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As a Doula, I support women and couples through pregnancy and birth. I aim to be a calming voice and presence to create a positive birth experience. Nonsense!

What is a Doula? A Doula is a person that supports women and couples through pregnancy and birth. At a time when midwives are often stretched running between various women giving birth, a Doula is a calming constant presence from beginning to end. She becomes the labouring woman's advocate and voice, and protects her from all surrounding noise and chaos at a time when she needs to focus most in a

place of quiet and calm. A Doula also helps women believe that their bodies were designed for this task and they should therefore embrace birth rather than fear it. The more they relax into it, the more naturally the body will open up. What's critical is to help women/couples achieve the birth they want. Too many women still have the preconceived idea that if they don't have the perfect textbook natural birth, they have already failed as women and mothers. Our role is to support the mum's choice and help her to achieve a positive birthing experience so she looks back with pride and not horror! If it's an epidural she wants, that is her absolute prerogative to do so. A Doula is NOT a medical professional. I work in partnership with midwives and doctors and respect their medical knowledge and professionalism. A Doula is unable to perform examinations or any other clinical task. I help communicate with the medical staff to ensure my clients have all the information they need to make informed decisions throughout their labour.

07/06/2026

Kollwitz - “Mothers” 1919 - as seen in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art - the German artist created lithographs that became iconic images of grief and trauma. In this wonderful artwork, women and children of various ages huddle together, their linked bodies forming a solid structure that fills the composition. Kollwitz drew herself in the center, eyes closed and arms wrapped protectively around her two sons Hans, and the oldest Peter - who was killed in combat at only eighteen. It illustrates so powerfully the love and desperation of a mother holding on to protect her child.

03/06/2026

Clarke + Paul Wenham-Clarke - The husband and wife duo created “Muscle and Milk” - a fantastic image that captures a powerful truth about modern motherhood - that strength and caregiving are not opposites but absolutely coexist.
Shortlisted for both the 2025 AOP Open Awards and the Sony World Photography Awards, the image features three rugby players breastfeeding their babies moments after finishing a match. The result is both striking and deeply human. A portrait of women refusing to choose between ambition, athleticism, and motherhood. +PWClarke

26/05/2026

Randle - ‘Birth Painting’ This wonderful painting actually looks like a metal sculpture of the female pregnant body - with all the curves and flow of the human body. It actually makes me think of fallopian tubes, the umbilical cord and the baby safely protected being wrapped and protected with amniotic fluid - the incredible elements of nature that help grow and nurture a living being

19/05/2026

Mujica - “Multitasking” - I bet so many women can relate to this painting - the incredible job we do as mothers multitasking getting up and ready for work or play whilst breastfeeding our babies/toddlers. Either with ease or under really fraught emotions! Kudos to all the multitaskers out there 💪

03/05/2026

Kei Wo - “Waiting for Birth Sculpture” - the artist is a Singapore based sculptor who specializes in contemporary, abstract and geometric stainless steel works. This fantastic sculpture brilliantly illustrates and captures a newborn baby curled up in position and waiting to be born. You can almost feel the pressure being pushed onto the mother’s pelvis by this giant baby! That wait for the start of labour can be both incredibly exciting and full of anxiety. Head down is the optimum position for birth and the baby will generally decide when’s the time to make their exit! They dictate the terms from within!

26/04/2026

Sultana - “Letter to my Unborn Child” - this Bangladeshi/British artist is famous for using her thumbprints and own hair to create her artwork. In the artist’s words….. “New life grows inside of the womb of a mother and later born as a child. My creations are my children, expanding outside my body, nourished by love and imagination. I want to communicate with my unborn child; they are as accurate as the biological children I might have.” With the vibrant colour red depicting blood, her thumbprints are mimicking the explosion of cells creating a nucleus of what will turn into life. The miracle of Birth! ❤️

20/04/2026

Kienberger - “Together Sculpture” This image caught my eye for so many reasons - and has so many contrasting features. First - I absolutely love the contrast of the colour of the natural wood sculpture against the backdrop of the vibrant green of the grass. Second - I love how the mother is looking intently straight ahead contrasting her child looking sideways. As a protective mother faces her challenges head on allowing her child to look elsewhere without dealing with life’s complications. And third - natural wood has stiffness and solidity and splinters - whilst grass has ebb and flow. It can move with the wind and allow flowers, bees and insects to grow within and from it. Just beautiful.

14/04/2026

unknown - On Holocaust Rememberance Day - we remember the millions of innocent children stripped of their names, families and futures. Just because they were Jews, Gypsies or ‘unwanted’. Look at their faces. Each one of them. And remember them

$Zernitsky - ‘Childbirth’ In what feels like a very fractured world, the cocoon of the womb seems like an inviting safe ...$

05/04/2026

Zernitsky - ‘Childbirth’ In what feels like a very fractured world, the cocoon of the womb seems like an inviting safe space. A place of quiet, growth, simplicity, darkness and light, innocence, nourishment and comfort. The development of an embryo to a fetus is sensational - a magical change that the body enables to create and form a living soul

20/03/2026

@ Anna Rajasekharan - I went to see a wonderful client today who I have had the privilege of working with before. She’s expecting her second baby and I’m always super excited when they tell me they can’t birth without me even second time round! Anyway - we discussed the effect her last pregnancy had on her belly - how her stomach is flabby and with all the exercise she has time for, it just doesn’t shift. It’s upsetting and frustrating for her - and she doesn’t like herself when she looks in the mirror. Now she’s even more worried that it will get worse after baby number 2. But with all that concern, she brightly and positively said she didn’t hesitate to do it again - because of the joy her child has brought her and her partner. Pregnancy and birth is tough on the body - it can leave physical (as well as emotional) scars in various ways and it’s so important to recognize and validate them. Kudos to all the mums out there 🤍

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