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I was sitting in the garden today, watching my little girl splashing around in the pool while the sun was shining, and I had a very simple thought. I’d love a glass of Sauvignon Blanc right now. Cold. One ice cube. A bag of crisps on the side. Absolute perfection. But I can’t. And that’s the reality of being an on-call doula. I’m at home every day with my daughter because we home educate. It means I have to have childcare sorted at a moment’s notice. My doula bag is always pa

What 37 Births Have Taught Me About Trusting Women Every so often someone lands on my Instagram page and decides they've got me figured out. "She's the freebirth doula." "She only supports low-risk women." "Well of course her statistics look like that, she probably only works with uncomplicated pregnancies." I always laugh a little because the reality couldn't be further from the truth. Over the last two years I've supported 37 families through pregnancy, birth and postpartum

Let's talk about due dates. Or, as I like to call them... The absolute bullshit lies you're being fed. Strong start? Good. Because if you're over 39 weeks pregnant right now, I can almost guarantee somebody has already started making you feel like your body is failing. Maybe it's your aunt asking, "Still no baby?" Maybe it's the daily texts. Maybe it's the midwife saying, "We need to start talking about induction." Maybe it's the app on your phone that has suddenly changed fr