Postnatal Doula Services In Leeds

I truly believe you know your baby best, but this time is also really challenging, hormones are all over the place so I can give you time and support you with your baby working out its unique cues.

After giving birth you might want the opportunity to talk through it – I will be there for you with no judgements, my whole focus is on you and giving you time and space to talk, think and process. 

Or you might be fed up of people telling you what they think would be best; just being able to chat and have someone really listen to you as well as support you, can really help.

When you have had a baby all sorts of questions come up, even if you have other children no two babies are the same, so working out what you want, asking questions and talking through any worries you might have is incredibly important 

You may notice that once you have a newborn people tend to give you advice based on what worked for them. I will provide you with solid evidence based information so that you are best placed to understand your options and make informed choices that will work best for you and your family.

Every person, family and baby are unique, it is what makes the world such an amazing place. It also means that I make sure my support is completely tailored to you and your wants and needs in those first few weeks. I am there to empower you and make your life a little easier; most other cultures have a resting period when the person that has given birth is looked after so they can recover physically and mentally.

You might want me to:

• Cook a meal and make you a cup of tea to give you time with your newborn
• Look after baby while you get some quality sleep
• Support you with feeding 
• Put a wash on or run a hoover around
• Play with any other children you might have and help them feel special and involved

You can jot down any ways I can support or ease some pressure for a given day.

A WhatsApp chat (or your prefered method of contact) so any questions that come up you can message me at anytime. Even in the middle of the night sometimes it helps to just write it down so you can get some sleep and I will get back to you as soon as I can once I have read the message.

I try to be as flexible as possible as newborns like to change day to day and how you are feeling might change too.

As an example you might want me to come for 3 hours for a couple of sessions in the morning to help with housework and tend to baby while you rest, then you might want to change this for the next session to have 2 hours in the evening for support around bedtime.