Doula by Alyce - Birth and Postpartum Doula

19/07/2025

Witnessing birth never ceases to leave me in absolute awe of the strength and determination women carry within. Over the past year, I’ve had the honour of walking alongside some of the most incredible women, seeing them in their most vulnerable, emotional, and powerful moments. It has truly been both a privilege and a gift.

Exactly one year ago, I had the joy of witnessing something very close to my heart, the birth of my niece. I was lucky enough to be with my big brother and sis in law’s side, as they welcomed their second baby into the world.

It was a fast birth, and we made it to the hospital with only minutes to spare before little Indy arrived. I absolutely adore the look on Lauren’s face in this moment, it’s priceless. This, for me, is one of the most powerful parts of birth: the moment a Mother meets their baby. There truly are no words.

However, I also want to acknowledge that not everyone has had this experience and if that is your story, I am deeply sorry.

07/11/2024

This 👌🏼👌🏼 massive win for birthing women

Today, one of the biggest (and fastest) wins we could have possibly imagined has happened for homebirth families and midwives.

This major milestone simply wouldn’t have been possible without the fierce dedication and advocacy of mothers, midwives, and supporters of homebirth! 💪❤️ 6,000 women filled out surveys, more than 1200 sent emails to their local member of parliament and many of you met with your MPs.

Less than five months ago we came together to stop the Government from putting restrictions on where women choose to birth by excluding women. Unfolding before our eyes we saw a pathway where only ‘low-risk’ women would be able to birth at home with an endorsed midwife.
Today, the government has announced a completely new approach to how midwives will be insured when they support a woman during birth.

They have abandoned the "low-risk" definitions to a framework that truly respects midwives' clinical judgment. Now, intrapartum homebirth services will be covered as long as they comply with the NMBA’s Safety and Quality Guidelines (SQG) – a huge win for safe, accessible, and empowered birthing options! 🌈🏠

Whilst we pinch ourselves, we know the work is not finished and that as always, we still need to be watchful to protect women’s birth choices.

This huge win reflects the power of our collective voices, highlighting how people power can shift the course of policy and make real change for families and providers. 🗣️💬 We spoke and the Government listened - this is truly woman-centered care in action.
Thank you to all who raised their voices – the future of homebirth just got a whole lot brighter! ✨

22/10/2024

Start building your mamma tribe now.

Join me for a beautiful morning of connection and community.

Date - Saturday 30 November, 10am - 12pm
Location - The Village Collective, Ettalong Cost - $30

Head to the link on my bio to purchase your ticket.

15/10/2024

October is Infant and Pregnancy Loss Awareness month, and today is the Remembrance Day of all those treasured ones that were taken too soon, however that may have looked.

I just want to send my love to anyone that’s struggling with the grief and loss of their baby/babies and want you to know you’re not alone in these feelings.

Sometimes it can be hard to seek support from close friends and even family, people really don’t know what to say to you and may even try to find the positives in such a sad situation. When really all you need is validation and a simple gesture or words like, “I’m so sorry, what can I do for you?”

I just want to say that I’m so sorry you’re going through this and my inbox is always open for you. There are some amazing free services you should reach out to if you’re struggling, which I have included in the next few slides.

If you’ve been following along for a while you’ll know that my 2 babies frequently visit me (black cockatoos) and it was no coincidence that yesterday and this morning, I heard their calls in the distance, reminding me they were close by. The always come when I need them most. You may think that’s a bit woo woo and I’m okay with that.

Beautiful artwork used with permission by

26/09/2024

I shared this on my story yesterday and if you’re like me who craves a bit of a sweet breakfast every now and then this is the perfect recipe for you.

It’s said that oats are a galactagogue, which is a food that’s thought to boost your production of breast milk.

The key is overripe bananas and blending the ingredients in a food processor or blender.

Serve with topping of choice, yogurt, mixed berries and some maple syrup.

Enjoy and let me now if you make them.

10/07/2024

Grateful for this little community I get to create.

A beautiful morning spent with some very special mammas, who I have had the honour of journeying through their pregnancy, birth and postpartum together.

It was so special to bring everyone together (minus a few due to sickness). So grateful for this work I get to do and the beautiful mammas and families I get to meet ✨💜

05/07/2024

The ‘Mother Blessing’ is inspired by the traditional Native American Navajo people and a ceremony called the Blessingway, which is held to celebrate transitional rites of passage of a Navajo woman’s life. Such as her first moon time, marriage, and of course, becoming a Mother.

A Mother Blessing is such beautiful way to honour and celebrate the Mother and centre the focus on her rather than the baby. Last weekend I had the privilege to host a Mother Blessing for my sister in law. We sat in circle, I guided a meditation, shared some words in circle and had a red thread ceremony. We also created a meaningful birth affirmation banner for her to hang up at home too.

