Sarah YogiMama Birth Doula Prenatal Yoga

Sarah YogiMama Birth Doula Prenatal Yoga Guiding women back to trusting their bodies and birth.

YogiMama | Annual Birth Stats | 2025This year I had the honour of supporting 23 families, and being present for 22 labou...
13/12/2025

YogiMama | Annual Birth Stats | 2025

This year I had the honour of supporting 23 families, and being present for 22 labours and births.

Each birth unfolded in its own way.
Each family has taught me something.

One mama birthed earlier than expected at 33 weeks, via caesarean due to a weak cervix and breech presentation.

One mama navigated polyhydramnios and a long labour, choosing an epidural to release excess fluid and welcome her transverse baby vaginally.

Two babies arrived before both the private midwife and me — unplanned, uncomplicated free births.
One baby arrived before the Belmont midwife; an ambulance was called, but thankfully was not needed.

There were 17 home-births with no emergency transfers.

Three women had intended to birth at home, but were unavoidably transferred due to policy, reason;
• small for gestation
• over 42 weeks
• high blood pressure

All three birthed in hospital without intervention and had continuity of care.

Fastest birth: 40 minutes
Average active labour: 4 hours

Beyond the birth room, I supported families through:
• 70 prenatal yoga classes
• 25 postnatal yoga classes
• 6 pregnancy circles
• 2 caesarean circles
• 60 birth preparation sessions
• 23 birth debriefs

I remain endlessly empowered and humbled by birth — and deeply grateful to be in service of women and families 🤍

Summer Pregnancy Circle on Sunday.Such a special morning of connecting and exploring how to balance the summer season in...
08/12/2025

Summer Pregnancy Circle on Sunday.
Such a special morning of connecting and exploring how to balance the summer season in matresence 🌺 We love hosting these quarterly circles for mamas in bloom.

The masculine and feminine dance together in labour and birth, a cosmic weaving calling baby’s soul earth-side into safe...
01/12/2025

The masculine and feminine dance together in labour and birth, a cosmic weaving calling baby’s soul earth-side into safety, love and connection.

The oxytocin dripping off these two was palpable💧💗

Her guiding mantra in birth carried her through the fire 🔥

“I must meet my deepest pain to collect my baby.”

Soft mouth. Relaxed jaw.
Hands that say I’ve got you.
A gaze that says I see you.
His touch says I love you.

An honour to witness you, Kait and Dan ✨

📸 Doula .yogimama
Private Midwife
Mother





Do your homework. Ask the questions. Know who you’re hiring.The birth industry is unregulated — anyone can call themselv...
30/11/2025

Do your homework. Ask the questions. Know who you’re hiring.

The birth industry is unregulated — anyone can call themselves a doula, but not everyone has the same training, experience, capacity, or skillset. Your doula will be giving you information, guidance, support, and advocacy that will directly shape your birth journey. That’s not a small decision or investment.

These questions aren’t to judge — they’re to help you determine fit. Because every mother, every birth, and every nervous system is different. The right support person for someone else may not be right for you.

Experience isn’t everything, but it means something:
0–20 births = learning, holding space, finding feet
50 births = witnessing the wide variations of physiology, care providers and complications.
100 births = skill, confidence and mastery.
After 100 = a deeper level of intuition and capability.

We all start somewhere and there is space for every stage. But you deserve to know who you’re investing in and the value you’re receiving in return.

And let’s be clear — Doula are game changers. We don’t just provide comfort. We can materially influence birth decisions, protect birth goals, shift the energy of a room, and improve outcomes for women and families. The evidence is clear — and so is the responsibility that comes with it.

You don’t want support that ends at hand-holding. A doula’s role is active, informed, skilled, grounded. We walk into birth not to be a witness, but to be a resource.

Know who you’re investing in. Ask the questions. Feel the match. Trust the fit ⚡️

📷 .yogimama
🤜🏻 Power in pictures

I bow to you — your path, your truth, your wisdom. You are divinely held in the journey 🤍🙏🏼 💫
22/11/2025

I bow to you — your path, your truth, your wisdom. You are divinely held in the journey 🤍🙏🏼 💫

Roman’s Birth StoryThe lead-up was more testing than I expected. My first son arrived at 38+3, so even though I tried to...
21/11/2025

Roman’s Birth Story

The lead-up was more testing than I expected. My first son arrived at 38+3, so even though I tried to stay open, part of me believed he would arrive early. He’d been engaged for weeks, even my midwife thought he’d come before 40 weeks. As the days passed, I wrestled with impatience, frustration, and the deeper work of surrendering to his timing.

Conceiving wasn’t simple. We walked through secondary infertility, two early miscarriages, and very few answers. It was heartbreaking — wanting another child so deeply but unsure if my heart could withstand another loss. We went ahead with a laparoscopy and the very first cycle afterward, we conceived our rainbow boy.

This pregnancy felt completely different. With my first, I was blissfully unaware of the fragility of life. This time I carried fear alongside hope. Every quiet moment or shift in movement stirred anxiety. I had to rebuild trust in my body, layer by layer;
“My body and baby know exactly what to do.”

I engaged Sarah early in pregnancy. She supported me through my first birth (but couldn’t be there due to COVID restrictions), still her grounding presence was transformative. I knew I wanted her with me again. After being excluded from the Belmont group practice due to my previous postpartum haemorrhage, I hired a private midwife. What felt disappointing at first became a blessing — I got to birth on my own terms, without pressure to manage my third stage medically.

The due date came and went. I felt I’d be pregnant forever. My own birthday was now three days away…

At 6:30am on the 27th of October (40+2), I woke to a bloody show. My husband stayed, knowing my history of fast labours. We had planned for our 3yo to be home, but I needed my husband focused — so we dropped him at daycare.

