure you can contact your doula at any time day or night during labour.
Click the button below and choose your package.
After you have selected your ideal package and completed the booking form, we’ll be in touch to discuss dates, times and your priorities.
Two typical “doula in your pocket” antenatal programmes
Mother A contacts us who wants to explore biomechanics of birth in more depth than had been covered in her antenatal course. She also wants her partner to gain more confidence in advocating for her.
We propose:
Session 1: work through a bespoke daily biomechanics routine for the last weeks of pregnancy; demonstrate and rehearse key positions and movements for active labour.
Session 2: with partner, demonstrate useful massage techniques and walk through likely scenarios in the birthing environment using informed decision-making tools.
Mother B is having her second baby, about two years after an emergency caesarean. She would like a refresher in coping with labour and birth. She would like to have a more positive experience and also would like to feel more confident with breastfeeding as she feels it didn’t go as well as she’d have liked last time.
We propose:
Session 1: Preferably with partner, we first gently debrief the earlier birth. Then we look at coping strategies and tools - these could include movement, breathing, massage, different positions.
Session 2: Exploring a range of positions for her to experiment with; discussing what to expect and how to know breastfeeding is starting off well. We will also look at strategies for maximising her breastfeeding goals - from antenatal expression of colostrum onwards - and research local support.
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