Here is what this beautiful Mamma had to say about her Mother Blessing.“As a 2nd time mum I wasn’t planning on doing a baby shower but when Alyce suggested organising a Mother Blessing I thought it was a beautiful way to honour this pregnancy. Alyce created an intimate gathering for myself and several close friends and family to celebrate both the arrival of our baby and my journey into motherhood for the 2nd time. Surrounded by my closest loved ones I couldn’t have asked for a more special day full of blessings, love and support.“

Have you heard of this ceremony and would you prefer this to a baby shower?

10/06/2024

07/06/2024

Most likely if you’re reading this you know that the Federal Government want to bring in criteria that will restrict certain women birthing at home.

Of course we know that birth, at times may not go as planned. But as long as women feel confident, informed and fully aware of the decisions they are making when they agree or disagree to something is important. However to take the decision making away from women about where they want to birth, is wrong and down right scary!

HOW and WHERE we CHOOSE to birth matters. Keyword here is “we” meaning birthing women. And as a birth worker and Mother who hasn’t completed their family quite yet, I feel deeply passionate about this topic. I so desperately want to experience a family centered homebirth and with these categories in place I will not be “allowed” to birth at home.

BIRTH BELONGS TO WOMEN, especially when it comes to WHERE THEY WANT TO BIRTH. Women should feel safe where they are birthing, whether they feel safer in their home after a traumatic hospital birth or visa versa.

We cannot let this become a reality. Please stand with me and many other women and let’s speak up. Please head to the link in my bio “Keep homebirth an option for all women” to fill out the survey and have a say.

BIRTH BELONGS TO WOMEN, Say it with me sisters.

12/05/2024

So much of who I am, is because of you my sweet girl. Oddly enough, I found it hard to articulate exactly how much being a Mother impacts me, so here are some thoughts.

Becoming a Mother was the most significant experience in my life. I discovered a love so deep and unconditional, that my heart could explode right open. I found myself and my universe completely shifted.

Since becoming a Mother, I discovered my purpose. That is walking alongside women on their journey to motherhood. And to those beautiful women that chose me to be their guide, I am forever grateful and thankful for you.

And lastly, to my own Mamma bear who has shown me endless amounts of support, love and encouragement. I see you and appreciate all you have given, sacrificed and been for me.

✨🤍🌈

03/04/2024

After seeing the incredible this week, it got me thinking and questioning a lot.

If you had a low risk and uncomplicated pregnancy, I would love to know your reasonings behind choosing a hospital birth over a homebirth.

Perhaps it was a few factors; finances, distance from a main hospital, lack of care providers in area, no available home birthing programs, fear, outside opinions and or partner pushback. You tell me. I’m genuinely curious.

Personally for me (before I became a Doula), I just didn’t know enough about it. I was told a scary story about homebirth growing up and perhaps then, I was even afraid what my family would have thought. My Husband also wasn’t super keen on the idea. So Hospital seemed like the sensible option and instead, we had the support of an amazing Birth and Postpartum Doula. Looking back now, why is it we care so much about what other people think when it is OUR birth?

Because HOW and WHERE we CHOOSE to birth MATTERS! And If you had a traumatic and challenging birth at a hospital, why is it we then return to that same model of care? And if you did choose a homebirth, is this because of a previously challenging experience?

I wanted to share these beautiful photographs of an incredible woman I supported last year who is now my good friend. Leesha had an accidental homebirth. But told me that she felt so safe, that she could birth at home. Undisturbed physiological birth is pretty incredible to watch and we still chat about it everytime we catch up.

Please share with me your thoughts and feelings around this, as I’m genuinely curious.

Now…I’m signing off for the weekend ✌🏼

10/03/2024

In light of International Women’s Day on Friday (I know it’s a few days late), I wanted to dedicate this post to all the amazing women I’ve been lucky enough to support over the last year. And most recently, this incredible Mamma and her beautifully supportive Husband, who I got to support last week during their birth journey.

The love, determination and strength I witnessed from you Hayley was amazing and although you didn’t get the birth you had expected, I am so grateful I was there to help support you both.

After many hours of labouring (where she was so calm, in control and just fully in the zone) but not seeing any progress, this Mamma was so in tune with her body and knew something was up. And with so much confidence (and the guidance from our prior sessions together) she knew exactly what she wanted, and was able to make informed decisions about how the rest of her labour and birth unfolded.

They finally met their healthy baby boy via an in labour non emergency cesarean but it was soon discovered that Hayley had a Uterine Rupture on her previous scar and ended up being in surgery a lot longer than we expected. She was quite unwell after theatre and had to be monitored closely in recovery for a few hours without us.

She showed so much strength, resilience and determination and I cannot describe how proud I am to have walked alongside her. So grateful to have been able to witness her belly birth and work with an amazing birth team.

On this note, a lot of the time a woman’s satisfaction in her birth experience is influenced by her ability and involvement in making decisions about her birth. (Taken from Dr Sarah Buckley’s book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering).

In our previous sessions, we had discussed a Caesarean birth pathway and what this might look like. So, when the time came we were able to ensure things like immediate skin to skin, music in theatre assistance with expressing, supplemented feeding if separation was required and kangaroo care. I was also able to be present with them in theatre.

All photographs shared with permission and captured by me.