Mamiflow

Mamiflow Certified Labor Doula Services and Birth Preparation Classes
Munich - Germany

People often ask me why I do this work.Why I keep saying yes.Why I still wake up at 2 a.m. to answer a birth call,why I ...
13/10/2025

People often ask me why I do this work.
Why I keep saying yes.
Why I still wake up at 2 a.m. to answer a birth call,
why I give up holidays, dinners, sleep, and sometimes pieces of myself for people I may only know for a few months.
The truth is, I don’t always have a logical answer 😅
Because being a doula isn’t something I chose, like a career path or a hobby, it feels more like it chose me.

And of course there are easier ways to make a living.
There are cleaner jobs, quieter schedules, predictable hours.

But to be honest nothing else makes me feel as alive, as grounded, or as profoundly human as birth does and I just can’t imagine going back to the job I had before my doula work.

And you know what? It found me at a moment when I wasn’t even looking, and whispered in my ears, this is exactly where you’re meant to be...

„I managed to give birth naturally after 22 hours of labour.  Thank you for the valuable information you gave us during ...
07/10/2025

„I managed to give birth naturally after 22 hours of labour. Thank you for the valuable information you gave us during the birth preparation course.

Although everything went ok in the end, I think I did one mistake by asking the epidural after 14 hours, because my contractions have been 2 minutes apart for one minute long. Even if the epidural helped me to get some sleep because I felt exausted, I think it slowed me down, plus I was not able to get up from bed anymore, so I layed there for the next 12 hours, this was really hard. With my next pregnancy, I would really want to be able not to ask for the epidural.

After birth the milk came in about 4 days, and in the hospital I struggled with the baby because she was hungry and I had no milk to gave her, but now she is fully on breast milk.

But I am proud of myself because I was able to stay at home for the first part, and this was because we applied the information you gave us during the course, so thank you.“

Want to prepare for an easier labor?
Here are my tips and recommendations for expecting parents:

📚 Educate yourselves early. A good birth preparation course gives you confidence and tools to stay calm.

🏡Stay at home as long as you safely can. It helps you feel in control and move freely during early labour.

📝Have a plan, but stay flexible. Every birth unfolds differently and that’s okay.

🛌 Rest and conserve energy. Labour is a marathon, not a sprint.

💊If you choose pain relief, do so consciously. Understand how it might affect movement or labour progress.

🤱Postpartum takes patience. Milk can take a few days to come in — trust your body, and ask for support if needed.

👏Celebrate yourself. No matter how your birth unfolds, you are strong, and your story matters. 💖

Which tips are you planning to follow? And to the more experienced parents: which one do you recommend to have an easier labor?

Walking away after a birth is never easy … It’s a strange mixture of relief and lingering intensity.Relief that everyone...
21/09/2025

Walking away after a birth is never easy …

It’s a strange mixture of relief and lingering intensity.
Relief that everyone is safe.
Intensity because I carry it all — the hours of holding space, the energy, the emotion.

Sometimes it consumes me and it takes a while before my mind becomes quiet again …

At least until my phone rings and a mother tells me she needs my support because her baby is about to be born …

Every birth wraps me up.Not just for a moment, not just for a shift — but completely.From the moment I go on call, I fee...
31/07/2025

Every birth wraps me up.
Not just for a moment, not just for a shift — but completely.

From the moment I go on call, I feel it: the quiet hum of anticipation, the invisible thread tying me to a family I’ve come to know, to trust, to stand beside. I check my phone more often. I wonder if today will be the day.

And when the call comes — it’s time — I step into their world fully. Into their kitchen, their hospital room, their birth space. Into their story. I’m not just a witness. I’m a part of it.

For hours — sometimes for days — I live inside their rhythm. I breathe with them, cry with them, laugh with them. I read between every line of their body language. I notice the tremble in her hands. The way he tries to stay strong. I move in quiet ways to offer what’s needed — a touch, a sip of water, a reminder to keep going.

In those moments, I belong to them.
Not as family.
Not as friend.
But as someone invited into a once-in-a-lifetime moment, and trusted to hold it with reverence.

And when it’s over — when the baby is here, when the room settles, when everyone is wrapped in blankets and quiet joy — there’s always a shift. I begin to step back. The thread starts to loosen. The story moves on… without me.

But something remains.
Because during that birth, I was part of something sacred.
For a few intense, intimate hours, I became woven into their life.

And even after I leave —
after I return to my own family —
that connection lives in me.

Every birth wraps me up.
And I carry a small piece of it forever 💜

💜Today she is 41+6 weeks pregnant, today is EDD +13 - I admire her strength and her determination and I am honored to be...
30/07/2025

💜Today she is 41+6 weeks pregnant, today is EDD +13 - I admire her strength and her determination and I am honored to be a part of this journey 💜

⏳ No one prepares you for the strange in-between of being past your due date.
You expect excitement. You expect nerves.
What you don’t expect is the quiet, creeping weight of waiting.

At first, it’s just another day.
But then another. And another.
You wake up every morning wondering, Will it be today?
And go to bed feeling that soft sting of disappointment when it wasn’t.

For the mother:
It’s a mental marathon.
You feel watched — by friends, by family, by your own body.
Text messages start piling up:
Any news?
Still pregnant?
And the unspoken pressure grows: Why hasn’t the baby come yet?

You question your body. You question your instincts.
You swing between trusting nature and wanting someone — anyone — to tell you what to do.
You’re tired. Uncomfortable.
Every cramp feels like maybe. Every silence feels like not yet.

For the partner:
It’s a strange kind of helplessness.
You want to fix it, to support, to do something.
But there’s nothing to fix. Nothing broken.
Only time, stretching long and slow.

You try to stay positive. You try to distract her.
But inside, you carry your own uncertainty.
You wonder if you’re saying the right things, if you’re holding her the right way, if she’s okay.

For the doula:
This is where presence becomes everything.
I check in gently — not too often, not too little.
I listen for what’s underneath the words:
The frustration. The fear. The deep desire to finally meet this baby.

I hold the tension with her.
I remind her she’s not broken.
I remind him that patience is also support.
I remind myself that this is birth too — not just the moment of crowning, but this moment. The waiting.

There is no “wrong” way to feel in these days.
Angry. Restless. Tearful. Peaceful. Tired. Ready.
It all belongs.

Because when we are beyond the due date,
we are also beyond control.
We are deep in surrender.

… and that is one of the hardest — and most important — parts of the journey.

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Belgradstraße 80
Munich
80804

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Montag 09:00 - 15:00
Dienstag 09:00 - 15:00
Mittwoch 09:00 - 15:00
Donnerstag 09:00 - 15:00
Freitag 09:00 - 15:00

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