Modern Birthing Doula Services

20/11/2025

When i’m doing Prenatal sessions with clients I discuss various birthing positions and using tools such as tens, birth ball, toilet, comb, the list goes on…. A birth preferences document is created with each individual clients desires for their birth experience. 
So it’s very disheartening during labour when a care provider strolls in and says ‘it doesn’t matter what position you are in, it won’t make any difference to your labour’!  
Pretty upsetting that the client can be encouraged to be in a bad position and discouraged to try anything that might be more comfortable for them.  (Also makes me look like an idiot for suggesting things that might actually be beneficial for them 🙄).  
First time parents, as well as any birthing parent, need more encouragement from care providers to support their labour not hinder it. 
I will always continue to encourage position changes, encourage them to listen to their body and trust their intuition! 
I believe in them and their ability to birth, I trust the process 💞

14/11/2025

I’ve have not been sharing much on social media for a while, but today’s prenatal healing session was extra special.
The person I shared my healing space with today is a client I will be supporting through another birth by the end of the month, and this will be the fifth time I have shared her birthing space with her. 
We talked about life, family and even pets.  We went over this upcoming  births preferences, and discussed the last 4 births I’ve supported her through. 
I talked her through her crystal grid I intuitively put together, a guided pregnancy meditation and then a prenatal energy healing and sound bath.
 I could feel how spirited and cheeky this new little person will be, and throughout the healing I was picking up on a few different animals.  During my debrief afterwards, I decided to pull out my Spirit Animal Oracle deck to do a card pull.  
To our surprise she actually pulled the Turtle Spirit card, which was very cool as her favourite animal is a turtle, but also it was about going slowly and just be, taking extra care and patience. So fitting for the end of pregnancy.
We accidentally talked for so long before and after the session that we ended up having lunch and a cuppa tea too. 
Such a special day

10/11/2025

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The chance of conceiving twins naturally is 0.03%.

And somehow, I fell into that lucky 0.03%

People see the double strollers, the double chaos, the double everything.
But they don’t see the numbers behind it.
How rare it really is.
How wild it feels to be chosen for something like this.

Some days it’s beautiful.
Some days it’s heavy.
Some days I’m convinced the universe gave me a two for one because it knew I’d love them hard enough for both.

But every day?
I’m grateful.
Exhausted, but grateful.

Because 0.03% turned into two little heartbeats…
and somehow, that tiny percentage became my entire world.

©️Caty Sanders

27/09/2025

Happy Saturday 🌻
Another busy month full of postnatal care, supporting new mums with breastfeeding support and guidance as well as emotional support, supporting labour, connecting with new people through video chats, new contracts done, lots of phone and email support provided, and topped off with a brunch meeting yesterday.
I’m so pleased to tailor my support to meet the needs of each client and their family, to make any kind of positive difference to their experience, and to remind them how beautiful motherhood is even on the hardest days.
If you are looking for extra care and support through your pregnancy, birth and postpartum care please reach out to me to see how I can support your needs.

X Wen

19/09/2025

A mother’s baby is always a part of her.

And not just in her heart. The bond between mother and child is written into biology itself.

Science shows that even after birth, a child’s DNA can remain inside a mother’s body for years—sometimes for life. These fetal cells travel through her blood, settle in her brain and organs, and weave themselves into her being.

The phenomenon is called fetal-maternal microchimerism.

Even after miscarriage, those cells remain. A child becomes part of her not only emotionally, but physically—etched into her very biology.

It makes sense, doesn’t it? The connection is deeper than heart and soul. It is cellular. Eternal.

Her children live within her. Always.

Living FULL, by Danielle Sherman-Lazar

18/09/2025

12 years ago today I attended my very first birth as a Doula 🙌.
I sit and reflect on that birth, and there are parts I remember as if it was yesterday!
I recall standing by the side of this new mum, as I have with the many other new mums and partners who I have supported through their labour and birth.
To be asked into a birth space, and witness these birthing experiences over the years through singleton births, twin births and repeat clients birthing experiences, has been such an honour.
I’ve seen so many sunrises and moonlit skies as i’m on my way to or from the births I have attended. I have supported every single birth with an open heart and an open mind, reassuring and guiding clients and encouraging them when they say they want to give up.
My heart is full doing this work and I am grateful for every opportunity to support each new mum and their family.

X Wen

30/08/2025

Having personal experience with twins gives me the confidence to encourage and educate my clients with twins too.
It may be hard in the early years, but it will be so worth it 💞.

You CAN do it 👣👣

Stop. Telling. Twin. Mamas.
How bad it’s going to be.

We. Already. Know.

We know there will be sleepless nights.
We know there will be double the diapers.
We know there will be days we run on fumes.

