Creating the time and space for you to rest, recover and enjoy the beginning of motherhood.
As your Doula I will support you and your family in preparing for the arrival of your new baby and life following the birth.
Once home, I will be there for you, lending a hand, allowing you to rest and savour the precious moments with your new baby. I will listen to you and support your choices. I will offer practical ideas and emotional support, empowering you to find your own way of caring for your baby.
“If we can make the most of this moment, treasure it, knowing that it will never come again, we can enjoy it more fully.”
— Kicki Hansard, Birth Bliss
“A postnatal Doula is like their mother but without the politics.”
— Mars Lord, Abuela Doulas
My background
I am a mother to two brilliant girls and it’s thanks to them that I found the wonderful world of being a Doula.
After my first birth, despite all the love and support from my husband, life got tough, for both of us! My mother died when I was young and we have no family in London and so we naturally reached out for support. That support taught me the value of making my own choices and I now want to pass on that positive experience to other postnatal families. I’ve trained with The Birth Bliss Academy and Younique Postnatal, taking their Twins and More, Postnatal Planning and Reflux workshops. I am also a volunteer for the Breastfeeding Network supporting mums with their breastfeeding concerns at my local drop-in clinics.
“Childbirth brings about a series of very dramatic changes in the new mother’s physical being, in her emotional life, in her status within the group, even in her own female identity. I distinguish this period of transition from others by terming it matrescence to emphasize the mother and to focus on her new life style.”
— Dana Raphael, The Tender GIFT: BreastfeedinG (1973)
“As a first-time mum I was given lots of advice by others but what I really needed was to be listened to and then supported with information to make my own choices, and Annabel did just that.”
- Mary, Stroud Green
