One2One Mothercraft
Birth & Postpartum Doula
How I can be of service?
My aim is to support you in creating a calm, nurturing environment during birth and the postpartum period. I offer evidence-based information and grounded guidance to help you feel informed, confident and cared for.
Whether you need emotional, physical or virtual support during labour or thoughtful care in the fourth trimester, my role is to hold space for you and your family so you can make decisions that feel right for you.
With a background in mothercraft nursing, I’m well equipped to assist with the early adjustment period. And as a passionate home cook, I also offer a nourishing meal service to help ease your recovery.
Placenta encapsulation services are available on request.
The Birth Adventure
Team Mama
By providing information and knowledge of your birth choices and offering personalized support, we can create an uplifting team to surround you, address worries, reduce stress to allow you to pay attention to your body and enjoy your pregnancy before your upcoming birth.
During labour, rallying your team behind you, we'll work together to achieve a great birth experience for you and use comfort measures to support you in whatever direction your birth takes you, reminding you of your affirmations and what inner strength you possess. A supported and empowered birth is our goal.
Additional services: remedial massage therapist, acupressure for labour training, TENS machine rental, basic aromatherapy.
PostPartum Support
The Newborn Period
The early days with a newborn can be beautiful and full of wonder but they can also be overwhelming, emotional and stressful.
In these early weeks, I will create space for you to bond with and learn about your new baby and how you fit together in a new family dynamic. Providing you with information and techniques to support sleep, manage stress, nurture and support you to prevent overwhelm. Caring for you so you can care for your baby.
I also offer placenta encapsulation and tincture as well as a postpartum meal package, cooked fresh in your home. Nourishing, comforting and one less thing to worry about.
Contact me and let’s have a chat about what you envision for your fourth trimester.
Placenta Encapsulation
Capsules, Tinctures, Cords and Prints
Placenta encapsulation involves careful processing of the placenta using the steamed method.
Your placenta is prepared, steamed, ground and placed into vegetarian capsules and returned to you to take as a supplement.
I'll make a print of the placenta before processing and dehydrate your baby's cord into a shape as a keepsake.
You can order a placenta tincture at the same time as your capsules or if you only have a small piece of your placenta, a tincture can still be made.
Steeped for 6 weeks then returned to you, simply take it to a local homeopath for conversion to a mother tincture that will last you through toddlerhood, adolescence, right up until perimenopause.
See Purchase tab or Contact me to book an on-call window.
PostPartum Meal Service
Nourishing Your Body
A lack of nutrients is reportedly the primary cause of postnatal depletion. By eating well, getting essential postnatal vitamins and staying hydrated, you can rebuild your strength and begin recovering. The first 40 days post birth influence the next 40yrs.
Cooking after you've had a baby is often the last thing you have energy for. In many cultures, women in the birthing womans circle cook for her and her family to enable her to rest and provide her with a good nutritional start. Let me do this for you.
Taking nutritional cues from Ayurvedic traditions, 'The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother' and 'The Postnatal Depletion Cure', I can prepare a selection of nourishing and comforting seasonal meals for you and your partner. This can be done in your home or partially prepared and extras for the freezer.
Contact me for a menu and let's talk homecooked meals.
I'm based in the St George / Georges River area and support births in your home, birth centre, private and public hospitals including:
St George Public and Private, Hurstville Private, Bankstown, Canterbury, Sutherland, Kareena Private, The Royal Hospital for Women, RPA, Prince of Wales Private, Liverpool, Auburn, Westmead Private and Public, St Vincents / Mater Private
Let me know if you'd like support and are birthing elsewhere
