A planned or unplanned caesarean birth can bring up many emotions. Relief, fear, grief, calm, uncertainty. Sometimes all atonce.

If you are facing a caesarean birth and do not have a birth partner available, or you need additional emotional and practical support, I can attend as your birth partner or birth companion, offering steady, informed, compassionate support before, during, and in those precious first hours after birth.

You do not have to do this alone.

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What Is C-Section Birth Support?

This service is for parents who want continuous, one-to-one support around their caesarean birth, particularly when they are attending without a partner or need additional support alongside medical care.

I support you by:

• Attending with you as your chosen birth partner or companion, including being by your side in theatre.

• Being a calm, grounding presence during surgery

• Offering emotional reassurance and continuity of care

• Helping you understand what is happening and what to expect

• Supporting informed consent and respectful communication

• Advocating for your wishes where appropriate and needed

• Supporting skin-to-skin, bonding, and early feeding where possible

• Staying with you in those early hours after birth, when emotions can feel raw and vulnerable

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This is not medical care.
It is human, traditional women to women care, presence, and support.

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Who Is This Service For?

This support may be especially helpful if:

• You are a single parent attending your caesarean birth alone

• Your partner needs to stay home with other children

• Your partner cannot attend due to work, distance, or medical reasons

• You want calm, knowledgeable support alongside you in theatre

• You want preparation, education, and emotional support before birth

• You want someone focused solely on you in the hours after surgery

You do not need to feel confident or certain. You only need support.

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What’s Included

Antenatal Preparation

• We'll have a video-call to discuss your wishes for the birth and plans for the big day

• Space to talk through your wishes, concerns, birth and postnatal plans, and any previous birth experiences

• Education around caesarean birth so you know what to expect, if you require this

• Support to explore consent, preferences, and early bonding

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Support During Your Caesarean Birth

• Attendance as your birth partner or companion where permitted

• Calm, steady presence in theatre

• Emotional reassurance and grounding

• Support for your voice and your wishes

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Immediate Post-Birth Support

• Support in recovery and on the ward

• Gentle help with skin-to-skin, feeding, and early bonding

• Emotional support as everything settles and sinks in

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Ongoing Postnatal Support

• Two weeks of WhatsApp support, 9am to 9pm

• Healing support and recovery guidance following caesarean birth

• Space to talk, process, and adjust in the early weeks

You are not expected to just get on with it once your baby arrives.

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On-Call Period

This service includes a 5-day on-call period, starting five days before your planned surgery date.

This means that if things change and labour begins before your scheduled caesarean, I am available to you and ready to attend.

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Fee and Booking

Fixed fee: £450

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This includes:

• Antenatal video-call preparation

• A 5-day on-call period before your planned surgery date

• Attendance at your caesarean birth

• Immediate post-birth support

• Two weeks of WhatsApp postnatal support

• Can be booked at any point during pregnancy

• Payment must be made in full​

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FAQ's​

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Will hospitals allow a Doula to attend my caesarean birth?

• Hospital policies vary, but in many cases a doula can attend as your chosen birth partner or birth companion, particularly if you are attending alone or your partner cannot be present.

• Different hospitals use different language. What matters is this: you have the right to choose who supports you, unless there is a genuine clinical or safety reason not to.

• I work calmly and respectfully within hospital settings. Where policies differ, we talk this through together so you feel prepared, not surprised.

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What if the hospital says I can only have one birth partner?

• If only one birth partner is permitted, I can attend in that role if you are attending alone or if your partner needs to stay home.

• If your partner is attending but would like additional support, we can look at how support is offered before and after surgery, within hospital boundaries.

• You do not have to navigate this alone

 

What time will you meet me at the hospital?

• For a planned caesarean, you will usually be given a date and time in advance.

• Where possible, I will aim to join you at least one hour before your planned surgery time. This allows space to settle, talk things through, and not feel rushed or alone.

• If your caesarean is planned but you go into labour before your scheduled date, please contact me as soon as possible.

• As this service includes a 5-day on-call period before your planned date, I will then arrive as soon as possible to support you before surgery, subject to timing and hospital access.

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What if my caesarean is unplanned or happens earlier than expected?

• Birth does not always follow the plan.

• If your caesarean becomes unplanned or happens sooner than expected, I will do everything I reasonably can to attend, depending on timing and access.

• If attendance is not possible, support continues. You are not left to process things on your own.

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Can this service be booked last minute?

• Yes. Last-minute bookings are welcome, subject to availability.

• Many parents only realise they want this support once a surgery date is confirmed or plans change. That moment is not too late.

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Do you give medical advice?

• No. I do not provide medical care or make clinical decisions.

• What I offer is emotional support, information, clarity, and presence, so you can make informed choices alongside your medical team.

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Will you speak for me during surgery?

• My role is to support your voice, not replace it.

• I can help slow conversations down, clarify information, and help you feel steadier when decisions are being discussed.

 

Is WhatsApp support really included?

• Yes. Two weeks of WhatsApp support, 9am to 9pm, is included from your baby’s birth.

• This often includes reassurance, healing guidance, emotional processing, and gentle support as you adjust.

 

Can I add postnatal visits later?

• Absolutely.

• You do not need to decide everything before birth. Visits can be added later and used any time within the first three months.

 

What if plans change?

• Birth does not always follow the plan you were given, and that is okay.

• If your caesarean birth is cancelled and you decide to labour and birth vaginally, I can still support you through your labour and birth.

• In this situation, an additional fee of £350 applies. 

• If plans begin to change, we will talk this through calmly and clearly so you understand your options and can decide what feels right for you. You will not be rushed or pressured.

• Whatever direction your birth takes, my role is to support you with care, steadiness, and respect.

 

Get in Touch

If you are facing a caesarean birth and want calm, consistent support, I would be honoured to walk alongside you.

You deserve to feel supported, informed, and held.
Before birth. During birth. And as you heal.

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Book your Discovery Call with me to book or to ask any questions