Gentle moxibustion offered within doula care to support relaxation, circulation, and balance during pregnancy and labour. A warm, research-informed approach.

Is a birth plan a source of empowerment - or tension? This personal reflection explores birth plans through an embodied lens, where safety, presence, and trust in the body come first.

Rebozo support is a gentle, time-honoured practice that offers comfort, rhythm, and embodied support during birth. Rooted in traditional midwifery and informed by emerging research, rebozo techniques may help ease labor pain, support pelvic mobility, calm the nervous system, and enhance birth satisfaction.

Pregnancy massage is part of my prenatal doula care, offering gentle, Abhyanga-inspired bodywork to support comfort, circulation, relaxation, and emotional well-being during pregnancy.

Birth is powerful, unpredictable, and deeply personal. A doula’s role is not to control outcomes or prevent rupture, but to strengthen a woman’s capacity to meet her birth - whatever shape it takes - with clarity, emotional sovereignty, and grounded support.

Research reveals how common birth drugs, including fentanyl and synthetic oxytocin, may affect a baby’s first hour; from feeding to bonding. Discover gentler alternatives and ways to make informed choices for a softer start.

Pooping during a water birth is normal, healthy, and safe for both mother and baby. Midwives manage it discreetly, so you can stay focused on birthing with confidence.

Water birth offers more than physical comfort - it creates emotional safety, privacy, and presence, allowing mothers to soften, surrender, and feel empowered.

Highly Sensitive People (HSP) experience birth through a deeper lens. As a doula and HSP myself, I understand the need for calm environments, compassionate care, and true emotional safety.

Alone in labor, I felt like I was dying; until my doula arrived and everything changed. Explore how Polyvagal Theory explains the power of safety and support in birth.

A doula is someone who walks beside you during life’s threshold moments; offering calm, steady presence through birth, loss, or transformation, so you don’t have to go through it alone.

Birth is not just the arrival of a baby—it is the unraveling and remaking of a woman.