But here’s the thing,
Telling us how miserable we’re about to be doesn’t help.

What we actually need?
“You’ve got this.”
“You’re stronger than you think.”
“It’ll be worth it.”

Because it will be worth it.
Every sleepless night.
Every messy moment.
Every second of figuring it out.

So if you see a mama pregnant with twins,
Skip the horror stories.
Skip the negativity.

Cheer her on.
Because she already knows the hard parts…
What she needs is hope.

©️Caty Sanders

20/08/2025

❤️🌈

For so many of us, this day holds two truths at once.
It’s the celebration of the baby who brought the color back into our world…
and the remembrance of the baby (or babies) who never got the chance to.

It’s joy tangled with grief.
It’s healing wrapped in heartbreak.
It’s proof that love can live in two places at once... arms that are full, and arms that will always ache.

To every parent holding their rainbow, and to every parent still waiting for theirs… you are not alone.

National Rainbow Baby Day is August 22nd.
A day that will forever carry both the love for the babies in our arms, and the ache for the ones we’ll always carry in our hearts.

07/08/2025

World Breastfeeding Week
Everybody has their own story to tell, to celebrate their achievements with breastfeeding short or long, or to connect with others to know that they are not alone with the challenges that breastfeeding can bring. (The struggle is real for some people).
It is the most natural thing a new mother can do, yet so under estimated with how difficult it can be for some women.
I have had the honour to support so many women with breastfeeding support and guidance on their breastfeeding journeys for over 10 years.
I have supported each individual journey, shared in their success, and sat with women who are at their most vulnerable to listen, to guide and to encourage.
Every breastfeed is so beneficial for your baby. For those who are in the thick of breastfeeding challenges currently, just remember there is always someone willing to listen and to support you.

X
Wen

03/08/2025

Birth Crystal Grids ~
Many times I have walked by the side of my clients as they enter their journey to meet their baby. Many of these times I have intuitively and lovingly created crystal grids to display in the birth space to honour the passage into motherhood.
I create crystal grids to set intention for a calm, positive birthing experience. Each grid is different, and each crystal used has a meaning behind it.
I reiki each crystal grid and I also do reiki symbols in each corner of the birthing room to set intentions.
I have set up alters when requested and have created them from my heart.
Some clients look at them for distraction in labour, some will focus on them through surges, while others feel it brings them comfort. Sometimes clients never look at them, but they know it is there.
I leave it displayed in the birth space until well after their baby is born.
I normally wouldn’t photograph them, but a couple of them I have created over the years I found and decided to share.

X
Wen

01/08/2025

I know some of you are excited to hear that I have brought back my in-home Womblight healing sessions again!
I will continue to hold my Womblight Energy Healings in my Healing Room which many of you have had the chance to experience me hold space and nurture you 💆🏻‍♀️.
However, for those clients who may be feeling a bit too pregnant to drive, or purely existing in your own little postnatal love bubble at home and don’t want to enter back into the world just yet, I may be able to come to you 🚙.
You may want a ‘one off’ session to try, or you could build your own package. And of course I intuitively create sessions to support non-pregnant clients also with my ‘Women’s Wellbeing’ sessions.
I offer a 2 sessions:
2 hour Womblight ~
Crystal grid, Guidance, Meditation, Energy Healing, Soundbath (optional), and Healing debrief.
3 hour Womblight ~ Crystal grid, Meditation, Energy Healing, Soundbath (optional), Healing debrief, Oracle Card, Goddess Intention Candle, Footbath, and Guidance.
There’s a ‘Nurture Mum’ package including a Prenatal healing and a Postnatal healing (including option birth story debrief)👩‍🍼.
Treat yourself to some me time, to reset, connect to self, and find calm.
Please message me to book in and experience my Womblight sessions for yourself, (or to check if I travel to your location).
I welcome the chance to connect with you all.
X
Wen

27/07/2025

Happy Sunday to you all,
I’ve been quiet with social media for a while, thank you for staying with me.
Most people know that I prefer to put my energy into connecting in person, phone, or video chat. But here I am, and will be more present for the rest of the year.
I have been providing much postnatal care, nurturing families and providing care for their newborns, including breastfeeding education and guidance. Attending and being witness to births which is such an honour for me each time, and of course providing energy healings to pregnant and non-pregnant women. Early in the year I completed a Wellbeing Coach For Women Practitioner Certification. New packages have been created, and I am bringing back in-home energy healings. I thoroughly enjoy supporting women and their families and have a Holistic approach.
All that being said, any spare time I have is now taken up with training my new assistant Spirit. He is taking a long time to train as he keeps sleeping on the job, and the constant eagerness to go for long walks and cuddles also cuts into any admin time!

x
Wen

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