By 7:30am I was in bed with breakfast, water, a playlist, and meditation Sarah sent. My husband quietly prepared the birth space: pool, lights, blinds, everything soft and ready.

Head over to Instagram for the full story .yogimama

📷 Doula .yogimama
Private Midwife
Second Midwife

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📷 Dec 2011 - the birth of my first, Sydney private hospital, one day postpartum.I forgive the young woman I was —the one...
03/11/2025

📷 Dec 2011 - the birth of my first, Sydney private hospital, one day postpartum.

I forgive the young woman I was —
the one who didn’t know there was another way, who believed an older man had to be the expert of her body and pregnancy.

I forgive her for not knowing what questions to ask,
for accepting not feeling heard,
for listening to advice over intuition,
for agreeing to unnecessary interventions,
and for believing that private obstetric care would keep her and her baby safe —
and that she wasn’t worthy of more.

At the time, I celebrated my births as an achievement —
as if avoiding intervention was the goal.

Since becoming a doula and walking women through the birth portal, I’ve grieved the missed experience of what could have been — the deeper psycho-social and emotional journey that birth offers when women are truly and deeply cared for.

The families I’ve supported and the midwives I’ve worked alongside have widened my eyes, opened my heart,
and in that, I’ve found my own healing.

~~~~~

I make peace
with all the women
I once was.

I lay flowers
at their feet.
I offer them incense,
and honey,
and forgiveness.

I honor them
and give them my silence.
I listen.

I bless them
and let them be.

For they are the bones
of the temple
I sit in now.

For they are
the rivers of wisdom
leading me
toward the sea.

I Have Been a Thousand Different Women
(first-person adaptation by Emory Hall) 🪶










02/11/2025

Menarche — a sacred beginning. A time to honour, hold, and celebrate the rite of passage into womanhood 🌙

———

Several mum friends with daughters asked me to share what I included in the hamper;

🌸 Comfort
• hot water bottle
• soft sleep eye mask
• cute cosy socks
• cleansing bath salts
• balancing herbal tea
• dark chocolate
• cuddly soft toy

🩸 Practical
• period underwear
• period swimwear
(🤌🏼)
• organic teen pads
• purse for care items
• clary sage & lavender

✨ Ritual
• journal for reflection
• pens for creativity
• rose quartz crystal
• serenity room spray
• waking the witches

With knowledge that each rite of passage sets up the next in womanhood (menarche, birth, menopause)…what a special gift it is to have a girl and to support her on this journey. I’m so looking forward to teaching her how to harness the power of the seasons in her cycle 🌚 🩸

Placenta print – each one tells a story. This here is of a family’s dream for a second baby, a mother’s intention to car...
29/10/2025

Placenta print – each one tells a story. This here is of a family’s dream for a second baby, a mother’s intention to carry, and a little soul born in love and light on 27 October 2025 ✨

I still pinch myself that I get to play a small part in moments as magical as these.
yogimama

Community 🕊️ enjoying dates in the garden after class and chatting about their benefits for labour and birth. Each YogiM...
14/10/2025

Community 🕊️
enjoying dates in the garden after class and chatting about their benefits for labour and birth. Each YogiMama PRENATAL YOGA class weaves together evidence-based birth education, functional and embodied movement, breathwork, meditation and affirmation — all to prepare your body, mind and heart for the epic journey of motherhood.

Listen to the latest research on dates — episode 172 🌿

I hope you read this story - it is such a powerful play in the physiological birth arena.True testament to trusting body...
13/10/2025

I hope you read this story - it is such a powerful play in the physiological birth arena.

True testament to trusting body and baby. Advocating in the public hospital system.
Result: spontaneous birth at 43 weeks
Reward: one hour active labour 💪🏼

Some of the key choices mama made to support her informed birth goals:

NO to
🤜🏻 Additional scans
🤜🏻 Routine interventions
🤜🏻 Induction without cause
🤜🏻 Continuous CTG monitoring
🤜🏻 Vaginal exams in labour
🤜🏻 Precautionary IV cannula

YES to
👌🏼 Out-of-hospital pregnancy care in midwife clinic (lower stress)
👌🏼 Deep connection with baby (attuned to movements)
👌🏼 Trusting baby’s timing
👌🏼 Personal responsibility
👌🏼 Informed, confident decision-making
👌🏼 Radical acceptance of the hospital system — a deep understanding of policy vs personalised care

Amy also shared that at every hospital appointment, she would only converse off the bed, maintaining level eye contact — a subtle yet powerful boundary that invited collaborative care.

One of the most remarkable things about Amy is her natural immunity to fear-based medicine — something she and her husband have refined through years of confidently managing their son’s asthma.

Simon’s support as a trusting partner cannot be underestimated - it bolstered Amy to advocate for herself through pregnancy.

For a mama who considered not having more children to avoid repeated birth trauma. I’m so thrilled to have played a small part in supporting your transformation ❤️💫

You’re a total BOSS, Amy.

📷 .yogimama (Aug 2025)
1️⃣ True knot in umbilical cord
2️⃣ Dad cutting drained cord
3️⃣ Baby Otis skin-to-skin

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Welcome to Yogimama

My name is Sarah - I teach specialised PRENATAL YOGA and am a BIRTH and POSTPARTUM Doula in Sydney.

A DOULA is a trained childbirth support companion who provides continuous physical, emotional and mental cushioning for the mother during labour and birth.

Birth changes you. Birth changes everyone involved. It can be the most empowering and transformational experience of your life.

My own two births have opened me to what is possible. I offer continuity of care beginning in pregnancy and carrying through the fourth trimester. I create beautiful, warm and welcoming spaces for families and act as a calm and reassuring presence, for every type of birth.